Around the World (November 05, 2008)

[Kamal_Farran]

***TOP STORIES***
In the United States presidential election, Barack Obama becomes the 44th President of the United States and Joe Biden becomes the 47th Vice President. In turn, Barack Obama becomes the first African-American President-elect.
http://nytimes.com/2008/11/05/us/politics/05elect.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7709978.stm
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/election.president/

Iran Hangs Seventh Juvenile Offender This Year
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/03/iran20126.htm


***OTHER NEWS***
Mexican Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mouriño is killed as a government-owned Lear Jet crashes into rush-hour Mexico City traffic.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7709877.stm

Outside chance Viewed wins the 2008 Melbourne Cup thoroughbred horse race, giving 81-year-old trainer Bart Cummings a record-breaking 12th cup victory.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/04/2409982.htm

Senator Barack Obama is elected 44th President of the United States of America. Voters in the United States go to the polls in general elections, which include elections for the President, all the seats of the House of Representatives, 35 of the 100 seats of the Senate, and the governors of 11 states and two territories.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky+world/uselections2008

The Straits Exchange Foundation and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits sign four agreements for the Three Links across the Taiwan Strait, a major step in normalizing Cross-Strait relations.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/04/taiwan.china.ap/index.html


***YOUTUBE TODAY***
Palestinian Christians Face Persecution II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ijIL5X1DEU
So according to right-wind Americans, Palestine's Muslims and non-Baptist Christians are terrorists?!


***EXPECTED TOMORROW***
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan will be crowned, having ascended to the throne in 2006.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7521429.stm