Template:In the news
- Cyclone Seroja (pictured) makes landfall in Indonesia and East Timor, killing at least 160 people and displacing thousands of others.
- In rowing, both Cambridge men's and women's crews win The Boat Race.
- An express train derails in Hualien County, Taiwan, killing at least 50 people.
- Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman receive the Turing Award for their work on programming language compilers.
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