Portal:Current events/2005 November 22

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• Israeli–Lebanese conflict: Israeli planes bomb targets in Southern Lebanon. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4459500.stm (BBC)]
• Floods and mudslides due to Tropical Storm Gamma, the 24th named storm in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, kill at least 32 people in Honduras. [http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/satelliteimages/113276503876.htm (Reuters)]
• After two months of negotiations, Angela Merkel is elected the first female Chancellor of Germany by a coalition of the CDU/CSU and SPD delegates in the Bundestag. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4458430.stm (BBC)]
• Kenyan voters overwhelmingly reject a new constitution, which would have given the president greater power, in a national referendum, which used symbols on the ballot paper to assist illiterate voters. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4459824.stm (BBC)]
• Al Jazeera bombing memo: British Daily Mirror tabloid publishes an article suggesting that George W. Bush discussed with Tony Blair a plan to bomb the offices of the Al Jazeera TV station. [https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_objectid=16397937&method=full&siteid=94762-name_page.html (Mirror)] Following the publication, the Attorney General threatens to prosecute, under §5 of the Official Secrets Act 1989, anyone making further disclosures from the memo. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1648590,00.html (Guardian)] Al Jazeera offices in Baghdad and Kabul have previously been bombed by the U.S. military. U.S. officials deny Al Jazeera was the target of either attack, and a White House spokesman describes the report as "outlandish." [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1648988,00.html (Guardian)]
• The Microsoft Xbox 360 is released in North America with 18 launch titles.

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