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Science including physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth science, and biology may have useful connections.
7 Nov. Astronomers in the United Sates reported finding a fifth planet in orbit around the star 55 Cancri 41 light years from Earth.
13 Nov. The fossil of a new prehistoric great ape species, named Nakalipithecus nakayamai, was discovered in Kenya.
Personal studies including human body, psychology, and biography will also be connected.
21 Nov. Researchers in Kyoto, San Francisco, and Wisconsin published evidence of turning human skin cells into stem cells by the retroviral insertion of genes.
Anthropology including social foundations, demography, physical anthropology, human ecology, human geography, and particular groups can be connected.
Events related to material, conceptual, and behavioral culture can be connected.
12 Nov. Intel announces that it is using a hafnium compound instead of silicon dioxide to insulate transistors in its newly introduced Penryn microprocessor, eliminating power leakage through the gate (but not through the channel).
23 Nov. MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sank in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands.
25 Nov. 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Group draw was held in Durban, South Africa.
Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families may be useful.
Education including research, teaching, cultural institutions, educational organization, and particular schools may be useful.
Economics including activities, industries, and economic systems will be significant.
1 Nov. Automaker Chrysler announced plans for cutting an additional 12,000 jobs worldwide as part of a major restructuring plan.
1 Nov. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged over 360 points, or 2.6%, in its worst daily loss since February 27. Similar percentage losses occurred in Europe earlier in the day.
2 Nov. Stocks across Asia dropped sharply after a rough Thursday in Europe and the United States, with the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong losing over 1,000 points, or 3.25%, the biggest loss of any Asian market. London's FTSE 100 Index lost ground for a second day after the news in Asia.
4 Nov. The Wall Street Journal reported that Charles Prince has resigned as the head of Citigroup to be replaced by former United States Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin.
5 Nov. The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong dropped over 1,500 points, or 5%, three days after a previous sizable decline. The Hang Seng registers its largest daily loss since September 2001.
5 Nov. Google and the Open Handset Alliance announced the Android mobile phone platform, a joint effort in handheld computing.
8 Nov. Asian markets dropped sharply for the third time in five sessions. The volatile Hang Seng Index dropped nearly 1,000 points on the day, and the Shanghai Composite Index ended nearly 5% lower.
8 Nov. At least seven construction workers were killed and 15 others injured when a bridge under construction collapsed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
12 Nov. Airbus and Boeing both win a giant order of 100 planes from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, a United Arab Emirates jet leasing corporation.
28 Nov. Google announced plans to invest tens of millions of dollars on renewable energy research, including solar thermal power, wind power and geothermal power.
Law including tribal law, Asiatic law, Western law, and international law may be useful. Government activity such as administration, succession, and interstate relations will be vital. Government structure including political parties, judicial systems, legislative systems, executive systems, and forms of government will be useful. Particular governments including local governments will be of great interest. National governments will probably have the greatest amount of attention.
9 Nov. Iraqi insurgency: The United States Army released five Iranian suspects who had been arrested in Iraq.
10 Nov. Iranian police arrested about 180 Sufi Muslims who attacked a Shia mosque in Borujerd after a cleric said their religion was "illegitimate".
10 Nov. Six American forces serving under NATO's International Security Assistance Force were killed in an insurgent ambush while patrolling in eastern Afghanistan.
12 Nov. War in Afghanistan: The United States Army killed 15 insurgents and three civilians in the Helmand Province.
12 Nov. Thousands of Fatah supporters gathered in Gaza to mark the third anniversary of Yasser Arafat's death. Hamas security forces killed seven people and wounded several.
13 Nov. Turkish helicopters bombed several Kurdistan Workers Party positions in northern Iraq.
13 Nov. Hamas security forces arrested 400 Fatah supporters after a rally to commemorate Yasser Arafat's death ended in gunfire.
13 Nov. The President of Israel, Shimon Peres, met the President of Turkey, Abdullah Gül, in Ankara, and was also to address the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
International governments is also useful. Traditional empires and colonial empires are not considered, but modern compacts are important.
2 Nov. The United Nations announced it would send home 108 of the 950 Sri Lankan peacekeepers in Haiti, accusing them of sexual abuse, including with underage girls.
3 Nov. ICANN celebrated Vint Cerf years, named Peter Dengate Thrush chairman, formed working group on internationalized domain names.
8 Nov. EU interior ministers agreed that nine member states from central and eastern Europe were sufficiently prepared to join EU's Schengen border-free zone on December 21.
15 Nov. The United Nations General Assembly Third Committee approved a resolution draft that calls for a moratorium on the capital punishment.
14 Nov. The European Parliament far right bloc, Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty, collapsed after five Romanian MEPs resigned following Alessandra Mussolini's claim that Romanians are "habitual law-breakers".
16 Nov. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda sentenced Juvénal Rugambarara, the former mayor of Bicumbi, to 11 years in jail for crimes he committed during the Rwandan Genocide.
16 Nov. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon held talks with Lebanese political leaders, trying to break an impasse over the election of the next President.
16 Nov. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe announced it will not be able to monitor the 2007 Russian legislative election since its staff has been denied visas.
20 Nov. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe reversed its decision not to monitor the 2007 Russian legislative election.
20 Nov. The United Nations reduced its estimate of how many people are infected with HIV in 2007 from nearly 40 million to 33 million.
21 Nov. The United Nations General Assembly approves Resolution 62/9, stating that the "emergency phase" in Chernobyl is over, and the "recovery phase" should start.
21 Nov. Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Luís Amado said Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is not welcome at the December European Union-African Union summit in Lisbon. United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he will not attend if Mugabe is present.
Religion including religious belief, practice, and organization will be useful even if not highly visible. Particular religions including pagan religion, Asiatic religion, Abrahamic religion, and secularism will be useful.
6 Nov. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia visited the Vatican for what would be the first audience by the head of the Roman Catholic Church with a Saudi monarch.
10 Nov. Iranian police arrested about 180 Sufi Muslims who attacked a Shia mosque in Borujerd after a cleric said their religion was "illegitimate".
24 Nov. Pope Benedict XVI created 23 new cardinals in a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City.
Social structure and change including social structure, social types, and social changes and will eventually be connected. Social changes including social change factors, processes, and particular changes are also useful. Communities such as Dacca, Buenos Aires are being distributed to the particular peoples involved. Peoples of the world are important. These are being examined using nations [such as Morocco, Algeria]
Asiatic peoples such as, for instance, those of Myanmar and cities such as Karachi can be considered.
Peoples of the Middle East such as those of Iran are highly important in world affairs. Cities such as Cairo are also important.
6 Nov. At least 35 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan, officials said.
6 Nov. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia visited the Vatican for what would be the first audience by the head of the Roman Catholic Church with a Saudi monarch.
8 Nov. At least seven construction workers were killed and 15 others injured when a bridge under construction collapsed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
9 Nov. Iraqi insurgency: The United States Army released five Iranian suspects who had been arrested in Iraq.
10 Nov. Iranian police arrested about 180 Sufi Muslims who attacked a Shia mosque in Borujerd after a cleric said their religion was "illegitimate".
10 Nov. Six American forces serving under NATO's International Security Assistance Force were killed in an insurgent ambush while patrolling in eastern Afghanistan.
12 Nov. Airbus and Boeing both win a giant order of 100 planes from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, a United Arab Emirates jet leasing corporation.
12 Nov. War in Afghanistan: The United States Army killed 15 insurgents and three civilians in the Helmand Province.
12 Nov. Thousands of Fatah supporters gathered in Gaza to mark the third anniversary of Yasser Arafat's death. Hamas security forces killed seven people and wounded several.
13 Nov. Hamas security forces arrested 400 Fatah supporters after a rally to commemorate Yasser Arafat's death ended in gunfire.
13 Nov. The President of Israel, Shimon Peres, met the President of Turkey, Abdullah Gül, in Ankara, and was also to address the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
14 Nov. Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian nuclear negotiator, was charged with espionage by Iran's intelligence ministry. He allegedly gave classified information to the British embassy.
14 Nov. Iraqi insurgency: A roadside bomb killed two civilians near Baghdad's Green Zone.
15 Nov. Nuclear program of Iran: The White House urged more sanctions on Iran, saying that "selective co-operation" was "not good enough". The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran is still enriching uranium.
15 Nov. Iraqi insurgency: The United States Army announced it has killed 25 insurgents in Taji, but the Taji Awakening Council said airstrikes killed 45 pro-U.S. fighters.
15 Nov. A Saudi Arabian gang rape victim was sentenced to jail and 200 lashes for being in the car of an unrelated man.
15 Nov. President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas states in a speech that "we have to bring down" Hamas.
17 Nov. War in Afghanistan: Two NATO Canadian soldiers and an interpreter were killed by a roadside bomb in Panjawi, Kandahar province. Three more soldiers were wounded.
17 Nov. Algeria's People's National Army killed Abdelhamid Sadaoui, the alleged treasurer of al-Qaeda in North Africa, in Tizi Ouzou, Kabylia province.
18 Nov. 28 people died in a fire at a Saudi Aramco gas pipeline in Hawiya, Saudi Arabia. Twelve more people were missing.
19 Nov. A suicide bomber killed seven people in the Nimruz Province of Afghanistan, including the son of governor Ghulam Dastageer.
19 Nov. Israel released 450 Palestinian prisoners ahead of the 2007 Mideast peace conference with the Palestinian Authority.
20 Nov. Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert and the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas were formally invited to the 2007 Mideast peace conference.
20 Nov. Jordanian voters went to the polls in the 2007 parliamentary election.
20 Nov. Manouchehr Mottaki, the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced Iran has agreed to a new round of talks about Iraq with the United States.
21 Nov. The Islamic Action Front lost most of its seats in the 2007 Jordanian parliamentary election.
21 Nov. About 1,000 people a day were returning to Iraq from Syria and Jordan.
22 Nov. Jordanian King Abdullah appointed technocrat Nader al-Dahabi as the new Prime Minister.
22 Nov. Two Iraqi soldiers and eight members of the Hawr Rajab Awakening Council were killed by al-Qaeda militants in Hawr Rajab.
22 Nov. The head of IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, said the agency cannot be sure "about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities" in Iran.
23 Nov. The term of Lebanese President Emile Lahoud ended with no successor and a political dispute over who is in power.
23 Nov. An Israeli psychiatrist and reserve officer was charged with giving classified information to Iran, Russia and Hamas.
23 Nov. A bomb explosion killed at least 13 people and hurt 50 in the Ghazil pet market of Baghdad, Iraq.
24 Nov. United States and Iraqi forces arrested at least 20 suspected militants in Kirkuk, Iraq.
24 Nov. At least six people, most of them children, were killed by a suicide bomber in Paghman, Afghanistan.
29 Nov. Al Jazeera television released an audio tape featuring a message believed to have been recorded by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
20 Nov. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh.
13 Nov. Turkish helicopters bombed several Kurdistan Workers Party positions in northern Iraq.
16 Nov. Turkish prosecutors asked the Constitutional Court to ban the Kurdish Democratic Society Party, claiming it has links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party.
30 Nov. The wreckage of Atlasjet Flight 4203 carrying 56 passengers and crew was found in central Turkey with no survivors.
South Asian peoples Bangladesh, can be considered. Cities such as Delhi can be examined.
2 Nov. The United Nations announced it would send home 108 of the 950 Sri Lankan peacekeepers in Haiti, accusing them of sexual abuse, including with underage girls.
2 Nov. S. P. Thamilselvan, the political chief of the Sri Lankan rebel group Tamil Tigers, was killed in an attack by the Sri Lanka Air Force near Kilinochchi.
15 Nov. Formed in the Bay of Bengal, Category 5 Cyclone Sidr approached the coastal districts of Bangladesh, forcing tens of thousands of people to move away.
16 Nov. Nepal Supreme Court rejected a plea for conducting a Constituent Assembly election on November 22 saying the prescribed date is more of a moral question rather than a legal one.
16 Nov. The death toll from Cyclone Sidr increased to 242 as the storm weakened and passed through Bangladesh capital Dhaka.
17 Nov. Cyclone Sidr: The death toll from the cyclone rose to 2,000 after it hit central and southern Bangladesh.
18 Nov. Cyclone Sidr: Rescue efforts reached the most remote areas of Bangladesh, as the death toll rise to 2,400 people.
18 Nov. Cyclone Sidr: Rescue efforts in Bangladesh continued, with helicopters and ships being used to reach isolated areas.
20 Nov. Bangladesh called for more international aid for the survivors of cyclone Sidr.
21 Nov. The Bangladesh Army said it has reached almost all areas affected by cyclone Sidr.
22 Nov. Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen left Kolkata after riots against her in which at least 43 people were hurt.
22 Nov. Sri Lanka banned the Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation charity, saying it "is funding the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam".
22 Nov. Aid agencies said they had reached all areas of Bangladesh struck by cyclone Sidr, but more aid was needed for the survivors.
28 Nov. A suicide bomber blew herself up outside Sri Lankan Minister's office, killing one and injuring two.
7 Nov. A fire in Gwalior, India, ruined over 400 small stores. Losses were estimated at 10 million rupees (USD 250,000).
9 Nov. Protests broke out in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, over the caricatures of Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a local newspaper.
12 Nov. A new government headed by the Bharatiya Janata Party, India's main opposition party, took office in the state of Karnataka.
16 Nov. Police in Uttar Pradesh arrested three Pakistani members of Jaish-e-Mohammed who were plotting to kidnap an Indian politician.
19 Nov. The new government of Karnataka, India, led by Bharatiya Janata Party member B. S. Yeddyurappa, fell after just one week when Janata Dal withdrew support. (BBC)
21 Nov. The Indian Army was deployed in Kolkata after a riot against Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen erupts into violence. (BBC)
23 Nov. At least 13 people were killed and several injured in a series of bomb blasts in Uttar Pradesh, India.
23 Nov. Silent peace marches were held in Kolkata, India after clashes over Nandigram and Taslima Nasreen.
24 Nov. 12 people were killed when a students' union rally turns violent in Guwahati, India.
Bombay, Calcutta has no events associated with them yet.
1 Nov. Benazir Bhutto left Karachi for United Arab Emirates amidst speculations that President Pervez Musharraf might impose martial law in Pakistan.
1 Nov. A suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Pakistan Air Force personnel in Punjab resulting in at least five deaths and 40 people being injured.
3 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: President Pervez Musharraf declared a period of emergency rule amid rising militant violence. Television channels and telephone lines in many Pakistan cities were blocked. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto returned to Karachi, cutting short her Dubai visit. Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar took an oath as the new Chief Justice of the apex court. Militants captured two police stations in Swat.
4 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Former cricketer and leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan escaped from house arrest. Lawyers prepared for a countrywide strike tomorrow.
5 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: The Netherlands suspended aid to Pakistan following the imposition of emergency rule. Several demonstrating lawyers protesting outside the Sindh High Court were arrested. President of the United States George W. Bush called on the President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf to end the state of emergency and restore civilian rule.
6 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Over 100 anti-emergency activists were arrested as part of crackdown process in Pakistan.
7 Nov. US President George W. Bush told Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to take steps to restore civilian rule.
7 Nov. Taliban militants captured the Pakistani town of Madyan in Waziristan's Swat region and hoisted their flags over buildings.
8 Nov. Pakistan Television quoted President Pervez Musharraf as saying that Pakistan will hold elections before 15 February 2008.
9 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Benazir Bhutto was placed under house arrest hours before a proposed mass rally against the 2007 Pakistani state of emergency. Over 5000 supporters of Pakistan People's Party had been arrested to avert rally.
9 Nov. Benazir Bhutto was released from house arrest bringing to an end a day long stand-off between the former prime minister and security forces.
10 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Malik Mohammad Qayyum, the Attorney General of Pakistan predicted that the 2007 Pakistani state of emergency could be lifted within a month.
10 Nov. Benazir Bhutto was to lead a long march against the emergency on 13 November.
12 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Pakistan Army renewed air attacks in the Swat valley targeting extremists positions. Foreign ministers of the Commonwealth of Nations met in London to discuss the issue of Pakistan. They demanded that President Pervez Musharraf lift the state of emergency, release political prisoners and step down as army chief by November 22, or otherwise the country will be "suspended from the Councils of the Commonwealth." Pakistan Supreme Court summoned President General Pervez Musharraf to the hearing of a petition filed against him for proclaiming the state of emergency. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto told journalists in Lahore that she had ended talks with President Pervez Musharraf over power sharing.
13 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Backed by hundreds of police officers, the Pakistani government again placed former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto under house arrest to prevent a protest against President Pervez Musharraf.
14 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan was arrested at the University of the Punjab in Lahore. Pakistani forces killed at least 16 Taliban militants in heavy fighting in the Swat valley.
15 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: President Pervez Musharraf appointed Muhammad Mian Soomro, Chairman of the Senate, as interim Prime Minister. Pakistan's Attorney General, Malik Mohammad Qayyum, says he expected President Pervez Musharraf to step down as army chief by December 1. Major General Waheed Arshad announced the Pakistan Army has killed at least 33 Taliban militants in the Swat valley. Pakistani authorities dropped all charges against Rashid Rauf, who was arrested in August 2006 in connection with the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot.
16 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says the new interim government is "not acceptable" and "there can be no fair and free elections under the emergency." Muhammad Mian Soomro, hitherto Chairman of the Senate, was sworn in as interim Prime Minister. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was released from house arrest, but there were still dozens of policemen around her house.
17 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto returned to Karachi after release from house arrest in Lahore. TV networks Geo TV and ARY Digital were shut down by the Pakistan government. United States Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met President Pervez Musharraf and vice army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. He called for and end to the state of emergency, but Musharraf defends it.
18 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Jemima Khan joined a protest in London to ask for the release of her ex-husband Imran Khan and President Pervez Musharraf's resignation. United States Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said President Pervez Musharraf should lift the state of emergency and free political opponents. One person dies in a bomb explosion on a railway track near Peshawar targeted at a passenger train.
19 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Pakistani Attorney General Malik Qayyum announced the Supreme Court of Pakistan has dismissed five of the six petitions against President Pervez Musharraf's re-election. At least 80 people died and 100 were wounded in sectarian violence in Kurram Agency. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf rejected United States Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte's demand to lift the state of emergency.
20 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Thousands of people escaped Pakistan's Swat district, where the Pakistan Army is fighting with pro-Taliban militants. More than 100 journalists were arrested for protesting against the state of emergency and media restrictions. The Government of Pakistan released 3,400 people who were jailed during the state of emergency. Pakistan Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retired) Qazi Mohammad Farooq announced the next general elections will be held on January 8, 2008.
21 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Opposition politician and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Imran Khan was released from prison in Punjab. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry tried to leave his house in Islamabad but was blocked by security forces. Major General Waheed Arshad announced the Pakistan Army had killed 40 pro-Taliban militants in the Shangla District in the last two days. Pakistani security forces kill senior Balochistan Liberation Army leader Balach Marri.
22 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency Pakistan was suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations again for its imposition of the state of emergency. A contempt petition against Pervez Musharraf was filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The Supreme Court of Pakistan dismissed the last remaining petition to challenge the dereliction of President Pervez Musharraf. (BBC)
23 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the Election Commission to declare Pervez Musharraf the winner in the 2007 Pakistani presidential election. The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Inam-ul-Haq, said the country's suspension from the Commonwealth of Nations is "unjustified".
23 Nov. Pakistan Muslim League (N) President Shahbaz Sharif denied talks between Saudi Arabian authorities and Nawaz Sharif over Sharif's return to Pakistan.
24 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz refused to contest in forthcoming elections and denied rumors that he is leaving the country.
24 Nov. Two suicide car bombings killed at least 30 people and injured many more in Rawalpindi.
25 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived at Lahore Airport with his family members.
25 Nov. At least 1800 supporters of PML-N were detained in Punjab ahead of Nawaz Sharif's return from exile.
26 Nov. 35 militants were killed in a ground offensive against pro-Taliban militants by the Pakistan Army.
26 Nov Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif announced he would file nomination papers in the Pakistani general election, 2008. However, he would not serve as Prime Minister under the current President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf.
28 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: The President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf stood down as the head of the Pakistan Army. General Kayani becomes 14th Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army.
29 Nov. 2007 Pakistani state of emergency: Pervez Musharraf was sworn in as the President of Pakistan for a second term, this time as a civilian. President George W. Bush welcomed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, urged him to lift emergency rule. Musharraf announced the 2007 Pakistani state of emergency will be lifted on 2007-12-16. Restrictions on Pakistani TV channels were challenged in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Central Asian peoples include some peoples found in China, Russia.
2 Nov 2007 Georgian demonstrations: Tens of thousands of Georgians protested outside parliament in Tbilisi, urging President Mikhail Saakashvili to step down.
7 Nov. 2007 Georgian demonstrations: Georgian riot police used tear gas and water cannons to break up thousands of anti-government protesters calling for the resignation of President Mikhail Saakashvili in Tbilisi. The President announced a 15-day nationwide state of emergency.
8 Nov. 2007 Georgian demonstrations: Georgia's opposition said it was suspending anti-government protests in Tbilisi, after President Mikhail Saakashvili declared a state of emergency and closed all independent news outlets. President Mikhail Saakashvili justified the police action by saying that neighboring Russia was stirring trouble and that he had expelled three Russian diplomats. President Mikhail Saakashvili announced that he would participate in a special presidential election on January 5, 2008, and that a referendum would be held on the same day for the timing of parliamentary elections, which the opposition had demanded be held next spring.
12 Nov. Georgian opposition parties chose Levan Gachechiladze as their common candidate to challenge President Mikhail Saakashvili in the 2008 presidential election.
16 Nov. Prime Minister of Georgia Zurab Noghaideli resigned citing health problems; President Mikheil Saakashvili nominated Lado Gurgenidze as Noghaideli's successor.
25 Nov. President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili resigns his position to re-run for the early presidential election scheduled in January 2008.
Oriental peoples include some peoples of South Korea, Cities such as Seoul,ShanghaiOsaka
7 Nov. The U.S. dollar stumbled to new lows after Cheng Siwei, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, called for China to shift more of its $1.43 trillion of currency reserves into "stronger currencies", such as the euro.
8 Nov. At least 29 miners were killed in a gas leak in a colliery in China's Guizhou province.
9 Nov. The People's Republic of China suspended the export of toys covered in a toxic chemical 1,4-butanediol that have been recalled in both the United States and China.
18 Nov. Hong Kong voters went to the polls in District Council elections, with pro-Beijing parties expected to recover.
24 Nov. An explosion at a petrol station killed four people and hurt at least 30 in Shanghai, China.
26 Nov. The People's Republic of China signed a deal to buy 160 Airbus aircraft in a deal worth $US17 billion during a visit by the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy.
28 Nov. The Chinese Type 051B destroyer Shenzhen visited Tokyo in the first visit of a Chinese warship to Japan since World War II.
30 Nov. Wang Qishan resigned as the Mayor of Beijing, being succeeded by acting Mayor Guo Jinlong, who left his post in Anhui.
16 Nov. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda flew to the United States to hold talks with U.S. President George W. Bush.
18 Nov. Japan resumed whaling of humpbacks for the first time in 40 years. Greenpeace and other environmentalist groups condemned the decision.
Southeast Asian peoples such as those of Thailand can also be examined. Cities include Manila
10 Nov. 2007 Bersih Rally: Malaysia saw its largest political protest in 10 years.
11 Nov. Former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister, Ieng Sary and his wife, Ieng Thirith were arrested in Phnom Penh to face charges before that country's U.N. genocide tribunal.
15 Nov. United Nations human rights envoy Paulo Sergio Pinheiro visited political prisoners, including Su Su Nway, in Burma's Insein Prison.
17 Nov. 2007 Burmese anti-government protests: The State Peace and Development Council admitted 15 people have died during the protests, while United Nations envoy Paulo Sergio Pinheiro met with ministers and political prisoners, including Win Tin.
18 Nov. 2007 Burmese anti-government protests: ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong says Burma will not be suspended from the organization.
19 Nov. 2007 Burmese anti-government protests: Philippine President Gloria Arroyo saod her country will not ratify the new Association of Southeast Asian Nations Charter unless the State Peace and Development Council frees opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The European Union imposes tougher sanctions on Burma, including an embargo on gemstones, metal and timber, and a tighter visa ban against members of the State Peace and Development Council.
19 Nov. Khieu Samphan, the former Khmer Rouge head of state, was charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity by a Cambodian tribunal.
19 Nov. About 70 people died and 50 were missing after a flooding caused by cyclone Guba in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea.
20 Nov. The Cambodia Tribunal held its first public hearing, evaluating a bail request by Khang Khek Ieu.
20 Nov. Association of Southeast Asian Nations members signed their first charter at the 13th ASEAN Summit in Singapore.
21 Nov. The death toll from flooding caused by cyclone Guba in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea rose to 150.
25 Nov. The bodies of five Singaporeans were found after their dragon boat capsized two days ago at the end of a 1,500-metre Cambodia-ASEAN Traditional Boat Race event during the Bon Om Thook races on the Tonlé Sap in Phnom Penh. 17 other members of the team survived.
25 Nov. Police fire tear gas and chemical-laced water cannon to disperse a peaceful protesting crowds of approximately 30,000 organized organized by HINDRAF in Kuala Lumpur
Indonesia with its city of Jakarta
26 Nov. At least three people died and 45 were injured in Indonesia following earthquakes off the coast of Sumatra and Sumbawa.
13 Nov. An explosion hit the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, killing three people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding 10.
23 Nov. Typhoon Mitag remained stationary but threatened the Bicol Region, east of the Philippines, and was expected to make landfall in Virac, Catanduanes tomorrow.
24 Nov. Typhoon Mitag remained static over the Philippine Sea but changed course, and was expected to make landfall in Aurora-Isabela provinces of the Philippines on Monday due to the very slow and unusual movement.
25 Nov. 2007 Pacific typhoon season: Three typhoons are forecast to batter the Philippines in the following days. PAGASA announces another weather disturbance to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility in the next few days and names it "Nonoy" locally, but stresses that "Nonoy" is not expected to make landfall, but may affect the eastern part of the country.
25 Nov. Seven people died in floods in two provinces of the Philippines.
29 Nov. Manila Peninsula Rebellion: The Armed Forces of the Philippines stormed the The Peninsula Manila where the Magdalo Soldiers were holed up.
29 Nov. Detained Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes IV walked out of his trial and went to The Peninsula Manila calling for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to step down.
1 Nov. Flash floods in central Vietnam killed at least 13 people and injured 31 with 14,000 homes submerged in Quang Tri, Quang Binh and Quang Nam provinces.
Western civilization including Canada, is important. Cities include Los Angeles.
1 Nov. The Swedish Mint (Swedish: Myntverket) in Eskilstuna, Sweden, lost the competition to produce Swedish national coins to Rahapaja OY of Finland, ending a more than 1000-year-long tradition of minting Swedish coins in Sweden.
1 Nov. 2007 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Noel strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane and headed towards Bermuda having killed at least 108 people so far.
7 Nov. Four Albanian militants were killed in a Macedonian police operation.
7 Nov. At least eight people were killed and several injured in a school shooting in Tuusula (Tusby), north of Helsinki, Finland.
11 Nov. Danilo Türk won the 2007 Slovenian presidential elections with a large margin.
13 Nov. Danish voters went to the polls for an early parliamentary election called by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
14 Nov. Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's liberal-conservative government secured a third term in office following early parliamentary elections to the Folketing.
17 Nov. Kosovan voters went to the polls for a parliamentary election, with Hashim Thaci expected to win.
18 Nov. Hashim Thaçi, a former rebel leader who has promised to declare Kosovo's independence if mediation efforts fail, declared victory for his party in the parliamentary election.
22 Nov. Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that Denmark will hold a new referendum on relinquishing its opt-outs, including an exemption from the European common currency, the euro, during the next four years.
22 Nov. A report by the EMCDDA says the number of cocaine users in the European Union has increased by one million in one year.
23 Nov. A court in Copenhagen, Denmark, convicted three men for plotting terrorist attacks using triacetone triperoxide.
23 Nov. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control found that the rate of new cases of AIDS in Europe has doubled since 1999.
25 Nov. Croatia's opposition Social Democrats took a narrow lead on in a close national election, according to exit polls, after a campaign fought over corruption, the economy and future European Union membership.
26 Nov. The Romanian nationalist Greater Romania Party was voted out of the European Parliament in the European Parliament election, 2007.
This is connected to Anglic peoples including the United Kingdom. Cities include New York City.
1 Nov. The London Metropolitan Police was found guilty of violations of Health and Safety law over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes on the London underground in July 2005, and was fined £175,000 and ordered to pay £385,000 in legal costs.
6 Nov. Queen Elizabeth II formally opened the new Channel Tunnel Rail Link and London's St Pancras station, the new home for Eurostar trains linking London with Paris and Brussels as of November 14, replacing the Eurostar terminus at Waterloo station.
6 Nov. Efficient won the 2007 Melbourne Cup.
7 Nov. Brad Wall was elected as Premier of Saskatchewan as his Saskatchewan Party defeats the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party by a 37-21 margin in the 26th Saskatchewan general election.
8 Nov. 2007 North Sea flood: a 3 metre storm tide headed for the English Channel, causing dozens of flood warnings by the UK's Environment Agency. Prime Minister Gordon Brown called an emergency COBRA meeting for Friday, as the wave could potentially affect thousands of properties and a threat to many lives. The tidal wave was thought to be caused by gale-force winds off Scotland and high tides. 200 were evacuated.
9 Nov. 2007 North Sea flood: The Environment Agency of England and Wales issued eight severe flood warnings for eastern England with residents ordered to evacuate from 7,500 homes in Great Yarmouth.
11 The Ulster Defence Association announced that its Ulster Freedom Fighters' units are to stand down from midnight.
11 Nov. Prince William, an officer in the Blues and Royals, laid a wreath for the first time by the Cenotaph as the Queen, his grandmother, and his father, the Prince of Wales, looked on.
14 Nov. High Speed 1 (formerly known as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link) opened for commercial use in Britain, linking London St. Pancras, which also opened for commercial use, to the Channel Tunnel.
15 Nov. A New South Wales coroner concluded that a group of five journalists, known as the Balibo Five, were deliberately killed by Indonesian forces in 1975 in order to prevent them exposing Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor.
15 Nov. The Supreme Court of Canada denied asylum to Jeremy Hinzman and Brandon Hughey, two United States soldiers who deserted the Iraq War.
15 Nov. The City of Westminster Magistrates' Court ruled Egyptian-born Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States, where he is accused of terrorism.
20 Nov. Manfo Kwaku Asiedu is sentenced to 33 years in jail for his role in the 21 July 2005 London bombings.
20 Nov. The UK's HM Revenue and Customs admitted that it has lost two computer discs which contained data, including bank details and National Insurance numbers, about every family with a child under 16 in the country.
24 Nov. 2007 UK child benefit data scandal: HM Revenue and Customs confirmed that a further six data discs had gone missing in transit between its offices in Preston and London.
24 Nov. Australian federal election, 2007: The national election in Australia resulted in a change of government, with the Australian Labor Party securing an electoral swing of more than 5%. Kevin Rudd will take office as 26th Prime Minister of Australia and the outgoing Prime Minister John Howard is also likely to lose his seat in parliament. John Howard called the leader of the Australian Labor Party, Kevin Rudd, on the phone and concedes defeat.
28 Nov. Harry Redknapp, the manager of Portsmouth F.C., was one of five men arrested as part of an ongoing investigation of alleged corruption in British football.
29 Nov. A 7.4 Mw earthquake rocks the Windward Islands in the Caribbean near the island of Martinique.
1 Nov. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged over 360 points, or 2.6%, in its worst daily loss since February 27. Similar percentage losses occurred in Europe earlier in the day.
5 Nov. Members of the Writers Guild of America asked 12,000 of its members to join a Hollywood screenwriters strike over a dispute over residuals.
7 Nov. Space Shuttle Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center, ending STS-120, a 15-day mission to the International Space Station.
8 Nov. A United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Santa Lucia di Piave, Italy, killing four people and injuring six.
8 Nov. The United States Senate confirmed Michael Mukasey as the Attorney General of the United States.
8 Nov. The United States Congress overrode President George W. Bush's veto of the $23 billion Water Resource Bill.
9 Nov. Iraqi insurgency: The United States Army released five Iranian suspects who had been arrested in Iraq.
10 Nov. Six American forces serving under NATO's International Security Assistance Force were killed in an insurgent ambush while patrolling in eastern Afghanistan.
9 Nov. The Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency to clean up an oil spill in San Francisco Bay caused by a container ship hitting the San Francisco Bay Bridge on Wednesday.
10 Nov. Stagehands belonging to the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees went on strike, shutting down most Broadway plays and musicals.
12 Nov. IBM announced it would buy business intelligence firm Cognos for US$5 billion.
12 Nov. Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase agreed to a US$75 billion plan designed to heal the credit markets.
12 Nov. War in Afghanistan: The United States Army killed 15 insurgents and three civilians in the Helmand Province.
14 Nov. The 2007 National Book Awards went to Denis Johnson (Tree of Smoke), fiction, Tim Weiner (Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA), non-fiction, Sherman Alexie (The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian), young people's literature, and Robert Hass (Time and Materials), poetry.
15 Nov. Major League Baseball player Barry Bonds was indicted by a federal grand jury in San Francisco for perjury and obstruction of justice, having allegedly lied under oath about his use of steroids.
15 Nov. The United States Treasury froze all assets of the Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation, claiming that it acted as a "front to facilitate fundraising" for the Tamil Tigers.
15 Nov. The execution of Mark Dean Schwab in Florida was suspended while the United States Supreme Court decides if lethal injection is unconstitutional.
16 Nov. Senator John Kerry accepted T. Boone Pickens' one-million-dollar Swift Boat challenge.
18 Nov. 2007 Writers Guild of America strike: Screenwriters announce they will resume negotiations with movie studios on November 26.
18 Nov. Jimmie Johnson won his second straight NASCAR Nextel Cup championship for the 2007 season.
20 Nov. Warren Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was sentenced to five years to life in jail for complicity in rape.
21 Nov. United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the White House wanted to broker a permanent deal between Israel and the Palestinian Authority before President George W. Bush leaves office.
21 Nov. Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan claimed that United States President George W. Bush was involved in the Plame affair.
22 Nov. United States presidential election, 2008: New Hampshire set January 8, 2008 as the date for the presidential primary, maintaining the tradition of being the first state to vote. Hundreds of thousands of immigrants may not be able to vote because of backlog at the Citizenship and Immigration Services agency.
24 Nov. Wildfires in Malibu, California, caused 100 homes in 3 separate communities to be evacuated. 250 acres of state park land burned south of Malibu Lake.
25 Nov. A wildfire in Malibu, California, destroyed 51 structures, including 49 homes. The fire has also burned 4,720 acres (1,910 hectares) and caused the evacuation of 10,000 people. It is currently 40% contained, being fueled by Santa Ana winds that gusted up to 60 mph (96 kph) on November 24.
26 Nov. Syria accepted a United States invitation to participate in the 2007 Mideast peace conference.
26 Nov. Newsweek Magazine will come out with a new edition, about the top ranked schools in the United States.
27 Nov. The Annapolis Conference, a peace conference trying to end the Arab-Israeli conflict, was held in Annapolis, Maryland, in the United States.
27 Nov. Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt Jr. was sentenced to a year and one day in jail for breaching the rules of the United Nations oil-for-food program.
28 Nov. An explosion and fire southeast of Clearbrook, Minnesota, killed two workers and forced the closure of a pipeline that carries nearly a fifth of U.S. crude oil imports from Canada.
28 Nov. Striking Broadway stagehands and producers reached a deal.
28 Nov. Arlington High School (LaGrange, New York) announced that a Columbine-style attack on the school was thwarted by New York State Police, who arrested three students.
28 Nov. Ford Motor Company settled class action lawsuits in California, Connecticut, Illinois and Texas over 1991-2001 models of the Ford Explorer.
28 Nov. The United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that retired United States Marine Corps General James L. Jones would be a special envoy for Middle East security.
30 Nov. The Miami-Dade Police Department arrested four people in relation to the killing of Washington Redskins player Sean Taylor.
30 Nov. A man took hostages at U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign office in Rochester, New Hampshire. He had a package strapped to his chest. The siege ended at 6pm with his arrest.
30 Nov. Amtrak Pere Marquette train #371 en route from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Chicago, Illinois, collided with a parked freight train on the south side of Chicago, seriously or critically injuring five Amtrak employees and slightly injuring 100 to 150 of the 187 passengers on board.
30 Nov. DNA tests confirmed that "Baby Grace", the deceased two-year-old found floating on Galveston Bay in Texas, was indeed Riley Ann Sawyers. Earlier in the week, her mother and stepfather confessed to beating the child to death.
Latin peoples including those of Argentina, have important events associated with them. Cities include Sao Paulo.
2 Nov. The United Nations announced it would send home 108 of the 950 Sri Lankan peacekeepers in Haiti, accusing them of sexual abuse, including with underage girls.
4 Nov. Guatemalan general elections were held to elect a new president.
5 Nov. Álvaro Colom was elected President of Guatemala in the 2007 general election.
6 Nov. Scores of students were injured and arrested ahead of protests in Venezuela. The demonstrations, scheduled for Wednesday, were to demand a delay to a referendum aimed at expanding the powers of Hugo Chávez.
6 Nov. The incumbent People's National Movement party retained power in the Trinidad and Tobago elections.
7 Nov. 80,000 students march in Caracas, Venezuela, to protest against a constitutional referendum that would give more power to President Hugo Chávez. Nine students were injured by gunmen at the Central University of Venezuela.
9 Nov. Student protests against the 2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum continued. Five people were wounded in Mérida in a clash between rival student groups.
10 Nov. Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva uncovered a 4,000-year-old temple in the Ventarron site in the Lambayeque Region of Peru.
12 Nov. Ceferino Namuncurá was the first indigenous Argentinian to be beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. 100,000 people attend the ceremony in Chimpay.
14 Nov. A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit northern Chile, near the town of Calama. Two deaths and over a hundred injuries were reported.
15 Nov. Powerful aftershocks hit Chile after the Antofagasta earthquake, as President Michelle Bachelet visited the affected areas.
17 Nov. 2007 Antofagasta earthquake: Chile was hit by a magnitude 6.0 aftershock 41 miles northwest of Antofagasta.
18 Nov. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez opened the 2007 OPEC meeting in Saudi Arabia, warning the United States against attacking Iran.
22 Nov. Argentinian defense minister Nilda Garré sacked the head of military intelligence, Brigadier General Osvaldo Montero, for plotting to replace her.
22 Nov. Tens of thousands of Venezuelan students march in Caracas in two different rallies, one to oppose Hugo Chávez and the other one to support him.
26 Nov. At least 60 miners were trapped underground following an explosion in a gold mine in Ponce Enriquez in southern Ecuador.
26 Nov. At least three people died in clashes over a new draft constitution in Sucre, Bolivia.
4 Nov. At least six people were killed as a Learjet 35 crashed into a residential district in São Paulo, Brazil.
25 Nov. At least eight football fans died when part of the Fonte Nova stadium in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, collapses.
1 Nov. 2007 Tabasco flood: Massive flooding hit the Mexican state of Tabasco, with Governor Andrés Granier estimating that 80% of its 25,000 km² surface area is under water.
5 Nov. The number of people in southern Mexico displaced by the 2007 Tabasco flood neared a million (VOA), with 300,000 more still trapped in their homes, waiting to be rescued.
Mexico City has no events for this month.
7 Nov. French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged friendship between France and the United States and a renewed alliance on the war in Afghanistan and against Iran's nuclear program in a speech to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.
12 Nov. The trial of Yvan Colonna, a Corsican separatist accused of murdering former Prefect of Corse-du-Sud Claude Erignac in 1998, opened in Paris.
13 Nov. In France, rail workers and Paris Métro personnel went on strike in the first wave of public-sector strikes.
16 Nov. Strikes in France: French train drivers' strike against President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reform entered its third day.
18 Nov. Strikes in France: Transport workers struck for the fifth consecutive day, rejecting an offer by public railway company SNCF.
19 Nov. November 2007 strikes in France: The transport workers' strike entered its sixth day, but unions agreed to restart negotiations with SNCF on November 22.
20 Nov. 2007 strikes in France: French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed to continue his economic reforms. Students and civil servants joined transport workers in the strike.
21 Nov. November 2007 strikes in France: Transport unions started talks with management and the government over pension reforms in the eighth consecutive day of strike. Public railway company SNCF said its TGV train network has been disrupted by a "concerted campaign of sabotage". President Nicolas Sarkozy asked the police to make sure those who sabotaged the TGV network are "punished with the most extreme severity".
21 Nov. Former President of France Jacques Chirac was probed by a judge for alleged embezzlement of public funds when he was Mayor of Paris.
22 Nov. Despite talks between the transport workers, the management and the government, the November 2007 strikes in France continued for a ninth day.
23 Nov. Many employees of Paris Métro crossed picket lines and return to work, defying the ongoing public-sector strikes. Transit officials reported near-normal operation.
25 Nov. Riots broke out in the Villiers-le-Bel and Arnouville suburbs of Paris, France, after a car accident between a police car and a motorbike killed two teenagers.
27 Nov. Nearly 80 French police officers were injured during a second night of riots by youths in the suburbs of Paris, the police say. (BBC)
5 Nov. Italian police arrested Sicilian mafia boss Salvatore Lo Piccolo, his son Sandro and two other mafiosi in Carini, Palermo.
10 Nov. Workers at La Scala opera house in Milan went on strike in a dispute over pay and contracts.
11 Nov. Gabriele Sandri, a 26-year old supporter of the sports club S.S. Lazio was killed by police in a service station near Arezzo, Italy. Football fans later clashed with police in most Italian stadiums.
12 Nov. The Milan Court of Appeal sentenced Giovanni Consorte, Ivano Sacchetti and Emilio Gnutti to six months in jail for insider trading in the Unipol case.
18 Nov. Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former Prime Minister, announced he would dissolve the Forza Italia party and found a new one called Freedom People's Party.
Colombia No Events reported
12 Nov. A 16-year-old Spanish anti-racism activist was killed during a far-right anti-immigration protest in Madrid.
Northeast european peoples including those of Poland are important.
16 Nov. Donald Tusk, leader of the Civic Platform party, was sworn in as Prime Minister of Poland in coalition with the Polish People's Party.
24 Nov. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared that Poland should concentrate on getting its economy ready for euro-zone entry as quickly as possible rather than setting a concrete target date to adopt the euro.
23 Nov. Polish parliament speaker Bronislaw Komorowski said that Poland's new government was set to be the first to ratify the EU's Reform Treaty.
5 Nov. A fire at a retirement home in a village near Tula, Russia, killed at least 23 people.
12 Nov. Russian troops killed eight suspected militants in Makhachkala, Dagestan.
13 Nov. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that an overwhelming victory for United Russia in the legislative elections would give him the "moral right" to maintain a strong influence in the country.
15 Nov. The Russian Ground Forces shut down their last remaining base in Georgia, located in the city of Batumi.
16 Nov. Russia's deputy finance minister Sergei Storchak, one of Russia's top officials on international financial relations, was detained as part of a criminal investigation.
16 Nov. Former Russian frogman Eduard Koltsov admitted he killed British diver Lionel Crabb while he was spying on a Soviet warship in 1956.
17 Nov. Russian prosecutors confirmed the detention of Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak and two businessmen on suspicion of "attempting large-scale embezzlement from the Russian state budget through fraud".
22 Nov. A bomb attack on a bus killed five people and hurt 12 in the Russian republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
22 Nov. Farid Babayev, a Russian politician with the Yabloko party, was shot and seriously wounded in Makhachkala, Dagestan.
23 Nov. Louise Christian, the lawyer for Alexander Litvinenko's wife, revealed that the polonium-210 that killed him probably came from a Russian nuclear plant.
24 Nov. Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov was arrested during a The Other Russia rally in Moscow.
25 Nov. Russia protests of 2007: Russia prepared for new protests after Garry Kasparov's arrest. Garry Kasparov is jailed for 5 days after a protest rally in Moscow and opposition leaders are detained.
26 Nov. The Federation Council of Russia set March 2, 2008 as the date of the Russian presidential election, 2008.
27 Nov. Russian Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov said that the fact that the election day has been set for March 2 allowed president Vladimir Putin, who is required to leave office when his second term ends in May 2008, the option of resigning early and then running again.
29 Nov. The Savyolovsky Court in Moscow found the Russian businessman in exile Boris Berezovsky guilty of embezzling nearly 215 million rubles from Aeroflot.
12 Nov. Four ships sank during a powerful storm in the Sea of Azov and Black Sea. 2,000 tonnes of fuel oil were spilled into the Strait of Kerch. Three sailors died and eight were missing.
13 Nov. Clean-up operations continued in the Strait of Kerch after the oil spill disaster. Ten ships have sunk, 2,000 tons of fuel oil and 6,000 tons of sulphur have been spilled, three sailors have died and about 20 are missing.
18 Nov. An explosion in a coal mine in Zasyadko, Ukraine, killed at least 63 people and left many more trapped below ground.
19 Nov. 2007 Zasyadko mine disaster: Rescuers continued the search for 20 trapped miners, but a union official said there is "no chance" for them.
20 Nov. The death toll from the 2007 Zasyadko mine disaster rose to at least 90.
29 Nov. Ukrainian political parties backed by Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yushenko put together a parliamentary majority coalition in Parliament.
Germanic peoples including those of Germany are important.
6 Nov. 2007 Belgian government formation: Belgium today set a new national record for the longest period without a new government - 149 days had passed since the general election - as parties were still trying to bridge their opposing views on state reforms.
7 Nov. In Belgium, government formation discussions had gone on for a record 150 days as Flemish and Walloon politicians clash over Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde.
10 Nov. 2007 North Sea flood: The German ports of Hamburg and Bremerhaven suffered in the floods.
11 Nov. A majority of French citizens would support a union with the French-speaking Belgian region of Wallonia if Belgium were to cease to exist, according to a survey. A similar survey held in the Netherlands shows that 45% of the Dutch would support a union with Flanders, whereas 49% would oppose such a union.
14 Nov. German train drivers began a 62-hour strike, asking for a 31% pay increase.
16 Nov. German architect Heike Hanada of Weimar won the international competition for extending the Stockholm Public Library.
15 Nov. German train drivers extended their strike action against Deutsche Bahn, starting a 48-hour passenger service strike.
16 Nov. The German train driver strike entered its third day, disrupting Germany's transportation system, but Deutsche Bahn still refuses to accept the workers' requests.
African peoples such as those of Kenya, have various events associated with them.
9 Nov. At least 40 people died in Mogadishu in heavy fighting between Ethiopian forces and Somalian Islamist insurgents.
9 Nov. Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army chief Joseph Kony told peace negotiator Norbert Mao that Vincent Otti, his former deputy, is not dead as rumored, but is under house arrest for espionage.
10 Nov. Battle of Mogadishu (November 2007): More than 70 people died and over 200 were wounded in battles in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
12 Nov. Didymus Mutasa, the Minister of Lands and Security of Zimbabwe, admitted in a court in Paris, France that the Mugabe government stole land from ten citizens of the Netherlands. If the government does not voluntarily compensate the citizens then they have the right to seize property owned by the Zimbabwean government of equal value.
12 Nov. Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki reappointed Samuel Kivuitu as the head of Kenya's Electoral Commission ahead of the 2007 general election.
13 Nov. 21 Cameroonian soldiers were killed by unknown attackers in the Bakassi peninsula.
14 Nov. President of Ghana John Kufuor was involved in a car accident in Accra, but was not hurt.
18 Nov. George Charamba, the spokesman for Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe, said the Mugabe government is preparing for a British invasion.
22 Nov. Nur Hassan Hussein, head of the Somali Red Crescent and former policeman, was named the new Prime Minister of Somalia.
26 Nov. War in Chad (2005–present): Chad's army claimed to have killed hundreds of rebel fighters in heavy fighting near Sudan's Darfur region.
27 Nov. Zimbabwe's economic crisis Zimbabwe's Central Statistical Office has not issued estimated inflation figures because no products are being sold. Inflation is independently estimated at around 15,000% to 20,000%.
27 Nov. Zambian Airways ended direct flights to Harare, Zimbabwe. British Airways ended flights last month and Ethiopian Airlines will end flights to Zimbabwe in December, leaving only three foreign airlines with planes flying to Zimbabwe in 2008.
12 Nov. Nigeria's State Security Service arrested a group of Islamic militants with suspected links to al-Qaeda.
19 Nov. Six people were killed in clashes during local elections in the Nigerian state of Kano.
21 Nov. The Nigerian Army was deployed in Kano State after six people died in clashes during local elections.
23 Nov. The Senate of Nigeria declared the handover of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon was "illegal".
Ethiopia No events are yet recorded.
15 Nov. Celestin Chibalonza, the governor of Sud-Kivu, was impeached for failing to curb violence and mismanaging finances.
17 Nov. Unicef announces Mai-Mai forces have released 232 children they had abducted in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
21 Nov. A South African Police Oryx helicopter crashed near Wepener, killing 14 officers.
15 Nov. Rift Valley fever killed at least 96 people in the White Nile, Sennar and Gazeera states of Sudan.
28 Nov. Authorities in Sudan charged a British school teacher at Unity High School in Khartoum with the crime of insulting Islam for letting students name a teddy bear Muhammad.
29 Nov. Gillian Gibbons was found guilty of inciting religious hatred and sentenced to 15 days in prison and deportation from Sudan, after she let pupils name a teddy bear "Muhammad".
30 Nov. Protesters in Sudan demanded execution of Gillian Gibbons for insulting the prophet Muhammad after she let students name a teddy bear after him.
American Indian peoples such as are found in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, and Canada can be considered.
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