Portal:Current events/2005 November 26
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November 26, 2005 (Saturday)
- Conflict in Iraq:
- Four Westerners have been kidnapped in Iraq while in Baghdad. (BBC)
- Former Philippine election official Virgilio Garcillano reappeared before Philippine media after 5 months of his disappearance. -Philippine Daily Inquirer
- The Rafah crossing linking the Gaza Strip and Egypt turns over to Palestinian control for the first time. (BBC)
- An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the moment magnitude scale hits the area near Ruichang, Jiangxi in China, killing more than 14. (BBC) (USGS)
- Vijaypat Singhania of India sets a world record for highest hot air balloon flight, reaching 69,852 feet (20.29 km). (AP)
- The British government suppresses further details of the Bush/Blair memo. (WikiNews)