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• War crimes are reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a ceasefire in the Kivu conflict is broken and fighting resumes, with at least 100 civilians dead.
• Somali pirates capture the oil tanker MV Sirius Star, the largest vessel to date to be hijacked, near the Horn of Africa region.
• G-20 leaders meet at a summit in Washington, D.C. to discuss the current financial crisis.
• Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 successfully lands the Moon Impact Probe on the lunar south pole.
• Three planets orbiting the star HR 8799 and one planet (pictured) orbiting the star Fomalhaut are optically verified, making them the first extrasolar planets whose existences have been confirmed via direct imaging.
• Egypt's antiquities chief, Zahi Hawass, announces the discovery of a 4,300-year-old pyramid belonging to Queen Sesheshet, mother of King Teti.