Portal:Current events/2011 November 13
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November 13, 2011 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- At least six people are dead and four injured after a bomb in a donkey cart explodes in Mastak in Pakistan. (AFP via Google News)
- The Yemeni Army and tribal fighters kill nine suspected Al Qaeda militants in fighting in the town of Zinjibar. (Reuters)
- Members of Occupy London report harassment during Remembrance Sunday services at St Paul's Cathedral. (The Guardian)
International relations
- Undercover British police officer Mark Kennedy admits that, in the guise of an environmental activist, he was used by the police forces of 22 countries, was responsible for the closing down of the Youth House community centre in Copenhagen, and committed two crimes on behalf of German police between 2004 and 2009, one of which was arson. (The Guardian)
- Frisking of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam by the United States:
- Former President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam is frisked and has his clothes inspected for explosives by officials in New York, with the United States apologising for its breach of protocol. (BBC) (Wall Street Journal) (Straits Times)
- India threatens retaliatory action against the United States and the Congress utters its condemnation. (Times of India) (Hindustan Times) (NDTV)
Law and crime
- Belden Namah, the Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, and Allan Marat, the Attorney General, agree to hand themselves into Police following a ruling by the Supreme Court. (News Limited)
- Law enforcement in Brazil occupy Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro's biggest favela or slum, in a bid to clean the city ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics. (AP via MSNBC)
- Former South African rugby union player Solly Tyibilika is shot dead in a bar in Cape Town. (Bigpond News) (BBC)
- The police in the US city of Portland, Oregon close down the Occupy Portland site resulting in 50 arrests. (Reuters)
Politics
- An Israeli cabinet committee passes legislation backed by prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu to limit potentially tens of millions in foreign funding to non-government organizations. (Jerusalem Post)
- Voters in South Ossetia, a breakaway region of Georgia, go to the polls for a presidential election and a referendum. (RIA)
- The President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano nominates Mario Monti to be the new Prime Minister. (CNN Money)