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War crimes are reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a ceasefire in the Kivu conflict is broken and fighting resumes, with at least 100 civilians dead.
Somali pirates capture the oil tanker MV Sirius Star, the largest vessel to date to be hijacked, off the coast of the Horn of Africa (pictured).
G-20 leaders meet at a summit in Washington, D.C. to discuss the current financial crisis.
Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 successfully lands the Moon Impact Probe on the lunar south pole.
Three planets orbiting the star HR 8799 and one planet orbiting the star Fomalhaut are optically verified, making them the first extrasolar planets whose existences have been confirmed via direct imaging.
Egypt's antiquities chief, Zahi Hawass, announces the discovery of a 4,300-year-old pyramid belonging to Queen Sesheshet, mother of King Teti.

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November 19, 2008 (Wednesday)

2008 South Ossetia war
- Amnesty International issues the report on the conflict. The report highlights Georgia's role as the agressor during August hostilities in South Ossetia. The report also provides evidence of "notoriously innacurate" Georgian artillery fire resulting in "scores" of civilian deaths in South Ossetia, of aimed artillery fire at Russian peacekeepers base, and of Russian failure to provide defence to civilians during the conflict. (Amnesty International), (AP via CBS)
Piracy in Somalia
- The Indian Navy claims that the INS Tabar has destroyed a pirate ship off the coast of Somalia. (BBC)
- A Hong Kong cargo ship carrying 36,000 tons of wheat is hijacked near Yemen coast in Gulf of Aden along with 25 crew members. (CNN)
- Somali pirates hijack a Thai fishing ship with 16 crew members off the coast of Horn of Africa. (AsiaOne)
New Zealand and Australian researchers identify a new species of penguin, the Waitaha penguin, which lived in New Zealand until its extinction 500 years ago. (AAP via Sydney Morning Herald)
John Key is officially sworn in as the Prime Minister of New Zealand by Governor-General Anand Satyanand. (AFP via Google News)
Claudia Castillo of Spain becomes the first person to have a successful trachea transplant using a tissue-engineered organ. (BBC News)
NASA successfully tests the first deep-space communication protocol to pave the way for Interplanetary Internet. (Cosmiclog)

November 19, 2008 Wikinews articles

November 18, 2008 (Tuesday)

Democrat Mark Begich defeats Republican senior Senator Ted Stevens in the highly contested United States Senate race in Alaska. Begich will be the first Democratic senator representing Alaska in twenty-eight years. (AP)
Takehiko Yamaguchi, a former Japanese Vice Minister for Health, and his wife are found stabbed to death in Saitama near Tokyo. (BBC)
Global financial crisis of 2008:
- Central European stocks drop to a three-week low on expectations of slowing economic growth. Poland forecasts economic growth to drop to 2.3% in 2009 from 5.4% in 2008 and the Warsaw Stock Exchange's WIG 20 index falls 3.5% in two hours. Bulgaria's Sofia Stock Exchange is at a 5-year low. Both Bulgaria and Romania may need International Monetary Fund loans to repay $100 billion of external debt. (Bloomberg)
- HSBC Holdings announces 500 layoffs in Hong Kong. (CNN-IBN)
- Pepsi announces 3,000 layoffs in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe. (CNN-IBN)
2008 Russian financial crisis:
- Trading remains suspended at the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange for another two days or until the Federal Financial Markets Service instructs otherwise. (Forbes)
War crimes are reported in the Nord-Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a ceasefire is broken and fighting resumes, with at least 100 civilians dead. (INSI)

November 18, 2008 Wikinews articles

November 17, 2008 (Monday)

Global financial crisis of 2008:
- Citigroup will lay off 53,000 workers by early 2009 (FOX News) for a total of approximately 75,000. (BBC News)
- The Japanese economy posts consecutive second-quarter contraction for the first time since 2001, officially putting the country in a recession. (IBNLive.com)
- On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude oil futures contracts fall by 3.7% to close at $54.95 per barrel, their lowest level in 22 months. (MarketWatch)
2008 Russian financial crisis:
- The Russian Trading System stock exchange is suspended after its nine indexes fall by more than 5%. It could remain closed for rest of the session.(Forbes)
MV Sirius Star, a Saudi oil tanker, is captured off Eyl by Somali pirates. This is the largest vessel to-date to be hijacked near the Horn of Africa region. (BBC)

November 17, 2008 Wikinews articles

November 16, 2008 (Sunday)

Jimmie Johnson wins NASCAR's 2008 Sprint Cup Series championship, becoming the second driver to win three in a row. (The New York Times)
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Indonesia; a tsunami warning is issued, but later lifted. (CNN)
United States President-elect Barack Obama resigns his Senate seat. (The Washington Post)

November 16, 2008 Wikinews articles

Massive 7.5 earthquake strikes Indonesia

November 15, 2008 (Saturday)

At least 12 miners die in mine explosions in Petrila, Romania. (ABC)
The G20 meets in Washington, D.C. to discuss responses to the current economic crisis. (BBC News)
Mission STS-126 commences with the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The spacecraft will deliver equipment required to increase the crew capacity of the International Space Station from three to six members. (NASA)
Israel shuts down Gaza border crossings after Qassam rockets are launched toward Israel in breach of an armistice. (ABC)
A fiery bus-truck collision in Burkina Faso kills at least 60 people. (CNN)

November 15, 2008 Wikinews articles

November 14, 2008 (Friday)

At a summit in Nice, France, the European Union and Russia agree to refrain from deploying missiles or missile defense systems at least before mid-2009, when a pan-European security framework is discussed between Russia, the United States and the EU. (Xinhua)
General Ann E. Dunwoody becomes the first female four-star general in the history of the United States Army. (BBC News)
An Italian court convicts 16 and acquits 13 police officers of beating protesters at the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa.(The Telegraph)
The Eurozone enters its first recession as the combined gross domestic product of the 15 members dropped 0.2% in the second and third quarters of 2008. (Sky News)
India's Chandrayaan-1 unmanned lunar exploration mission successfully lands the Moon Impact Probe on the south pole of the Moon. (The Times of India)
The Montecito Tea Fire in California burns 2,500 acres and damages more than 100 homes and the campus of Westmont College. (Los Angeles Times)
An investigation concludes that wake turbulence is the most likely cause of the November 4, 2008, airplane crash in Mexico City that killed, among others, Secretary of the Interior Juan Camilo Mouriño and José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos. (Reuters)

November 14, 2008 Wikinews articles

November 13, 2008 (Thursday)

Josef Fritzl is charged with murder, rape and enslavement after allegedly sexually abusing and incarcerating his daughter in the cellar of his home, where one of the children she was forced to bear died due to lack of medical attention. (Reuters)
Three planets orbiting HR 8799 and one planet orbiting Fomalhaut are visually verified by telescopes, the first extrasolar planets whose existence have been confirmed via direct imaging. (CNN)
2008 Russian financial crisis:
- The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange falls 5% as trade resumes after a one-day limit-down halt, prompting confusing suspension announcements and orders to the contrary from the Federal Financial Markets Service. (The Guardian)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin questions the commitment of the European Union to the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline to establish a natural gas delivery network from his country to Europe. A European Commission spokesman responds, "The EU continues to strongly support the Nord Stream pipeline". (The Wall Street Journal)

November 13, 2008 Wikinews articles

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Trials
Upcoming Austria: Josef Fritzl Canada: Larry O'Brien Estonia: Herman Simm Italy: Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: ICTY Radovan Karadžić Singapore: Peter Lloyd U.S.: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá U.S.: Viktor Bout U.S.: Noshir Gowadia U.S.: William J. Jefferson U.S.: Kwame Kilpatrick U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Ehren Watada Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra US: Jena Six US: Brian Nichols US: José Padilla US: Phil Spector US: Ted Stevens

Upcoming holidays and observances
November 15 - December 24: Nativity Fast (Eastern Christianity) 19: GIS Day 19: World Toilet Day 19: Repentance Day (Bavaria, Saxony) 19: Garifuna Settlement Day (Belize) 19: International Men's Day (India, Trinidad and Tobago) 19: Liberation Day (Mali) 19: National Day (Monaco) 19: Discovery of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) 19: Equal Opportunity Day (United States) 20: Universal Children's Day 20: International Philosophy Day 20: Day of National Sovereignty (Argentina) 20: Zumbi dos Palmares Day (Brazil) 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance (LGBT) 20: Revolution Day (Mexico) 20: 20-N (Spain) 20: Teachers' Day (Vietnam) 20: Great American Smokeout (United States) edit sidebar

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