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November 2004
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- 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy:
- Attorneys for Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb asked a federal court today to take jurisdiction of, and ultimately dissolve, a temporary restraining order issued by a Delaware County, Ohio judge attempting to prevent Cobb from seeking a recount of the presidential ballots cast in that county. [1]
- Attorneys representing John Kerry filed papers to join the Cobb / Badnarik Ohio recount case. [2]
- If the Ohio recount does not begin before the votes are certified, then electors will be chosen before the recount begins. [3]
- The U.S. Department of Commerce imposes heavy tariffs against shrimp imported to the U.S. from China and Vietnam. (Bloomberg)
- Ken Jennings ends his 75-episode streak on Jeopardy!, becoming the foremost game show contestant in international television history.
- In Ottawa, Canada, sporadic violence occurs in protests against U.S. President George W. Bush's first official visit to Canada. (CBC) (Globe and Mail)
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge resigns. This is the latest in a string of resignations after the 2004 presidential election. (CNN) (Yahoo)
- A report from the International Committee of the Red Cross, recently leaked to the New York Times, describes the treatment of prisoners at the U.S. base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba as being "tantamount to torture". The U.S. military disputes this. (New York Times)
- More than 300 persons have died in flooding and landslides in Quezon Province, in the northern Philippines. Illegal logging is blamed. (Reuters Alertnet)(ABS-CBN) (SwissInfo) (ABC News)
- Traian Băsescu, the leader of the Romanian opposition alliance Justice and Truth, demands a re-run of the 2004 legislative elections, claiming that 160,000 void ballots were awarded to Adrian Năstase and his Social Democratic Party. (BBC) (Guardian)
- Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio dissolves the parliament after Prime minister Pedro Santana Lopes fails to present a plan to solve cabinet instability. The elections are expected to be scheduled to February 2005. (CNN) (BBC)
- U.K. Home Secretary David Blunkett defends his actions after newspaper allegations that he used his position to acquire a fast-track visa application for his former lover's nanny, ordering an independent enquiry into his own actions and denying any impropriety, whilst apologising for inadvertently misusing government funds to obtain her a first class train ticket. (BBC)
- A South African court rules that the common law concept of marriage must be extended to include same-sex couples. Although the ruling does not immediately permit same-sex marriage in South Africa, it is considered a major step in that direction. (365gay.com)
- A Wisconsin girl becomes the first person to survive rabies without a vaccination, after an experimental treatment using an induced coma and a cocktail of anti-viral drugs. (TheDenverChannel)
- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf begins a tour of several American and European countries to urge Western leaders to resolve the Kashmir and Palestinian disputes, which he sees as root causes of terrorism by Muslims. (Reuters)
- Ukraine presidential election, 2004:
- Alberto Abadie, a professor at the Harvard University School of Government, theorizes that the level of political freedom, not poverty, explains terrorism. Areas with intermediate levels of political freedom experience the most terrorism, while societies with high levels of political freedom or authoritarian regimes have low levels of terrorism. (PDF) (Harvard Gazette)
- People are evacuated from Manam in northern Papua New Guinea during eruption of the island's volcano. (New Zealand Herald) (Scotsman) (SwissInfo)
- In one of Canada's largest class-action lawsuits, the Ontario Court of Appeal upholds a lower court ruling whereby Canadians whose same-sex partners died after April 1985 are entitled to Canada Pension Plan survivors' benefits. (CBC News)
- The director for the western region of the World Health Organization says that an influenza pandemic is inevitable and plans to combat it are needed urgently. (In 1918-20, the Spanish Flu killed up to 40 million people.) The new virus is likely to develop out of avian influenza. (Reuters)
- Conflict in Iraq: In Baghdad, an American civilian contractor is shot near the Green Zone. The largest Sunni political party, Iraqi Islamic Party, calls for elections to be postponed for six months to allow better security and threatens a boycott. British troops join the operation to pacify the insurgency in the "Sunni Triangle." Iraqi police state they have arrested five suspected foreign fighters in the south. The Iraqi Minister of State says Iraqi National Guard discovered a small chemical and explosive lab in Falluja. (Reuters) (BBC)
- Fatah officially picks former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, already PLO chairman, as its candidate for January's presidential elections. (BBC) (Reuters)
- The President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, visits the province of Aceh for the first time, the location of a long separatist movement. (BBC)
- Over 8,000 landless activists, including the Landless Workers' Movement (MST), march on Brasilia, Brazil to demand the speeding up of land reform promised by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. (Reuters)
- The Pakistani army states they find no evidence Osama bin Laden is hiding in the mainly tribal border with Afghanistan after combing through the area. (Reuters)
- A man kills 8 and injures four people with a knife at a Chinese high school in Ruzhou , Henan. (BBC) (Xinhua)
- 2004 Ukrainian presidential election: Ukraine's electoral commission declares Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych the winner. Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko calls for supporters to protest "the total falsification of the vote". Observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) say the run-off vote "did not meet international standards", and the senior U.S. election observer, Senator Richard Lugar, notes a "concerted and forceful program of election day fraud". (Reuters) (BBC)
- European Parliament lawmakers urge European Commission president José Manuel Durão Barroso to suspend Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot, after it was revealed that Barrot was involved in a party funding scandal in 2000. (CNN)
- Iran's nuclear program: Iran declares that it will suspend its uranium enrichment programme to comply with a European Union-brokered deadline. Iran will review its decision in three months. The EU seeks to have the suspension made permanent and is willing to provide economic and political incentives. (Reuters)(BBC)
- A mechanical failure has been blamed for an oil spill on the eastern coast of Canada. Experts estimate 170,000 litres of oil have been spilled into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland, covering an area 9 km long by 1 km wide. (CBC)
- A Gulfstream II airplane heading to pick up former United States President George H.W. Bush crashes before landing, killing all three people on board, in Houston, Texas. (CNN)
- The American Journal of Psychiatry reports researchers from the University of Southern California conclude in a study of 1,000 Mauritian children that malnutrition and a poor diet are strongly correlated to a low IQ and anti-social behavior. (BBC) (AJP)
- The United Nations is investigating 150 sexual abuse allegations involving civilian staff and soldiers on the peace-keeping mission in the Congo, some reportedly caught on video. (Reuters)
- An Israeli military court indicts an unidentified outpost commander in charge of soldiers who killed a 13-year-old Palestinian girl in the Gaza Strip on October 5. (Haaretz)
- In the Canadian province of Alberta, the Progressive Conservative party under Premier Ralph Klein is re-elected to a 10th consecutive term, and the fourth for Klein. The PCs drop to from 74 to 60 seats in the 83-seat legislature.(Edmonton Journal) (CBC)
- Conflict in Iraq: The nineteen member Paris Club agrees to forgive 80% of nearly $40 billion in Iraqi debt, in three stages: 20% now, 30% in 2005 and 20% in 2008 in tandem with Iraq's implementation of an International Monetary Fund economic programme. $80 billon in debt to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, among others, will remain. (BBC)
- Hifikepunye Pohamba, the candidate of the ruling South-West Africa People's Organisation party, is declared the winner of the Namibian presidential election with 76% of the vote. He succeeds Sam Nujoma, who is retiring after serving as president for 15 years. (BBC)
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
- Ukraine holds the second vote in a run-off presidential election today. Voters will decide between Moscow-oriented Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and western-leaning reformer Viktor Yushchenko. Observers have expressed concern over possible Russian interference, election abuses, and bias in reporting by the state media. With 74% of vote counted, Yanukovych leads Yushchenko 49%-48%. Yushchenko has alleged that massive election fraud has taken place. (BBC) (BBC)
- The Electoral Commission of the Iraq interim government schedules parliamentary elections for January 30, 2005. Reuters
- The Grand Canyon is artificially flooded to bring natural sediment to the ecosystem. (CNN)
- María Isabel from Spain wins the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004. (JESC)
- NASA launches a satellite, named Swift, to investigate gamma ray bursts. (BBC)
- The 25th annual BBC Children in Need telethon has raised over £17 million (£1.5 million more than in 2003). (BBC)
- Conflict in Iraq: A Polish woman, Teresa Borcz Khalifa, held hostage in Iraq has been freed and flown to Warsaw. (BBC)
- The Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France (CRIF), an umbrella group of French Jewish organisations, accused the French government of failing to protect citizens from broadcasts by Hezbollah's al-Manar TV, which includes films that CRIF claims are anti-Semitic and incite Muslims to attack Jews. (Reuters-Haaretz)
- A small China Eastern airlines jet, an Bombardier CRJ2000 , crashes in Mongolia, causing the deaths of 53 persons. (CNN)
- Indian policemen and soldiers of the Indian Army recover 300 kg of RDX from a grocery store near the southern Kashmir town of Anantnag, 55 km from Srinagar. This is the biggest ever explosive haul in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. (The Hindu) (Indian Express)
- The Madras high court in India dismisses the bail petition of Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi, the prime accused in the murder of temple manager Sankararaman. (Times of India)
- Research by the Medical Research Council shows that the antibiotic co-trimoxazole can halve the death rate in HIV-positive children in Zambia. (BBC)
- Attempts by the United States to draft a U.N. treaty banning human cloning have been abandoned. (CNN)
- Ol' Dirty Bastard draws thousands of mourners at his funeral in the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn, New York City. An investigation into the cause of his death is ongoing. (New York Post)
- U.S. President George W. Bush arrives at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Santiago de Chile for talks with China and other nations. The summit's agenda includes nuclear proliferation and new free trade agreements, particularly on agriculture. Bush hopes to revive six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program and promote the "war on terrorism". The Chinese delegation ask Bush to take "all measures necessary" to halt the slide in value of the U.S. dollar. About 40,000 people protest against the summit, Bush, the war in Iraq, and globalization; they are blocked by Chilean police with tear gas and water cannon. (MSNBC) (CBC)
- Sudanese Civil War: At a special session of the United Nations Security Council in Nairobi, Kenya, the government of Sudan and southern rebels sign an agreement which states that both sides will commit themselves to ending the 21 year conflict by December 31. The Council then unanimously passes a resolution which promises substantial aid to the country after the wars in the south and in the region of Darfur come to an end. (Reuters)
- Sino-Japanese relations: Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian says information provided by his government helped Japan locate a Chinese nuclear submarine in Japanese waters a week ago. The PRC expressed "regret" after the incident. (VOA)
- Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, one of the most controversial Dutch politicans, advocates a five-year halt to non-Western immigration in the wake of the murder of Theo van Gogh stating: "The Netherlands has been too tolerant to intolerant people for too long, we should not import a retarded political Islamic society to our country". (NYT)
- 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy: A recount has begun in New Hampshire, testing anomolous statistical discrepancies related to voting machine technologies. [5] [6]
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The commander of the Israeli Defense Force, Moshe Yaalon, orders an investigation "to reach the truth" of claims by the Yediot Ahronot newspaper that IDF troops abused Palestinian corpses. (BBC)
- United States Congress: The U.S. Congress has passed a bill reinstating and extending a ban on taxation of internet access for another three years. (Reuters)
- Russia announces it will sell off the main production unit of Yukos, the energy company seized last year for supposedly failing to pay taxes. (BBC)
- The U.S. U.S. Congress raises the national debt ceiling by USD 800 billion to a total of USD 8.18 trillion. This makes the new borrowing cap 30% higher than the debt Bush inherited, and 70% of the size of the U.S. economy. (CNN) (Debt Clock)
- In Auburn Hills, Michigan, members of the NBA Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons engage in an ugly brawl involving players and spectators. Ron Artest of the Pacers initiated the conflict with fans when he entered the crowd at the Palace of Auburn Hills after a fan threw a bottle at him. The game was postponed with 45 seconds remaining. Artest was suspended for the rest of the season, while several members of both teams were suspended by the league for their involvement. Also see November 19, 2004 disturbance at The Palace of Auburn Hills.
- Conflict in Iraq:
- U.S. Military officials report that 102 soldiers, 85% of which are serving in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan, have contracted a rather rare blood infection by Acinetobacter baumannii. Military investigators say there is no evidence of biochemical agents in the infection which surfaces occasionally in unsanitary hospitals, but that some soldiers were arriving with infections. (CNN)
- World Vision, one of the last aid agencies left in Iraq, announces it will pull its staff out of the country following the murder of its senior manager. (BBC)
- In Baghdad, two people are killed when clashes break out as Iraqi forces backed by U.S. troops enter a popular Sunni mosque to arrest dozens of members reportedly including the imam. (BBC)
- In North Korea, portraits of Kim Jong Il vanish and the official media stops referring to him as the "Dear Leader" leading to speculation his cult of personality is undergoing revision or weakening. (VOA) (Asia Times)
- Former Canadian cabinet minister Alfonso Gagliano vehemently denies he has any links with New York's Bonanno crime family, as was reported on November 17 in the New York Daily News. The issue is raised by Opposition Leader Stephen Harper in the House of Commons, where Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin also denies knowing of any links between the Sicilian-born Gagliano and organized crime. (CP)
- Halo 2, a game for the Xbox system, exceeds more than US$ 125 million in sales on its first day of release. This makes it the biggest opening day in the history of entertainment , surpassing any other games or movies. Microsoft, the publisher of the game, estimates more than 2.4 million units sold. (Tom's Hardware)
- The UK House of Commons invokes the Parliament Act (1911) for only the seventh time. The Act was used to push through a bill which bans Hunting with dogs. (BBC)
- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton opens his presidential library, the Clinton Presidential Center, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Speakers include former presidents Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush, and current president George W. Bush. (BBC)
- Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin expels Mississauga—Erindale Member of Parliament Carolyn Parrish from the Liberal Party caucus, after the controversial MP tells the Canadian Press she feels no loyalty to the party, or to the prime minister. (CBC)
- The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approves an application by the American news channel FOX News for a digital licence. Fox's previous exclusion from the Canadian airwaves had been criticized by some Canadians as being motivated by the network's perceived conservative bias. (CBC)
- The European Parliament approves the new make-up of the European Commission, headed by José Manuel Durão Barroso. (Xinhua) (Bloomberg)
- The Israeli military, investigating alleged crimes by an Israeli officer, is seeking to exhume the body of 13 year old Iman al-Hams. The schoolgirl was shot at least 15 times by the IDF. (BBC)
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture announces that a cow has tested positive for mad cow disease. Officials caution that the test is inconclusive until confirmed at a lab in Ames, Iowa, but if confirmed, it will be the second case in the U.S. The agency says the disease has not entered the food chain. Tech News World, (NY Times)
- Three Palestinians are buried while digging a smuggling tunnel in Rafah. The tunnel collapsed due to heavy rain. The Israeli Defence Force permitted Palestinian rescue forces to try to rescue them, and later sent its own bulldozers to help. The rescue efforts succeeded and three Palestinian were recovered from the ruins alive. They were treated by IDF medical staff and later taken to investigation. (Washington Times), (Maariv), (Haaretz)
- Three Egyptian paramilitary security officers stationed at the Sinai-Gaza border are killed by Israeli tank fire, after IDF troops allegedly mistook them for Palestinian terrorists or militants . The Egyptian government accepts an apology from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and demands an investigation on the incident. (Haaretz) (Reuters) (BBC)
- The New Zealand Parliament finally passes a controversial bill on the foreshore and seabed ownership dispute, which has caused considerable tension between Maori and non-Maori. (TVNZ)
- The Great American Smokeout, sponsored by the American Cancer Society is held for the 28th time. (Newsday)
- Japan says the People's Republic of China has apologized for one of its submarines sailing into Japanese waters last week. The PRC has refused to confirm the apology, saying only that a "diplomatic" resolution has been reached. (VOA)
- The Pentagon announces that Secretary of the Air Force, Dr. James G. Roche, has submitted his resignation. (Reuters)
- French scientists at the Institut Pasteur announce they have successfully stimulated antibodies to block HIV from infecting human cells in vitro. The achievement is a significant breakthrough towards the goal of an HIV vaccine. (365gay.com)
- Indian military officials announce that a withdrawal of troops will begin from the Indian-administered part of Kashmir during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's first visit to the disputed, Muslim-majority region which sparked two of the Indo-Pakistani Wars and a 15 year separatist movement. (Reuters) (BBC)
- Madrid Train Bombing: A 16-year-old Spaniard has been jailed for 6 years for his part in the bombing which killed 191. (BBC)
- Conflict in Iraq:
- White House officials announce that Condoleezza Rice will be nominated to succeed Colin Powell as Secretary of State. (BBC)
- Congolese music star Papa Wemba has been found guilty of people-smuggling in a Paris court in France. (BBC)
- The British Government details a white paper to implement a smoking ban in public places to combat the risks of tobacco smoking. (BBC)
- A Queensland Rail Tilt Train, en route from Brisbane, Australia to Cairns, derails 60 kilometers north of Bundaberg, Queensland, injuring more than 150 people. (ABC News) (news.com.au)(BBC)
- Nearly 800,000 Bowflex exercise machines are recalled after dozens of users reported injuries caused by mechanical problems. (AP) (AP)
- NASA's X-43 research aircraft reaches a speed of Mach 10, a new record for an air-breathing engine. (ABC Au) (BBC)
- James Bond celebrates his fictional 80th birthday.
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- China and the United Nations: The President of the Republic of China Chen Shui-bian declares he will push to get the ROC included in the United Nations under the name Taiwan. The People's Republic of China condemns the move as a political trick to create an independent Taiwan. (Yahoo) (ABC US) (Reuters)
- The European Space Agency's ion propulsion spacecraft SMART-1 enters into lunar orbit, 14 months after its launch. (Space.com)(SpaceDaily.com)
- Media magnate Conrad Black has been sued for fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission. (BBC) (Bloomberg)
- Vanuatu's Council of Ministers drops its opposition to a surprise decision by Prime Minister Serge Vohor to establish diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan). (Reuters)
- U.S. President George W. Bush accepts the resignation of Secretary of State Colin Powell. He is the sixth Cabinet member to resign since the re-election of President Bush. (CNN) (BBC). Other resignations today include Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman (Reuters), Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham (Reuters) and Education Secretary Rod Paige.
- Bhutan announces a nation-wide ban on tobacco sales. (BBC)
- Candidate cities for the 2012 Summer Olympics (Paris, London, Madrid, Moscow, and New York City) submit 120 copies of their candidate files to the International Olympic Committee. The IOC will announce the winning candidate in Singapore in July 2005. (IOC) (IOC - candidacy procedures (PDF)) (Guardian)
- The United States Secretary of State is to visit the West Bank next week for talks, Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath said today. (BBC)
- Conflict in Iraq:
- US troops in Falluja have launched new air strikes and artillery attacks against suspected rebel positions. (BBC)
- The US military says they believe civilian casualties are low in Falluja because so many people fled the city before the assault began, but this is disputed by some eyewitnesses. The military is still refusing to allow aid workers in and casualty figures cannot yet be confirmed. (BBC)(Gulf Daily News)(AP)
- Researchers claim to have found the lost city of Atlantis on the bottom of the east Mediterranean Sea, 80 kilometers southeast of Cyprus. The Cypriot government disputes the claim, saying more evidence is needed. (CNN)
- Deputy director of central intelligence John McLaughlin and some other senior officials in the CIA resign amid conflict with new director Porter Goss's chief of staff, Patrick Murray. (Washington Post) (AFP)
- Scott Peterson is found guilty of murder in the first degree of his wife, Laci Peterson, and in the second degree of his unborn son, Connor. The penalty phase of the trial is scheduled for November 22, 2004. (CNN)
- Conflict in Iraq: The United States Armed Forces report that insurgents in Falluja, Iraq, are trapped. Hundreds of insurgents, 18 U.S. soldiers and five members of the Iraqi security forces have been killed in four days of fighting. (Reuters)
- President of the United States George W Bush states that it is possible for a Palestinian state to arise in the next four years but that it would depend greatly upon who they elect to replace Yasser Arafat. (Reuters)
- Ilda Boccassini, an Italian prosecutor in the Milan corruption trial, asks the court to sentence Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to eight years' imprisonment for bribing judges. (Reuters)
- Iran's nuclear program: The International Atomic Energy Agency delays issuing its report on Iran's nuclear activities as Iran, France, Germany and Britain remain deadlocked in talks aimed at freezing Iran's uranium enrichment program. (Reuters)
- Death of Yasser Arafat
- Yasser Arafat's funeral procession is held in Cairo, Egypt. Arafat is given full military honours and his coffin is led by a horse drawn carriage. Leaders of Muslim and Arab countries as well as other dignitaries attend, including Khaled Meshaal, head of Hamas, who is currently sought by Israel. (Reuters)(BBC)
- Israel has barred the entire population of the Gaza Strip from attending Yassir Arafat's funeral in Ramallah, and has sealed off many West Bank towns. (BBC)
- Ramallah is described as in a state of "chaos" as tens of thousands of people pack the area in and around the Muqata, prior to Arafat's burial. Gunmen in the crowd shot repeatedly into the air, but there is no serious violence; and plans for Arafat to lie in state appear to have been dropped due to the huge crowd. He was buried in soil from Al Quds.(BBC)
- Iris Chang, acclaimed author of The Rape of Nanking, is found dead near a freeway in Los Gatos, California. Authorities believe her cause of death to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (BBC) (CNN) (AP)
- Death of Yasser Arafat
- Saeb Erakat announces that Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat has died at the age of 75 at a Paris hospital. Rawhi Fattouh becomes interim President of the Palestinian Authority. Mahmoud Abbas leads the Palestine Liberation Organization. Farouk Kaddoumi, foreign minister of the PLO, leads Fatah and Ahmed Qureia receives the security portfolio of the Palestinian Authority. (CNN) (Reuters)(BBC)
- Tributes and condolences pour in from around the world for the former Palestinian leader, from leaders as diverse Jacques Chirac (France), Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali (Tunisia), Pope John Paul II (Vatican City), Pervez Musharraf (Pakistan), Bertie Ahern (Ireland), Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (Malaysia), Crown Prince Abdullah (Saudi Arabia), and Hosni Mubarak (Egypt). (BBC)
- President Bush says, "For the Palestinian people, we hope that the future will bring peace and the fulfillment of their aspirations for an independent, democratic Palestine that is at peace with its neighbors." (Washington Times)
- Israeli Justice minister Tommy Lapid says it is "good that the world is rid of him... The sun is shining in the Middle East". (BBC)
- Tunisia, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Yemen and Jordan have announced three days of national mourning along with Egypt. (BBC)
- Lithuania became the first country to approve the new EU constitution. (BBC)
- Conflict in Iraq: Heavy fighting continues in Falluja, where U.S. military officials say over 500 insurgents, 18 U.S. and five Iraqi troops had been killed. In Baghdad, 17 people are killed when a car bomb explodes near a shopping center. (BBC)
- Israel Defense Forces repel a al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades attack on Netzarim in the Gaza Strip killing three Palestinians. In Hebron, one Palestinian, among a group of 400 throwing cement bricks at Jewish cars, is killed when Israeli soldiers open fire.(Reuters)
- Israeli nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu is arrested, again, on suspicion of leaking classified information. (BBC)
- British forces launch Operation Phillis, the service-assisted evacuation of Côte d'Ivoire, in response to riots in the country. (MoD)
- Spain has announced that solar panels will be mandatory on new and renovated buildings. (Times)
- Global warming is accelerating rapidly in the Arctic, according to Arctic Climate Impact Assessment scientists. Probable outcomes include a 1m rise in worldwide oceans by year 2100, elimination of habitat for the Polar Bear, reduction of tundra and migratory bird habitat. (AP)
- Alice Munro has won the Giller Prize for her short story collection Runaway. It is her second Giller. (CBC)
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