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Current events of
November 19, 2009
(
2009-11-19
)
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New guidelines from the
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
for
cervical cancer
screening suggest that a woman should have her first
pap smear
at age 21.
(
New York Times
)
Google
releases the
source code
of its
open source
Operating system
Chrome OS
.
(PCMAG)
U.S. media mogul and talk show host
Oprah Winfrey
announces she will end her long running
talk show
in 2011.
(AP via Newser)
European Union
/ Three new positions created by the
Treaty of Lisbon
:
The
Prime Minister of Belgium
,
Herman Van Rompuy
, is chosen as the first permanent
President of the European Council
by
European Union
leaders.
(BBC)
British
politician
Catherine Ashton
is selected as EU's first
Foreign Minister
.
(BBC News)
French
diplomat
Pierre de Boissieu
is selected as the first Secretary-General of the
Council of the European Union
.
(AFP via Google News)
Yemeni
government forces say they have killed a leader
during fighting
with
Houthi
rebels
in the north of the country
.
(Reuters)
Egypt
recalls its ambassador to
Algeria
after complaints about violence towards its football fans after a
World Cup
play off
.
Sudan
also summons its envoy to
Egypt
over media coverage of the game's aftermath.
(BBC)
(AFP)
(Al Bawaba)
Irish
politicians, including
Taoiseach
Brian Cowen
, call for a
controversial football playoff
for the
2010 FIFA World Cup
between
France
and
Republic of Ireland
to be replayed as the
Football Association of Ireland
lodges an official complaint with
FIFA
.
(RTÉ)
(
The Guardian
)
(Radio Netherlands)
(
The LA Times
)
The discovery of three ancient
crocodile
species,
Kaprosuchus saharicus
,
Araripesuchus rattoides
and
Laganosuchus thaumastos
, is announced.
(AP)
(
National Geographic News
)
(
Times Online
)
The
European Court of Justice
rules that airlines will have to pay compensation to passengers who experience delays of more than three hours.
(Independent)
(European Court of Justice)
Bangladesh
's
Supreme Court
upholds the death sentences of five former soldiers convicted of
assassinating
the country's founder,
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
.
(bdnews24.com)
(Al Jazeera)
(BBC)
Zimbabwe
begins withdrawing soldiers from diamond mines after recommendations by the
Kimberley Process
regarding
human rights
abuses.
(
The Herald
)
(Reuters South Africa)
(AFP)
The
Russian
Constitutional Court
prolongs a ban on the
death penalty
. The moratorium had been due to expire on January 1.
(RIA Novosti)
(BBC)
(Xinhua)
Philippine
President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
steps down as head of the ruling
Lakas-Kampi-CMD
party and endorses her former defense minister
Gilberto Teodoro
for President.
(
Straits Times
)
(BBC)
(
Philippine Star
)
Cambodia
takes control of a
Thai
-owned air traffic control firm in a deepening diplomatic row between the two countries.
(Thai News Agency)
(BBC)
(UPI)
A suicide blast near the judicial complex in
Peshawar
,
Pakistan
, kills at least 17 people and wounds more than 30 others.
(NY Times)
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