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*<!-- Nov 2 --> [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Secretary of State for Work and Pensions]], '''[[David Blunkett]]''' resigns for a second time, following allegations of ministerial misconduct related to his involvement in a bioscience company. |
*<!-- Nov 2 --> [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Secretary of State for Work and Pensions]], '''[[David Blunkett]]''' resigns from [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] for a second time, following allegations of ministerial misconduct related to his involvement in a bioscience company. |
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*<!-- Nov 1 --> '''[[2005 Paris riots|Rioting in Paris]]''', triggered by the death of two [[Muslim]] teenagers, continues for a sixth consecutive night. |
*<!-- Nov 1 --> '''[[2005 Paris riots|Rioting in Paris]]''', triggered by the death of two [[Muslim]] teenagers, continues for a sixth consecutive night. |
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*<!-- Nov 1 --> [[United States Senate Minority Leader|Minority Leader]] [[Harry Reid]] brings the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] into a '''[[Closed sessions of the United States Senate|rare closed session]]''' to discuss the [[Plame affair]] and the role of the [[George W. Bush administration|Bush administration]] in pre–[[Iraq War]] intelligence. |
*<!-- Nov 1 --> [[United States Senate Minority Leader|Minority Leader]] [[Harry Reid]] brings the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] into a '''[[Closed sessions of the United States Senate|rare closed session]]''' to discuss the [[Plame affair]] and the role of the [[George W. Bush administration|Bush administration]] in pre–[[Iraq War]] intelligence. |
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Revision as of 11:28, 2 November 2005
- British Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, David Blunkett resigns from Cabinet for a second time, following allegations of ministerial misconduct related to his involvement in a bioscience company.
- Rioting in Paris, triggered by the death of two Muslim teenagers, continues for a sixth consecutive night.
- Minority Leader Harry Reid brings the U.S. Senate into a rare closed session to discuss the Plame affair and the role of the Bush administration in pre–Iraq War intelligence.
- Justice John Gomery releases his first report on corruption in the Liberal Party of Canada and the sponsorship scandal.
- The Hubble Space Telescope images two possible new moons of Pluto.
- German grand coalition: CSU leader Edmund Stoiber will not serve in the cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Franz Müntefering retires as SPD leader.