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*<!-- Nov 28 --> After losing a [[motion of no confidence|confidence vote]], [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Paul Martin]] of [[Canada]] announces he will seek a [[Dissolution of parliament|parliamentary dissolution]], which will prompt a '''[[Canadian federal election, 2006|general election]]''' within weeks. |
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*<!-- Nov 27 --> [[European Commission|EU Justice commissioner]] [[Franco Frattini]] makes an unprecedented call for the suspension of voting rights for any [[European Union member states|member state]] found to have hosted a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] '''[[black site]]'''. |
*<!-- Nov 27 --> [[European Commission|EU Justice commissioner]] [[Franco Frattini]] makes an unprecedented call for the suspension of voting rights for any [[European Union member states|member state]] found to have hosted a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] '''[[black site]]'''. |
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*<!-- Nov 27 --> The '''[[2005 Southeast Asian Games|23rd Southeast Asian Games]]''' are underway in the [[Philippines]]. |
*<!-- Nov 27 --> The '''[[2005 Southeast Asian Games|23rd Southeast Asian Games]]''' are underway in the [[Philippines]]. |
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Revision as of 07:22, 29 November 2005
- After losing a confidence vote, Prime Minister Paul Martin of Canada announces he will seek a parliamentary dissolution, which will prompt a general election within weeks.
- EU Justice commissioner Franco Frattini makes an unprecedented call for the suspension of voting rights for any member state found to have hosted a CIA black site.
- The 23rd Southeast Asian Games are underway in the Philippines.
- Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney General for England and Wales, says news editors who publish the leaked "Al Jazeera bombing memo" may be prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act.
- A massive benzene slick from the chemical plant explosions in Jilin, China contaminating the Songhua River approaches the Amur River and Khabarovsk, Russia. Millions still lack access to potable water.