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November 27, 2009
(
2009-11-27
)
(Friday)
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A
Russian
high-speed
passenger train
traveling on the
Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway
derails
near
Uglovka
in a suspected terrorist attack, killing 26 people and injuring more than 100.
(RIA Novosti)
(BBC)
Tiger Woods
, the
world's number one
golfer
, is hospitalised after sustaining injuries in a car crash in
Orlando, Florida
,
USA
.
(
The Daily Telegraph
)
(BBC)
(
The Irish Times
)
The
World Health Organization
reports a one-week global increase of more than 1,000 deaths (85% increase in Europe) from the
pandemic H1N1/09 virus
.
(BBC)
(World Health Organization)
A ferry carrying over 1000 people
partially sinks
in the
Tetulia
river in southern
Bangladesh
, trapping an unknown number of people.
(BBC)
(IOL)
(
The Daily Star
)
The
International Atomic Energy Agency
passes a resolution 25-3 condemning
Iran
for
developing
a secret
uranium enrichment
site.
(BBC)
(Xinhua)
(Press TV)
(RIA Novosti)
Vanuatu
's Prime Minister
Edward Natapei
loses his parliamentary seat after he missed three consecutive sittings without submitting an explanation.
(AFP)
(BBC)
(Xinhua)
Voters in
Namibia
vote in a
general election
.
(
The Namibian
)
(Al Jazeera)
(AFP)
At the
Khmer Rouge
war crimes trial
,
Kaing Guek Eav
, known as Duch, pleads to be released.
(
Phnom Penh Post
)
(AP)
Great Britain and Ireland floods
:
Prince Charles
visits areas of
Cumbria
hit by the recent floods.
(
The Guardian
)
Hundreds of people attend the funeral held for a police officer who died when a bridge collapsed in
Workington
,
Cumbria
.
(BBC)
Royal Engineers
from the
British Army
begin construction of a temporary footbridge over the
River Derwent
.
(BBC)
The
Irish Farmers' Association
begins an operation to distribute emergency supplies of donated fodder to
Ireland's flood-hit regions
as the
River Shannon
rises further, threatening
Limerick City
.
(
The Irish Times
)
(RTÉ)
Multibillion-dollar debt problems of
Emirati
investment company
Dubai World
, including the possibility of
default
, upset markets worldwide.
(MarketWatch)
The
China National Space Administration
sets a launch date of October 2010 for
Chang'e 2
, its second lunar orbiter.
(AP)
The
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2009
opens with the following issues on its agenda: discussion of climate change ahead of the December
United Nations Climate Change Conference
;
Rwanda
's admission into the
Commonwealth of Nations
; and
Sri Lanka
's bid to host the 2011 meeting.
(BBC)
South Korea
's
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
acknowledges the government's execution of 5,000 civilians accused of sympathizing with
North Korea
during the early months of the
Korean War
.
(
Los Angeles Times
)
The
Ugandan
parliament passes a controversial land bill, criticised by the
Buganda kingdom
.
(
Daily Monitor
)
(BBC)
(
New Vision
)
Franz Josef Jung
resigns as
Germany
's
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
following allegations of covering up the
Kunduz airstrike
, during which he served as
Minister of Defence
.
(Deutsche Welle)
(BBC)
President of the European Commission
José Manuel Barroso
nominates a
new team of commissioners
for his second five-year term.
(BBC)
(
The New York Times
)
Space Shuttle
Atlantis
returns to Earth following the completion of its
STS-129
mission.
(Reuters)
A mass
shooting
at a
Thanksgiving
party in
Jupiter
,
Florida
,
United States
kills four people and critically wounds a fifth.
(CNN)
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