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The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Théoneste Bagosora and two other senior Rwandan army officers guilty of genocide (skulls of victims pictured), crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentences them to life imprisonment.

Ruins of a lost Wari city are discovered in northern Peru.

Flooding caused by tidal swells displaces approximately 75,000 people in Papua New Guinea.

The ASEAN Charter comes into effect, grouping the 10 member states of ASEAN into a legal entity.

The House of Representatives of Thailand selects Abhisit Vejjajiva of the Democrat Party as the country's new Prime Minister.

Bernard Madoff is arrested by the FBI in the United States, and charged with defrauding investors in a US$50 billion Ponzi scheme.

Switzerland becomes the 25th European country to join the Schengen Agreement, whereby cross-border passport checks will be abolished.

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Events
Ongoing Belgian government formation Broadway stagehand strike Burmese anti-government protests Georgian demonstrations Iran's nuclear program operation ISS Expedition 16 Pakistani state of emergency Strikes in France Subprime mortgage financial crisis Writers Guild of America strike Natural disasters Cyclone Sidr

Recent deaths
November 20: Ian Smith 19: Dick Wilson 15: Joe Nuxhall 12: Ira Levin 12: Louis Galen 11: Delbert Mann 11: Dick Nolan 10: Laraine Day 10: Norman Mailer 8: Chad Varah 6: Hank Thompson 6: George Osmond 6: Enzo Biagi 5: Nils Liedholm 3: Ryan Shay 2: Charmaine Dragun 2: Witold Kiełtyka 2: The Fabulous Moolah 2: Igor Moiseyev 1: Paul Tibbets

Ongoing armed conflicts
Acholiland insurgency Arab-Israeli conflict Colombian armed conflict Iraq War Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines Waziristan War Hamas-Fatah clashes War in Somalia Turkey-PKK conflict Second Chechen War 2007 Ogaden conflict South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War War in Afghanistan Darfur conflict

Elections
Recent October 21: Turkey, constitutional referendum October 21: Poland, Parliament October 21: Kyrgyzstan, constitutional referendum October 20–24: Tokelau, referendum on self-determination October 27: Oman, Assembly October 28: Argentina, President and Parliament November 3: Northern Mariana Islands, Legislature November 4: Guatemala, President (2^nd round) November 5: Trinidad and Tobago, Parliament November 7: Saskatchewan, Canada, legislative elections November 11: Slovenia, President (2nd round) November 13: Denmark, Folketing November 17: Kosovo, Parliament November 19: Marshall Islands, Legislature November 20: Jordan, Parliament Upcoming November 21: Lebanon, President November 24: Australia, Parliament November 25: Croatia, Parliament November 25: European Union, Parliament (Romania) November 25: Romania, voting system referendum

Trials
Upcoming U.S.: Steven L. Jordan U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Ehren Watada U.S.: Tom DeLay U.S.: William J. Jefferson Ongoing Australia: Robert Farquharson Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Robert Pickton China: Zhou Zhengyi China: Chen Liangyu Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal Netherlands: Hofstad Network Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori (extradition) Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor U.S.: Jena Six U.S.: Brian Nichols U.S.: José Padilla U.S.: Phil Spector

Upcoming holidays and observances
November 20: Mexican Revolution (Mexico) 20: Independence Day (Yemen) 22: Thanksgiving (United States) 22: Independence Day (Lebanon) 25: Independence Day (Suriname) 26: Independence Day (Mongolia) 28: Independence Day (Panama) 28: Independence Day (Albania) 30: Independence Day (Barbados) edit sidebar

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