Portal:Current events/2006 November 11
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November 11, 2006 (Saturday)
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports that the Government of Turkmenistan has discovered a "super giant" field of 7 trillion cubic meters of natural-gas. President Saparmurat Niyazov wants companies from Germany and Russia to build a pipeline to carry the gas. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
- The United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the Beit Hanoun November 2006 incident and urging for a quick withdrawal of Israel from the Gaza Strip. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- Aung San Suu Kyi meets with a United Nations official Ibrahim Gambari in Myanmar. It is the first time she has left her house since having been placed under house arrest in May. (AP via NASDAQ)
- Somali Civil War (2006):
- Somalia's Islamist leaders say they have agreed a deal to avoid hostilities with the transitional government. (BBC)
- Somalia's transitional government has dismissed as irrelevant an agreement struck between a group of Somali MPs and the Union of Islamic Courts. (BBC)
- Iraq insurgency: At least eight people are killed and thirty injured in two simultaneous explosions in Baghdad, Iraq. (BBC News)
- A 5.9 earthquake occurs near Papua New Guinea. No damage is reported. (The Star Online)
- Five Shiite ministers resign from the cabinet of Lebanon, complicating the situation for Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. (CNN)
- Sony releases its new console in Japan with 14 launch titles, the PlayStation 3.