Portal:Current events/2010 November 24

November 24, 2010 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Shelling of Yeonpyeong:
- The bodies of two civilians killed in the attack are discovered on Yeonpyeong. (BBC) (Yonhap)
- South Korea suspends flood aid to North Korea following the attack. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)

Arts and culture

Business and economy

Workers in Portugal hold a general strike to protest against proposed cuts to wages. (BBC)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visits Moscow and meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Chinese companies sign deals worth over $8.6 billion with Russian counterparts. (AFP via Yahoo! Finance)
Don Chu, an executive of a hedge fund networking fund Primary Global Research, is arrested on insider trading charges in the United States. (Reuters)
Ireland unveils a 15 billion euro austerity package to secure a bailout from the financial crisis. (Sydney Morning Herald)
American corporations posted record profits of $1.67trillion for last quarter, amidst high unemployment rates. (Democracy Now!) (CNN)

Disasters

29 miners in a New Zealand mine are confirmed dead after a second explosion, following a first explosion on November 19 which trapped them. (TVNZ) (3 News), (Sydney Daily Telegraph)
An Australian Government report on the Montara oil spill blames it on oil rig operator PTTEP. (AP via Forbes)
The United Nations and Pan American Health Organization estimate that the number of cases in the 2010 Haiti cholera outbreak could reach more than 200,000 in the next three months. (AFP via Google), (BBC)

Law and Crime

Former United States House of Representatives Majority Leader and former Dancing with the Stars contestant Tom DeLay is convicted of money laundering and conspiracy in relation to Republican fundraising for the 2002 Texas state elections. (CNN) (Reuters)
Brazilian police shoot dead at least thirteen people in Rio de Janeiro following a wave of violence by suspected drug traffickers. (BBC)

Politics and elections

One protester is killed during clashes between riot police and Egyptian copts after permission was refused for a new church. (AP) (RFI)
Blaise Compaoré is re-elected as President of Burkina Faso following a presidential election with 81% of the vote. (Times Live South Africa)
Protests occur in Kabul follow the announcement of most of the results of the Afghan parliamentary election. (Reuters)
UK Independence Party MEP Godfrey Bloom is expelled from the chamber of the European Parliament after calling German Socialist MEP Martin Schulz an "undemocratic fascist". (BBC) (The Independent)
University students throughout England and Wales stage a day of demonstrations against increases in tuition fees and cuts to higher education funding. (BBC)