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Current events of
November 10, 2009
(
2009-11-10
)
(Tuesday)
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A power failure at
Itaipu
causes a
massive blackout
, affecting 15
states
of
Brazil
and, briefly, the entire country of
Paraguay
; chaos is reported in major cities such as
São Paulo
.
(BBC)
South
and
North Korean
naval ships
fire on one another
after a North Korean ship crossed the disputed
Northern Limit Line
in the
Yellow Sea
. The vessel later returned "wrapped in flames" after the incident.
(Yonhap)
(BBC)
(
China Daily
)
Prosecutors begin cross examining former
Liberian
President
Charles Taylor
at his war crimes trial.
(Reuters)
(BBC)
(AllAfrica.com)
Thailand
's ousted
Prime Minister
Thaksin Shinawatra
arrives in
Cambodia
to take up his new appointment as economic adviser to the Cambodian government.
(Al Jazeera)
(ABC News)
A conservation group warns that the
koala
could be extinct within 30 years.
(
The Age
)
(3 News NZ)
(
The Daily Telegraph
)
Former
President
of
French Polynesia
Gaston Flosse
is arrested as part of a
corruption
investigation.
(
Radio New Zealand International
)
John Allen Muhammad
, mastermind of the 2002
Beltway sniper attacks
, is
executed
in
Virginia
.
(AP via Fox News (US))
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
is released.
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