Portal:Current events/2009 November 5

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The Swedish and Finnish authorities give a permit to build the controversial Nord Stream gas pipeline in their exclusive economic zones. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL532415220091105 (Reuters)]
A U2 concert that was part of the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards at the Brandenburg Gate to mark the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall is controversial when a wall is built around the gate. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8344776.stm (BBC)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110213053040/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/1106/1224258194048.html (The Irish Times)]
Saudi Arabia lifts a nine-year ban on Somali livestock imports, reopening Somalia's main export market. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8345370.stm (BBC)] [http://www.afrol.com/articles/34628 (afrol News)] [http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-11-05-voa53.cfm (Voice of America)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
An international team of scientists announces that the genome of the domestic horse has been successfully sequenced. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8345578.stm (BBC)] [http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/05/tech-biology-horse-genome.html (CBC)] [http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Scientists+decode+horse+genetic+blueprint&NewsID=44847 (The Himalayan Times)]
Venezuela deploys 15,000 troops to its border with Colombia. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hCIKDzMk3thB2iiP8uhH7lXThSCQD9BPNVDO0 (AP)]
13 people die and 30 people are injured in a shooting at the Fort Hood U.S. Army base in Texas. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8345713.stm (BBC)]
The International Criminal Court is to open an investigation into the 2007 Kenyan post-election violence in which more than 1,000 people died. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jOZD2l7bZvKv9goSz8SXKcAoaO3AD9BPGRKG0 (AP)] [http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=60790 (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation)]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
A United Nations court imposes a defense lawyer on former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić, and postpones his trial until March 2010. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/11/20091151454126270.html (Al Jazeera)] [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/bosnia/6509105/Radovan-Karadzic-trial-delayed-until-March-2010.html (Daily Telegraph)]
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai ends his boycott of the unity government. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090430180521/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 (IOL)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/06/content_12395792.htm (Xinhua)]
Thailand and Cambodia recall their ambassadors over the Cambodian government appointment of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. [https://web.archive.org/web/20091112130952/http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=12651 (Thai News Agency)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/05/content_12395491.htm (Xinhua)]
Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Nicaragua. [https://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSN0599086._CH_.2400 (Reuters)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/11/05/tropical.storm.ida/ (CNN)]
The United Nations is to pull non-essential staff out of Afghanistan after an increase in violence in the country. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/UN-to-pull-non-essential-foreign-staff-out-of-Afghanistan/articleshow/5199101.cms (Times of India)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6904098.ece (The Times)] [http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/05/90279.html (Al Arabiya)]
France's Europe Minister Pierre Lellouche describes the UK's Conservative Party pledge to return powers from Brussels to London as "pathetic". [https://web.archive.org/web/20091108015945/http://www.france24.com/en/20091105-conservatives-will-castrate-britain-europe-says-french-minister-lellouche-cameron (France 24)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6904106.ece (The Times)] [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aQJCnxYd6DW4 (Bloomberg)]
Two senior Indonesian officials resign over a plot to weaken the anti-corruption agency. [http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/11/05/deputy-attorney-general-resigns-kpk-scandal-escalates.html (Jakarta Post)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8343786.stm (BBC)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/11/200911561953891251.html (Al Jazeera)]
Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo replaces top military commanders amid rumours of a coup d'état. [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/04/paraguay.president.fernando.lugo/ (CNN)]
China postpones a plan to raise the Three Gorges reservoir to its ideal height due to lack of water. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8343726.stm (BBC)]
Ratu Epeli Nailatikau is sworn in as President of Fiji, succeeding Ratu Josefa Iloilo who retired in July 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20091112093310/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=132929 (Fiji Times)] [http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=50136 (Radio New Zealand International)]
South Africa's Olympic governing body suspends Leonard Chuene, the President of Athletics South Africa, and apologises to Caster Semenya over the controversy it generated over her gender. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/8344591.stm (BBC)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/athletics/article6904459.ece (The Times)]

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