* A gunman kills nine people, including himself, at a shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
* A U.S. National Intelligence Estimate concludes that Iran's nuclear weapons program was halted in 2003.
* Komlan Mally is appointed Prime Minister of Togo after the October elections.
* Voters in Venezuela reject constitutional amendments proposed by President Hugo Chávez (pictured).
* Kevin Rudd is sworn in as Prime Minister of Australia following the Labor Party's victory in the federal election.
* Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan, in his 116th Test match, surpasses Shane Warne's Test cricket world record of 708 wickets.
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