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- Pakistan accuses eight Indian diplomats of espionage and terrorism amid rising tensions concerning Kashmir. India said it rejects these allegations. The six Pakistani diplomats withdrawn from India last week were reported to have been accused of spying. (Reuters)
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- A man identified as Todd Kohlhepp is arrested after authorities discover a missing woman chained up in a storage container on his property. The woman had gone missing along with her boyfriend around the end of August. (CNN), (CBS News)
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- India abolishes larger banknotes in a bold and unexpected move to curb circulation of counterfeit notes and to fight black money. (BBC) (NDTV)
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- Although he lost the popular vote, Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for the 2016 presidential election, becomes the president-elect of the United States after defeating Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee in the electoral college. It is the fifth time in United States history where the winning candidate lost the popular vote, the last such defeat occurring in 2000.
- The Republican Party retains control of the House and Senate. (The New York Times)
- Notable propositions are passed in several states including legal recreational marijuana in California, Massachusetts, and Nevada; medical marijuana in Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota; tougher firearms restrictions in California and Washington state; physician assisted suicide in Colorado, and the reimposition of capital punishment in Nebraska. (BBC) (The Chicago Tribune)
- Over 100,000 protest the election of Donald Trump in Chicago; Los Angeles; Oakland, California; Philadelphia; Portland, Oregon, New York City; Seattle and other major cities, reflecting a deep political divide in the United States. (CNN) (ABC)
- Some residents and business leaders in the state of California, which voted with majority support for Hillary Clinton, propose launching a secession movement from the United States after Donald Trump is elected president. (Time) (BBC)
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- Spanish archaeologists in Luxor announce the discovery of an approximately 3000 year old mummy in "near perfect" condition. (MSN)
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- The global bonds sell-off continue amid uncertainty over Donald Trump as stock markets continue to rise to record levels. (BBC)
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- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports a car bomb has killed at least ten people in the city of Azaz, Aleppo Governorate. (Reuters)
- At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in air strikes and artillery shelling by government forces in Ghouta in the Damascus countryside, substantial damaging to residential areas. (Aljazeera)
- The Syrian government targeted an international relief agency and Palestinian refugee camp in Khan Sheha, which has been under siege for two months. (Aljazeera)
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- Syrian government air raid hits a children's hospital in rebel-held east Aleppo, forcing medical staff to evacuate patients, including several newborn babies still in incubators. (Aljazeera)
- Witnesses and activists report that at least 49 people are killed in east Aleppo in heavy government air strikes that started late yesterday. (Aljazeera)
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- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denies the release of Brendan Dassey, subject of the 2015 documentary series Making a Murderer. (CNN)
- The New York Attorney General announces that Donald Trump has settled three lawsuits by former students of Trump University for $25 million. (BBC)
- In Melbourne Australia, a homeless asylum seeker battling mental issues from Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya community set himself on fire in an arson attack that injured 26 people. Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews there was no suggestion the suspect had terrorist motives.Austalia AP
- At a South Minneapolis in-home daycare, owner Nataliia Karia told a parent she "couldn't take it anymore" after hanging a child from a noose. She fled in a vehicle rampage ran over and dragged a pedestrian, hit a bicycle rider and several vehicles before attemping to jump from a bridge when she was arrested. 3 were injured. (Heavy) (People) (Complaint)
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- The $4B USS Zumwalt, thought to be the U.S. Navy's most technologically advanced vessel to date, suffers a large engineering malfunction while crossing the Panama Canal. This is the craft's second major malfunction since its launch less than a month prior. (CNN)
- Astronomers announce the discovery of a near 3000 cubic mile subterranean deposit of ice on Mars. Researchers claim it can easily be used as a sustainable resource for a manned mission to the red planet. (FOX News)
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- Eleven people are hospitalized, one in critical condition, after a suspect rammed his car into a crowd, and then stabbed numerous people on Ohio State's Columbus campus. Police have declared the scene secure. The suspect, a refugee from Somalia, and a student at the university, is shot and killed by a police officer after he failed to obey orders to stop. (CNN), (NBC News)
- A group of German lawyers files a criminal complaint in Berlin against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for alleged war crimes committed by his forces and foreign allies during the Syrian Civil War. (Al Jazeera), (Anadolu Agency)
- Harminder Singh Mintoo, a top commander in the Khalistan Liberation Force, is recaptured in Delhi following his dramatic escape yesterday from a high-security prison in Punjab. (Al Jazeera)
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- North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple issues an executive order which expels thousands of Native American and environmental protesters who are camped on the federal property that is near the site of the oil pipeline project which they oppose, saying that the "emergency evacuation" is necessary to protect them from harsh winter conditions. (Reuters) (NBC News)
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- The Israeli ultra-orthodox party Shas proposes a bill that would thwart the mixed prayer area at Western Wall by placing the site under the jurisdiction of the Chief Rabbinate; if approved, a NIS 10,000 fine would be given to those engaging in male-female prayer or women wrapping themselves in the traditional talit or laying tefillin. (Ynetnews)
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- South Africa: Oscar Pistorius
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- China: Bai Enpei, Pan Yiyang, Yang Weize
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- Romania: Darius Vâlcov, Dan Șova, Elena Udrea, Radu Mazăre, Gheorghe Nichita, Marian Vanghelie, Cătălin Voicu
- Russia: Alexei Navalny
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