Portal:Current events/2010 November 8: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

*[[AfghanistanAfghanAfghanistan|Afghan]] and [[NATO]]-led troops kill 15 [[Taliban]] militants in the southern [[Kandahar provinceProvince]] during a joint operation. [http://eng.mod.gov.cn/IntlMilitary/2010-11/08/content_4206293.htm (Xinhua)]

*[[2010 Burma border clashes|Fighting erupts]] between ethnic rebel groups and [[Burma|Burmese]] government forces in the east of the country; thousands of people flee into [[Thailand]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11708237 (BBC)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/11/2010118479326824.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/205368/fighting-on-thai-burma-border-injures-three-thais (''Bangkok Post'')]

*An armed group kidnaps at least two [[People of the United States|Americans]], two [[People of France|Frenchmen]] and a [[people of Canada|Canadian]] from an [[Transocean]] [[oil platform|oil rig]] in the [[Okoro Oilfield]] off the coast of [[Niger Delta]], [[Nigeria]], injuring two others. [http://af.reuters.com/article/nigeriaNews/idAFLDE6A708L20101108?sp=true (Reuters)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-11/08/c_13596743.htm (Xinhua)]. [http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/11/08/nigeria.oil.rig.kidnappings/index.html?eref=edition (CNN)]

*Bomb attacks in the [[Iraq]]i cities of [[Karbala]], [[Najaf]] and [[Basra]] kill at least nineteen people and injure scores more. [http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/11/08/iraq.violence/index.html?eref=edition (CNN)], [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11713811 (BBC)]

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*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". [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A72BY20101108 (Reuters)]

*[[France|French]] [[novelist]] [[Michel Houellebecq]] wins the [[Prix Goncourt]] for his book ''La Carte et le Territoire'' (''The Map and the Territory''). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8118255/Enfant-terrible-of-French-literature-finally-wins-countrys-top-literary-prize.html (''The Telegraph'')]

;Business and economy

*[[Global Green Growth]] conference ends in [[Copenhagen]]. [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/7193107.html (People Daily)]

*[[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. [https://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. [https://www.cnbc.com/id/40066615 (CNBC)]

;Disasters

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*[[German Foreign Minister]] [[Guido Westerwelle]] calls on [[Hamas]] to free captured Israeli soldier [[Gilad Shalit]] and urges [[Israel]] to end its embargo of the Hamas-ruled [[Gaza Strip]], but does not meet with the Gaza leadership because of group's refusal to renounce violence and recognize Israel. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6A72E420101108?pageNumber=1 (Reuters)] [http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=194475 (''The Jerusalem Post'')]

*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]]. [https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101108/ts_nm/us_usa_security_measures (Yahoo! News)]

*[[Israel]] has revealed plans to build nearly 1,300 housing units for [[Israeli settlement | Jewish settlers]] in east [[Jerusalem]]. [https://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)]

;Law and crime

*[[Libya]]n authorities arrest 10 reporters apparently for criticizing Libya's leadership. [http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=194399 (''The Jerusalem Post'')]

*Unidentified attackers armed with knives kill 12 people in [[Kushchyovskaya]], [[Krasnodar Krai|Krasnodar]] krai, [[Russia]]. [http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/12-killed-in-village-attack/421891.html (''The Moscow Times'')]

*[[People of the United States|U.S.]] militant [[Lori Berenson]] is released from prison in [[Peru]] after serving more than a decade for collaborating with the [[Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement]]. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/7285456.html (AP via ''The Chronicle'')]

;Politics and elections

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;Science

*The reptile scientist, Ngô Văn Trí of the [[Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology]], discovers a species of self-[[cloning]] lizard later known as ''[[Leiolepis ngovantrii]]'' when he came across tanks full of them at small restaurants in rural villages in [[Bà Rịa–VũngRịa-Vũng Tàu Province]]. Ngo Van Tri becomes intrigued when he notices that all of the lizards appeared to be female. [http://dantri.com.vn/c36/s36-435962/phat-hien-loai-than-lan-sinh-san-vo-tinh-moi-tai-viet-nam.htm (''Dan Tri'')]

*Chinese Premier [[Wen Jiabao]] unveils pictures of the [[moon]]Moon's [[Sinus Iridum]], or Bay of Rainbows, taken during [[People's Republic of China|China]]'s [[Chang`e-2]] lunar probe mission. [http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-405242.html (Unian)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-11/08/c_13596211.htm (Xinhua)]

;Sport