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Current events of
November 2, 2011
(
2011-11-02
)
(Wednesday)
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Arts and culture
French author
Alexis Jenni
wins
France
's literary
Prix Goncourt
for his novel
L'Art français de la guerre
.
(BBC)
(Bloomberg)
Disasters
Eight people are killed and dozens injured after a
freight train
collides with a bus at a
level crossing
in central
Argentina
.
(AFP via
Sydney Morning Herald
)
Law and crime
Australian
WikiLeaks
founder
Julian Assange
loses his appeal in England's
High Court
against extradition to
Sweden
to face questioning over sexual assault allegations.
(
The Guardian
)
Four men are arrested in the
U.S. state
of
Georgia
for plotting to kill government officials with explosives and the toxic substance
ricin
.
(
Washington Post
)
Russian
arms dealer
Viktor Bout
is convicted in
New York City
for conspiracy to smuggle weapons to the
Colombian
terrorist group
FARC
.
(
The Guardian
)
American
actress
Lindsay Lohan
is sentenced to 30 days in a
Los Angeles
jail for breaching the terms of her parole.
(E! Online)
International relations
Gaza aid flotilla:
An international flotilla of ships makes its way to the
Gaza Strip
on a purported humanitarian mission, with participants including
Irish
MEP
Paul Murphy
and former Irish parliamentarian
Chris Andrews
.
(
The Guardian
)
(RTE)
Israel
vows to stop the flotilla from reaching its destination.
(Reuters)
Russia
and
Georgia
strike a deal that will allow Russia to enter the
World Trade Organization
.
(
The Moscow Times
)
Politics and elections
Greek economic referendum
:
The
Greek
Cabinet unanimously supports plans by
Prime Minister
George Papandreou
to hold a
referendum
on the
European Union
's proposed economic rescue plan.
(AP via Newser)
The
President of France
Nicolas Sarkozy
and
Chancellor of Germany
Angela Merkel
warn that a sixth
tranche
of financial aid will not be paid to Greece unless the referendum is successful.
(Market Watch)
(
Wall Street Journal
)
Science
China
's unmanned
Shenzhou 8
spacecraft successfully docks with the orbiting
Tiangong 1
space station
module, marking China's first orbital docking.
(BBC)
(China.org)
Sport
In
baseball
, the
Chicago Cubs
fire their manager
Mike Quade
.
(ESPN)
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