November 1, 2014 (2014-11-01) (Saturday)
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November 2, 2014 (2014-11-02) (Sunday)
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November 3, 2014 (2014-11-03) (Monday)
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November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) (Tuesday)
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November 5, 2014 (2014-11-05) (Wednesday)
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November 6, 2014 (2014-11-06) (Thursday)
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November 7, 2014 (2014-11-07) (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
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November 8, 2014 (2014-11-08) (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
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November 9, 2014 (2014-11-09) (Sunday)
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November 10, 2014 (2014-11-10) (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and Economy
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Law and crime
- Prosecutors in Lithuania charge an employee at the state air navigation company for spying for Belarus over civilian and military air operations. (Reuters)
November 11, 2014 (2014-11-11) (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
Business and economy
- The Bank of England fires Martin Mallett, once its chief foreign exchange dealer, due to evidence that he was in some degree complicit in market manipulation. (Telegraph)
Disasters and accidents
Health
Law and crime
Politics
- Umbrella Revolution
- Following a court injunction authorising the clearance of protest sites, pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong are warned they could face arrest if they do not leave the sites. (Reuters)
Sports
November 12, 2014 (2014-11-12) (Wednesday)
Armed conflict and attacks
International relations
Law and crime
Science
November 13, 2014 (2014-11-13) (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Health
International relations
Law and crime
- A doctor is arrested, believed responsible for the deaths of 13 women in a state-run sterilization clinic in Chhattisgarh, India. (BBC)
- A spokeswoman for the public prosecutor in Switzerland confirms existence of open criminal investigations regarding several people who may have taken part in manipulation of the currency exchange markets; such investigations are also underway in the United States and Britain. (Reuters)
- A United States Secret Service report outlines numerous security failures that enabled Omar Gonzalez to enter the White House. (Washington Post)
Science
- Comet landing
- The Philae landing craft is now "stable" after bouncing hundreds of metres from its initial touchdown, and is sending pictures from the surface of the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. (BBC)
Sports
November 14, 2014 (2014-11-14) (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
International relations
- Swedish submarine incidents:
- Sweden releases a sonar image it says is proof that a foreign submarine entered its waters in October. The grainy image shows underwater tracks allegedly left by the vessel. (BBC)
Politics
November 15, 2014 (2014-11-15) (Saturday)
Disasters and accidents
International relations
November 16, 2014 (2014-11-16) (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
Disasters and accidents
- A fire at a food processing plant kills at least 18 workers in Shandong, China. (South China Morning Post)
- US planes are warned to avoid an Alaskan volcano, Pavlof. (News.com.au)
- At least four people are killed in mudslides in southern Switzerland and northern Italy after days of heavy rain. (BBC)
Health
- Influenza A virus subtype H5N1
- Authorities in the Netherlands ban the sale of poultry and eggs following the discovery of the bird flu virus at a chicken farm. Authorities in the United Kingdom have also confirmed that the virus has been discovered at a Yorkshire duck farm with the birds being culled. (AP)
Law and crime
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November 17, 2014 (2014-11-17) (Monday)
Business and economy
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Politics and elections
Religion
November 18, 2014 (2014-11-18) (Tuesday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- War in Afghanistan:
- A suicide bombing attack in Kabul kills at least two people. (Reuters), (AP)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict:
- Four rabbis (three American and one British) are killed, and eight other people wounded in a terrorist attack on a Jerusalem synagogue by two men armed with meat cleavers and guns. The two attackers were killed by police who arrived at the scene. One of the policemen died from his wounds. (BBC)
- Benjamin Netanyahu vows for a heavy response and blames recent incitement by Palestinian leaders as Fatah officially condemns the attack while Hamas and Islamic Jihad praise it and call for more similar attacks. (The Guardian)
Arts and culture
- UNESCO declares the Rizal Monument in Manila, Machu Picchu of Peru, Camino de Santiago of Spain, and the Dampier Archipelago of Australia as World Heritage Sites in Danger. (GMA News)
Disasters and accidents
- South Korea launches a new National Safety Agency with more than 10,000 staff to replace the Korea Coast Guard, blamed by President Park Geun-hye for a poor response to the sinking of MV Sewol. (Reuters)
- November 2014 North American cold wave
- Lake-effect snow pummels areas around the Great Lake states, including New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio, stranding hundreds of vehicles and causing Erie County, New York, to declare a state of emergency. (The Weather Channel)
Law and crime
- Human Rights Watch claims that police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's capital Kinshasa had killed at least 51 people in extrajudicial killings in a crackdown on kuluna gangs last November. (AP)
Politics and elections
- Kenneth Mapp, an independent, is elected Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the gubernatorial runoff election over Democrat Donna Christensen. (Virgin Islands News Online)
- Japan's Prime Minister Shinzō Abe calls a snap election for mid-December, two years ahead of schedule. (BBC)
- Romanian presidential election:
- Teodor Meleșcanu becomes the second Foreign minister of Romania in just eight days to resign because of organizational problems which have left thousands of Romanians abroad unable to vote in the elections. (Independent Balkan News Agency)
- Hong Kong protests:
- Hong Kong authorities start dismantling a protest site in Admiralty following a court order. (Voice of America)
- Andrew Little is elected to lead the New Zealand Labour Party following the resignation of David Cunliffe in September. (Bloomberg News)
- The United States Senate narrowly defeats legislation on the Keystone XL Pipeline, intended to allow oil from the oil sands of Canada to flow to the Gulf Coast of Texas. (New York Times)
Sports
- Jamaica win the 2014 Caribbean Cup defeating Trinidad and Tobago in the final following a penalty shootout.(CONCACAF)
Releases
- LittleBigPlanet 3 releases on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in North America.
November 19, 2014 (2014-11-19) (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
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Transportation
November 20, 2014 (2014-11-20) (Thursday)
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November 21, 2014 (2014-11-21) (Friday)
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Health
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Sports
November 22, 2014 (2014-11-22) (Saturday)
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November 23, 2014 (2014-11-23) (Sunday)
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November 24, 2014 (2014-11-24) (Monday)
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November 25, 2014 (2014-11-25) (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
- A block of flats collapses in the Egyptian capital Cairo killing at least 10 people. (BBC)
Law and crime
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Sport
November 26, 2014 (2014-11-26) (Wednesday)
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November 27, 2014 (2014-11-27) (Thursday)
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November 28, 2014 (2014-11-28) (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
- Frantic trading in energy company stocks, especially the suppliers of oil-services, shaves billions off the market capitalization of publically traded businesses within this sector. (Reuters)
International relations
Law and crime
- The death toll from a mass overdose in a Venezuelan prison after prisoners storm a prison infirmary during a prison uprising rises to 35. A hundred other prisoners are receiving treatment. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
- Tuğçe Albayrak, an advocate for harassed women, succumbs to her injury from a November 15 attack. German police have already arrested a suspected man. (The Independent)
Politics and elections
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November 29, 2014 (2014-11-29) (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
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November 30, 2014 (2014-11-30) (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
- Heavy flooding in the south of France claims five lives and forces more than 3000 people to leave their homes. (NDTV)
Law and crime
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- 4: United States, House of Representatives and Senate (one third: Class II Senators)
- 16: Romania, President (2nd round)
- 19: Lebanon, President (15th round, indirect; aborted)
- 19: Solomon Islands, General
- 22: Bahrain, General
- 23: Tunisia, President (1st round)
- 25: Tonga, General
- 29: Namibia, General
- 30: Moldova, Parliament
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- Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes
- Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty
- China: Bo Xilai
- Croatia: Ivo Sanader
- Germany: Breno Borges
- Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi
- Italy: Silvio Berlusconi
- Jordan: Abu Qatada
- Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY), Germain Katanga (ICC)
- Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot
- Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL)
- South Africa: Chris Mahlangu, Oscar Pistorius
- Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko
- United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos
- United States: Noshir Gowadia, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Crystal Mangum, Abu Hamza al-Masri
Ongoing
- Brazil: Mensalão scandal
- Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
- Canada: Luka Magnotta
- China: Organized crime in Chongqing
- Egypt: Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak
- France: Church of Scientology
- Germany: Christian Wulff, Beate Zschäpe, Uli Hoeness, Bernie Ecclestone
- Hong Kong: Alfredo Lim
- Iran: Babak Zanjani
- Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal
- Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim
- Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY)
- Palau: Tommy Remengesau
- Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Bongbong Marcos, Imelda Marcos, Jovito Palparan
- Russia: Platon Lebedev
- South Africa: Shrien Dewani
- South Korea: MV Sewol crew members
- Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein
- Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra
- Turkey: Kenan Evren
- United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark
- United States: Jodi Arias
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- France: Éric Raoult
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- Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
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