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Current events of
November 14, 2008
(
2008-11-14
)
(Friday)
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At a summit in
Nice
,
France
, the
European Union
and
Russia
agree to refrain from deploying
missiles
or
missile defense
systems at least before mid-2009, when a pan-European security framework is discussed between Russia, the
United States
and the EU.
(Xinhua)
General
Ann E. Dunwoody
becomes the
first female four-star general
in the history of the
United States Army
.
(BBC News)
An
Italian
court convicts 16 and acquits 13 police officers of
beating
protesters
at the
2001 G8 summit
in
Genoa
.
(
The Telegraph
)
The
Eurozone
enters its first
recession
as the combined
gross domestic product
of the 15 members dropped 0.2% in the second and third quarters of 2008.
(Sky News)
India
's
Chandrayaan-1
unmanned
lunar exploration
mission successfully lands the
Moon Impact Probe
on the south pole of the
Moon
.
(
The Times of India
)
The
Montecito
Tea Fire
in
California
burns 2,500 acres and damages more than 100 homes and the campus of
Westmont College
.
(
Los Angeles Times
)
An investigation concludes that
wake turbulence
is the most likely cause of the
November 4, 2008, airplane crash
in
Mexico City
that killed, among others,
Secretary of the Interior
Juan Camilo Mouriño
and
José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos
.
(Reuters)