October 19, 2008 (Sunday)
- Afghan officials claim that the Taliban has executed as many as 30 of 50 people captured on a bus in Kandahar Province. (International Herald Tribune)
- A bridge under construction for the Delhi Mass Rapid Transit System in East Delhi collapses, killing 1 and leaving at least 9 injured. (IBN Live)
- Cambodia agrees to release 13 Royal Thai Army soldiers captured during recent fighting in the 2008 Cambodian-Thai stand-off. (Radio Australia)
- Retired General and former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for President of the United States. (Reuters)