Portal:Current events/2009 November 7

November 7, 2009 (Saturday)

A British tourist is shot dead by a masked gunman in the U.S. state of Texas. (The Guardian) (BBC) (The Times)
Saudi forces bomb a Houthi rebel stronghold in northern Yemen for a third day. (AP) (Press TV)
Thousands of people in Bermeo, Spain, demonstrate for the release of 36 Spanish fishermen being held by Somali pirates. (AFP)
At least two workers are killed after a bridge under construction collapses in Andorra. (euronews) (IOL)
A NATO airstrike kills 7 members of the Afghan security force in the western province of Badghis. (CNN) (Bangkok Post)^{[permanent dead link]}
Rival factions in Madagascar agree to form a unity government to end the political crisis in the country. (Xinhua) (BBC)
Scientists in the South Island, New Zealand, discover the first dinosaur footprints in the country, thought to be 70 million years old. (AFP) (New Zealand Herald)
11 people are confirmed dead after the crashing of a Russian military plane into the sea in the Tatar Strait, in the far east of Russia, yesterday. (AFP) (RIA Novosti)
Voters in the Northern Mariana Islands go to the polls to elect the governor, legislature and local municipal offices. (Marianas Variety)
Venezuela deploys 15,000 soldiers to its border with Colombia. (The Sydney Morning Herald) (The Scotsman)
Two Australian researchers compile new details on the dead from a World War I battlefield in Fromelles. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Lebanon's political opposition agrees to join a unity government under Prime Minister designate Saad Hariri. (BBC)
Luigi Esposito, one of Italy's 30 most wanted men, is detained at a villa in Naples. (BBC) (ABC News)
Ecuador rations its electricity, leading to some blackouts in areas, including the capital Quito. (BBC)
Cuba removes peas and potatoes from its list of rationed foods but increases their prices. (The Daily Telegraph)
Caracas is put under widespread water rationing for the first time in several years. (The Washington Post)
Ashmolean Museum in Oxfordshire, the UK's oldest museum, reopens after renovations. (BBC) (Heart Radio Oxfordshire) (Kings Lynn News)^{[permanent dead link]}