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Current events of
November 3, 2010
(
2010-11-03
)
(Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Greece
suspends air mail deliveries after a series of parcel bombs are sent to foreign embassies and leaders.
(CNN)
(BBC)
(
People's Daily
)
At least 17 co-ordinated explosions
across a widespread area of
Baghdad
kill 113 people and wound more than 271.
(Xinhua)
(
Shanghai Daily
)
(
Los Angeles Times
)
The
South Korean Navy
fires warning shots at a
North Korean
fishing boat
at the
Northern Limit Line
maritime border.
(Reuters)
(
Korea Times
)
Arts, culture and entertainment
A
Singapore
court convicts
British
author
Alan Shadrake
of insulting the
judicial system
in his book
Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock
.
(BBC)
Business and economy
At least 25,000 students take to the streets of
Dublin
to protest against rising emigration, unemployment and an increase in university fees, in the largest such demonstration for a generation.
(
The Irish Times
)
(RTÉ)
(BBC)
(
Irish Examiner
)
(
University Observer
)
The
Government of Canada
announces that it will block a $38.6bn hostile takeover bid by
BHP Billiton
for
Potash Corporation
.
(BBC)
The
United States Federal Reserve
announces its plan for further
quantitative easing
in a bid to ward off
deflation
.
(CNN)
The central bank of
Iceland
, i.e. the
Sedlabanki
, cuts its key interest rate to 5.50 percent, a somewhat deeper cut than had been expected. This is part of an ongoing policy of expanding the money supply in response to the crisis of 2008.
(Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
Two people die and 50 are injured after a
5.4 magnitude earthquake
hits Central
Serbia
.
(B92)
(Forbes)
International relations
A
French
court orders the extradition of
Rwandan
rebel leader
Callixte Mbarushimana
to stand trial at the
International Criminal Court
.
(RFI)
(
The East African
)
The
United Nations
schedules a new round of talks on the
Western Sahara
.
(BBC)
NATO
's Secretary General
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
is to visit
Russia
to discuss the European missile defence project with President Medvedev.
(Xinhua)
Law and crime
David Tamihere
is granted parole after serving 20 years imprisonment for the 1989 murders of two
Swedish
backpackers in
New Zealand
.
(
NZ Herald
)
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani
is to be hanged for murder today in
Iran
, according to the International Committee against Stoning.
(
The Irish Times
)
San Francisco
passes a law banning
McDonald's
from giving free children's toys with unhealthy food.
(Reuters)
The
United States Border Patrol
finds a sophisticated tunnel between
Tijuana
in
Mexico
and
Otay Mesa
,
California
, used by
drug smugglers
.
(Reuters)
Politics and elections
Constitutional referendum results
in
Niger
show that 90% of voters approve a return to civilian rule from the
Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy
military junta.
(BBC)
Liberian
President
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
dissolves her cabinet.
(Reuters)
A package addressed to Italian Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi
bursts into flames at
Bologna Airport
during a police inspection.
(Xinhua)
Former
Russian Premier
and founder of
Gazprom
Viktor Chernomyrdin
dies at 72.
(RT)
(
The Guardian
)
(
Wall Street Journal
)
(BBC)
(AFP)
(
The New York Times
)
Ireland's High Court rules as unconstitutional the government's delay in holding one of the four by-elections due in the country; the government then announces
the by-election in the Donegal South–West constituency
will take place by the end of the month.
(
The Irish Times
)
(BBC)
(RTÉ)
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