Portal:Current events/2005 November 20

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Conflict in Iraq:
At least forty people died following a series of insurgent and American led attacks. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM935028.htm (Reuters)]
The Independent reports that British-trained police tortured and killed at least two Iraqis using electric drills. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060406082726/http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article328214.ece (The Independent)] [http://www.khilafah.com/home/category.php?DocumentID=12273&TagID=2 (Khilafah)]
One British soldier dies following a roadside Bomb in Basra, southern Iraq. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4454096.stm (BBC)]
Israeli army radio reports Ariel Sharon, the current Prime Minister of Israel, will leave Likud and create a new centrist party positioned between it and Israeli Labor Party. This move ends more than a year of Likud infighting between Sharon and hard-right members led by Benjamin Netanyahu who opposed withdrawal from Gaza, and closely follows Labour's departure from the present grand coalition government. Early elections are now a near-certainty. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4455356.stm (BBC)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20051210104907/http://news.haaretz.co.il/hasen/spages/647757.html (Haaretz)]
U.S. President George W. Bush attends a church service during his visit to People's Republic of China as he presses for greater freedoms of expression and faith during his east Asian tour. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4453336.stm (BBC)]
Russia:
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Japan with 100 business leaders for trade talks. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4453730.stm (BBC)]
A Cessna light aircraft departing northward from the Russian city of Voronezh to the capital Moscow explodes upon landing. Igor Olshansky, an assistant to a deputy in the State Duma (The lower house of the Russian legislature), is one of eight people who died in the plane crash. [http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/WorldNF.asp?ArticleID=193766 (Gulf News)]
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the latest film based on the books by J. K. Rowling, earns US$101.4 million in its first three days of release across North America, making it the fourth-largest opening ever. [http://in.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2005-11-21T000043Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-224356-2.xml (Reuters)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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