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- At least two women are killed and six people trapped after a landslide in Los Gigantes, Tenerife. (The Daily Telegraph) (RTÉ) (Reuters) (BBC)
- South Sudan's leader, Salva Kiir, announces he will back the independence of the semi-autonomous region in a 2011 referendum. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
- A ship carrying 100 tons of hydrochloric acid sinks in a section of the Yangtze River in China's central Hubei province after colliding with another vessel. (AFP) (Xinhua)
- Nigeria's main rebel group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, threatens to call off its ceasefire with the government if foreign oil companies do not leave their land. (Al Jazeera)
- At least 14 people are dead after Typhoon Mirinae hits the Philippines. (CNN) (Philippine Inquirier)
- China's legislature sacks the country's education minister, Zhou Ji, amid a corruption scandal, replacing him with his deputy Yuan Guiren. (Times of India) (Associated Press) (Xinhua)
- Six Uyghurs detained at Guantanamo Bay detention camp are released by the United States and resettled in Palau. (Associated Press) (Press TV)
- 11 people are killed after a Russian military cargo plane belonging to the Interior Ministry crashes in Yakutia. (RIA Novosti) (Press Trust of India)
- The West Atlas oil rig that has leaked oil and gas for 10 weeks into the Timor Sea catches fire after an attempt to plug the leak. (BBC) (The Australian)
- Several events are held to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Gaelic Athletic Association. (RTÉ)
- Afghan Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah pulls out of the run-off election versus Hamid Karzai due to concerns over the independence of Azizullah Lodin, the head of the Independent Election Commission. (The Guardian)
- Police in Italy detain two more suspected mafia bosses, one day after the seizure of their brother in a raid near Naples. (BBC) (France 24)
- The composer and pianist Elton John postpones three more concerts on The Red Piano Tour, this time in the United States, due to illness. (BBC)
- U.S. Republican Party candidate Dede Scozzafava, who withdrew her bid for New York's 23rd Congressional District in the House of Representatives Friday, endorses the Democratic challenger. (The New York Times)
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- After 29 years of decriminalized prostitution in the U.S. state of Rhode Island, Governor Donald Carcieri signs a bill into law outlawing prostitution. (Providence Journal)
- Voters go to the polls in elections in the United States for Governors of Virginia and New Jersey, special elections for two Congressional districts, and several municipal elections. (CNN)
- Czech President Václav Klaus signs the Lisbon Treaty after it was upheld by the Constitutional Court, thus fulfilling the final step in its ratification. (euronews)(BBC)
- North Korea says it has completed reprocessing 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods as part of its nuclear program. (CNN) (Yonhap) (Al Jazeera)
- African countries boycott the United Nations climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, after saying goals set by industrialised countries are too low. (Associated Press) (Bloomberg)
- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić attends his war crimes trial for the first time after boycotting previous sittings. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- India's Supreme Court judges disclose their assets online. (Indian Express) (BBC) (AFP)
- China accuses the Dalai Lama of damaging Sino-Indian relations ahead of his visit to the disputed border region of Arunachal Pradesh. (Times of India) (China Daily)
- Dubai announces it is to appoint female muftis for the first time in 2010. (The National) (Philippine Inquirer)
- Two senior United States officials arrive in Burma for talks with the military junta and National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (CNN) (Xinhua)
- Fiji expels envoys from Australia and New Zealand over alleged interference in the country's judiciary. (Fiji Times) (AFP)
- An oil leak on the West Atlas oil rig in the Timor Sea is plugged. (The Australian) (BBC)
- A former KGB agent, Russian-Israeli businessman Shabtai von Kalmanovic, is shot dead in Moscow, Russia. (The Guardian) (RIA Novosti)
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- 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)
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- 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
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- New Zealand qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1982, by defeating Bahrain in a playoff billed as "the biggest sporting event ever staged in New Zealand" and the country's most attended football match ever. (BBC) (Arabnews)
- U.S. evangelist Tony Alamo is sentenced to 175 years in prison for taking underage girls across several states for sexual intercourse. (CNN) (Telegraph.co.uk)
- The Ogaden National Liberation Front, a separatist Somali rebel group in the southeast of Ethiopia, says it has begun a new offensive. (BBC) (Ethiopian Review)
- A Peruvian court orders the arrest of two Chilean military officers on charges of spying, causing a diplomatic row between the two countries. (AFP) (BBC)
- Two Saudi soldiers are killed and five wounded killed in fighting with Houthi rebels in northern Yemen. (Press TV) (Al-Sharq al-Awsat) (AFP)
- More than 1,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews demonstrate outside the offices of U.S. firm Intel in Israel in protest at work taking place at the site on the Jewish Sabbath. (Jerusalem Post) (Reuters) (BBC)
- A fire at a shooting range in Busan, South Korea kills 10 people including two Japanese tourists and injures six others. (Korea Times) (Japan Today) (UPI)
- Slovenia signs an agreement with Russia to allow the South Stream gas pipeline to Europe pass through the country. (ITAR-TASS) (Bloomberg)
- Thousands of protesters demonstrate in Taipei, Taiwan, against imports of certain U.S. beef products. (Radio Taiwan International) (AFP) (Taiwan News)
- Several people are killed and dozens injured after an express train crashes near Jaipur, India. (NDTV) (BBC) (Indian Express)
- The United Nations chief of the Food and Agriculture Organization completes a 24 hour hunger strike in Rome, Italy, ahead of a UN summit next week. (AP)
- At least 11 people are killed and 24 injured after a bomb explodes in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera) (Geo TV) (Brisbane Times)
- The Papal ban on discussion of the ordination of women priests is challenged by Willie Walsh, Bishop of Killaloe during his address to the Association of European Journalists in Dublin. (RTÉ) (BBC) (The Irish Times)
- The body of veteran Slovenian mountaineer Tomaž Humar is located in the Himalayas days after going missing whilst climbing Langtang Lirung. (The Irish Times) (BBC)
- Sweden returns 22 skulls stolen by Swedish scientists from indigenous cemeteries in Hawaii during the 19th century. (BBC)
- Russian authorities in Perm detain three homeless males on charges of murder, cannibalism and the unlawful selling of body parts to a kebab shop. (BBC) (The Irish Times) (The Times of India) (ABC Online)
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- Kevin Rudd, the Prime Minister of Australia, apologises to the "forgotten Australians" raised in orphanages and foster homes during the twentieth century. (The Australian)
- NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-129 at 1928 UTC (2:28pm EST), bringing supplies and the first two ExPRESS Logistics Carriers to the International Space Station. (NASA)
- At least 8 people are dead and dozens missing after a ferry collided with an oil barge in Burma's Irrawaddy Delta. (AP)
- A Zambian court clears journalist Chansa Kabwela of Zambia Post newspaper of pornography charges after she sent pictures of a woman giving birth in a hospital car park to President Rupiah Banda in protest at the effects of a national strike. (Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation) (The Post) (BBC)
- U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Shanghai, China, and holds a town-hall-style meeting with students. (AJNews)
- The United Nations "Hunger Summit" opens in Rome, Italy. (AFP)
- The IAEA expresses concern after a late declaration of a second nuclear site by Iran. (Al Jazeera) (UPI)
- One of the United Kingdom's most prolific rapists, known as the "Night Stalker" who it thought to have struck more than 200 times, is charged with 22 offences against the elderly from 1992 to 2009. (The Times)
- Algeria deploys security at the Egyptian embassy in Algiers after Egyptian businesses are attacked in the capital, and security is also tightened in Sudan ahead of a World Cup play off between the two countries. (BBC) (Times of India)
- The United Nations is criticised after a poster that made reference to China's internet censorship by the OpenNet Initiative at an international conference focussed on Internet freedom in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, is removed. (BBC) (CBC) (AP)
- Kosovo's ruling party, the Democratic Party of Kosovo, claims victory in local elections, the first since the declaration of independence from Serbia. (Xinhua) (Deutsche Welle)
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- The Large Hadron Collider, the largest atom collider in the world, is restarted after a fourteen-month delay for repairs. (The Daily Telegraph) (BBC) (Reuters)
- Three political parties file a motion of no confidence against French Polynesian President Oscar Temaru. (Tahitipresse)
- The United States Senate clears Senator Roland Burris of legal wrongdoing in relation to his appointment to the Senate. (WLS Chicago)
- At least 100 people are killed and around 50,000 displaced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with some fleeing to the Republic of the Congo, in an ethnic conflict over fishing rights. (BBC) (Times LIVE) (People's Daily)
- Officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China and the United States express "regret" at Iran's refusal to accept nuclear proposals. (Reuters)
- 200 European football matches are under investigation in a match-fixing inquiry, at least three from the UEFA Champions League and 12 from the UEFA Europa League as Europe's biggest ever match-fixing scandal is revealed. (BBC) (IOL) (Bangkok Post)
- FIFA turns down the Football Association of Ireland's request for a rematch between France and Republic of Ireland, after a controversial handball decided the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification playoff between the two countries. (RTÉ) (Sky News) (CNN)
- The Iraq Football Association is suspended by FIFA following government interference. (FIFA)
- 35 people are injured and fire bombs are thrown after Egyptian riot police clash with protesters at a demonstration outside the Algerian embassy in Cairo, following Egypt's defeat in a World Cup qualifying playoff match. (BBC) (Ennahar)
- Floods in Great Britain and Ireland:
- The Irish Defence Forces are deployed to assist civil authorities after widespread flooding hits the west and south of Ireland after the heaviest rainfall in over thirty years falls in one night. The worst affected areas are Cork and Galway, where there is widespread disruption to public transport and services and several major roads are closed. Lectures at University College Cork are cancelled as the university is submerged. (RTÉ) (The Irish Times) (Ireland Online)
- Cumbria, England: A high volume of people, including one policeman, are declared missing, more than 200 people are rescued in Cockermouth and a bridge collapses in Workington during floods. The body of a policeman is later recovered. (BBC)
- Somalia announces it is to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, leaving the United States the only country not to ratify it. (BBC)
- Colombia accuses Venezuelan troops of blowing up two border bridges between the two countries. (Colombia Reports) (El Universal) (Al Jazeera)
- At least five people are killed, including the gunman, and a further eight injured in a shooting in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. (Saipan Tribune) (BBC) (AP)
- MS Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, is officially unveiled at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, live on an American morning television show. (The Independent)
- Brenda, a transsexual named in a sex scandal involving former Lazio governor Piero Marrazzo, is found burned alive following a fire at her Rome flat. (BBC) (The Daily Telegraph) (Reuters)
- Two fingers and a tooth belonging to astronomer Galileo Galilei are located more than 100 years after their disappearance. (BBC)
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- An Algerian court acquits Abdulli Feghoul, who had been detained at Guantanamo Bay detention camp without trial for almost seven years. (AP) (BBC)
- Efren Peñaflorida, who started a "pushcart classroom" in the Philippines to provide education to poor children, is named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year. (The Philippine Star) (UPI) (CNN)
- Three Royal National Lifeboat Institution crew members are located "in good condition" after their boat capsizes off County Wexford in Ireland. (RTÉ)
- At least seven people are killed and more than 55 injured in a bombing in Assam, northeastern India. (Times of India) (Al Jazeera) (UPI)
- A 400lb bomb partially explodes outside the headquarters of the Policing Board in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In another incident, three men are arrested after a shooting incident involving PSNI officers in the border village of Garrison, County Fermanagh. (The Daily Telegraph) (CNN) (RTÉ)
- Romanians go to the polls for the first round of the presidential election and to vote on proposed parliamentary reform. (Agerpres) (BBC)
- Jeong Nam-gyu, one of South Korea's most prolific serial killers, commits suicide in his cell on death row. (Joongang Daily) (BBC) (New York Times)
- Former Iranian Vice President Mohammad-Ali Abtahi who was sentenced to six years imprisonment in connection with the June election protests is released on bail. (Xinhua) (AFP)
- 2009 Azerbaijan-Armenia negotiations in Munich: Azerbaijan and Armenia hold talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Azerbaijan has warned that the meeting of presidents in Munich will be "decisive" and that its troops are ready to take the territory by force unless there is a breakthrough in negotiations. (Reuters)
- Debate is stoked over whether scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change after computer hackers break into a server at University of East Anglia, the well-respected climate change research center. (Wall Street Journal) (Washington Post)
- An Indonesian ferry carrying over 200 passengers sinks off the cost of Sumatra. (Jakarta Post) (AFP via News Limited) (China Daily)
- The United States Senate votes to allow a debate on the healthcare reform bill. The debate is to begin on November 30, 2009. (The Guardian) (BBC News) (Voice of America) (MSNBC)
- The number killed in an explosion in Heilongjiang province, China rises to 92. (BBC News) (Reuters) (Associated Press) (New York Times)
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- Forty three people, including a local politician and about a dozen journalists, are killed in a massacre in Maguindanao, Philippines.(The Philippine Star)
- The first atom collisions have taken place in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. (The Times) (BBC News)
- A second fire at an arms depot plant in Ulyanovsk, Russia, kills at least eight people, 10 days after a previous explosion at the same site. (RIA Novosti) (Al Jazeera)
- The family of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was mistakenly shot dead by the Metropolitan Police in London in 2005, reach a compensation deal with police, resolving "all litigation" between them. (BBC)
- India's main opposition BJP party condemns a leaked Liberhan Commission report that implicated opposition figures in the destruction of the Babri Mosque in 1992 by Hindu nationalists. (IBN) (Times LIVE) (BBC)
- Voters in the Northern Mariana Islands participate in the Commonwealth's first ever gubernatorial runoff election between Governor Benigno Fitial and challenger Heinz Hofschneider. Hofschneider had bested Fitial in the first round by just 8 votes on November 7, the closest gubernatorial election in history. (Saipan Tribune)
- The war crimes trial of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia hears its final arguments. (Phnom Penh Post) (CNN) (Al Jazeera)
- The world's largest mass immunisation against yellow fever begins in West Africa, targeting 12 million people. (BBC)
- 21 bodies are discovered so far after a convoy of around 50 people including politicians, journalists and supporters is hijacked by dozens of armed gunmen in Maguindanao, southern Philippines. (AP) (Philippine Inquirer) (GMA News)
- Clashes break out between refugees from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan at an Australian immigration centre on Christmas Island. (BBC) (Xinhua) (ABC News)
- Flooding in Great Britain and Ireland
- Relatives protest about the recent mine disaster in China. (Daily Mail) (RTÉ) (Reuters)
- Chinese human rights activist Huang Qi, who campaigned for the parents of the children killed in schools in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, is sentenced to three years in prison for "illegally holding state secrets". (BBC) (AFP)
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- An appeal court in Casablanca, Morocco, upholds a three year jail term against a human rights activist, Chahib Khayari, for "offending the authorities" after accusing top officials of being involved in drug networks. (Reuters) (IOL)
- Two French charity workers are kidnapped in the Central African Republic, in the latest in a series of kidnappings. (IOL) (Afrik.com)
- Four people are killed in a helicopter crash off the coast of Netanya in northern Israel. (Jerusalem Post) (RTT News) (Trend News Agency)
- A nationwide public service strike involving medical staff, teachers and civil servants takes place in areas of Ireland not badly affected by recent ongoing flooding. (The Irish Times) (BBC) (Irish Independent)
- The Government of Ireland announces a €10 million humanitarian fund for the worst affected by ongoing floods in the country. (RTÉ)
- Over 1,500 complaints are received from American viewers after a gay kiss involving Adam Lambert is televised during an awards ceremony. (BBC)
- Iran lifts a ban on one of its best-selling newspapers, Hamshahri, a day after it was banned from publication after publishing a picture of a temple from the banned Baha'i faith. (Press TV) (Reuters)
- The trial of two Congolese militia leaders, Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, begins at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (AP)
- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev orders an investigation into the death of an anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who died in prison while awaiting trial on charges of tax evasion. (RIA Novosti) (The Daily Telegraph)
- The European Parliament approves a major overhaul of telecommunications systems in the European Union aimed at boosting the rights of mobile and internet users. (AFP) (euronews)
- An inquiry opens in the United Kingdom over the country's involvement in the Iraq War. (BBC) (CNN) (Angola Press)
- Pirates kill a Ukrainian sailor after an oil tanker is attacked off the coast of Benin. (BBC) (Press TV)
- China executes two people for their role in the tainted milk poisoning scandal. (Xinhua) (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera)
- In a tribute to Hindu goddess Gadhimai, approximately 20,000 buffalo and 300,000 birds, sheep and goats are ritually slaughtered in a festival in Bariyapur, Nepal. (BBC) (Times of India) (CNN)
- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares a state of emergency in the entire Maguindanao province in southern Philippines following the bloodiest election-related massacre in Philippine history which left at least 40 people dead, including a local politician and about a dozen journalists. (ABS-CBN News)
- Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election, 2009
- Web browser Opera closes a loophole which allowed Chinese users to access websites banned by the government. (BBC)
- Died the Chilean writer and historian, José Arraño (88)
- Nick Seamon attempted to unstop a jammed hopper full of CDI, causing it to explode CDI like a volcano all over everything. It was nuts. Later that very afternoon, Nick got so upset at the hopper, he said, "take this you stupid hopper!" and threw a plastic jug into the blades, causing the entire machine to break. Nick was heard laughing miles away as the machine slowley died. (The Book of Mormon)
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- A Russian high-speed passenger train traveling on the Moscow–Saint Petersburg Railway derails near Uglovka in a suspected terrorist attack, killing 26 people and injuring more than 100. (RIA Novosti) (BBC)
- Tiger Woods, the world's number one golfer, is hospitalised after sustaining injuries in a car crash in Orlando, Florida, USA. (The Daily Telegraph) (BBC) (The Irish Times)
- The World Health Organization reports a one-week global increase of more than 1,000 deaths (85% increase in Europe) from the pandemic H1N1/09 virus. (BBC) (World Health Organization)
- A ferry carrying over 1000 people partially sinks in the Tetulia river in southern Bangladesh, trapping an unknown number of people. (BBC) (IOL) (The Daily Star)
- The International Atomic Energy Agency passes a resolution 25-3 condemning Iran for developing a secret uranium enrichment site. (BBC) (Xinhua) (Press TV) (RIA Novosti)
- Vanuatu's Prime Minister Edward Natapei loses his parliamentary seat after he missed three consecutive sittings without submitting an explanation. (AFP) (BBC) (Xinhua)
- Voters in Namibia vote in a general election. (The Namibian) (Al Jazeera) (AFP)
- At the Khmer Rouge war crimes trial, Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, pleads to be released. (Phnom Penh Post) (AP)
- Great Britain and Ireland floods:
- Multibillion-dollar debt problems of Emirati investment company Dubai World, including the possibility of default, upset markets worldwide. (MarketWatch)
- The China National Space Administration sets a launch date of October 2010 for Chang'e 2, its second lunar orbiter. (AP)
- The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2009 opens with the following issues on its agenda: discussion of climate change ahead of the December United Nations Climate Change Conference; Rwanda's admission into the Commonwealth of Nations; and Sri Lanka's bid to host the 2011 meeting. (BBC)
- South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission acknowledges the government's execution of 5,000 civilians accused of sympathizing with North Korea during the early months of the Korean War. (Los Angeles Times)
- The Ugandan parliament passes a controversial land bill, criticised by the Buganda kingdom. (Daily Monitor) (BBC) (New Vision)
- Franz Josef Jung resigns as Germany's Minister of Labour and Social Affairs following allegations of covering up the Kunduz airstrike, during which he served as Minister of Defence. (Deutsche Welle) (BBC)
- President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso nominates a new team of commissioners for his second five-year term. (BBC) (The New York Times)
- Space Shuttle Atlantis returns to Earth following the completion of its STS-129 mission. (Reuters)
- A mass shooting at a Thanksgiving party in Jupiter, Florida, United States kills four people and critically wounds a fifth. (CNN)
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- A court in Argentina blocks Latin America's first gay marriage, overturning an earlier ruling, saying the Supreme Court should decide on its constitutionality. (Buenos Aires Herald) (AFP) (BBC)
- On St. Andrew's Day, the Scottish Government concludes the National Conversation into Scotland's constitutional future by publishing a white paper for their proposed referendum on independence. (The Independent) (Scotland.gov.uk)
- Officials in Equatorial Guinea announce that incumbent President Teodoro Obiang Nguema won the presidential election with 96.7% of the vote, as the opposition claims irregularities. (AFP) (Press TV)
- In a major provincial leadership reshuffle in the People's Republic of China, Lu Zhangong was appointed secretary of the Henan CPC Provincial Committee, replacing Xu Guangchun. Sun Chunlan was appointed secretary of the Fujian CPC Committee. Former Jilin Party chief Wang Min was appointed secretary of the Liaoning CPC Committee, replacing Zhang Wenyue. Former Minister of Agriculture Sun Zhengcai took over as Party chief of Jilin Province. And former governor of Hebei Hu Chunhua was appointed Party chief of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, replacing Chu Bo, who retired.(Xinhua)
- An explosive device goes off under a train travelling from Tyumen, Russia, to Baku in Azerbaijan, in the northern Caucasus republic of Dagestan. (RIA Novosti) (Azeri Press Agency) (Times of India)
- Three Spanish aid workers are kidnapped in northern Mauritania, after they became separated from an aid convoy. (CNN) (The Guardian)
- Former rebel leader Agathon Rwasa, of the National Liberation Forces in Burundi, is selected as a candidate in next year's presidential election. (Reuters) (BBC)
- A new railway station opens in Workington, providing a link across the River Derwent after all but one of the bridges in the town were put out of action by floods. (BBC)
- John Demjanjuk goes on trial in Munich accused of war crimes relating to the killing of 27,000 Jews in the Holocaust. (Deutsche Welle) (BBC) (Reuters) (Sydney Morning Herald)
- The Large Hadron Collider sets a new world record for particle accelerations. (The Times) (BBC) (The Daily Telegraph)
- Police in Seattle report that the suspect, Maurice Clemmons, shot in the murder of four police officers in Parkland, Washington, is on the run. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
- Argonne National Laboratory announces that nanodiscs, made from an iron-nickel alloy and subjected to a magnetic field, destroy 90 percent of cancer cells in tests. (AFP) (Scientific American)
- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announces she will run for Congress. (ABS-CBN News)
- A study in the journal Pediatrics indicates that if a child is diagnosed with autism early, intervention can raise IQ levels while improving language skills and behavior. (CNN)
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