Portal:Current events/2005 November 22

22 November 2005 (Tuesday)

• Israeli–Lebanese conflict: Israeli planes bomb targets in Southern Lebanon. (BBC)
• Floods and mudslides due to Tropical Storm Gamma, the 24th named storm in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, kill at least 32 people in Honduras. (Reuters)
• After two months of negotiations, Angela Merkel is elected the first female Chancellor of Germany by a coalition of the CDU/CSU and SPD delegates in the Bundestag. (BBC)
• Kenyan voters overwhelmingly reject a new constitution, which would have given the president greater power, in a national referendum, which used symbols on the ballot paper to assist illiterate voters. (BBC)
• Al Jazeera bombing memo: British Daily Mirror tabloid publishes an article suggesting that George W. Bush discussed with Tony Blair a plan to bomb the offices of the Al Jazeera TV station. (Mirror) Following the publication, the Attorney General threatens to prosecute, under §5 of the Official Secrets Act 1989, anyone making further disclosures from the memo. (Guardian) Al Jazeera offices in Baghdad and Kabul have previously been bombed by the U.S. military. U.S. officials deny Al Jazeera was the target of either attack, and a White House spokesman describes the report as "outlandish." (Guardian)
• The Xbox 360 is released in North America.