Unix Timestamp: 1255737600
Saturday, October 17. 2009, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Two police officers are killed after their police helicopter is shot down by drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ten drug traffickers were also killed in the violence. //www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5juJkPto0-dv9ljbU9X3KkYwqlggwD9BD4TNG0 (Associated Press) //www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/11320/1/ ("Brazzil Mag") //english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/10/20091017223152228529.html (Al Jazeera)

Czech President Václav Klaus compares the Treaty of Lisbon to an unstoppable speeding train that he is being forced to sign. //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8312778.stm (BBC)