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A German man is sentenced to life imprisonment for fatally stabbing Marwa El-Sherbini (memorial pictured) in a court in Dresden, an attack that caused uproar in the Muslim world.
The discovery of Aardonyx, a genus of prosauropod dinosaur, in South Africa is announced.
El Salvador declares a state of emergency as at least 140 people are killed by floods and mudslides.
At the fourth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Sharm el-Sheikh, the People's Republic of China's Premier Wen Jiabao pledges US$10 billion in soft loans for Sino-African cooperation.
Russian physicist Vitaly Ginzburg, a Nobel laureate and one of the fathers of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, dies in Moscow at the age of 93.
Finland and Sweden approve construction of the controversial Nord Stream – a natural gas pipeline from Vyborg, Russia, to Greifswald, Germany – in their exclusive economic zones.

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November 11, 2009 (Wednesday)

Two bloggers from Azerbaijan, Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade, are sentenced by a court for "hooliganism" in a restaurant scuffle linked to the posting of a satirical video dressed as a donkey on Youtube that mocked government restrictions on civil liberties. (BBC) (Trend News Agency) (Taiwan News)
A gold mining operation is investigated by Chinese authorities after allegations it has damaged part of the Great Wall of China in Inner Mongolia. (Xinhua) (BBC) (Times of South Africa)
Iran protests to Oxford University's Queen's College over a scholarship in memory of the slain Iranian student Neda Agha Soltan. (AP)
Officials in Brazil investigate the cause of a massive power cut which may have affected a fifth of the population and neighbouring Paraguay. (BBC) (New York Times)
Yemen criticises "interference" by Iran in the conflict with Houthi rebels in the country, after Iran criticised Saudi Arabian intervention in the conflict. (Khaleej Times) (Yemen News Agency) (AFP)
Anti-monarchy protesters and riot police clash in Montreal, Quebec during a tour by Prince Charles. (Metro) (The Daily Telegraph) (CBC)
A Russian-born German man is sentenced to life imprisonment for fatally stabbing Marwa El-Sherbini in a court, an attack that caused uproar in the Muslim world. (AP) (NY Times) (Deutsche Welle)
The discovery of a new dinosaur species, named Aardonyx celestae, in South Africa is announced. (IOL) (AP) (AFP)
Cambodia rejects a request by Thailand to extradite ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. (Phnom Penh Post) (Thai News Agency) (BBC)
South Korean troops are put on high alert for possible retaliation after a naval clash with North Korea yesterday. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
Local government offices in southern Nepal shut in protest after a senior local official is slapped by Deputy Agriculture Minister Karima Begam. (BBC) (Telegraph Nepal) (IOL)
For the first time since World War I, the leaders of Germany and France appear together at a ceremony on Rememberance Day to commemorate the end of the conflict. (MSNBC)

November 11, 2009 Wikinews articles

November 10, 2009 (Tuesday)

A power failure at Itaipu causes a massive blackout, affecting 15 states of Brazil and, briefly, the entire country of Paraguay; chaos is reported in major cities such as São Paulo. (BBC)
South and North Korean naval ships fire on one another after a North Korean ship crossed the disputed Northern Limit Line in the Yellow Sea. The vessel later returned "wrapped in flames" after the incident. (Yonhap) (BBC) (China Daily)
Prosecutors begin cross examining former Liberian President Charles Taylor at his war crimes trial. (Reuters) (BBC) (AllAfrica.com)
Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives in Cambodia to take up his new appointment as economic adviser to the Cambodian government. (Al Jazeera) (ABC News)
A conservation group warns that the koala could be extinct within 30 years. (The Age) (3 News NZ) (The Daily Telegraph)
Former President of French Polynesia Gaston Flosse is arrested as part of a corruption investigation. (Radio New Zealand International)
John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, is executed in Virginia. (AP via Fox News (US))

November 10, 2009 Wikinews articles

November 9, 2009 (Monday)

World leaders mark the twentieth anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall, with the main celebrations taking place at the Brandenburg Gate. (BBC) (Deutsche Welle) (The Age) (Bangkok Post)
A senior Burmese diplomat says the military government will release Aung San Suu Kyi soon. (The Guardian) (AP)
Somali pirates attack a Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker with long range rocket-propelled grenades 1,000 miles east off the Somali coast in the Indian Ocean. (Khaleej Times) (BBC) (AP)
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announces the formation of a unity government with Hezbollah. (Reuters) (Xinhua)
Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election, 2009
- The Northern Mariana Islands election commission sets November 23 as the guberntorial runoff election between Governor Benigno Fitial and challenger Heinz Hofschneider. (Saipan Tribune)
Iraq sets its next general election for January 21, 2010. (Washington Post)
A high speed rail link under construction, Gautrain, will not be ready for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. (BBC) (Times of South Africa)
Three American hikers detained on the border between Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran are to be charged for espionage by Iranian authorities. (The Independent) (Fars News Agency)
Fifth outbreak of Sa'dah insurgency:
- Houthi fighters in Yemen say Saudi Arabia is using phosphorus bombs against them. (AFP) (Press TV)
- An Eritrean opposition leader claims weapons used by Houthi rebels are being supplied by Iran and transferred via Eritrea. (Yemen Post)
In China eight ethnic Uyghurs and one Han are executed for their role in the Urumqi riots in July, in the first executions to take place. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (Radio Television Hong Kong)
MDC official Roy Bennett's trial on terrorism charges begins in Zimbabwe. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters South Africa)
The death toll in El Salvador's floods and mudslides reaches 140. (BBC) (Sky News) (Reuters)
Tens of thousands of people gather in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh to hear an address by the visiting Dalai Lama. (BBC) (Sify) (Radio Television Hong Kong)
Downing Street defends Prime Minister Gordon Brown's habits after the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan labels a misspelled letter she received from him as a "hastily scrawled insult". (BBC)
"House of Horrors" murderer Jason Somerville pleads guilty to strangling his wife Rebecca Somerville and neighbour Tisha Lowry before having sex with their corpses in Christchurch, New Zealand. (The Sydney Morning Herald) (Radio New Zealand)
The South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo alleges that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has six personal trains and 19 stations for his own use. (AP) (Chosun Ilbo) (AFP)
Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell announces that she will not seek re-election in 2010. (New York Times)

November 9, 2009 Wikinews articles

November 8, 2009 (Sunday)

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tells the country's army and civilians to "prepare for war" with Colombia. (AP) (Xinhua)
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, indicted by the International Criminal Court, cancels his trip to Turkey. (Hurriyet) (Sudan News Agency) (IOL) (BBC)
El Salvador declares a state of emergency as 91 people drown from the effects of a coastal low. (BBC) (CNN)(CBC)
The 21st summit of APEC begins in Singapore. (Channel News Asia) (Straits Times)
At least 13 people are killed and at least 35 are injured in a suicide attack in Adezai, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera) (Hindustan Times) (BBC) (Reuters India) (RTÉ)
Speaking at Sharm el-Sheikh's Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, China's Premier Wen Jiabao, pledges $10 billion (£6 billion) loans to Africa over a three-year period, in order to increase Sino-african cooperation. (BBC) (France 24) (RTÉ) (Bangkok Post) (The Age)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il sacks a top TV official after state television begins broadcasting advertisments, out of concern that they were "increasing the influence of capitalism". (RTHK) (Joongang Daily) (The Independent)
Sharon Commins and her Ugandan colleague Hilda Kawuki are awarded the Hugh O'Flaherty Humanitarian Award. (RTÉ)
Thousands of people in Okinawa, Japan protest, demanding the removal of a U.S. military base. (BBC) (Reuters)
Police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo arrest 100 people accused of killing dozens and displacing thousands in a conflict over fishing rights. (IOL)
The United States House of Representatives votes 220-215 to pass the highly debated health care reform act. (New York Times)
The Dalai Lama begins a visit to Tawang, in the disputed territory of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India, amid objections from China. (Indian Express) (Hindustan Times) (BBC)
Northern Mariana Islands general election, 2009 results are released
- Republican Party candidate Heinz Hofschneider and incumbent Governor Benigno Fitial virtually tie in the closest gubernatorial election in history. A runoff election will be held in the next 14 days to determine the winner. (Marianas Variety)

November 8, 2009 Wikinews articles

November 7, 2009 (Saturday)

A British tourist is shot dead by a masked gunman in the U.S. state of Texas. (The Guardian) (BBC) (The Times)
Saudi forces bomb a Houthi rebel stronghold in northern Yemen for a third day. (AP) (Press TV)
Thousands of people in Bermeo, Spain, demonstrate for the release of 36 Spanish fishermen being held by Somali pirates. (AFP)
At least two workers are killed after a bridge under construction collapses in Andorra. (euronews) (IOL)
A NATO airstrike kills 7 members of the Afghan security force in the western province of Badghis. (CNN) (Bangkok Post)
Rival factions in Madagascar agree to form a unity government to end the political crisis in the country. (Xinhua) (BBC)
Scientists in the South Island, New Zealand, discover the first dinosaur footprints in the country, thought to be 70 million years old. (AFP) (New Zealand Herald)
11 people are confirmed dead after the crashing of a Russian military plane into the sea in the Tatar Strait, in the far east of Russia, yesterday. (AFP) (RIA Novosti)
Voters in the Northern Mariana Islands go to the polls to elect the governor, legislature and local municipal offices. (Marianas Variety)
Venezuela deploys 15,000 soldiers to its border with Colombia. (The Sydney Morning Herald) (The Scotsman)
Two Australian researchers compile new details on the dead from a World War I battlefield in Fromelles. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Lebanon's political opposition agrees to join a unity government under Prime Minister designate Saad Hariri. (BBC)
Luigi Esposito, one of Italy's 30 most wanted men, is detained at a villa in Naples. (BBC) (ABC News)
Ecuador rations its electricity, leading to some blackouts in areas, including the capital Quito. (BBC)
Cuba removes peas and potatoes from its list of rationed foods but increases their prices. (The Daily Telegraph)
Caracas is put under widespread water rationing for the first time in several years. (The Washington Post)
Ashmolean Museum in Oxfordshire, the UK's oldest museum, reopens after renovations. (BBC) (Heart Radio Oxfordshire) (Kings Lynn News)

November 7, 2009 Wikinews articles

November 6, 2009 (Friday)

Tens of thousands of people protest against government cutbacks in eight Irish cities and ten locations across Northern Ireland. (The Irish Times) (RTÉ)
Germany's Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg admits mistakes were made in a September 4 Afghan air raid which resulted in 142 deaths. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
At least 34 people are killed and 29 are injured when a bus falls into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh. (The Times of India) (RIA Novosti) (BBC) (Reuters) (CNN)
At least nine people are missing following the crash of a Russian military plane in the Pacific Ocean. (RIA Novosti) (BBC)
Three people are hurt and a gunman takes his own life in a rare shooting incident in Yokohama, Japan. (BBC) (Daily Yomiuri)
One person is killed and five are injured during a shooting in an office building in Orlando, Florida, USA. (CNN), (Reuters)
Saudi forces continue more raids against rebel Houthi fighters in northern Yemen, after rebel fighters killed a Saudi security official. (Al Jazeera) (UPI)
The Russian human rights group Memorial says security forces from Chechnya have kidnapped the head of another rights group in Moscow and flown him to Grozny. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says a deal to resolve the political crisis in the country is "dead", after interim leader Roberto Micheletti announced a unity government without him. (BBC) (New York Times)
19 people are killed after a truck runs into a crowd in Luanxian, Hebei, China. (Xinhua) (Press Trust of India) (RIA Novosti)
Indian and Burmese armed forces target a Nagaland separatist rebel base in the northeast of Burma. (BBC)
A court in Côte d'Ivoire orders that compensation due to thousands of people affected by the dumped waste of Trafigura should not be distributed to one man. (BBC)
Niger's foreign affairs ministry confirms customs officials in Nigeria are blocking Niger from goods importation. (BBC) (Reuters)
The composer and pianist Elton John is released from his hospital bed in London after a period of illness which saw him cancel several concerts on The Red Piano Tour. (BBC) (CBC) (Reuters India)

November 6, 2009 Wikinews articles

November 5, 2009 (Thursday)

The Swedish and Finnish authorities give a permit to build the controversial Nord Stream gas pipeline in their exclusive economic zones. (Reuters)
A U2 concert held at the Brandenburg Gate to mark the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall is controversial when a wall is built around the venue. (BBC) (The Irish Times)
Saudi Arabia lifts a nine-year ban on Somali livestock imports, reopening Somalia's main export market. (BBC) (afrol News) (Voice of America)
An international team of scientists announces that the genome of the domestic horse has been successfully sequenced. (BBC) (CBC) (The Himalayan Times)
Venezuela deploys 15,000 troops to its border with Colombia. (AP)
13 people die and 30 people are injured in a shooting at the Fort Hood U.S. Army base in Texas. Fort Hood is currently under lock-down. (BBC)
The International Criminal Court is to open an investigation into the 2007 Kenyan post-election violence in which more than 1,000 people died. (AP) (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation)
A United Nations court imposes a defense lawyer on former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić, and postpones his trial until March 2010. (Al Jazeera) (Daily Telegraph)
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai ends his boycott of the unity government. (IOL) (Xinhua)
Thailand and Cambodia recall their ambassadors over the Cambodian government appointment of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. (Thai News Agency) (Xinhua)
Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Nicaragua. (Reuters) (CNN)
The United Nations is to pull non-essential staff out of Afghanistan after an increase in violence in the country. (Times of India) (The Times) (Al Arabiya)
France's Europe Minister Pierre Lellouche describes the UK's Conservative Party pledge to return powers from Brussels to London as "pathetic". (France 24) (The Times) (Bloomberg)
Two senior Indonesian officials resign over a plot to weaken the anti-corruption agency. (Jakarta Post) (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo replaces top military commanders amid rumours of a coup d'état. (CNN)
China postpones a plan to raise the Three Gorges reservoir to its ideal height due to lack of water. (BBC)
Ratu Epeli Nailatikau is sworn in as President of Fiji, succeeding Ratu Josefa Iloilo who retired in July 2009. (Fiji Times) (Radio New Zealand International)
South Africa's Olympic governing body suspends Leonard Chuene, the President of Athletics South Africa, and apologises to Caster Semenya over the controversy it generated over her gender. (BBC) (The Times)

November 5, 2009 Wikinews articles

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Ongoing events
Economic Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis Worldwide recession Medical H1N1/09 flu pandemic West African meningitis outbreak HIV/AIDS in Africa Scientific Expedition 21 Political Honduran constitutional crisis Nigerien constitutional crisis Ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon edit sidebar

Recent deaths
November 10: Robert Enke 10: John Allen Muhammad 8: Vitaly Ginzburg 7: Anselmo Duarte 4: Hubertus Brandenburg 3: Francisco Ayala 3: Carl Ballantine 2: Leonard Steinberg, Baron Steinberg 2: Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez 1: Alda Merini 1: Claude Lévi-Strauss October 31: Qian Xuesen 29: Norman Painting 28: Taylor Mitchell 27: David Shepherd edit sidebar

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Africa / Middle East Fourth Chadian Civil War Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Maghreb insurgency Niger Delta conflict Sa'dah insurgency Somali Civil War Turkey–PKK conflict Asia War in Afghanistan Balochistan conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Insurgency in the Philippines Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite-Maoist insurgency War in North-West Pakistan South Thailand insurgency Americas Colombian Civil War Mexican Drug War edit sidebar

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Recent October 26: Marshall Islands, President 28: Mozambique, General Upcoming: November 7: Northern Mariana Islands, Governor and Legislative 10: Moldova, President (indirect) 22: Romania, President (1^st Round) and Referendum 23: Northern Mariana Islands, Governor's runoff election 27–28: Namibia, General 29: Côte d'Ivoire, President 29: Equatorial Guinea, President 29: Honduras, General 29: Switzerland, Referendum 29: Uruguay, President (2^nd Round) edit sidebar

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Recently concluded Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Canada: Larry O'Brien New Zealand: Clayton Weatherston Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sweden: The Pirate Bay Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian United States: James Charles Kopp, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Phil Spector, Bernard Madoff, William J. Jefferson Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal France: Church of Scientology Germany: Heinrich Boere Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six Upcoming Germany: John Demjanjuk Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United Kingdom: Allen Stanford United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Ehren Watada, Sheila Dixon, Joseph Bruno edit sidebar

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