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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)
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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 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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