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;Armed conflicts and attacks

*Three armed men are killed in a shootout in the [[Russia]]n republic. [http://www.rferl.org/content/article/2231761.html (rferl)]

*A suicide bomb explodes at a rebel [[Houthi]] procession in northern [[Yemen]], killing several people. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11846070 (BBC)] [http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article915213.ece (''The Hindu'')]

;Arts and culture

*[[United States]] [[country music]] singer [[Willie Nelson]] is charged with [[marijuana]] possession. [http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=613867&affid=100055 (AP via MSN)]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

;Business and Economics

*[[Post-2008 Irish economic downturn|Irish financial crisis]]. Widespread speculation that [[senior bondholders]] of Irish [[bank|banks]] will have to take a "haircut" -- i.e. share in the costs of an [[European Union|EU]] bailout -- leads to downgrades in the credit worthiness of the institutions that hads the most at stake in the ballooning property values of recent years. [https://www.cnbc.com/id/40384070 (CNBC)]

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;Disasters

*[[Pike River Mine disaster|A third explosion]] within a week occurs at the [[Pike River Mine]] on the [[South Island]] of [[New Zealand]], where 29 men are presumed dead. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/26/3077634.htm (ABC Australia)]

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;International relations

*[[Korean peninsula]]:

**[[North Korea]] issues warnings about a planned exercise by [[South Korea]] and the [[United States]] this weekend. [http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=196894&R=R1~~&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter~~ (''Jerusalem Post'')]

**North Korea holds an [[artillery]] drill near [[Yeonpyeong Island]], which it [[Shelling of Yeonpyeong|shelled]] earlier this week. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/North-Korea-warns-that-region-is-on-the-brink-of-war/articleshow/6996315.cms (''Times of India'')] [http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=196894&R=R1~~&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter~~ (''Jerusalem Post'')]

*[[China]] warns the [[U.S.]] against performing any military acts within their [[exclusive economic zone]], ahead of joint [[South Korea|South Korean]]-U.S. military exercises aimed at [[Gunboat diplomacy | threatening]] [[North Korea]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AP1S620101126 (Reuters)]

*[[ List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon|Lebanon's Prime Minister]] [[Saad Hariri]] visits Iran, seeking help to prevent violence if a [[U.N.]]-backed tribunal indicts [[Hezbollah]] members for [[Lebanon bombings and assassinations (2004–present)#Rafiq Hariri assassination|killing former prime minister]], [[Rafiq Hariri]], and 21 others in a car bombing [http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE6AP1BV20101126 (Reuters Africa)]

;Law and crime

*A [[Rwanda|Rwandan court]] reschedules the trial date of the [[United Democratic Forces of Rwanda | United Democratic Forces]] opposition party leader, [[Victoire Ingabire]], for another 30 days for prosecutors to complete building their case against her. [~~http~~https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-26/rwanda-gives-prosecutors-30-more-days-for-case-against-ingabire.html (Bloomberg)]

*[[Law enforcement in Pakistan|Pakistani police]] arrest two [[Islamism|Islamist militants]] planning a [[Suicide attack |suicide bombing attack]] against a mosque and a government building in [[Islamabad]]. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5j1yfwLgiuz5v7TYgbR3aNJpx-pSw?docId=N0297901290783969987A (UK Press Asscociation)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20101205140228/http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Pakistan-Arrests-Two-Suspected-Suicide-Bombers-110825889.html (VOA)]

*Authorities in [[Saudi Arabia]] ~~have arrested~~arrest 149 people with links to [[al-Qaeda]] suspected of planning attacks on government officials and journalists. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/11/20101126141332322538.html (Al-Jazeera)]

*Authorities find the largest cache of homemade [[explosives]] ever discovered in the [[United States]], in two houses near [[ Escondido]], [[California]]. [http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/24/california.homemade.explosives/?hpt=T2 (CNN)] [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/11/plastic-explosive-petn-found-in-escondido-home.html (Los Angeles Times)]

*[[Human Rights Watch]] criticizes the punishment of Israeli soldiers who forced a Palestinian child to open bags thought to be booby-trapped as inadequate and a sign that the "Israeli military justice system will not seriously sanction soldiers convicted for offenses that are war crimes". [https://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/11/26/israel-soldiers-punishment-using-boy-human-shield-inadequate (Human Rights Watch)] [http://presstv.com/detail/152777.html (Press TV)]

;Politics

*A gunman opens fire at a [[Kuomintang]] political rally in [[Republic of China|Taiwan]]; prominent member [[Sean Lien]] is shot in the face. [http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aIPL&ID=201011270001 (Focus Taiwan News Channel)] [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/shooting-mars-taiwan-local-elections-2145025.html (''The Independent'')]

*[[Kim Kwan-jin]] becomes the new [[Ministry of National Defense (Republic of Korea)|Minister for Defense]] in [[South Korea]], replacing [[Kim Tae-Young (R.O.K. Army general)|Kim Tae-Young]] who resigned following the [[shelling of Yeonpyeong]]. [http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/11/26/70/0301000000AEN20101126009000315F.HTML (Yonhap)]

*[[Pearse Doherty]] of [[Sinn Féin]] wins a [[Donegal ~~South West~~South–West by-election, 2010|~~byelection~~by-election]] for the [[Donegal ~~Southwest~~South–West (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Donegal South–West]] constituency in the [[Dáil Éireann|Irish parliament]] reducing the majority of [[Fianna Fáil]] and the [[Green Party (Ireland)|Green Party]] to two. [~~http~~https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11843901 (BBC)]

*[[Police in the UK]] are seeking the power to [[Internet censorship|take down websites]] they deem "criminal", with critics worried over the lack of [[judicial]] oversight. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11845961 (BBC)]

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