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November 23, 2008
(
2008-11-23
)
(Sunday)
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Mario Fernando Hernández
, a
Liberal Party
member of the
Honduran
National Congress
, is shot dead in
San Pedro Sula
.
(ABC News Australia)
Mahmoud Abbas
is appointed as the President of the "
State of Palestine
" by the Central Council of the
Palestinian National Authority
.
(BBC)
Human rights activists and opposition politicians in
Russia
's southern
republic
of
Ingushetia
say that the predominantly
Muslim
region is now in a state of
civil war
.
(BBC)
One person is killed and several injured in an apparent failed coup attempt in
Guinea-Bissau
, hours after the controversial results of
the parliamentary election
were announced where the
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
won 67 of 100 seats.
(BBC News)
The
government
of
Burundi
abolishes
capital punishment
and bans
homosexuality
.
Genocide
and
war crimes
are now recognized as illegal activities.
(Gulf Times)
Scientists led by the
University of Calgary
are searching for the remains of
a meteorite
that is believed to have struck northern
Canada
, around the border of
Alberta
and
Saskatchewan
, overnight.
(CBC)
Venezuelans
go to the polls for
regional elections
. Allies of
President
Hugo Chávez
win 17 of 21 governorships, but the
opposition
wins in the two biggest
states
of
Miranda
and
Zulia
as well as the mayorship of
Caracas
.
(Reuters)
,
(BBC)
The
Dalai Lama
warns that he is losing confidence in
Chinese
officials and that the
Tibetan
people
are facing "great danger".
(AFP via Google News)
The
Calgary Stampeders
defeat the
Montreal Alouettes
22-14 to win the
96th Grey Cup
.
(TSN)
The
Columbus Crew
defeat
New York Red Bulls
3-1 to win
MLS Cup 2008
.
(ESPN)
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