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Portal:Current events/2011 November 10

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • 2011 Syrian uprising:
  • Opposition activists claim that at least 38 people, including six children, have been killed by security forces across Syria: 16 in the city of Homs, 10 in Idlib, six in Hama, three in the suburbs of Damascus and three in Daraa. [http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/10/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=imi_c2 (CNN)]

;Business and economy

  • Hinchingbrooke Hospital in the English county of Cambridgeshire becomes the first NHS hospital to be run by a private firm. Healthcare partnership Circle has been awarded a ten-year contract, and will take over administration of the hospital – which has heavy financial debts – in February 2012. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15436685 (BBC)]

;Disasters

  • An inquest opens into the deaths of 7 people killed in last Friday's multiple vehicle pile-up on the M5 in the English county of Somerset. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-15669967 (BBC)]

;International relations

;Law and crime

;Politics and elections

  • Lucas Papademos is appointed interim prime minister of Greece's new unity government, and pledges to implement a European bailout package to help resolve the Greek government debt crisis. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15671354 (BBC)] [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/world/europe/greek-leaders-resume-talks-on-interim-government.html?_r=1 (New York Times)] [http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/10/world/europe/greece-main/index.html?hpt=ieu_c1 (CNN)]
  • The President of Nauru, Marcus Stephen, resigns amid allegations of corruption, and is replaced by Freddie Pitcher. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-10/nauru-president-resigns/3658114/?site=sydney (ABC)]
  • A former Libyan envoy to the Arab League confirms that Musa al-Sadr, an Iranian-Lebanese scholar, was executed by Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 1978. [http://www.presstv.ir/detail/166547.html (PressTV)]
  • In South Africa, controversial ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is suspended from the country's ruling party for 5 years. [http://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/malema-axed-1.1175687 (Cape Argus)]
  • 200,000 Canadian college and university students vote in favour of boycotting classes in Quebec. Thousands are expected to participate in a protest march against tuition fee increases in Montreal. [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/up-to-200000-quebec-students-stage-massive-protest-over-tuition-hikes/article2232146/ (Canadian Press via The Globe and Mail)]
  • Incumbent Virginia State Senator Edd Houck concedes defeat in the state elections, giving the Republican Party control over the Virginia General Assembly. [http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/470d90a7b0144bcfbf2c4d7de9c5b2eb/VA--Senate-Houck-Concedes/ (The Republic)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • The incumbent President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, is declared the winner of the Liberian presidential election, gaining 90% of the vote following a boycott by opposition candidate Winston Tubman. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/10/liberia-elections-ellen-johnson-sirleaf_n_1086879.html (Huffington Post)]

;Sports

  • England's Newcastle United F.C. rebrands its St James' Park stadium as the Sports Direct Arena in a bid to attract international sponsorship. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-15672447 (BBC)]

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