Portal:Current events/2009 November 6
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November 6, 2009 (Friday)
- Tens of thousands of people protest against government cutbacks in eight Irish cities and ten locations across Northern Ireland. (The Irish Times) (RTÉ)
- Germany's Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg admits mistakes were made in a September 4 Afghan air raid which resulted in 142 deaths. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- At least 34 people are killed and 29 are injured when a bus falls into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh. (The Times of India) (RIA Novosti) (BBC) (Reuters) (CNN)
- At least nine people are missing following the crash of a Russian military plane in the Pacific Ocean. (RIA Novosti) (BBC)
- Three people are hurt and a gunman takes his own life in a rare shooting incident in Yokohama, Japan. (BBC) (Daily Yomiuri)
- One person is killed and five are injured during a shooting in an office building in Orlando, Florida, USA. (CNN), (Reuters)
- Saudi forces continue more raids against rebel Houthi fighters in northern Yemen, after rebel fighters killed a Saudi security official. (Al Jazeera) (UPI)
- The Russian human rights group Memorial says security forces from Chechnya have kidnapped the head of another rights group in Moscow and flown him to Grozny. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
- Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says a deal to resolve the political crisis in the country is "dead", after interim leader Roberto Micheletti announced a unity government without him. (BBC) (New York Times)
- 19 people are killed after a truck runs into a crowd in Luanxian, Hebei, China. (Xinhua) (Press Trust of India) (RIA Novosti)
- Indian and Burmese armed forces target a Nagaland separatist rebel base in the northeast of Burma. (BBC)
- A court in Côte d'Ivoire orders that compensation due to thousands of people affected by the dumped waste of Trafigura should not be distributed to one man. (BBC)
- Niger's foreign affairs ministry confirms customs officials in Nigeria are blocking Niger from goods importation. (BBC) (Reuters)
- Singer-songwriter Elton John is released from his hospital bed in London after a period of illness which saw him cancel several concerts on The Red Piano Tour. (BBC) (CBC) (Reuters India)