Portal:Current events/2012 November 4
November 4, 2012 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- Syrian opposition groups hold a meeting in Doha, Qatar, to discuss reforming the structure of the group, a few days after a War Crime investigation commenced at the UN. (BBC)
- Rebels capture a strategic oilfield in eastern Deir ez-Zor Governorate. (BBC)
- A car bomb detonates in Şemdinli, Turkey, killing 1 and injuring 12. The attack is blamed on Kurdish rebels. (Reuters)
- A policeman is killed and 11 others are injured in a grenade attack on a church in the Kenyan town of Garissa near the border with Somalia. (BBC)
- Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps establish and inaugurate a new naval base on the Strait of Hormuz, near Bandar Lengeh. (RIA Novosti)
Arts and culture
- Danny Boyle and Nicholas Serota write a letter criticising the decision by a Tower Hamlets London Borough Council to sell the Henry Moore sculpture Draped Seated Woman. Moore sold the sculpture at a fraction of its market value in the 1960s on the understanding that it would be displayed in a public space in a socially deprived area. (BBC)
Politics
- Somalia's Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon, who lives in Kenya, appoints a new 10-member cabinet, including Somalia's first female Foreign Minister, Fowsiyo Yussuf Haji Aadan. (BBC)
Religion
- Bishop Tawadros is selected as the new 118th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church. (BBC)
Sport
- Finnish racing driver Kimi Räikkönen wins Formula One's 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. (BBC)
- In women's tennis, the Czech Republic defeats Serbia 3–1 to win the 2012 Fed Cup. (BBC)