Current events of 4 October 2008 (2008-10-04) (Saturday) edit history watch

Police find nine more dead bodies around the Mexican city of Tijuana with 50 people having died over the past week as a result of a week of drug trade related violence. (AP via Google) Mahir al-Zubaydi, senior commander for al Qaeda in Iraq for Bagdad east of the Tigris River, is killed by U.S. troops. (BBC News) 2008 South Ossetia war: Colonel Ivan Petrik, chief of staff of the Russian ground force in South Ossetia, is confirmed dead from wounds he suffered in the Friday blast in Tskhinvali.(Reuters) Switzerland will represent Russian interests in Georgia (Rustavi 2). Sweden will represent Georgian interests in Russia.(Stockholm News)