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"Give Peace a Chance" is the seventh episode of the sixth season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy, and the show's 109th episode overall. Written by Peter Nowalk and directed by Chandra Wilson, the episode was originally broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on October 29, 2009. Grey's Anatomy centers around a group of young doctors in training. In this episode, Dr. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey, pictured) performs an operation on a hospital technician's "inoperable" tumor, despite the objections of the chief of surgery, Dr. Richard Webber (James Pickens, Jr.). The episode was designed to revolve around Dempsey's character. Mark Saul, Jesse Williams, and Nora Zehetner returned as guest stars, while Faran Tahir made his first and only appearance. Viewed by 13.74 million people, "Give Peace a Chance" won Wilson an NAACP Image Award for directing, and was generally well received among critics. (more...) Recently featured: Porbeagle – Louis Riel – Charles Carroll the Settler Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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In baseball, the San Francisco Giants defeat the Detroit Tigers to win the World Series. At least 80 people are killed in fighting between Buddhists and Muslims in Rakhine State, Burma. Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (pictured) is convicted of tax fraud. At least 65 people are killed as Hurricane Sandy passes through the Caribbean. Iranian dissidents Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi are awarded the Sakharov Prize. Recent deaths: Jacques Barzun – Russell Means Syrian civil war – Wikinews – More current events...
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October 29: Republic Day in Turkey (1923) 1618 – English courtier and explorer Walter Raleigh was executed in London after King James I reinstated a fifteen-year-old death sentence against him. 1923 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (pictured) became the first President of Turkey, a new nation founded from remnants of the Ottoman Empire. 1948 – Arab–Israeli War: As the Israel Defense Forces captured the Palestinian Arab village of Safsaf, they massacred at least 52 villagers. 1969 – A student at UCLA sent the first message on the ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, to a computer at Stanford Research Institute. 1998 – Hurricane Mitch made landfall, whereupon it dropped up to 1,900 mm (75 in) of rain, causing flooding that killed over 11,000 people in Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. More anniversaries: October 28 – October 29 – October 30 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now October 29, 2012 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Thirty-nine centuries have been scored by Mohammad Yousuf (pictured) during his career in international cricket. Yousuf is a Pakistani batsman who made his Test debut in 1998 against South Africa at the Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban. His first Test century came the same year against Zimbabwe at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. He holds the world record for the most number of runs in Test cricket during a calendar year, scoring 1,788 runs in 11 Tests during 2006. He scored nine international centuries in 2006, also a world record for a calendar year. Starting his One Day International (ODI) career in October 1998 against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club, Yousuf's first ODI century came against Australia in the same year at the Gaddafi Stadium. As of 2012, he is tenth in the list of century-makers in international cricket, all formats of the game combined. (more...)

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An aerial view of Tartini Square, the largest and main town square in Piran, Slovenia. It is named after violinist and composer Giuseppe Tartini, who was born in Piran. The square was once an inner dock for smaller vessels such as fishing boats, and was located outside of the first city walls. The dock was replaced by a formal town square in 1894.

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