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- United States Democratic Party candidates win governorships in Virginia and New Jersey.
- Jacques Chirac declares a state of emergency, announcing curfews in an attempt to quell the civil unrest spreading across France.
- K. Natwar Singh is sacked as India's foreign minister amid allegations he had illegally benefited from the Oil-for-Food Programme in Iraq.
- Former President of Peru Alberto Fujimori is arrested in Chile as an extradition request by Peru is considered.
- Opposition leaders allege major electoral fraud in the Azerbaijan parliamentary election.
- The Fourth Summit of the Americas concludes, with no agreement reached on reactivating the stalled FTAA process.