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Line 9: ;Arts and culture *American talk show host [[Conan O'Brien]] returns to television on [[TBS (U.S. TV channel)|TBS]] ten months after his [[2010 Tonight Show conflict|high-profile exit from ''The Tonight Show'']]. [http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/08/conan.debut/ (CNN)] *The [[Foreign Minister of Israel]], [[Avigdor Lieberman]], denounces the left-wing performers who refuse to perform in a theatre in a Jewish settlement on the [[West Bank]] as an "extremist group trying to wage cultural terrorism". [ *[[France|French]] [[novelist]] [[Michel Houellebecq]] wins the [[Prix Goncourt]] for his book ''La Carte et le Territoire'' (''The Map and the Territory''). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8118255/Enfant-terrible-of-French-literature-finally-wins-countrys-top-literary-prize.html (''The Telegraph'')] Line 16: *[[Qantas Flight 32]]: [[Qantas]] announces that it has found "slight anomalies" in the engines of its [[Airbus 380]] aircraft and is keeping it grounded for the time being. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11707459 (BBC)] *Express delivery company [[DHL]] promises better screening of customers and parcels before they are sent to airports after recent [[parcel bomb]]s sent from [[2010 cargo plane bomb plot|Yemen]] and [[Greece]]. [http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE6A70HL20101108 (Reuters)] *A government conservation campaign, and possible hoarding by state oil companies, causes a severe shortage on [[diesel fuel]] in the [[People's Republic of China]], disrupting industry and commerce. [ ;Disasters Line 26: *The annual meeting of the [[Kimberley Process]] closes in [[Jerusalem]] without finding a solution to the issue of “[[blood diamond]]” exports from the [[Marange diamond fields]] of [[Zimbabwe]]. [http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=194416 (''The Jerusalem Post'')] *[[President of the United States]] [[Barack Obama]] backs a permanent seat for India on the [[UN Security Council]]. [http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/08/obama.india.address/index.html?hpt=T1 (CNN)] *The [[Obama administration]] bans cargo shipments from [[Somalia]] in the wake of the [[2010 cargo plane bomb plot|Yemen bomb attacks]]. [ *[[Israel]] has revealed plans to build nearly 1,300 housing units for [[Israeli settlement | Jewish settlers]] in east [[Jerusalem]]. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11709617 (BBC)] *The [[United States]] offers to drop [[Sudan]] from its list of "state sponsors of terrorism", ending its isolation, if two scheduled referendums take place with respected results. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/11/2010117235958260318.html (Al Jazeera)] Line 40: *Two people are killed and several injured after a protest camp in [[Western Sahara]] is broken up by [[Morocco]], hours before talks on the disputed territory begin. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11710400 (BBC)] [http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1426781&lang=eng_news&cate_img=1037.jpg&cate_rss=General (''Taiwan News'')] *An [[Economic Community of West African States|ECOWAS]] regional court in [[West Africa]] orders authorities in [[Niger]] to release deposed President [[Mamadou Tandja]] who was detained in a [[2010 Nigerien coup d'état|coup]] in February. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11711218 (BBC)] *[[Prime Minister of Australia|Australian Prime Minister]] [[Julia Gillard]] announces a [[referendum]] to decide whether [[indigenous Australians]] should be recognised in the [[Australian constitution|Constitution]]. [ ;Science | |||