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Current events of
November 19, 2011
(
2011-11-19
)
(Saturday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2011 Syrian uprising
: At least 19 people are killed across
Syria
by security forces as protests continue against the regime of
President
Bashar al-Assad
.
(CNN)
At least two people are killed and over 600 injured in violent clashes with police in
Cairo
's
Tahrir Square
, following mass protests against
Egypt
's post-
revolutionary
military leadership
.
(BBC)
(Al-Jazeera)
Muammar Gaddafi
's fugitive son
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
, who is wanted by the
International Criminal Court
, is captured in
Libya
.
(CNN)
(BBC)
International relations
Tajikistan
hints that it may release a
Russian
pilot detained on charges of smuggling, after Russia deports hundreds of Tajik
migrant workers
.
(
The Independent
)
Law and crime
Roger Dean, an
Australian
nurse, is charged with murder in relation to the deaths of five residents of a
nursing home
in the
Sydney
suburb of
Quakers Hill
.
(
The Australian
)
English
Attorney General
Dominic Grieve
QC
seeks leave to prosecute
Sky News
for
contempt of court
over its reporting of the 2009 kidnapping of
Paul and Rachel Chandler
, after the news channel allegedly breached an injunction preventing the disclosure of the couple's welfare.
(BBC)
Four
Metropolitan Police
officers are stabbed while chasing a suspect in
Kingsbury
, north
London
. Two of the officers suffer serious injuries, while a 32-year-old male is arrested for
attempted murder
.
(BBC)
Science
The
United States
successfully tests a new
hypersonic
weapon system, capable of striking targets 3,700 kilometres (2,300 mi) away in under 30 minutes, as part of its
Prompt Global Strike
program.
(BBC)
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