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Voters in Switzerland approve in a referendum to ban the construction of minarets (example pictured) in the country.
Rwanda is admitted under the Edinburgh criteria into the Commonwealth of Nations, becoming its second member without any formal historical ties to the United Kingdom.
At least 26 people are killed after a bomb explodes under a train on the Moscow–Saint Petersburg Railway near Bologoye in Russia.
Flash floods on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia during the Hajj pilgrimage leave 83 people dead and more than 350 others missing.
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, the Chief of Staff of the German Bundeswehr, and Franz Josef Jung, the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, resign over allegations that they withheld information in the aftermath of the Kunduz airstrike.
Citizens of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines reject a new constitution which would have replaced the monarchy with a president as Head of State.
The Murphy Report, the result of an investigation into sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin, is published.

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November 30, 2009 (Monday)

November 30, 2009 Wikinews articles

November 29, 2009 (Sunday)

Uruguayan voters elect Broad Front candidate José Mujica as their new president. (Reuters)
The Commonwealth of Nations urges the Fijian government to restore democracy in the country. (BBC)
Israel announces it is likely to release 980 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for captured soldier Gilad Shalit. (Ha'aretz) (AFP)
Four police officers are shot and killed while in a coffee shop in Parkland, Washington, United States. (MSNBC) (BBC)
Irish floods: At least 13 ambulances from the Order of Malta Ambulance Corps in Dublin travel to Athlone and Ballinasloe to deliver relief to flood victims there. Dublin's River Liffey bursts its banks and floods several areas. (RTÉ) (The Sunday Business Post)
Voters in Switzerland approve a referendum to ban the construction of new minarets in the country. (Swissinfo) (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
Nuclear program of Iran:
- The Iranian parliament urges the government to reduce ties with the International Atomic Energy Agency. (Fars News Agency) (BBC) (Xinhua)
- The Iranian government approves plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants. (Press TV) (Sky News)
Russian police issue an appeal for witnesses following the Nevsky Express bombing. (BBC) (IOL)
The central bank of the United Arab Emirates announces it will provide extra liquidity to Dubai banks. (Gulf News) (BBC)
Saudi Arabia says its forces have seized control of a key mountain area amid the country's ongoing fight with Houthi rebels in Yemen. (Al Jazeera)
Statements from bishops relating to the Murphy Report into sexual abuse scandal in Dublin archdiocese are read at Masses across Ireland. (RTÉ)
A witness in the case of the murder of nun Dorothy Stang shot dead in the Amazon Rainforest in 2005 is critically wounded after being shot. (BBC) (Canadian Press)
Officials investigate a radiation leak at the Kaiga nuclear plant in southern India which left 55 employees requiring medical treatment. (Indian Express) (Reuters) (BBC)
The Peruvian government apologizes to citizens of African origin for centuries of abuse. (BBC) (Latin American Herald Tribune)
Honduras holds its first general election five months after a coup d'état ousted Manuel Zelaya as President. (BBC) (The New York Times) (The Washington Post)
Voters in Equatorial Guinea take part in a presidential election. (Xinhua) (Al Jazeera)
A United States Senate report states that Osama bin Laden was "within grasp" of the United States Army in Tora Bora in December 2001. (BBC)
British scientists at the University of East Anglia, who are accused of manipulating climate change data, say they will publish their figures in full. (The Daily Telegraph)
Rwanda is admitted under the Edinburgh criteria as the second member of the Commonwealth of Nations without any historical ties to the United Kingdom. (The New York Times) (Bernama)
Nepal announces it will hold a cabinet meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the effect of climate change on glaciers. (BBC) (Xinhua) (The Himalayan Times)

November 29, 2009 Wikinews articles

Obama declares tougher emission targets before Copenhagen summit

November 28, 2009 (Saturday)

The death toll in a ferry accident in southern Bangladesh rises to 33. (Sify) (Press TV) (Bangkok Post)
Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka announces he will run for President in the presidential election next year. (Daily News & Analysis) (AFP)
A Chinese court hears the first civil lawsuit by a parent whose child fell ill during last year's tainted milk scandal. (AP) (China Daily) (BBC)
The Government of Ireland promises more money to the flood relief fund as ongoing flooding worsens in some counties, including Clare, Galway and Offaly. (RTÉ)
Protesters and police clash at a demonstration protesting a meeting of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. (Swissinfo) (Wall Street Journal)
At least 73 people die as a ferry sinks in Lake Mai-Ndombe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
Pakistan's National Reconciliation Ordinance, issued by former President Pervez Musharraf in October 2007 to provide several thousand politicians (including current President Asif Ali Zardari) amnesty from charges of political corruption, expires. (AFP) (CNN) (Daily Times Pakistan)
Russia's prosecutor general opens a criminal case into the 2009 Nevsky Express bombing which killed at least 26 people yesterday. (Deutsche Welle) (Russia Today) (BBC)
Three people are killed and four injured after a Zimbabwean cargo plane catches fire at Shanghai Pudong International Airport. (Xinhua) (AP) (Bernama)
Japan launches its fifth spy satellite on the H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center. (Kyodo) (Mainichi Shimbun) (Times of India)
A second day of voting in national and presidential elections in Namibia takes place. (AFP)

November 28, 2009 Wikinews articles

November 27, 2009 (Friday)

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:
- Prince Charles visits areas of Cumbria hit by the recent floods. (The Guardian)
- Hundreds of people attend the funeral held for a police officer who died when a bridge collapsed in Workington, Cumbria. (BBC)
- Royal Engineers from the British Army begin construction of a temporary footbridge over the River Derwent. (BBC)
- The Irish Farmers' Association begins an operation to distribute emergency supplies of donated fodder to Ireland's flood-hit regions as the River Shannon rises further, threatening Limerick City. (The Irish Times) (RTÉ)
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)

November 27, 2009 Wikinews articles

November 26, 2009 (Thursday)

Ireland's Taoiseach Brian Cowen is confronted by displeased residents in Athlone during his half-day tour of flood-hit areas in Galway, Offaly, Roscommon and Westmeath. (The Irish Times) (RTÉ)
The Murphy Report, commissioned by the Irish government, finds that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin covered up widespread sexual abuse of children by priests until the mid 1990s. (Irish Times) (Reuters) (BBC)
All pleas to halt British hacker Gary McKinnon being extradited to the United States to face trial for breaking into NASA and military computers looking for UFO evidence fail as UK Home Secretary orders his extradition. (The Daily Telegraph)
The Namibian National Society for Human Rights announces it will approach the High Court after the electoral commission withdraws its observer status for the general election on Friday. (The Namibian) (BBC)
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) labels the Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines the "single deadliest event for the press" ever documented. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
The Supreme Court in Bogotá convicts and sentences former general Jaime Uscátegui to 40 years in prison for his role in the Mapiripán Massacre in 1997 by far right militias. (The Guardian) (Colombia Reports)
Floods in Saudi Arabia kill around 77 people in Jeddah, Rabigh and Mecca, and a further 351 are missing in the heaviest rainfall in years. (AFP) (Saudi Gazette)
Germany's army chief Wolfgang Schneiderhan resigns over allegations of a cover up related to a September NATO airstrike in northern Afghanistan. (Deutsche Welle) (Xinhua)
South Korea's Constitutional Court strikes down a decades old law that punished men for making false promises of marriage to engage in sexual relations with women. (Yonhap) (Korea Herald) (Times of India)
A gunman attacks the University of Pécs in southern Hungary, killing one and injuring at least three people. (BBC) (Caboodle.hu)
Ceremonies are held in India to mark the first anniversary of a series of attacks in Mumbai by Pakistani militants which killed 166 people. (Hindustan Times) (BBC) (The Guardian)
China unveils its first firm target to cut greenhouse gas emissions, ahead of a United Nations summit in Copenhagen next month. (Xinhua) (The Times) (Reuters)
Police in Hong Kong attempt to find the founder of a Facebook group whose members claim to have planned to commit a mass suicide on December 21. (IOL) (China Daily) (Radio Television Hong Kong)
Citizens of St Vincent and the Grenadines reject a new constitution which would have replaced Queen Elizabeth II with a president as Head of State. (Antillean) (Caribbean News Agency)

November 26, 2009 Wikinews articles

November 25, 2009 (Wednesday)

Irish floods: Water levels rise between Gort and Kinvara, the main Galway-Limerick road is partially impassable, water levels in Athlone reach 50cm over the highest level on record, Waterways Ireland describes water levels on the River Shannon as "unmanageable" and says one third of Ireland's annual rain has so far fallen during November alone. (RTÉ)
2009 South Yemen insurgency: Five Yemenis die when security forces clash with southern separatists. (Reuters)
President of French Polynesia Oscar Temaru is ousted in a motion of no confidence by the Assembly of French Polynesia. The Assembly elects Gaston Tong Sang as president. Gaston returns to power just nine months after leaving office. This is the eleventh new government in five years. (Radio Australia)
Dubai World, the state-owned real-estate and ports giant, asks for a moratorium on its 59 billion US dollars' in debt until at least May 30, 2010. (Bloomberg)
Two journalists kidnapped more than a year ago in Somalia, an Australian and a Canadian, are released. (AP) (ABC News)
Five people are killed at a rally demanding secession in Shabwa, southern Yemen. (Reuters) (BBC) (Xinhua)
A court in Pakistan charges seven suspects in connection with the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. (Al Jazeera) (Hindustan Times) (AFP)
Prosecutors in the trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav request a 40 year prison sentence. (Phnom Penh Post) (AP) (Press TV)
Maguindanao massacre
- Philippine police name a political ally of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as prime suspect in the Maguindanao massacre. (ABS-CBN News)
- The Philippine National Police take full control of the province of Maguindanao to prevent an escalation of violence. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

November 25, 2009 Wikinews articles

November 24, 2009 (Tuesday)

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
- In the Northern Mariana Islands' first ever runoff, incumbent Governor Benigno Fitial of the Covenant Party leads Republican Party Rep. Heinz Hofschneider by 501 votes. (Saipan Tribune)
- An estimated 1,200 absentee ballots still need to be counted before a winner is declared on December 7, 2009. (Saipan Tribune)
Web browser Opera closes a loophole which allowed Chinese users to access websites banned by the government. (BBC)

November 24, 2009 Wikinews articles

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Ongoing events
Disasters Great Britain and Ireland floods Saudi Arabia floods Economic Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis Worldwide recession Medical H1N1/09 flu pandemic West African meningitis outbreak HIV/AIDS in Africa Political Health care reform debate Honduran constitutional crisis Maguindanao massacre Nigerien constitutional crisis Scientific Expedition 21 edit sidebar

Recent deaths
November 29: Prince Alexander of Belgium 24: Samak Sundaravej 22: Billy Joe Daugherty 22: Ali Kordan 22: Juan Carlos Muñoz 21: Konstantin Feoktistov 20: Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi 20: Lino Lacedelli 20: Celso Pitta 19: Daul Kim 18: Jeanne-Claude 16: Robert J. Frankel 16: Edward Woodward 15: Antonio de Nigris 15: Pierre Harmel 15: Patriarch Pavle of Serbia edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
Africa / Middle East Fourth Chadian Civil War Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Maghreb insurgency Niger Delta conflict Sa'dah insurgency South Yemen 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

Elections
Recent November 7: Northern Mariana Islands, Governor and Legislative 10: Moldova, President (indirect) 22: Romania, President (1^st Round) and constitutional referendum 23: Northern Mariana Islands, Governor (2^nd Round) 25: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, constitutional referendum 27–28: Namibia, General Upcoming: November 29: Equatorial Guinea, President 29: Honduras, General 29: Switzerland, Referendum 29: Uruguay, President (2^nd Round) edit sidebar

Trials
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 China: Organized crime in Chongqing 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

Holidays and observances
November Ongoing 15 - December 24: Nativity Fast (Eastern Christianity) 25 – 30: Hajj (Islam) 27 – 30: Eid al-Adha (Islam) 27 - 28: Buy Nothing Day (Anti-consumerism) Current 28: Ascension of `Abdu'l-Bahá (Bahá'í Faith) 28: Feast of the Holy Sovereigns (Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii) 28: Independence Day (Albania) 28: Proclamation of the Republic Day (Chad) 28: Declaration of Independence Day (East Timor) 28: Independence Day (Mauritania) 28: Independence Day (Panama) Upcoming 29: Advent Sunday (Western Christianity) 29 - December 24: Advent (Western Christianity) 29: Liberation Day (Albania) 29: Kaf-Tet November (Israel) 29: William Tubman's Birthday (Liberia) 30: Cities for Life Day 30: Independence Day (Barbados) 30: Bonifacio Day (Philippines) 30: St. Andrew's Day (Scotland) 30: Independence Day (Yemen) edit sidebar

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