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November 28, 2011 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2011 Yemeni uprising: At least 25 people are killed in fighting between Sunni and Shia groups in Yemen. (Al-Jazeera)
Saboteurs attack Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan, destroying a section of the pipeline west of al-Arish in Sinai. (Reuters)

Business and economy

Fitch Ratings maintains the credit rating of the United States government at AAA, but downgrades its outlook on the government to negative. This follows rival ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating in August. (Fox Business)
Jed S. Rakoff, a judge at the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, denies approval to a settlement agreement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the investment bank Citigroup, which the SEC has charged with deceiving investors about the conditions under which a certain portfolio's investments had been chosen. (New York Times)

International relations

The government of Sudan expels Kenya's ambassador, following the Kenyan High Court's ruling that it will arrest Omar al-Bashir, the President of Sudan, if he enters Kenya. (CNN)
The 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as COP 17) begins in Durban, South Africa. (Joburg.org.za)

Politics and elections

Voters in Egypt go to the polls for the first round of voting in parliamentary elections. (Reuters)
The Prime Minister of Kuwait, Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, and his cabinet resign after protesters storm the national Parliament. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
Ante Marković, the last Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, dies aged 87 in the Croatian capital Zagreb. (AP via Washington Post)
Voters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo go to the polls for a general election, with outbreaks of election violence reported. (Wall Street Journal)

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+*[[2011 Yemeni uprising]]: At least 25 people are killed in fighting between [[Sunni]] and [[Shia]] groups in [[Yemen]]. [http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/yemen-nov-28-2011-0535 (Al-Jazeera)]
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-*[[Saboteur]]s blow up [[Egypt]]'s gas pipeline to [[Israel]] and [[Jordan]] with the explosion occurring west of [[al-Arish]] in [[Sinai]]. [http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/27/us-egypt-gas-explosion-idUSTRE7AQ0ZK20111127 (Reuters)]
+*[[Saboteur]]s attack [[Egypt]]'s gas pipeline to [[Israel]] and [[Jordan]], destroying a section of the pipeline west of [[al-Arish]] in [[Sinai (peninsula)|Sinai]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/27/us-egypt-gas-explosion-idUSTRE7AQ0ZK20111127 (Reuters)]
-*In [[Yemen]] at least 25 people have been killed in [[2011 Yemeni uprising|fighting]] between [[Sunni]] and [[Shia]] groups. [http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/yemen-nov-28-2011-0535 (Al-Jazeera)]
 ;Business and economy
-*[[Fitch Ratings]] maintains the [[credit rating]] of the [[United States]] government at AAA, but downgrades its outlook on it to negative. This follows rival [[Standard & Poor's]] [[United States federal government credit-rating downgrade, 2011|downgrade of the U.S. credit rating]] in August. [http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/2011/11/28/fitch-keeps-us-credit-rating-at-aaa-cuts-outlook-to-negative/ (Fox Business)]
+*[[Fitch Ratings]] maintains the [[credit rating]] of the [[United States]] government at AAA, but downgrades its outlook on the government to negative. This follows rival ratings agency [[Standard & Poor's]] [[United States federal government credit-rating downgrade, 2011|downgrade of the U.S. credit rating]] in August. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111130015149/http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/2011/11/28/fitch-keeps-us-credit-rating-at-aaa-cuts-outlook-to-negative/ (Fox Business)]
+*[[Jed S. Rakoff]], a judge at the U.S. District Court in [[Manhattan]], denies approval to a settlement agreement between the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] and the investment bank [[Citigroup]], which the SEC has charged with deceiving investors about the conditions under which a certain portfolio's investments had been chosen. [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/business/judge-rejects-sec-accord-with-citi.html (''New York Times'')]
+;International relations
+*The government of [[Sudan]] expels [[Kenya]]'s ambassador, following the Kenyan [[High Court]]'s ruling that it will arrest [[Omar al-Bashir]], the [[President of Sudan]], if he enters Kenya. [http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/28/world/africa/kenya-bashir/index.html?npt=NP1 (CNN)]
+*The [[2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] (also known as COP 17) begins in [[Durban]], [[South Africa]]. [http://www.joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7469&catid=120&Itemid=201 (Joburg.org.za)]
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-*Voters in [[Egypt]] go to the polls for the first round of voting in [[Egyptian parliamentary election, 2011–2012|parliamentary elections]]. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15912932 (Reuters)]
+*Voters in [[Egypt]] go to the polls for the first round of voting in [[Egyptian parliamentary election, 2011–2012|parliamentary elections]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15912932 (Reuters)]
-*The [[Prime Minister of Kuwait]] Sheikh [[Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah] and his Cabinet resign after protesters storm the [[Parliament of Kuwait|Parliament]]. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-29/kuwait-government-resigns/3700504 (Reuters via ABC News Australia)]
+*The [[Prime Minister of Kuwait]], Sheikh [[Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah]], and his cabinet resign after protesters storm the national [[Parliament of Kuwait|Parliament]]. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-29/kuwait-government-resigns/3700504 (Reuters via ABC News Australia)]
+*[[Ante Marković]], the last [[Prime Minister of Yugoslavia|Prime Minister]] of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], dies aged 87 in the [[Croatia]]n capital [[Zagreb]]. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ante-markovic-former-yugoslavias-last-prime-minister-dies-at-87/2011/11/28/gIQAA0o45N_story.html (AP via ''Washington Post'')]
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+*Voters in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] go to the polls for a [[Democratic Republic of the Congo general election, 2011|general election]], with outbreaks of election violence reported. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203802204577066130301929116.html (''Wall Street Journal'')]
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