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Rioting after a contested election in Jos, Nigeria, kills over 381 people and injures hundreds.
Attacks at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel (pictured) and several other locations in Mumbai, India, kill 183 people and injure hundreds.
The people of Greenland pass a referendum regarding greater autonomy from Denmark.
The Thai political crisis deepens as protesters seize two Bangkok airports.
Brazilian officials declare a state of emergency as flooding in the Southern state of Santa Catarina causes at least 109 deaths and forces the evacuation of over 78,000 people.
The PAIGC wins a majority of seats in the National People's Assembly after legislative elections in Guinea-Bissau.
The eruption of Nevado del Huila, a volcano in southern Colombia, causes at least 10 deaths and the evacuation of 12,000 people.

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December 2, 2008 (Tuesday)

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NATO member countries decide not to offer MAP to Georgia and Ukraine, war in South Ossetia and Ukrainian goverment collapse being the main reasons. NATO, however, will expand to Albania and Croatia. (Deutsche Welle)
United States Senate election in Georgia, 2008: Voters in Georgia go to the polls for a runoff election between incumbent Senator Saxby Chambliss of the Republican Party and Jim Martin of the Democrats. (Reuters)
The Reserve Bank of Australia cuts interest rates by 100 basis points to 4.25%. (News Limited)
2008 Thai political crisis:
- A blast at Don Mueang Airport kills at least one anti-government protestor and injures another 22. (BBC)
- Thailand's Constitutional Court dissolves the People's Power Party (PPP), the Thai Nation Party and the Neutral Democratic Party due to voter fraud and bans party leaders including the Prime Minister of Thailand Somchai Wongsawat from participating in politics for five years. A new party, Puea Thai (For Thais) is to be formed and a vote on a new PM is expected on 8 December. (BBC), (Forbes)

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December 1, 2008 (Monday)

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The Liberal Party, New Democratic Party, and the Bloc Québécois of Canada sign an agreement to form a Coalition Government with Stephane Dion as leader, with the intention of toppling the Conservative Government that was elected less than two months ago. (CTV News)
Ibrahim Tai, president of the Indian Muslim Council, says that the terrorist attacks on Mumbai were inconsistent with Islam, and the perpetrators should not be buried in Muslim graveyards (BBC News)
A suicide bomb attack kills 10 people, including two policemen, in the southern province in Helmand in Afghanistan. (BBC)
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warns Pakistan that it must cooperate fully with the investigation into the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. (AP via International Herald Tribune)
United States President-elect Barack Obama announces his national security team to his transition advisory board, among them being Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, who was nominated Secretary of State. (Reuters)
2008 Thai political crisis:
- The People's Alliance for Democracy leaves protesting at the Thai Government House and distributes protesters to Bangkok's two airports, Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang, for security reasons. (Nation Multimedia)
- Flights to Bangkok are canceled and moved to other parts of the country, such as Phuket, Chiang Mai and Chonburi. (BBC News), (Bangkok Post)
- Military leaders call upon feuding parties to end the dispute before King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday on 5 December. (Nation Multimedia)

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November 30, 2008 (Sunday)

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Romania's Social Democratic Party wins the most votes in both houses of Parliament in the legislative election. (Bloomberg)
Nine headless bodies are found in Tijuana, Baja California, as the Mexican Drug War continues. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
India's home minister Shivraj Patil has submitted his resignation, taking "moral responsibility" for the Mumbai attacks. (BBC News)
2008 Thai political crisis: A grenade attack on a People's Alliance for Democracy rally in Bangkok injures at least 46 people. (AP via Melbourne Age)

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November 29, 2008 (Saturday)

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In an interview, U.S. President George W. Bush names No Child Left Behind as one of his most significant achievements and hopes to be remembered for the current situation in Iraq (ABC News)
Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed in the central Nigerian town of Jos after Christians and Muslims clashed over the result of a local election. (BBC)
2008 Thai political crisis: People's Alliance for Democracy protestors force the Royal Thai Police to abandon a checkpoint outside Suvarnabhumi Airport. (Reuters)
2008 Santa Catarina floods: The number of confirmed deaths rise to 105 people. (G1)
November 2008 Mumbai attacks:
- The death toll from the attacks rises to 160 with a further 327 people missing. (Melbourne Age)
- The Mumbai terror attacks have finished with all militants at the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower shot dead. (AFP, Reuters via News Limited)
The BlackSheeps win MGP Nordic 2008 held in Aarhus, Denmark. The BlackSheeps had a lead of 74 points at the end of voting. (Sveriges Television)

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November 28, 2008 (Friday)

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Five people are arrested in France and Romania as a result of an investigation into the killing of Brahim Deby, a son of the President of Chad Idriss Deby. (AP via Google News)
Black Friday: As the Christmas shopping season begins in the United States, two are shot at a Toys R Us store in Palm Desert, California, and a Wal-Mart employee is crushed in a stampede after shoppers broke down a front door in Valley Stream, New York. (KABC)(Bloomberg)
November 2008 Mumbai attacks: Indian security forces attack a Jewish centre in Mumbai where gunmen are holding an unknown number of hostages. (BBC)
United Kingdom Conservative Party Shadow Minister Damian Green is arrested for alleged leaking of Government immigration statistics (BBC)
2008 Thai political crisis:
- The Prime Minister of Thailand, Somchai Wongsawat, declares a state of emergency to allow police to clear Bangkok's two international airports of protesters. (Radio Australia)
- The government deputy spokesman has announced that PM Somchai will still stay in Chiang Mai because of unsettled army situation and closure of the two airports in Bangkok. (Nation Multimedia)
- People's Alliance for Democracy has prepared the third set of its leaders, in case its first and second set are arrested or assassinated, but have not announced the leaders' names yet. (Bangkok Post)
- ASTV, a TV firm broadcasting a People's Alliance for Democracy's demonstration is bombed with grenades and gunfire on early morning of Friday (GMT +7). (Nation Multimedia)
- About 5,000 Muslim Haj pilgrims are unable to leave the airport to Mecca. (Bangkok Post)
Canada faces a parliamentary crisis as the opposition Liberals, NDP and Bloc Québécois reject the policies in the Conservative minority government's "economic update." Following talks between the Liberals and NDP, plans are unveiled to hold a vote of no confidence and replace the Conservatives with a Liberal-NDP coalition. (Globe and Mail)

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November 27, 2008 (Thursday)

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An Airbus A320 owned by Air New Zealand with 7 people aboard crashes into the sea off the southern French coast during a training flight, exactly 29 years to the day (NZDT) after Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed in Antarctica. (CNN)
A Polish ABW secret service report says the shooting incident in Georgia involving Polish President Lech Kaczyński and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was most likely "a provocation" staged by the Georgians (The Warsaw Voice)
2008 Santa Catarina floods: The Brazilian federal government authorizes nearly 2 billion reais (881 million U.S. dollars) in emergency relief funds. (Reuters)
Russia and Brazil call for the first BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) summit of major emerging market countries in Russia to respond to the financial crisis in 2009. (Reuters)
A suicide car bomb explodes near the United States embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, with at least one person dead. (AP via New York Times)
An Australian soldier is killed and several injured in fighting in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Sydney Morning Herald)
2008 Thai political crisis:
- The government declares a state of emergency over the two airports. (BBC News) (BangkokPost.com)
- The Criminal Court of Thailand throws out a defamation lawsuit brought by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra against the People's Alliance for Democracy. (Bangkok Post)
- Thai companies, agencies and some schools send their employees/students home for security reasons and after the coup rumours. (Nation Multimedia)
- People's Alliance for Democracy protesters close down Don Mueang International Airport a day after closing down Suvarnabhumi Airport, leaving Bangkok without any airports. (AFP via ABC) The international transferring is moved to the closest U-Tapao International Airport, but it will take more than one and a half hours to reach Bangkok by car. (Nation Multimedia)

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November 26, 2008 (Wednesday)

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The United Nations Security Council gave the green light to a plan by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the deployment of an EU civilian police and justice mission in Kosovo.(Reuters)
The Czech constitutional court unanimously ruled that the disputed parts of the Lisbon Treaty are in line with the Czech Constitution.(Bloomberg)
Woolworths Group PLC agrees to put its chain of 815 stores in the United Kingdom and DVD distribution businesses into administration with 30,000 jobs at risk. (Times Online)
The European Union proposes a €200 billion stimulus package that will include already-spent money (BBC News) (WSJ) (IHT) (Al Jazeera)
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama announces that he will create a new "economic recovery board," headed by Paul Volcker, designed to provide "fresh perspective" on the current economic issues (CNN)
At least 80 people are dead and over 250 wounded in coordinated terrorist strikes across Mumbai, India. (The Times of India)
Vitaly Karayev, the mayor of Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia-Alania in Russia is assassinated. (BBC)
2008 Thai political crisis:
- The People's Alliance for Democracy claims to be in complete control of Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok's international airport. (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Thai authorities evacuate thousands of passengers from Suvarnabhumi Airport. (ABC News Australia)
- Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat rejects calls for election. BBC Newsadde
The Greenlandic self-government referendum passes with 75% approval. (BBC)
Edna Parker, the oldest living person in the world, died at age 115 in her hometown of Shelbyville, Indiana. (Shelbyville News) (BBC News)

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