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Current events of
November 2, 2009
(
2009-11-02
)
(Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
A
large blast
occurs in
Rawalpindi
,
Pakistan
, killing at least 35.
(Reuters via the
New York Times
)
Business and economy
Large parts of
Venezuela
begin
rationing water
after unseasonably dry weather.
(
Latin American Herald Tribune
)
(BBC)
The
Royal Bank of Scotland
announces cuts of 3,700 staff in the
United Kingdom
.
(
The Guardian
)
Disasters and accidents
16 people are killed in a fire that destroyed 58 houses in the
Philippine
city of
Bacolod
.
(
Times of India
)
At least 15
Tamil
asylum seekers are feared dead while being rescued in seas off the coast of
Australia
.
(
The Age
)
International relations
The
United Nations
announces it will suspend military assistance to an army brigade in eastern
Democratic Republic of the Congo
, after it was implicated in the killing of 62 people.
(CNN)
(Associated Press)
North Korea
requests direct talks with the
United States
regarding the former's
nuclear program
, warning that it will "go its own way" if its demands are not met.
(
Joongang Daily
)
(UPI)
Law and crime
Simon Mann
, a British
mercenary
who had been serving a 34-year prison sentence in
Equatorial Guinea
for his role in a failed
coup d'etat
, is given a presidential pardon.
(The Guardian)
(CNN)
Four people are
sentenced to death
by
hanging
in
Tanzania
for the killing of an
Albino
man last year.
(IOL)
(BBC)
Former
Bosnian Serb
leader
Radovan Karadžić
is to attend
his war crimes trial
on Tuesday, after boycotting previous sittings.
(euronews)
(
The Daily Telegraph
)
Two people are charged with "
spreading false information
" about the health of
Thailand
's King
Bhumibol Adulyadej
.
(
Bangkok Post
)
(
The Times
)
Politics and elections
United Nations Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon
makes a surprise visit to
Afghanistan
ahead of the 7 November second round of the
presidential election
.
(Xinhua)
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