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Current events of
November 14, 2011
(
2011-11-14
)
(Monday)
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Arts and culture
British
television soap
Coronation Street
becomes the first prime time television show in the UK to use
product placement
after signing a deal with the
Nationwide Building Society
. A Nationwide
cash machine
is seen on screen in an episode.
(Sky News)
Disasters
The death toll from the
2011 Thailand floods
rises to 562.
(
Bangkok Post
)
International relations
Libya
's
National Transitional Council
criticizes
Niger
's offer of asylum to ousted Libyan dictator
Muammar Gaddafi
's son,
Saadi Gaddafi
, for whom
Interpol
has issued an arrest warrant, saying Niger's position is "hostile" and a "challenge" to Libya.
(CNN)
Three
French
aid workers with
Triangle Generation Humanitaire
kidnapped in
Yemen
in May are freed.
(Associated Press)
Law and Order
Anders Breivik
goes on trial for terrorism in
Norway
.
(DR.dk)
The
Leveson Inquiry
into
phone hacking
gets underway in
London
.
(BBC)
At
London
's
Old Bailey
the trial begins of two men accused of the 1993
murder of Stephen Lawrence
.
(BBC)
Riot police shut down the
Occupy Portland
and
Occupy Oakland
rallies. Dozens of people are arrested.
(
Los Angeles Times
)
(BBC)
(
New Zealand Herald
)
Politics
British Member of Parliament
Alan Keen
, the
Labour Party
member for
Feltham and Heston
, dies at the age of 73.
(
The Independent
)
200,000 people protest in
Bogotá
,
Colombia
, against government cuts in public education.
(BBC)
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