Portal:Current events/2010 November 20

November 20, 2010 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Nigerian army arrests the leader of a militant gang and 51 others believed responsible for hostage-taking in the Niger Delta. (Reuters) (Xinhua)
A three day mutiny in Madagascar ends after an army barracks occupied by rebel troops is stormed by the army. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

Disasters and accidents

Nine people, including Russians and Ukrainians, die in a bus accident in Egypt. (ITAR-TASS)
Doctors without Borders criticizes the response to the 2010 Haiti cholera outbreak as inadequate. (BBC)
All 12 people aboard an Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17 transport helicopter are found dead following a crash in Arunachal Pradesh near the Chinese border. (Times of India) (Sky News)

International relations

Pope Benedict XVI urges Pakistani authorities to release Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman facing a death sentence on a charge of blasphemy against Islam. (Daily Times)
China's state-backed church appoints a bishop without the approval of Pope Benedict XVI. (BBC) (Taiwan News)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is welcoming Iran's invitation for a visit next year by the United Nations' human rights chief, Navi Pillay (SMH News)
NATO summit
- NATO nations agree to start handing over Afghanistan's security to the Afghanistan military and give local forces total control by 2014. (Associated Press)
- Russia agrees to help NATO build a United States planned missile shield in Europe. (Washington Post)

Law and crime

The United States Senate settles with a payment of $4.6 billion to black farmers and at least 300,000 Native Americans who objected to government discrimination and cheating in Cobell v. Salazar. (BBC)

Politics and elections