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2 November 2005 (Wednesday)
- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad nominated Sadeq Mahsouli as Supervisor of Ministry of Petroleum of OPEC's Number 2 producer, risking domestic political commotion and a parliamentry veto after already making a disturbance abroad with a call for Israel's destruction. (Reuters)
- The Delhi Police has released three sketches of one of the suspected bombers involved in 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings. (NDTV)
- A car bomb kills six in Srinagar, India (Rediff)
- The British Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, David Blunkett, resigns a second time, following allegations of ministerial misconduct over his directorship and purchase of shares in a bioscience company. (Investment & Pensions Europe).
- The 2005 Paris riots continue for the sixth consecutive night. Rioting spread through impoverished suburbs, which was sparked by the death of two youths who were allegedly fleeing police and were accidently electrocuted while hiding in an electrical substation. The riots have caused increased strains between the authorities and the inhabitants of the poor suburbs. (AP)
- 80 of the world's top radio astronomers meet in Pune to decide how and where to set up the world's biggest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array. (NDTV)
- Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: An Israel Defense Forces soldier was seriously wounded and later died of his wounds in an overnight arrest raids near the West Bank town of Jenin. (Ynetnews)
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1 November 2005 (Tuesday)
- U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and his fellow Democrats force a closed session of the Senate over the recent Lewis Libby indictment. (CNN)
- The discovery of two additional moons of Pluto is announced. (CNN)
- The United Nations Security Council passed a UNSC resolution (S/RES/1636 (2005)) which requests urgently and forcefully Syria's full cooperation with the investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. (CCTV)
- Zanzibar's ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party and President Amani Abeid Karume are declared re-elected in a disputed election. Police clashed with opposition supporters, leaving 9 dead. (Reuters) (Reuters) (Guardian)
- Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: 2 Palestinian militants, one from Hamas, the other the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, have died following an Israeli air-strike in the Gaza Strip. (BBC)
- North Korea and South Korea will field a united Olympics team at the next Olympic Games. (BBC)
- Justice John Gomery releases the first part of the Gomery Commission report on corruption in the Liberal Party of Canada and the sponsorship scandal. Gomery exonerates current prime minister Paul Martin but criticizes former prime minister Jean Chretien and his Quebec lieutenant Alfonso Gagliano. (CBC)
- 2005 Paris riots continue for the fifth consecutive night, sparked by the death of two Muslim youths from electric shock. The controversy caused by police firing tear gas into a mosque on Sunday night led to families of the dead youths pulling out of a meeting with the French Interior Minister. (news24)
- Makybe Diva wins the Melbourne Cup thoroughbred horse race for the third consecutive year, becoming the first horse ever to do so. Shortly thereafter, owner Tony Stantic announces her retirement from racing. (Herald Sun)
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