Unix Timestamp: 1161734400
Wednesday, October 25. 2006, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Conflict in the Niger Delta: Villagers in Nigeria storm and seize three Royal Dutch Shell oil platforms in the Niger Delta, forcing oil production to be shut down at each one. //www.dailycomet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061025/API/610251320 (AP via Daily Comet)

Carl Scully resigns as Police Minister of New South Wales for misleading the New South Wales Legislative Assembly twice in two weeks over a report on the 2005 Cronulla riots. //www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20644487-5007132,00.html (Daily Telegraph)