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;Armed conflicts and attacks

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;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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*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. [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]] 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)]

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*[[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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