Current events of 19 October 2009 (2009-10-19) (Monday) edit history watch

Charles Wesley Mumbere is crowned king of the Bakonjo people in the Rwenzururu district of Uganda. (NPR) (AP via Google) United Nations–backed electoral fraud investigators throw out a third of President Hamid Karzai's votes leading to a runoff in the presidential election. (AP via Google) Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico says that he will also demand an opt-out in the Treaty of Lisbon if the Czech Republic is granted one. (Der Spiegel) Abraham Lauhenaspessy ("Captain Bram"), a suspected kingpin people smuggler, is detained in Indonesia. (The Sydney Morning Herald) (The Australian) The Opposition in the Australian Parliament demands details on the salary of high-profile Kerry O'Brien, presenter of The 7.30 Report for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. (The Sydney Morning Herald) 32 Extra Solar planets are discovered and announced, this making the record of most exoplanets discovered in one day and in one month. (CNN)