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As with history in general, modern history, the 20th century, the early 21st century, the late 2000s, 2009, and the fourth quarter of 2009, the examination of peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change gives weight and substance to events of November 2009. |
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Socioology can be applied to the examination of events of November 2009.
Nations and Major divisions of peoples including Western Civilization, Asiatic peoples, African peoples, and American Indian peoples can be applied to the examination of events of November 2009.
Macedonia, Slovenia, Botswana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Estonia, and Mauritius can be connected.
Kosovo can be considered. Cities including Miami can be connected.
Jamaica can be considered. Cities include Toronto.
26 Nov 2009 - Citizens of St Vincent and the Grenadines rejected a new constitution which would have replaced Queen Elizabeth II with a president as Head of State.
Events of the United Kingdom can be considered. Cities include London.
2 Nov 2009 - The Royal Bank of Scotland announced cuts of 3,700 staff in the United Kingdom. 7 Nov 2009 - Ashmolean Museum in Oxfordshire, the UK's oldest museum, reopened after renovations.
8 Nov 2009 - Sharon Commins and her Ugandan colleague Hilda Kawuki were awarded the Hugh O'Flaherty Humanitarian Award. 9 Nov 2009 - Downing Street defended Prime Minister Gordon Brown's habits after the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan labels a misspelled letter she received from him as a "hastily scrawled insult". 12 Nov 2009 - In the Glasgow North East by-election, voters picked Labour candidate Willie Bain as the replacement for former House of Commons speaker Michael Martin. 13 Nov 2009 - The diaries of Gareth Jones, a British reporter who exposed the 1933 famine in Ukraine, were put on public display for the first time. 13 Nov 2009 - Jersey's Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur hosted the 13th summit of the British–Irish Council.
15 Nov 2009 - Belle de Jour, the best-selling author of The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl, identified herself as Dr. Brooke Magnanti, a specialist in cancer epidemiology at the Bristol Initiative for Research of Child Health. 15 Nov 2009 - Four people were hospitalised and at least 60 others were injured at Millennium Point in Birmingham during a performance by JLS. The rest of the event was cancelled. 15 Nov 2009 - Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologised for the role of the United Kingdom in sending thousands of children to former colonies in the 20th century. 16 Nov 2009 - One of the United Kingdom's most prolific rapists, known as the "Night Stalker" who was thought to have struck more than 200 times, was charged with 22 offences against the elderly from 1992 to 2009. 18 Nov 2009 - Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Parliament of the United Kingdom and delivered Her Majesty's Most Gracious Address. 19 Nov 2009 - European Union / Three new positions created by the Treaty of Lisbon: ... British politician Catherine Ashton was selected as EU's first Foreign Minister. ... 20 Nov 2009 - Floods in Great Britain and Ireland: Cumbria, England: A high volume of people, including one policeman, were declared missing, more than 200 people are rescued in Cockermouth and a bridge collapsed in Workington during floods. The body of a policeman was later recovered. 20 Nov 2009 - Officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China and the United States expressed "regret" at Iran's refusal to accept nuclear proposals. 21 Nov 2009 - Floods in Great Britain and Ireland: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown traveled to Cumbria to meet victims of the floods that have affected the area.
22 Nov 2009 - Three Royal National Lifeboat Institution crew members were located "in good condition" after their boat capsized off County Wexford in Ireland. 22 Nov 2009 - Debate was stoked over whether scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change after computer hackers broke into a server at University of East Anglia, the well-respected climate change research center.
23 Nov 2009 - Flooding in Great Britain and Ireland Residents in Cockermouth, Cumbria, began returning to their homes; meanwhile, the search resumed for a missing woman swept away near Brecon, Powys. 23 Nov 2009 - 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. 24 Nov 2009 - An inquiry opened in the United Kingdom over the country's involvement in the Iraq War. 26 Nov 2009 - All pleas to halt British hacker Gary McKinnon being extradited to the United States to face trial for breaking into NASA and military computers looking for UFO evidence failed as UK Home Secretary ordered his extradition. 27 Nov 2009 - Great Britain and Ireland floods: Prince Charles visited areas of Cumbria hit by the recent floods. Hundreds of people attended the funeral held for a police officer who died when a bridge collapsed in Workington, Cumbria. Royal Engineers from the British Army began construction of a temporary footbridge over the River Derwent. The Irish Farmers' Association began an operation to distribute emergency supplies of donated fodder to Ireland's flood-hit regions as the River Shannon rises further, threatening Limerick City. 27 Nov 2009 - The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2009 opened with the following issues on its agenda: discussion of climate change ahead of the December United Nations Climate Change Conference; Rwanda's admission into the Commonwealth of Nations; and Sri Lanka's bid to host the 2011 meeting.
29 Nov 2009 - British scientists at the University of East Anglia, who were criticised, said they would publish their figures in full. 30 Nov 2009 - On St. Andrew's Day, the Scottish Government concludes the National Conversation into Scotland's constitutional future by publishing a white paper for their proposed referendum on independence. 30 Nov 2009 - A new railway station opened in Workington, providing a link across the River Derwent after all but one of the bridges in the town were put out of action by floods.
Events of Ireland can be connected.
1 Nov 2009 - Several events were held to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Gaelic Athletic Association. 6 Nov 2009 - Tens of thousands of people protested against government cutbacks in eight Irish cities and ten locations across Northern Ireland.
20 Nov 2009 - Floods in Great Britain and Ireland: The Irish Defence Forces were deployed to assist civil authorities after widespread flooding hits the west and south of Ireland after the heaviest rainfall in over thirty years falls in one night. The worst affected areas were Cork and Galway, where there is widespread disruption to public transport and services and several major roads are closed. Lectures at University College Cork were cancelled as the university was submerged. Cumbria, England: A high volume of people, including one policeman, were declared missing, more than 200 people are rescued in Cockermouth and a bridge collapsed in Workington during floods. The body of a policeman was later recovered. 21 Nov 2009 - Floods in Great Britain and Ireland: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown traveled to Cumbria to meet victims of the floods that have affected the area. Ireland's Emergency Co-Ordination Committee met to discuss the flooding. Green Party leader and Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government John Gormley visited the scene of the worst damage in Cork and describes it as "a once in 800 years event".
22 Nov 2009 - Three Royal National Lifeboat Institution crew members were located "in good condition" after their boat capsized off County Wexford in Ireland.
22 Nov 2009 - A 400lb bomb partially exploded outside the headquarters of the Policing Board in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In another incident, three men were arrested after a shooting incident involving PSNI officers in the border village of Garrison, County Fermanagh. 23 Nov 2009 - Taoiseach Brian Cowen visited Ireland's worst hit areas in the recent flooding. 24 Nov 2009 - A nationwide public service strike involving medical staff, teachers and civil servants took place in areas of Ireland not badly affected by recent ongoing flooding. 24 Nov 2009 - The Government of Ireland announces a €10 million humanitarian fund for the worst affected by ongoing floods in the country. 25 Nov 2009 - Irish floods: Water levels rose between Gort and Kinvara, the main Galway-Limerick road was partially impassable, water levels in Athlone reached 50cm over the highest level on record, Waterways Ireland described water levels on the River Shannon as "unmanageable" and said one third of Ireland's annual rain has so far fallen during November alone. 26 Nov 2009 - Ireland's Taoiseach Brian Cowen was confronted by displeased residents in Athlone during his half-day tour of flood-hit areas in Galway, Offaly, Roscommon and Westmeath. 26 Nov 2009 - The Murphy Report, commissioned by the Irish government, found that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin covered up widespread sexual abuse of children by priests until the mid 1990s. 27 Nov 2009 - Great Britain and Ireland floods: The Irish Farmers' Association began an operation to distribute emergency supplies of donated fodder to Ireland's flood-hit regions as the River Shannon rises further, threatening Limerick City.28 Nov 2009 - The Government of Ireland promised more money to the flood relief fund as ongoing flooding worsened in some counties, including Clare, Galway and Offaly.
29 Nov 2009 - Irish floods: At least 13 ambulances from the Order of Malta Ambulance Corps in Dublin traveled to Athlone and Ballinasloe to deliver relief to flood victims there. Dublin's River Liffey burst its banks and floods several areas. 29 Nov 2009 - Statements from bishops relating to the Murphy Report into sexual abuse scandal in Dublin archdiocese were read at Masses across Ireland.
Events of the United States can be connected. Cities including Boston can be connected. The Northern US region including cities of New York City, Chicago, Washington, Philadelphia, and Detroit can be connected. The Southern US region including cities of Dallas, Houston, and Atlanta can be connected. The Western US region including cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco can be connected.
1 Nov 2009 - Six Uyghurs detained at Guantanamo Bay detention camp were released by the United States and resettled in Palau. 1 Nov 2009 - The composer and pianist Elton John postponed three more concerts on The Red Piano Tour, this time in the United States, due to illness. 1 Nov 2009 - U.S. Republican Party candidate Dede Scozzafava, who withdrew her bid for New York's 23rd Congressional District in the House of Representatives Friday, endorsed the Democratic challenger. 3 Nov 2009 - After 29 years of decriminalized prostitution in the U.S. state of Rhode Island, Governor Donald Carcieri signs a bill into law outlawing prostitution. 3 Nov 2009 - Voters went to the polls in elections in the United States for Governors of Virginia and New Jersey, special elections for two Congressional districts, and several municipal elections. 4 Nov 2009 - The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6 to win the 2009 World Series. 4 Nov 2009 - United States officials met Aung San Suu Kyi and the Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein in rare talks. 4 Nov 2009 - United States elections, 2009 Michael Bloomberg won a third term as Mayor of New York City. Chris Christie won the position of Governor of New Jersey, defeating incumbent Jon Corzine. Bob McDonnell won the position of Governor of Virginia. Bill Owens won the New York 23rd congressional district special election. Voters in the U.S. state of Maine rejected a law allowing same-sex marriage to occur in their state. 5 Nov 2009 - 13 people died and 30 people were injured in a shooting at the Fort Hood U.S. Army base in Texas. Fort Hood was placed under lock-down. 6 Nov 2009 - One person was killed and five were injured during a shooting in an office building in Orlando, Florida, USA. 6 Nov 2009 - The composer and pianist Elton John is released from his hospital bed in London after a period of illness which saw him cancel several concerts on The Red Piano Tour. 7 Nov 2009 - A British tourist was shot dead by a masked gunman in the U.S. state of Texas.
8 Nov 2009 - The United States House of Representatives voted 220-215 to pass the highly debated health care reform act. 9 Nov 2009 - Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell announced that she would not seek re-election in 2010. 10 Nov 2009 - John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, was executed in Virginia. 11 Nov 2009 - Raymond Jessup was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual assault of an underage girl after the April 2008 raid of the YFZ Ranch in Eldorado, Texas. 12 Nov 2009 - The discovery of two sunken World War II Japanese submarines off Oahu, Hawaii, was announced. 12 Nov 2009 - United States Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was to face 13 charges of murder for the Fort Hood shooting. 12 Nov 2009 - United States Federal prosecutors began legal action to seize properties owned by the Alavi Foundation on the grounds that it has ties with Iran. 13 Nov 2009 - American politician William J. Jefferson, former Democratic Party Congressman from the U.S. state of Louisiana, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for corruption. 13 Nov 2009 - Actor and film director Clint Eastwood was made a commander of the Légion d'honneur. 13 Nov 2009 - The United States opened its first marijuana cafe. 13 Nov 2009 - NASA claimed to have discovered water after the LCROSS satellite crashed near the South Pole of the Moon. 14 Nov 2009 - U.S. evangelist Tony Alamo was sentenced to 175 years in prison for taking underage girls across several states for sexual intercourse.
15 Nov 2009 - The Metro Gold Line extension opened in East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights after decades of planning. 15 Nov 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama became the first U.S. President to meet with Burma's military government, calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners. 16 Nov 2009 - NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-129 at 1928 UTC (2:28pm EST), bringing supplies and the first two ExPRESS Logistics Carriers to the International Space Station. 18 Nov 2009 - Senator and President pro tempore of the United States Senate Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia became the longest serving member in the history of the United States Congress. 19 Nov 2009 - New guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for cervical cancer screening suggest that a woman should have her first pap smear at age 21. 19 Nov 2009 - U.S. media mogul and talk show host Oprah Winfrey announced she would end her long running talk show in 2011. 20 Nov 2009 - The United States Senate cleared Senator Roland Burris of legal wrongdoing in relation to his appointment to the Senate. 20 Nov 2009 - MS Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, was officially unveiled at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, live on an American morning television show. 20 Nov 2009 - Officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China and the United States expressed "regret" at Iran's refusal to accept nuclear proposals. 21 Nov 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama's job approval rating slipped below 50 percent in a daily tracking survey by Gallup poll.
22 Nov 2009 - The United States Senate voted to allow a debate on the healthcare reform bill. The debate was to begin on November 30, 2009. 24 Nov 2009 - Over 1,500 complaints were received from American viewers after a gay kiss involving Adam Lambert was televised during an awards ceremony. 26 Nov 2009 - All pleas to halt British hacker Gary McKinnon being extradited to the United States to face trial for breaking into NASA and military computers looking for UFO evidence failed as UK Home Secretary ordered his extradition. 27 Nov 2009 - Space Shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth following the completion of its STS-129 mission. 27 Nov 2009 - A mass shooting at a Thanksgiving party in Jupiter, Florida, United States killed four people and critically wounded a fifth. 27 Nov 2009 - Tiger Woods, the world's number one golfer, was hospitalised after sustaining injuries in a car crash in Orlando, Florida, USA.
29 Nov 2009 - Four police officers were shot and killed while in a coffee shop in Parkland, Washington, United States. 29 Nov 2009 - A United States Senate report stated that Osama bin Laden was "within grasp" of the United States Army in Tora Bora in December 2001. 30 Nov 2009 - Police in Seattle reported that the suspect, Maurice Clemmons, shot in the murder of four police officers in Parkland, Washington, was on the run. 30 Nov 2009 - Argonne National Laboratory announced that nanodiscs, made from an iron-nickel alloy and subjected to a magnetic field, destroyed 90 percent of cancer cells in tests.
Events of Canada can be connected.
11 Nov 2009 - Anti-monarchy protesters and riot police clashed in Montreal, Quebec during a tour by Prince Charles.
Events of Australia can be connected.
4 Nov 2009 - Australia and New Zealand expelled Fiji's top diplomats in response to the decision of the Government of Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama to expel senior Australian and New Zealand diplomats from Fiji.
10 Nov 2009 - A conservation group warned that the koala could be extinct within 30 years.
16 Nov 2009 - Kevin Rudd, the Prime Minister of Australia, apologised to the "forgotten Australians" raised in orphanages and foster homes during the twentieth century.
18 Nov 2009 - Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd announced that he would consider a probe of the Church of Scientology in Australia after an attack on the organization by independent parliamentarian Nick Xenophon.
23 Nov 2009 - Clashes broke out between refugees from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan at an Australian immigration centre on Christmas Island.
Events of New Zealand can be considered.
7 Nov 2009 - Scientists in the South Island, New Zealand, discovered the first dinosaur footprints in the country, thought to be 70 million years old.
9 Nov 2009 - "House of Horrors" murderer Jason Somerville plead guilty to strangling his wife Rebecca Somerville and neighbour Tisha Lowry before having sex with their corpses in Christchurch, New Zealand.
14 Nov 2009 - New Zealand qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1982, by defeating Bahrain in a playoff billed as "the biggest sporting event ever staged in New Zealand" and the country's most attended football match ever.
Panama can be connected. Cities include Belo Horizonte
7 Nov 2009 - At least two workers were killed after a bridge under construction collapsed in Andorra.
11 Nov 2009 - For the first time since World War I, the leaders of Germany and France appeared together at a ceremony on Remembrance Day to commemorate the end of the conflict.
19 Nov 2009 - European Union / Three new positions created by the Treaty of Lisbon: The Prime Minister of Belgium, Herman Van Rompuy was chosen as the first permanent President of the European Council by European Union leaders. British politician Catherine Ashton was selected as EU's first Foreign Minister. French diplomat Pierre de Boissieu was selected as the first Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union.
20 Nov 2009 - Officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China and the United States expressed "regret" at Iran's refusal to accept nuclear proposals.
Italic peoples including those of Italy can be connected.
1 Nov 2009 - Police in Italy detained two more suspected mafia bosses, one day after the seizure of their brother in a raid near Naples.
4 Nov 2009 - An Italian court convicted 22 CIA agents and 2 Italian agents over the kidnap of Muslim cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr in Milan in 2003, in the first court case challenging the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" programme.
4 Nov 2009 - Italian politicians and the Vatican condemned a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that said having a crucifix in a classroom is a breach of human rights.
7 Nov 2009 - Luigi Esposito, one of Italy's 30 most wanted men, was detained at a villa in Naples.
14 Nov 2009 - The United Nations chief of the Food and Agriculture Organization completed a 24 hour hunger strike in Rome, Italy, ahead of a UN summit next week.
15 Nov 2009 - Domenico Raccuglia, considered one of Italy's 30 most dangerous fugitives, was arrested after 15 years on the run.
16 Nov 2009 - The United Nations "Hunger Summit" opened in Rome, Italy.
20 Nov 2009 - Brenda, a transsexual named in a sex scandal involving former Lazio governor Piero Marrazzo, was found burned alive following a fire at her Rome flat.
20 Nov 2009 - Two fingers and a tooth belonging to astronomer Galileo Galilei were located more than 100 years after their disappearance.
21 Nov 2009 - Italian police arrested two Pakistani nationals suspected of providing logistical support to the group responsible for the attacks in Mumbai in 2008.
Events of French peoples including Haiti can be connected. Cities include Paris.
Events of France can be connected.
5 Nov 2009 - France's Europe Minister Pierre Lellouche described the UK's Conservative Party pledge to return powers from Brussels to London as "pathetic".
7 Nov 2009 - Two Australian researchers compiled new details on the dead from a World War I battlefield in Fromelles.
18 Nov 2009 - The France national football team beat the Republic of Ireland at the Stade de France to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa, with Thierry Henry admitting after the game that he committed handball in the move leading to the decisive goal.
Hispanic peoples including those of Uruguay can be connected. Cities include Santiago.
1 Nov 2009 - At least two women were killed and six people trapped after a landslide in Los Gigantes, Tenerife.
Events of Spain cam be connected. Cities include Madrid.
7 Nov 2009 - Thousands of people in Bermeo, Spain, demonstrated for the release of 36 Spanish fishermen being held by Somali pirates.
17 Nov 2009 - A prominent human rights campaigner for the Western Sahara region, Aminatou Haidar, who was on hunger strike at an airport in the Canary Islands, was to appear in a Spanish court on charges of public disorder.
Hispanic Mexican American peoples including those of Puerto Rico can be connected. Cities include Mexico City.
Events of Mexico can be connected.
Events of Guatemala can be considered.
Events of Cuba can be connected.
7 Nov 2009 - Cuba removed peas and potatoes from its list of rationed foods but increased their prices.
15 Nov 2009 - A group of Cuban dissidents holed up in a house in Havana began a liquid-only fast.
Events of the Dominican Republic can be connected.
Events of Honduras can be considered.
6 Nov 2009 - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said a deal to resolve the political crisis in the country is "dead", after interim leader Roberto Micheletti announced a unity government without him.
29 Nov 2009 - Honduras held its first general election five months after a coup d'état ousted Manuel Zelaya as President.
Events of El Salvador can be connected.
8 Nov 2009 - El Salvador declared a state of emergency as 91 people drowned from the effects of a coastal low.
9 Nov 2009 - The death toll in El Salvador's floods and mudslides reached 140.
Events of Nicaragua can be connected.
5 Nov 2009 - Hurricane Ida made landfall in Nicaragua.
Events of Costa Rica can be examined.
Hispanic Colombian American peoples including those of Ecuador can be connected. Cities include Bogota.
7 Nov 2009 - Ecuador rationed its electricity, leading to some blackouts in areas, including the capital Quito.
Events of Colombia can be connected.
15 Nov 2009 - Colombia announced it would release four detained members of the Venezuelan National Guard who were arrested on Colombian territory.
20 Nov 2009 - Colombia accused Venezuelan troops of blowing up two border bridges between the two countries.
26 Nov 2009 - The Supreme Court in Bogotá convicted and sentenced former general Jaime Uscátegui to 40 years in prison for his role in the Mapiripán Massacre in 1997 by far right militias.
Events of Venezuela can be considered.
2 Nov 2009 - Large parts of Venezuela began rationing water after unseasonably dry weather.
5 Nov 2009 - Venezuela deployed 15,000 troops to its border with Colombia.
7 Nov 2009 - Venezuela deployed 15,000 soldiers to its border with Colombia.
7 Nov 2009 - Caracas was put under widespread water rationing for the first time in several years.
8 Nov 2009 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the country's army and civilians to "prepare for war" with Colombia.
12 Nov 2009 - The government of Venezuela nationalized the Fama de America and Cafea coffee producers.
Hispanic Peruvian American peoples including those of Bolivia can be connected. Cities include Lima.
Events of Peru can be connected.
14 Nov 2009 - A Peruvian court ordered the arrest of two Chilean military officers on charges of spying, causing a diplomatic row between the two countries.
29 Nov 2009 - The Peruvian government apologized to citizens of African origin for centuries of abuse.
Events of Chile can be connected.
24 Nov 2009 - Died the Chilean writer and historian, José Arraño (88)
Hispanic Argentine American peopls such as those of Paraguay can be connected. Cities include Buenos Aires.
5 Nov 2009 - Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo replaced top military commanders amid rumours of a coup d'état.
29 Nov 2009 - Uruguayan voters elected Broad Front candidate José Mujica as their new president.
Events of Argentina can be connected.
13 Nov 2009 - A court in Buenos Aires declared Argentinean law restricting marriage to a man and a woman unconstitutional, allowing a same-sex couple to marry; the city government announced it would not appeal.
30 Nov 2009 - A court in Argentina blocked Latin America's first gay marriage, overturning an earlier ruling, saying the Supreme Court should decide on its constitutionality.
Lusitanic peoples including those of Portugal can be connected. Cities include Rio de Janeiro.
Events of Brazil can be connected. Cities include Sao Paulo.
10 Nov 2009 - A power failure at Itaipu caused a massive blackout, affecting 15 states of Brazil and, briefly, the entire country of Paraguay; chaos was reported in major cities such as São Paulo.
11 Nov 2009 - Officials in Brazil investigated the cause of a massive power cut which may have affected a fifth of the population and neighbouring Paraguay.
29 Nov 2009 - A witness in the case of the murder of nun Dorothy Stang shot dead in the Amazon Rainforest in 2005 was critically wounded after being shot.
Switzerland can be connected. Cities include the Ruhr.
28 Nov 2009 - Protesters and police clashed at a demonstration protesting a meeting of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
29 Nov 2009 - Voters in Switzerland approved a referendum to ban the construction of new minarets in the country.
19 Nov 2009 - European Union / Three new positions created by the Treaty of Lisbon: The Prime Minister of Belgium, Herman Van Rompuy was chosen as the first permanent President of the European Council by European Union leaders. British politician Catherine Ashton was selected as EU's first Foreign Minister. French diplomat Pierre de Boissieu was selected as the first Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union.
20 Nov 2009 - Officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China and the United States expressed "regret" at Iran's refusal to accept nuclear proposals.
Events of Germany can be connected.
6 Nov 2009 - Germany's Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg admitted mistakes were made in a September 4 Afghan air raid which resulted in 142 deaths.
9 Nov 2009 - World leaders marked the twentieth anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall, with the main celebrations taking place at the Brandenburg Gate.
11 Nov 2009 - A Russian-born German man was sentenced to life imprisonment for fatally stabbing Marwa El-Sherbini in a court, an attack that caused uproar in the Muslim world.
11 Nov 2009 - For the first time since World War I, the leaders of Germany and France appeared together at a ceremony on Remembrance Day to commemorate the end of the conflict.
26 Nov 2009 - Germany's army chief Wolfgang Schneiderhan resigned over allegations of a cover up related to a September NATO airstrike in northern Afghanistan.
27 Nov 2009 - Franz Josef Jung resigned as Germany's Minister of Labour and Social Affairs following allegations of covering up the Kunduz airstrike, during which he served as Minister of Defence.
30 Nov 2009 - John Demjanjuk went on trial in Munich accused of war crimes relating to the killing of 27,000 Jews in the Holocaust.
Events of the Netherlands can be connected.
21 Nov 2009 - The Netherlands won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Click Clack" by Ralf Mackenbach.
Events of Belgium can be considered.
Events of Austria can be connected.
Events of Latvia can be connected. Cities include Moscow.
17 Nov 2009 - Slovakia and the Czech Republic marked the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution which overthrew the communist government of Czechoslovakia.
20 Nov 2009 - Officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China and the United States expressed "regret" at Iran's refusal to accept nuclear proposals.
Events of Russia can be connected.
1 Nov 2009 - 11 people were killed after a Russian military cargo plane belonging to the Interior Ministry crashed in Yakutia.
3 Nov 2009 - A former KGB agent, Russian-Israeli businessman Shabtai von Kalmanovic, was shot dead in Moscow, Russia.
6 Nov 2009 - At least nine people were missing following the crash of a Russian military plane in the Pacific Ocean.
6 Nov 2009 - The Russian human rights group Memorial said security forces from Chechnya had kidnapped the head of another rights group in Moscow and flown him to Grozny.
7 Nov 2009 - 11 people were confirmed dead after the crashing of a Russian military plane into the sea in the Tatar Strait, in the far east of Russia, yesterday.
12 Nov 2009 - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for an overhaul of the Russian economy and democratic modernisation in an annual state of nation address.
13 Nov 2009 - Two people were killed and 43 rescued from a bomb shelter in a fire that triggered multiple explosions at an arms depot near Ulyanovsk, western Russia.
14 Nov 2009 - Russian authorities in Perm detained three homeless males on charges of murder, cannibalism and the unlawful selling of body parts to a kebab shop.
15 Nov 2009 - Chechen security forces killed up to 20 anti-government fighters southwest of the capital Grozny.
17 Nov 2009 - A Russian icebreaker with 100 tourists on board was stranded in ice in the Antarctic.
17 Nov 2009 - The Original of Laura, an incomplete novel by Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov, was published 32 years after his death despite his wish that its manuscript be burned.
19 Nov 2009 - The Russian Constitutional Court prolonged a ban on the death penalty. The moratorium had been due to expire on January 1.
23 Nov 2009 - A second fire at an arms depot plant in Ulyanovsk, Russia, killed at least eight people, 10 days after a previous explosion at the same site.
24 Nov 2009 - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered an investigation into the death of an anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who died in prison while awaiting trial on charges of tax evasion.
27 Nov 2009 - A Russian high-speed passenger train traveling on the Moscow–Saint Petersburg Railway derailed near Uglovka in a suspected terrorist attack, killing 26 people and injuring more than 100.
28 Nov 2009 - Russia's prosecutor general opened a criminal case into the 2009 Nevsky Express bombing which killed at least 26 people yesterday.
29 Nov 2009 - Russian police issued an appeal for witnesses following the Nevsky Express bombing.
30 Nov 2009 - An explosive device went off under a train travelling from Tyumen, Russia, to Baku in Azerbaijan, in the northern Caucasus republic of Dagestan.
Events of Ukraine can be considered.
Events of Poland can be considered.
Events of the Czech Republic can be connected.
3 Nov 2009 - Czech President Václav Klaus signed the Lisbon Treaty after it was upheld by the Constitutional Court, thus fulfilling the final step in its ratification.
13 Nov 2009 - Czech Prime minster Jan Fischer deposited the Treaty of Lisbon ratification instrument at the Italian foreign ministry in Rome.
Events of Belarus can be considered.
Events of Slovakia can be connected.
Events of Moldova can be connected.
Events of Lithuania can be connsected.
Events of Albania can be connected.
13 Nov 2009 - Kosovo prepared for historic elections after a flare-up earlier this week targeted Prime Minister Hashim Thaci in the western town of Decan.
14 Nov 2009 - Slovenia signed an agreement with Russia to allow the South Stream gas pipeline to Europe pass through the country.
15 Nov 2009 - Kosovars went to the polls for the first local elections since declaring independence from Serbia.
16 Nov 2009 - Kosovo's ruling party, the Democratic Party of Kosovo, claimed victory in local elections, the first since the declaration of independence from Serbia.
Events of Romania can be considered.
22 Nov 2009 - Romanians went to the polls for the first round of the presidential election and to vote on proposed parliamentary reform.
Events of Greece can be connected.
Events of Serbia can be connected.
Events of Hungary can be considered.
26 Nov 2009 - A gunman attacked the University of Pécs in southern Hungary, killing one and injuring at least three people.
Events of Bulgaria can be connected.
Events of Bosnia and Herzegovina can be connected.
2 Nov 2009 - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžic was to attend his war crimes trial on Tuesday, after boycotting previous sittings.
3 Nov 2009 - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžic attended his war crimes trial for the first time after boycotting previous sittings.
5 Nov 2009 - A United Nations court imposed a defense lawyer on former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžic, and postponed his trial until March 2010.
Events of Croatia can be connected.
Norway can be connected.
Events of Sweden can be considered.
14 Nov 2009 - Sweden returned 22 skulls stolen by Swedish scientists from indigenous cemeteries in Hawaii during the 19th century.
Events of Denmark can be connected.
Events of Finland can be considered.
Kuwait can be considered. Cities including Shenyang can be connected.
Events including those of Oman can be connected. Cities include Baghdad.
23 Nov 2009 - Clashes broke out between refugees from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan at an Australian immigration centre on Christmas Island.
Levantine peoples including those of Lebanon can be connected.
7 Nov 2009 - Lebanon's political opposition agreed to join a unity government under Prime Minister designate Saad Hariri.
9 Nov 2009 - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced the formation of a unity government with Hezbollah.
Events of Israel are of considerable interest.
4 Nov 2009 - The Israeli navy intercepted the MV Francop, a ship alleging to have Iranian weapons bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon.
14 Nov 2009 - More than 1,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews demonstrated outside the offices of U.S. firm Intel in Israel in protest at work taking place at the site on the Jewish Sabbath.
17 Nov 2009 - Israel approved a further 900 settler homes in a settlement in East Jerusalem.
24 Nov 2009 - Four people were killed in a helicopter crash off the coast of Netanya in northern Israel.
29 Nov 2009 - Israel announces it was likely to release 980 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for captured soldier Gilad Shalit.
Events in the Palestinian Territories can be considered.
Events of Syria can be considered.
Events of Jordan can be connected.
Events of Egypt can be connected. Cities include Cairo.
13 Nov 2009 - Four members of Algeria's national football team were injured when their bus came under attack by stone throwers in Cairo, Egypt.
16 Nov 2009 - The United Nations was criticised after a poster that made reference to China's internet censorship by the OpenNet Initiative at an international conference focussed on Internet freedom in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, was removed.
19 Nov 2009 - Egypt recalled its ambassador to Algeria after complaints about violence towards its football fans after a World Cup play off. Sudan also summoned its envoy to Egypt over media coverage of the game's aftermath.
20 Nov 2009 - 35 people were injured and fire bombs were thrown after Egyptian riot police clashed with protesters at a demonstration outside the Algerian embassy in Cairo, following Egypt's defeat in a World Cup qualifying playoff match.
21 Nov 2009 - President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak said on national television he will not tolerate the "humiliation" of Egyptian nationals abroad following the riots between Algeria and Egypt over a qualifying match for the 2010 World Cup.
Events of Turkey can be connected. Cities include Istanbul.
13 Nov 2009 - The Turkish government unveiled a plan to improve rights of the Kurdish minority to end the decades long ethnic conflict in the southeast of the country.
Persian peoples including those of Afghanistan can be considered. Cities include Tehran.
1 Nov 2009 - Afghan Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah pulled out of the run-off election versus Hamid Karzai due to concerns over the independence of Azizullah Lodin, the head of the Independent Election Commission.
2 Nov 2009 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made a surprise visit to Afghanistan ahead of the 7 November second round of the presidential election.
5 Nov 2009 - The United Nations was to pull non-essential staff out of Afghanistan after an increase in violence in the country.
7 Nov 2009 - A NATO airstrike killed 7 members of the Afghan security force in the western province of Badghis.
7 Nov 2009 - Runoff Presidential election scheduled to be held in Afghanistan was canceled due to withdrawal of opposition.
Events in Iran can be connected.
4 Nov 2009 - Iranian protesters marked the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. There were also clashes between security forces and anti-government demonstrators.
4 Nov 2009 - Around 700 people were injured in two earthquakes in southern Iran.
9 Nov 2009 - Three American hikers detained on the border between Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran were to be charged for espionage by Iranian authorities.
11 Nov 2009 - Iran protested to Oxford University's Queen's College over a scholarship in memory of the slain Iranian student Neda Agha Soltan.
15 Nov 2009 - Iran's Parliament approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's final three ministerial choices.
16 Nov 2009 - The IAEA expressed concern after a late declaration of a second nuclear site by Iran.
20 Nov 2009 - Officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China and the United States expressed "regret" at Iran's refusal to accept nuclear proposals.
22 Nov 2009 - Former Iranian Vice President Mohammad-Ali Abtahi who was sentenced to six years imprisonment in connection with the June election protests was released on bail.
24 Nov 2009 - Iran lifted 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.
29 Nov 2009 - Nuclear program of Iran: The Iranian parliament urged the government to reduce ties with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
29 Nov 2009 - The Iranian government approved plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants.
Events of North African peoples including those of Libya can be connected.
Events of Morocco can be connected.
24 Nov 2009 - An appeal court in Casablanca, Morocco, upheld 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.
Events of Algeria can be connected.
16 Nov 2009 - Algeria deployed security at the Egyptian embassy in Algiers after Egyptian businesses were attacked in the capital, and security was also tightened in Sudan ahead of a World Cup play off between the two countries.
22 Nov 2009 - An Algerian court acquitted Abdulli Feghoul, who had been detained at Guantanamo Bay detention camp without trial for almost seven years.
Events of Tunisia can be connected.
Mesopotamian peoples including those of Iraq can be connected.
9 Nov 2009 - Iraq set its next general election for January 21, 2010.
18 Nov 2009 - Iraqi Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi vetoed part of the country's new election law, putting the scheduled January 2010 elections in doubt.
20 Nov 2009 - The Iraq Football Association was suspended by FIFA following government interference.
Arabian peoples.
The United Arab Emirates can be connected.
29 Nov 2009 - The central bank of the United Arab Emirates announced it would provide extra liquidity to Dubai banks.
3 Nov 2009 - Dubai announces it is to appoint female muftis for the first time in 2010.
25 Nov 2009 - Dubai World, the state-owned real-estate and ports giant, asked for a moratorium on its 59 billion US dollars' in debt until at least May 30, 2010.
27 Nov 2009 - Multibillion-dollar debt problems of Emirati investment company Dubai World, including the possibility of default, upset markets worldwide.
Events of Saudi Arabia can be considered.
4 Nov 2009 - Rebel Houthis in Yemen crossed the border into Saudi Arabia, killing a Saudi security officer and injuring 11 others.
5 Nov 2009 - Saudi Arabia lifted a nine-year ban on Somali livestock imports, reopening Somalia's main export market.
6 Nov 2009 - Saudi forces continued more raids against rebel Houthi fighters in northern Yemen, after rebel fighters killed a Saudi security official.
13 Nov 2009 - At least 240 villages in southwestern Saudi Arabia were evacuated due to fighting between Yemeni Houthi rebels and Saudi forces along the border.
26 Nov 2009 - Floods in Saudi Arabia kill around 77 people in Jeddah, Rabigh and Mecca, and a further 351 were missing in the heaviest rainfall in years.
29 Nov 2009 - Saudi Arabia said its forces have seized control of a key mountain area amid the country's ongoing fight with Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Events of Yemen can be considered.
7 Nov 2009 - Saudi forces bombed a Houthi rebel stronghold in northern Yemen for a third day.
9 Nov 2009 - Fifth outbreak of Sa'dah insurgency: Houthi fighters in Yemen said Saudi Arabia is using phosphorus bombs against them.
11 Nov 2009 - Yemen criticised "interference" by Iran in the conflict with Houthi rebels in the country, after Iran criticised Saudi Arabian intervention in the conflict.
14 Nov 2009 - Two Saudi soldiers were killed and five wounded killed in fighting with Houthi rebels in northern Yemen.
19 Nov 2009 - Yemeni government forces said they had killed a leader during fighting with Houthi rebels in the north of the country.
25 Nov 2009 - 2009 South Yemen insurgency: Five Yemenis died when security forces clash with southern separatists.
25 Nov 2009 - Five people were killed at a rally demanding secession in Shabwa, southern Yemen.
Events including those of Sri Lanka can be connected. Cities include Ahmedabad.
12 Nov 2009 - The head of the Sri Lankan armed forces Sarath Fonseka resigned over reports he is suspected to contest the next presidential election.
14 Nov 2009 - The body of veteran Slovenian mountaineer Tomaž Humar was located in the Himalayas days after going missing whilst climbing Langtang Lirung.
17 Nov 2009 - The head of the opposition in Comoros was arrested after openly criticising President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi.
21 Nov 2009 - Sri Lanka's government announced that Tamil refugees held in camps since the end of the conflict with the Tamil Tigers would be free to leave the camps next month.
23 Nov 2009 - Clashes broke out between refugees from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan at an Australian immigration centre on Christmas Island.
28 Nov 2009 - Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka announced he will run for President in the presidential election next year.
Events in India can be connected. Cities include Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Bangalore, and Hyderabad
3 Nov 2009 - India's Supreme Court judges disclosed their assets online.
4 Nov 2009 - Eight children drowned after a boat carrying 35 pupils capsizes in Kerala, southern India.
6 Nov 2009 - At least 34 people were killed and 29 were injured when a bus fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh.
8 Nov 2009 - The Dalai Lama began a visit to Tawang, in the disputed territory of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India, amid objections from China.
9 Nov 2009 - Tens of thousands of people gathered in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh to hear an address by the visiting Dalai Lama.
14 Nov 2009 - Several people were killed and dozens injured after an express train crashed near Jaipur, India.
22 Nov 2009 - At least seven people are killed and more than 55 injured in a bombing in Assam, northeastern India.
23 Nov 2009 - India's main opposition BJP party condemned a leaked Liberhan Commission report that implicated opposition figures in the destruction of the Babri Mosque in 1992 by Hindu nationalists.
26 Nov 2009 - Ceremonies were held in India to mark the first anniversary of a series of attacks in Mumbai by Pakistani militants which killed 166 people.
29 Nov 2009 - Officials investigated a radiation leak at the Kaiga nuclear plant in southern India which left 55 employees requiring medical treatment.
Events of Pakistan can be connected. Cities include Karachi and Lahore.
2 Nov 2009 - A large blast occurred in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, killing at least 35.
8 Nov 2009 - At least 13 people were killed and at least 35 were injured in a suicide attack in Adezai, Pakistan.
13 Nov 2009 - A bomb hit the Peshawar office of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency with at least seven people dead and 35 injured.
14 Nov 2009 - At least 11 people were killed and 24 injured after a bomb exploded in Peshawar, Pakistan.
19 Nov 2009 - A suicide blast near the judicial complex in Peshawar, Pakistan killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 30 others. (NY Times)
25 Nov 2009 - A court in Pakistan charged seven suspects in connection with the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
28 Nov 2009 - Pakistan's National Reconciliation Ordinance, issued by former President Pervez Musharraf in October 2007 to provide several thousand politicians (including current President Asif Ali Zardari) amnesty from charges of political corruption, expired.
Events of Bangladesh can be connected. Cities include Dacca.
19 Nov 2009 - Bangladesh's Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of five former soldiers convicted of assassinating the country's founder, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
27 Nov 2009 - A ferry carrying over 1000 people partially sank in the Tetulia river in southern Bangladesh, trapping an unknown number of people.
28 Nov 2009 - The death toll in a ferry accident in southern Bangladesh rose to 33.
Events of Nepal can be considered.
11 Nov 2009 - Local government offices in southern Nepal shut in protest after a senior local official was slapped by Deputy Agriculture Minister Karima Begam.
12 Nov 2009 - Thousands of Maoist supporters demonstrated in an anti-government protest in Nepal over the President's decision to overrule attempts to sack the head of the army.
13 Nov 2009 - Tens of thousands of Maoist supporters in Nepal blocked the headquarters for the Nepali government for a second day.
24 Nov 2009 - In a tribute to Hindu goddess Gadhimai, approximately 20,000 buffalo and 300,000 birds, sheep and goats were ritually slaughtered in a festival in Bariyapur, Nepal.
29 Nov 2009 - Nepal announced it would hold a cabinet meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the effect of global warming on glaciers.
Events including those of Armenia can be connected.
Peoples of West Asia including Georgia can be connected.
Events of Azerbaijan can be connected.
11 Nov 2009 - Two bloggers from Azerbaijan, Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade, were sentenced by a court for "hooliganism" in a restaurant scuffle linked to the posting of a satirical video dressed as a donkey on Youtube that mocked government restrictions on civil liberties.
22 Nov 2009 - 2009 Azerbaijan-Armenia negotiations in Munich: Azerbaijan and Armenia held 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.
Peoples of Inner Asia can be considered.
Events of Uzbekistan can be connected.
Events of Kazakhstan can be considered.
Events of Tajikistan can be connected.
Events of Kyrgystan can be considered.
Events of Turkmenistan can be connected.
Events of Mongolian peoples including those of Mongolia can be connected.
Events in nations including those of Hong Kong and Hong Kong proper can be considered. Cities include Dongguan.
18 Nov 2009 - The Government of Hong Kong unveiled a new democratic political reform plan, which included the expansion of the Legislative Council.
26 Nov 2009 - Police in Hong Kong attempted to find the founder of a Facebook group whose members claim to have planned to commit a mass suicide on December 21.
Events of China can be considered. Cities include Shanghai, Canton, Beijing, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Tientsen, Chungking, and Chengtu.
1 Nov 2009 - A ship carrying 100 tons of hydrochloric acid sank in a section of the Yangtze River in China's central Hubei province after colliding with another vessel.
1 Nov 2009 - China's legislature sacked the country's education minister, Zhou Ji, amid a corruption scandal, replacing him with his deputy Yuan Guiren.
3 Nov 2009 - China accused the Dalai Lama of damaging Sino-Indian relations ahead of his visit to the disputed border region of Arunachal Pradesh.
4 Nov 2009 - China approved a Disney theme park in Shanghai after a decade of negotiations.
5 Nov 2009 - China postponed a plan to raise the Three Gorges reservoir to its ideal height due to lack of water.
6 Nov 2009 - 19 people were killed after a truck ran into a crowd in Luanxian, Hebei, China.
8 Nov 2009 - Speaking at Sharm el-Sheikh's Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, China's Premier Wen Jiabao, pledged $10 billion (£6 billion) loans to Africa over a three-year period, in order to increase Sino-african cooperation.
9 Nov 2009 - In China eight ethnic Uyghurs and one Han are executed for their role in the Urumqi riots in July, in the first executions to take place.
11 Nov 2009 - A gold mining operation was investigated by Chinese authorities after allegations it had damaged part of the Great Wall of China in Inner Mongolia.
12 Nov 2009 - U.S.-based rights group Human Rights Watch accused Chinese authorities of running illegal "black jails" where Chinese citizens are detained for bringing up local complaints.
13 Nov 2009 - 38 people were killed in collapsed school buildings and road accidents caused by heavy snowfall in China, the heaviest in 60 years.
16 Nov 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Shanghai, China, and held a town-hall-style meeting with students.
17 Nov 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama continued his first trip to China and met with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao.
20 Nov 2009 - Officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China and the United States expressed "regret" at Iran's refusal to accept nuclear proposals.
21 Nov 2009 - A gas blast at a coal mine in Heilongjiang province, northeastern China, killed 42 people and trapped 66.
22 Nov 2009 - The number killed in an explosion in Heilongjiang province, China rose to 92.
23 Nov 2009 - Relatives protested about the recent mine disaster in China.
23 Nov 2009 - Chinese human rights activist Huang Qi, who campaigned for the parents of the children killed in schools in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, was sentenced to three years in prison for "illegally holding state secrets".
24 Nov 2009 - China executed two people for their role in the tainted milk poisoning scandal.
24 Nov 2009 - Web browser Opera closed a loophole which allowed Chinese users to access websites banned by the government.
26 Nov 2009 - China unveils its first firm target to cut greenhouse gas emissions, ahead of a United Nations summit in Copenhagen next month.
27 Nov 2009 - The China National Space Administration sets a launch date of October 2010 for Chang'e 2, its second lunar orbiter.
28 Nov 2009 - A Chinese court heard the first civil lawsuit by a parent whose child fell ill during last year's tainted milk scandal.
28 Nov 2009 - Three people were killed and four injured after a Zimbabwean cargo plane caught fire at Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
30 Nov 2009 - In a major provincial leadership reshuffle in the People's Republic of China, Lu Zhangong was appointed secretary of the Henan CPC Provincial Committee, replacing Xu Guangchun. Sun Chunlan was appointed secretary of the Fujian CPC Committee. Former Jilin Party chief Wang Min was appointed secretary of the Liaoning CPC Committee, replacing Zhang Wenyue. Former Minister of Agriculture Sun Zhengcai took over as Party chief of Jilin Province. And former governor of Hebei Hu Chunhua was appointed Party chief of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, replacing Chu Bo, who retired.
Events of Taiwan can be connected. Cities include Taipei.
4 Nov 2009 - A fire at a warehouse in Huwei Yunlin County, Taiwan, destroyed between 400 and 500 historic puppets.
14 Nov 2009 - Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Taipei, Taiwan, against imports of certain U.S. beef products.
18 Nov 2009 - Taiwanese universities announced they would admit mainland Chinese students for the first time next year.
Events of Japan can be connected. Cities include Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya.
6 Nov 2009 - Three people were hurt and a gunman took his own life in a rare shooting incident in Yokohama, Japan.
8 Nov 2009 - Thousands of people in Okinawa, Japan, protested demanding the removal of a U.S. military base.
13 Nov 2009 - The Japan Coast Guard evacuated 28 passengers and crew from the Ariake commercial ferry after it rolled over onto its side in rough seas off Mie Prefecture in the Pacific Ocean.
28 Nov 2009 - Japan launched its fifth spy satellite on the H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center.
Events of South Korea can be connected. Cities include Seoul.
9 Nov 2009 - The South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo alleges that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had six personal trains and 19 stations for his own use.
10 Nov 2009 - South and North Korean naval ships fired 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.
11 Nov 2009 - South Korean troops were put on high alert for possible retaliation after a naval clash with North Korea yesterday.
14 Nov 2009 - A fire at a shooting range in Busan, South Korea killed 10 people including two Japanese tourists and injured six others.
22 Nov 2009 - Jeong Nam-gyu, one of South Korea's most prolific serial killers, committed suicide in his cell on death row.
26 Nov 2009 - South Korea's Constitutional Court struck down a decades old law that punished men for making false promises of marriage to engage in sexual relations with women.
27 Nov 2009 - South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission acknowledged the government's execution of 5,000 civilians accused of sympathizing with North Korea during the early months of the Korean War.
Events of North Korea can be connected.
2 Nov 2009 - North Korea requested 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.
3 Nov 2009 - North Korea said it had completed reprocessing 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods as part of its nuclear program.
8 Nov 2009 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il sacked a top TV official after state television began broadcasting advertisments, out of concern that they were "increasing the influence of capitalism".
Events in nations such as New Zealand can be connected. Cities include Saigon.
3 Nov 2009 - Fiji expelled envoys from Australia and New Zealand over alleged interference in the country's judiciary.
5 Nov 2009 - Ratu Epeli Nailatikau was sworn in as President of Fiji, succeeding Ratu Josefa Iloilo who retired in July 2009.
7 Nov 2009 - Voters in the Northern Mariana Islands went to the polls to elect the governor, legislature and local municipal offices.
8 Nov 2009 - Northern Mariana Islands general election, 2009 results are released Republican Party candidate Heinz Hofschneider and incumbent Governor Benigno Fitial virtually tied in the closest gubernatorial election in history. A runoff election will be held in the next 14 days to determine the winner.
9 Nov 2009 - Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election, 2009 The Northern Mariana Islands election commission set November 23 as the guberntorial runoff election between Governor Benigno Fitial and challenger Heinz Hofschneider.
10 Nov 2009 - Former President of French Polynesia Gaston Flosse was arrested as part of a corruption investigation.
12 Nov 2009 - Former President of Palau Tommy Remengesau is convicted of 12 ethics code violations.
20 Nov 2009 - Three political parties filed a motion of no confidence against French Polynesian President Oscar Temaru.
20 Nov 2009 - At least five people were killed, including the gunman, and a further eight injured in a shooting in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands.
23 Nov 2009 - 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.
24 Nov 2009 - Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election, 2009 In the Northern Mariana Islands' first ever runoff, incumbent Governor Benigno Fitial of the Covenant Party led Republican Party Rep. Heinz Hofschneider by 501 votes. An estimated 1,200 absentee ballots still needed to be counted before a winner is declared on December 7, 2009.
25 Nov 2009 - President of French Polynesia Oscar Temaru was ousted in a motion of no confidence by the Assembly of French Polynesia. The Assembly elected Gaston Tong Sang as president. Gaston returned to power just nine months after leaving office. This was the eleventh new government in five years.
27 Nov 2009 - Vanuatu's Prime Minister Edward Natapei lost his parliamentary seat after he missed three consecutive sittings without submitting an explanation.
29 Nov 2009 - The Commonwealth of Nations urged the Fijian government to restore democracy in the country.
Mainland Southeast Asian peoples including those of Singapore can be considered. Cities include Bangkok.
5 Nov 2009 - Thailand and Cambodia recalled their ambassadors over the Cambodian government appointment of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
8 Nov 2009 - The 21st summit of APEC began in Singapore.
14-15 Nov 2009 – Singapore hosted the 21st Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit.
Events of Vietnam can be connected.
4 Nov 2009 - The death toll from Typhoon Mirinae in Vietnam rose to at least 90.
18 Nov 2009 - Four people were killed after a bomb left over from the Vietnam War exploded as they tried to remove explosive material in southern Tay Ninh Province.
Events of Thailand can be connected.
2 Nov 2009 - Two people were charged with "spreading false information" about the health of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Events of Cambodia can be connected.
4 Nov 2009 - The Cambodian government announced that ousted Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra had been appointed as a government adviser.
10 Nov 2009 - Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived in Cambodia to take up his new appointment as economic adviser to the Cambodian government.
11 Nov 2009 - Cambodia rejected a request by Thailand to extradite ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
13 Nov 2009 - Cambodia detained a Thai man on charges of spying for Thailand.
19 Nov 2009 - Cambodia took control of a Thai-owned air traffic control firm in a deepening diplomatic row between the two countries.
23 Nov 2009 - The war crimes trial of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia heard its final arguments.
25 Nov 2009 - Prosecutors in the trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav requested a 40 year prison sentence.
27 Nov 2009 - At the Khmer Rouge war crimes trial, Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, plead to be released.
Events of Burma can be connected.
3 Nov 2009 - Two senior United States officials arrived in Burma for talks with the military junta and National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
6 Nov 2009 - Indian and Burmese armed forces targeted a Nagaland separatist rebel base in the northeast of Burma.
9 Nov 2009 - A senior Burmese diplomat said the military government will release Aung San Suu Kyi soon.
16 Nov 2009 - At least 8 people were dead and dozens missing after a ferry collided with an oil barge in Burma's Irrawaddy Delta.
17 Nov 2009 - The death toll after a ferry collided with a oil barge in the Irrawaddy Delta, off the coast of Burma, rose to 50.
Events of Malaysia can be connected.
Events of Laos can be connected.
Peoples of the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes including Papua New Guinea can be connected. Cities include Jakarta.
1 Nov 2009 - The West Atlas oil rig that had leaked oil and gas for 10 weeks into the Timor Sea caught fire after an attempt to plug the leak.
2 Nov 2009 - At least 15 Tamil asylum seekers were feared dead while being rescued in seas off the coast of Australia.
3 Nov 2009 - An oil leak on the West Atlas oil rig in the Timor Sea was plugged.
Events of Indonesia can be connected.
5 Nov 2009 - Two senior Indonesian officials resigned over a plot to weaken the anti-corruption agency.
17 Nov 2009 - An inquiry into a scandal known as "Indonesia's Watergate" said a police case against two anti-corruption officials should be dropped.
22 Nov 2009 - An Indonesian ferry carrying over 200 passengers sank off the cost of Sumatra.
Events of the Philippines can be connected. Cities include Manila.
1 Nov 2009 - At least 14 people were dead after Typhoon Mirinae hit the Philippines.
2 Nov 2009 - 16 people were killed in a fire that destroyed 58 houses in the Philippine city of Bacolod.
13 Nov 2009 - Philippines President Gloria Arroyo signed a law banning torture, making it a criminal offence punishable by up to 30 years imprisonment.
19 Nov 2009 - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo stepped down as head of the ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD party and endorsed her former defense minister Gilberto Teodoro for President.
22 Nov 2009 - Efren Peñaflorida, who started a "pushcart classroom" in the Philippines to provide education to poor children, was named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year.
23 Nov 2009 - Forty three people, including a local politician and about a dozen journalists, were killed in a massacre in Maguindanao, Philippines.
23 Nov 2009 - 21 bodies were discovered so far after a convoy of around 50 people including politicians, journalists and supporters was hijacked by dozens of armed gunmen in Maguindanao, southern Philippines.
24 Nov 2009 - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared 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.
25 Nov 2009 - Maguindanao massacre Philippine police named a political ally of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as prime suspect in the Maguindanao massacre. The Philippine National Police took full control of the province of Maguindanao to prevent an escalation of violence.
26 Nov 2009 - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) labeled the Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines the "single deadliest event for the press" ever documented.
30 Nov 2009 - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced she would run for Congress.
Events in Australia can be connected.
Namibia can be connected. Cities include Khartoum.
3 Nov 2009 - African countries boycotted the United Nations climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, after saying goals set by industrialised countries were too low.
Peoples including those of Eritrea can be connected.
Northern East African peoples including those of Somalia can be connected.
9 Nov 2009 - Somali pirates attacked a Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker with long range rocket-propelled grenades 1,000 miles east off the Somali coast in the Indian Ocean.
9 Nov 2009 - An Eritrean opposition leader claims weapons used by Houthi rebels are being supplied by Iran and transferred via Eritrea.
12 Nov 2009 - Sheikh Mohamed Abdi Aware, a Somali judge known for issuing tough sentences to pirates and Islamists, was shot dead in Somalia's Puntland region.
14 Nov 2009 - The Ogaden National Liberation Front, a separatist Somali rebel group in the southeast of Ethiopia, said it had begun a new offensive.
17 Nov 2009 - Piracy in Somalia: A chemical tanker, the Singapore-operated MV Theresa VIII with 28 North Koreans on board, was seized by Somali pirates northwest of the Seychelles. The Spanish ship Alakrana and its crew of 36 were released after a US$3.5 million ransom is paid.
20 Nov 2009 - Somalia announced it was to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, leaving the United States the only country not to ratify it.
25 Nov 2009 - Two journalists kidnapped more than a year ago in Somalia, an Australian and a Canadian, were released.
29 Nov 2009 - Somali pirates captured the Greek owned oil tanker Maran Centaurus 1,300 kilometres off the coast of Somalia.
Events of Ethiopia can be considered.
Interior East African peoples including Chad can be connected.
Events of Sudan can be connected.
1 Nov 2009 - South Sudan's leader, Salva Kiir, announced he would back the independence of the semi-autonomous region in a 2011 referendum.
8 Nov 2009 - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, indicted by the International Criminal Court, canceled his trip to Turkey.
Central East African peoples including those of Burundi can be connected.
30 Nov 2009 - Former rebel leader Agathon Rwasa, of the National Liberation Forces in Burundi, was selected as a candidate in next year's presidential election.
Events of Tanzania can be onsidered.
2 Nov 2009 - Four people were sentenced to death by hanging in Tanzania for the killing of an Albino man last year.
Events of Kenya can be connected.
5 Nov 2009 - The International Criminal Court was to open an investigation into the 2007 Kenyan post-election violence in which more than 1,000 people died.
Events of Uganda can be connected.
8 Nov 2009 - Sharon Commins and her Ugandan colleague Hilda Kawuki were awarded the Hugh O'Flaherty Humanitarian Award.
27 Nov 2009 - The Ugandan parliament passed a controversial land bill, criticised by the Buganda kingdom.
Events of Rwanda can be connected.
29 Nov 2009 - Rwanda was admitted under the Edinburgh criteria as the second member of the Commonwealth of Nations without any historical ties to the United Kingdom.
Peoples including those of Liberia can be considered. Cities include Lagos.
23 Nov 2009 - The world's largest mass immunisation against yellow fever began in West Africa, targeting 12 million people.
Peoples of Southern Coastal West Africa including those of Togo can be connected.
Events of Nigeriacan be connected.
1 Nov 2009 - Nigeria's main rebel group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, threatened to call off its ceasefire with the government if foreign oil companies do not leave their land.
10 Nov 2009 - Prosecutors began cross examining former Liberian President Charles Taylor at his war crimes trial.
12 Nov 2009 - At least 18 people were killed in an illegal mine collapse in western Ghana, Ghana's most devastating mining tragedy.
15 Nov 2009 - The Nigerian rebel group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta announced it had begun peace talks with the government.
Events of Ghana can be considered.
Events of Benin can be considered.
24 Nov 2009 - Pirates killed a Ukrainian sailor after an oil tanker is attacked off the coast of Benin.
Western Coastal West Africa including Sierra Leone can be connected.
4 Nov 2009 - The President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma sacked two senior ministers on charges of corruption.
29 Nov 2009 - Voters in Equatorial Guinea took part in a presidential election.
30 Nov 2009 - Officials in Equatorial Guinea announced that incumbent President Teodoro Obiang Nguema won the presidential election with 96.7% of the vote, as the opposition claimed irregularities.
Events of Cote d'Ivoire can be connected.
6 Nov 2009 - A court in Côte d'Ivoire ordered that compensation due to thousands of people affected by the dumped waste of Trafigura should not be distributed to one man.
Events of Senegal can be connected.
Events of Guinea can be connected.
Peoples of Interior West Africa such as those of Mauritania can be connected.
30 Nov 2009 - Three Spanish aid workers were kidnapped in northern Mauritania, after they became separated from an aid convoy.
Events of Burkina Faso can be connected.
Events of Niger can be considered.
6 Nov 2009 - Niger's foreign affairs ministry confirmed customs officials in Nigeria were blocking Niger from goods importation.
Events of Mali can be connected.
Peoples including those of Lesotho can be considered. Cities include Johannesburg.
26 Nov 2009 - The Namibian National Society for Human Rights announced it would approach the High Court after the electoral commission withdrew its observer status for the general election on Friday.
27 Nov 2009 - Voters in Namibia voted in a general election.
28 Nov 2009 - A second day of voting in national and presidential elections in Namibia took place.
Events of South Africa can be connected.
5 Nov 2009 - South Africa's Olympic governing body suspended Leonard Chuene, the President of Athletics South Africa, and apologises to Caster Semenya over the controversy it generated over her gender.
9 Nov 2009 - A high speed rail link under construction, Gautrain, was not expected to be ready for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
13 Nov 2009 - South African President Jacob Zuma said the police do not have a "licence to kill" after recent incidents of innocent people being killed by police.
Events of Mozambique can be connected.
Events of Madagascar can be connected.
7 Nov 2009 - Rival factions in Madagascar agreed to form a unity government to end the political crisis in the country.
Events of Malawi can be connected.
Events of Zimbabwe can be considered.
5 Nov 2009 - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai ended his boycott of the unity government.
9 Nov 2009 - MDC official Roy Bennett's trial on terrorism charges began in Zimbabwe.
19 Nov 2009 - Zimbabwe began withdrawing soldiers from diamond mines after recommmendations by the Kimberley Process regarding human rights abuses.
Events of Zambia can be connected.
16 Nov 2009 - A Zambian court cleared journalist Chansa Kabwela of Zambia Post newspaper of pornography charges after she sent pictures of a woman giving birth in a hospital car park to President Rupiah Banda in protest at the effects of a national strike.
Peoples including those of Congo (Republic) can be connected. Cities include Kinshasa.
Events of Congo (DR) can be connected.
2 Nov 2009 - The United Nations announced it would suspend military assistance to an army brigade in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, after it was implicated in the killing of 62 people.
8 Nov 2009 - Police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo arrested 100 people accused of killing dozens and displacing thousands in a conflict over fishing rights.
20 Nov 2009 - At least 100 people were killed and around 50,000 displaced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with some fleeing to the Republic of the Congo, in an ethnic conflict over fishing rights.
28 Nov 2009 - At least 73 people died as a ferry sank in Lake Mai-Ndombe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Events of Cameroon can be considered.
Events of Angola can be connected.
13 Nov 2009 - Chinese nationals in Angola said they are increasingly being targeted in "mafia-style" attacks by Angolan gangs.
Events of the Central African Republic can be connected.
24 Nov 2009 - Two French charity workers were kidnapped in the Central African Republic, in the latest in a series of kidnappings.
Jamaica can be connected.
Peoples including those of Panama can be connected. Meso-American peoples including those of Mexico and Guatemala can be connected. Caribbean peoples such as those of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, and El Salvador can be considered. Southwestern American Indian peoples such as those of Mexico and the suthwestern United States can be considered.
Peoples including those of Uruguay can be connected. Andean peoples including those of Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela Chile, Ecuador, and Bolivia can be connected. Amazonian peoples including those of Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay can be considered. Cono/Southern American Indians such as those of Argentina and Chile can be considered.
Peoples including those of the United States and Canada can be connected.
Riyadh, Caracas, Rangoon, Sian, Poona, St. Petersburg, Kuala Lumpur, and Nanking can be connected.
Particular changes and movements including the agricultural revolution, agrarian revolution, and Industrial revolution can be connected. Social change processes including innovation, transmission, adaptation, and extinction can be connected. Social change factors such as institutional change, cultural change, demographic change, and natural change can be connected.
Social types including agrarian societies, horticultural societies, agrarian societies, and industrial societies can be connected. Social structure including community and regional structure, class structure, institutional structure, cultural structure, and demographic structure can be connected.