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This article covers breaking news and events in November 2005.

Daily events

Tuesday November 1, 2005

• Addis Ababa / Ethiopia : In the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, six people die in unrest and 36 others are injured. The opposition called for protests against the result of the parliamentary elections.
• Berlin / Germany : Negotiations to form a grand coalition falter due to the resignation of the SPD - chairman Franz Muentefering and the decision of Edmund Stoiber ( CSU ) to the office of Minister of Economic Affairs to waive. The background for Müntefering's resignation is a power struggle in the SPD executive committee in the election of the general secretary , for which, in addition to Kajo Wasserhövel , the party left Andrea Nahles surprisingly ran as a candidate. It was elected with 23:15 votes against Müntefering's request, which the latter interpreted as a vote of no confidence in his work.
• Berlin / Germany : The Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein Peter Harry Carstensen ( CDU ) takes office as President of the Federal Council .
• Kirkuk / Iraq : A 13-year-old boy committed a bomb - attack on the convoy of the police chief. The assassin is killed. Several people were injured.
• New York / United States : After almost 20 years, the viewing deck on the 30 Rock skyscraper , part of the Rockefeller Center in Manhattan , is reopening. In the future, 1,100 tourists per hour should be able to see the city from here.

Wednesday November 2, 2005

Départements affected by the unrest (sometimes only individual incidents) in France

• Nuremberg / Germany : The number of unemployed in Germany fell to 4.556 million in October. That would be 94,000 fewer than in September, but 349,000 more than a year ago, reported the Federal Employment Agency (BA) in Nuremberg. The unemployment rate fell by 0.2 points to 11.0% and fell more sharply than expected year-on-year.
• Pakistan : 73,276 people died in the severe earthquake in Pakistan three and a half weeks ago. This is the number reported by the head of rescue operations in Islamabad . More than 57,000 dead were spoken of last. Meanwhile, according to the UN Children's Fund UNICEF, another catastrophe is looming in the earthquake area in northern Pakistan . According to the latest estimates, over two million people in the crisis area are dependent on life-saving help, half of them children and young people, the organization warned.
• Paris / France : For the sixth day in a row, the Parisian suburbs have been hit by a wave of violence . On the night of today, too, youths gave the police another street battle and set dozens of vehicles on fire. The riots , which rekindled the discussion about acceptable living conditions in “social problem areas” in France, were triggered by the accidental death of two young people on October 26th.
  See also: Unrest in France 2005
• Soest / Germany : The 668th All Saints' Fair opens in Soest . Statistically speaking, the largest old town fair (formerly the largest inner city fair ) in Europe takes place annually in the historic old town of Soest. Overall, the showmen set up their shops on an area of ​​around 50,000 m². Every year almost one million visitors visit the folk festival in the heart of Westphalia on a total of five fair days.

Thursday November 3, 2005

• Ethiopia : The situation in the East African state is getting worse. For the third day in a row, violent clashes between demonstrators and security forces have broken out. The unrest is directed against alleged electoral fraud committed by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's government in the parliamentary elections in May. The opposition coalition for democracy and unity (Qinijit) had called for the demonstrations . Dozens of people have already died. In the meantime, tensions are escalating on the Ethiopian- Eritrean border, where the two states had fought a bitter war for two years until 2000 . According to UN observers, they are currently gathering troops, tanks and other heavy weapons. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan therefore called for great caution, because every act could be misunderstood. The Austrian Foreign Ministry has also commented on the incidents and issued a travel warning .
• Ramallah / Palestinian Territories : Israeli soldiers killed a twelve-year-old boy with sharp shots at protesting Palestinian youths. The child died in the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank , as Palestinian doctors announced. Together with other youths, he had thrown stones at the Israeli soldiers. The Israeli army entered Jenin with more than 30 off-road vehicles and supported by two helicopters to arrest members of the radical Palestinian organization Islamic Jihad .
• United States : According to a report by the Washington Post , the US secret service CIA maintains several secret prisons for high-ranking terror suspects in Eastern Europe and Asia . In addition to Thailand and Afghanistan , “several democracies in Eastern Europe” were named for the eight locations of the hidden prison system . According to its own statements, the newspaper withheld the names of the Eastern European countries at the request of US representatives. They fear that there could be attempted attacks once the prison locations become known. The EU Commission has now intervened in response to these media reports . The reports will be checked, a spokesman for EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini assured in Brussels . This is a "delicate matter" because the EU has no direct competences in this area.

Friday November 4, 2005

• Fiji : Members of the non-governmental organization World Wide Fund For Nature discover a previously unknown species of fish from the damselfish family in a reef .
• Krakow / Poland : Around six months after the death of Pope John Paul II , the taking of evidence in the proceedings for his beatification began yesterday in Krakow . The tribunal will collect evidence of miracles. Polish-speaking witnesses will be heard in Krakow, and everyone else in Rome .
• Lisbon / Portugal : The 12th MTV Europe Music Awards were presented in the Portuguese capital . The big winners include: Green Day (best rock band and best album - " American Idiot "), Coldplay (best band from Great Britain and Ireland and best song - " Speed ​​of Sound ") and Gorillaz (best band). The show itself was framed by a total of eleven live acts and guest appearances by numerous prominent presenters, with the British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen , known as "Ali G" , moderating in his role as Eastern European MTV presenter Borat. Viewers in Europe vote on the award of the prize . According to the organizers, 10,000 spectators came to the Atlantic Pavilion in Lisbon. On TV, the show could have reached up to a billion viewers.

Saturday 5th November 2005

Participants in the Summit of the Americas

• France : France is experiencing severe social unrest for the ninth night in a row . Despite a massive police presence, the riots by French youth have intensified in several Parisian suburbs. The French police said that around 900 cars were set on fire nationwide and 253 people were arrested. During the night there were also riots in other parts of the country for the first time , such as in the suburbs of Dijon , Rouen and Marseille . The conservative government accuse regional politicians, not sufficient to continue expanding daily violence to respond.
  See also: Unrest in France 2005
• Iraq : The US Army has launched a new offensive in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar on the border with Syria . The US Army said in a statement that 2,500 American and 1,000 Iraqi soldiers are involved in the operation, which goes by the name of "Operation Iron Curtain" and focuses on the city of Hussaibah . The aim of the operation is to restore security on the Iraqi-Syrian border and to destroy the regional network of the extremist organization Al-Qaida .
• Mar del Plata / Argentina : In Mar del Plata and Buenos Aires as well as in around 200 other Argentinian cities there are serious riots and rallies. Foreign banks and American fast food restaurants are set on fire. The police are taking action against the protest movement with rubber bullets and tear gas . The politically motivated riots on the left are directed against the presence of US President George W. Bush at the summit of American states and against the plan of the North American states to establish a free trade area across the American continent, a. is rejected by the participants in the “ Summit of the Nations ”.

Sunday November 6, 2005

"Naypyidaw" in Burmese script

President Sarkozy is believed to be complicit in the unrest

• Naypyidaw / Myanmar : On the advice of an astrologer , head of state Than Shwe moves the capital of the Kingdom of Rangoon on the Indian Ocean around 300 km inland. The planned city of Naypyidaw is to be built there.
• Paris / France : Following the announcement by the French government that it will take extreme action against young rioters , the riots continue across the country, with Paris being hardest hit. On the night of November 6th, 1,295 vehicles are set on fire and 312 people arrested.
  See also: Unrest in France 2005

Monday November 7, 2005

Mars (Hubble Telescope, June 2001)

• Berlin / Germany : In the German Bundestag there is still broad resistance to the now fourth candidacy of Lothar Bisky ( Linkspartei.PDS ) as fifth Vice-President . The Bundestag decides that a simple majority should be sufficient for this election .
• Brussels / Belgium : The EU chief negotiator for the December WTO summit in Hong Kong , Peter Mandelson , comes under fire from several sides with regard to the controversial agricultural subsidies. The French government says its offer made on behalf of the 25 EU countries "is wrong and goes too far". Representatives of the major agricultural exporters India and Brazil indicated on Monday in London that the goals set at the WTO summit in Hong Kong would not be achieved and that a “Hong Kong II” would soon be needed. According to EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson, on the other hand, “ indifference is drawn as soon as expectations are reduced”. When it comes to the main point of contention , agricultural subsidies , the USA and other EU countries accuse the EU of sealing off their agricultural markets too much. The concessions to dismantle agricultural tariffs and subsidies do not go far enough for them.
• Dortmund / Germany : From the presented third volume of the “International Elementary School Reading Study” ( IGLU ) on the reading comprehension of fourth graders it clearly emerges that boys with identical performance in German or in specialist knowledge are graded worse than girls. "Boys are easily disadvantaged", says the scientific director of the igloo study for Germany, Professor Wilfried Bos . The reason for the girls' better grades is possibly their “good behavior” .
• Mars : The “red planet” is again close to the earth and is the brightest object in the starry sky . In this year's opposition , Mars is 0.46 AU away from us , which is only about 10% further than the "millennium opposition" of 2003.
• Paris / France : The riots in France have claimed the first death. According to the police, a man who was knocked down on the edge of riots in the Paris suburb of Stains died as a result of his injuries. A total of 1,400 cars were set on fire not only in the area around Paris, but also in Le Havre , Nice , Rennes , Rouen , Strasbourg and Toulouse . Arrests were made in almost 400 cases. Sociologists explain part of the unrest to a failed integration policy .

Tuesday November 8, 2005

First A380 landing in Finkenwerder

• Berlin / Germany : Die Linkspartei.PDS finally renounces his candidacy after the fourth defeat of its top candidate Lothar Bisky for the election of the Vice-President it is entitled to in the Bundestag . In a secret ballot, with 36 abstentions, 249 MPs voted for and 310 against him.
• Bremen / Germany : The members of the parliament elect Jens Böhrnsen ( SPD ) as mayor of the state of Bremen and the city itself.
• Hamburg / Germany : The Airbus A380 lands for the first time at the Airbus plant in Finkenwerder .
• Sydney / Australia : After almost 16 months of investigation, security forces prevent a major terrorist attack from being carried out by arresting 16 suspects in Sydney and Melbourne . Almost 400 police officers are involved in the raid . One of those arrested is from Algeria derived radical Islamic preacher Abdul Nacer Benbrika , the Osama bin Laden praised as a "great man" who was to emulate its objectives. Followers of Benbrika were seen filming the Melbourne Stock Exchange and Central Station in 2004.

Wednesday November 9, 2005

• Berlin , Cologne / Germany : On Wednesday night, unknown perpetrators set fire to several cars in Cologne and Berlin. The police have not yet said whether they are copycats or “ free riders ” of the unrest in France , but they do not rule out a connection. The Berlin police will significantly increase their public “presence”. Four cars burned out in Cologne, while six cars and a scooter were set on fire in the Berlin districts of Gesundbrunnen , Pankow and Wedding . Five Berlin vehicles were already burning the night before.
• London / United Kingdom : China's President Hu Jintao began his European tour in London. The arrival was accompanied by protests calling for a free Tibet .
• New York / United States : Michael Bloomberg is re-elected as Mayor of New York City for a second term with a clear majority . The billionaire Republican candidate beats Democratic challenger Fernando Ferrer by 19 percentage points. After counting 98% of the polling stations, he is ahead with 58% to 39%.
• Sacramento / United States : All 4 referendums on a reform agenda, which the incumbent Prime Minister of California Arnold Schwarzenegger had presented to the citizens, were rejected by a majority on Tuesday, as the unions fiercely opposed their proposed tightening. The three other initiatives related to longer probation periods for teachers, new boundaries of the electoral districts and more budgetary powers of the governor, as he had announced in his election. Schwarzenegger's initially good reputation has given way to a certain disappointment that could jeopardize his re-election in autumn 2006 .
• Successful start of the ESA space probe "Venus Express". It is expected to reach Venus in April 2006.

Thursday November 10, 2005

• Berlin / Germany : The German coalition negotiations are entering the final phase. The CDU and SPD agree on a reduction in ancillary wage costs ( unemployment contribution ), which is partially offset by an increase in sales tax to 19%. The other half is used to reduce the budget deficit .
• B'nai B'rith , the largest Jewish association, awards the former Austrian Chancellor Franz Vranitzky its highest distinction, the Gold Medal of Merit. Vranitzky broke a taboo in 1991 and raised an Austrian complicity in Nazi crimes in parliament . Then he was the first Austrian head of government to visit Israel .

Friday November 11, 2005

• Hillsdale / United States : The voters in Hillsdale, Michigan choose the 18-year-old Michael Sessions as mayor. He will be the youngest mayor of the United States.

Saturday November 12, 2005

• Tokyo / Japan : The Japanese space probe Hayabusa is preparing for the first sampling of an asteroid .

Sunday November 13, 2005

Blaise Compaoré

• Baku / Azerbaijan : A week after that of electoral fraud influenced election calling for 20,000 demonstrators in the capital Baku from President Əliyev the cancellation of the result announced after the ruling party had an absolute majority. In the style of the orange revolution in Ukraine , the participants in the protest movement wore orange flags (FAZ November 14, 2005).
• Ouagadougou / Burkina Faso : In Burkino Faso, following a constitutional amendment in 2000, presidential elections are held for the first time, in which the entire political opposition competes. According to the electoral commission, Blaise Compaoré , who led a successful coup in 1987 against the chairman of the Revolutionary Council Thomas Sankara and has since served as head of state , won the election .

Monday November 14, 2005

• Berlin / Germany : Today the party committees of the CDU , CSU and SPD discuss the results of the coalition negotiations . There was isolated opposition - in the Union against the “ tax on the rich ”, in the SPD against the increased sales tax and the relaxation of protection against dismissal - but still widespread approval, the CSU even voted unanimously in favor.
• Jordan : The terrorist attacks in Amman have largely been cleared up. All 4 terrorists (three perished, one woman arrested) come from Iraq and, according to the FAZ, acted on their own.
• Kabul / Afghanistan : Another Bundeswehr soldier of the ISAF mission was killed in the explosion of a car bomb in the Afghan capital .
• Strasbourg / France : The EU Parliament is discussing the new road cost directive . Important aspects are 1. the 3½-ton truck limit, 2. the burden on transit countries , 3. the question of tolls (also for alternative routes ?) And 4. the regulation on railways .
• Vienna / Austria : The international Islam conference , scheduled for Wednesday, begins. 600 additional police officers and the Cobra special unit are on duty to ensure the safety of around 500 participants . The presidents of Iraq and Afghanistan are considered endangered .

Tuesday November 15, 2005

• Honshū / Japan : A magnitude 7 earthquake on the Richter scale shook part of the main island of Honshū.
• Saarland / Germany : In the early morning a light earthquake with a magnitude of 3.1 on the Richter scale shook parts of the Saarland. It is said to have its cause in excessive mining .

Wednesday November 16, 2005

• Istanbul / Turkey : Switzerland qualifies against Turkey for the 2006 World Cup in Germany .
• Tunis / Tunisia : On the World Summit on the Information Society of the United Nations which is 100-dollar laptop presented.

Thursday November 17, 2005

Ariane 5 model

• Berlin / Germany : The former Bundesliga referee Robert Hoyzer was sentenced today to a prison sentence of two years and five months without parole for aiding and abetting fraud in the Berlin district court. The lawyers announced a revision at the Federal Court of Justice .
• Beijing / China : The public criticism of the one-child policy , which until now was mostly formulated indirectly, is intensifying. Firstly, it contradicts social tradition, secondly, too few girls are born, which is related to the traditionally still high bride prices . Despite the very strict birth control since the late 1970s , the state failed to achieve its goal of ensuring that the population did not exceed the limit of 1.2 billion people. China's population grew annually by 1% to 2% percent to the current 1.31 billion.
• Kourou / French Guiana : with the successful launch of an Ariane 5 of the ESA two were communications satellite into a geostationary orbit brought: one for high-definition television , the second for the transmission of telephone calls and other data. The launch was postponed in June due to technical problems with one of the satellites .
• Gyeongju / South Korea : US President George W. Bush and South Korean head of state Roh Moo-hyun have called on the North Korean leadership to renounce their nuclear weapons program . Both presidents agree that a " nuclear armed North Korea cannot be tolerated," said Roh on Thursday after a meeting with Bush in the former Korean capital Gyeongju.
• Pristina / Serbia and Montenegro : A few days before the start of the status negotiations for Kosovo , the parliament in Pristina passed a resolution in which it advocates the formation of an independent and sovereign state. With this, the parliament confirms the "political will of the people of Kosovo", it said in the parliamentary declaration adopted on Thursday. Under pressure from international representatives in Kosovo, the parliamentarians decided not to pass a resolution declaring the Serbian province independent.
• Sri Jayewardenepura / Sri Lanka : Mahinda Rajapaksa from the Freedom Party (SLFP) wins the presidential election in the first round . The term of office of the President Chandrika Kumaratunga (SLFP) came to an end after two legal terms.
• United States : Former US President Bill Clinton accuses incumbent US President George W. Bush of having made a wrong decision on the Iraq war in 2003 and of lacking preparation for the time after. For his part, Bush reminds Clinton of his earlier statement that he considers Saddam Hussein a global threat .
• The participants in the 2006 World Cup have been determined. In addition to 14 European countries, including Ukraine for the first time and, after a long time, Switzerland again , four teams from Africa - Angola , Ivory Coast , Ghana and Togo - and one from North and Central America with Trinidad and Tobago will compete for the first time.

Friday November 18, 2005

• Jerusalem / Israel : The Israeli nuclear spy Mordechai Vanunu , who was sentenced to land arrest for espionage and treason , was arrested again by the Israeli police on Friday . Vanunu tried to travel to the West Bank and, according to the Israeli military broadcaster "Kol Israel", was picked up at a roadblock in northern Jerusalem.
• Moscow / Russia : The government apparently thinks about the long term, the disputed Kuril Islands - Islands of Japan to return. There is a plan according to which Moscow and Tokyo could sign a peace treaty to formally end the Second World War in two to three years , according to Kremlin circles on Friday . A schedule for a gradual handover of the Kuril Islands should be laid down in the annex to such a contract. It is still uncertain whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will present this plan during his visit to Japan this weekend.
• Styria / Austria : On the basis of an Austrian arrest warrant from 1989, the Autobahn Inspection arrests the British Holocaust denier David Irving .

Saturday 19th November 2005

The APEC summit took place in a building specially constructed for the meeting

• Busan / South Korea : The 17th Summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Community APEC comes to an end. The long-term goal of the members has been a free trade area since 1989 . Elementary steps to achieve this goal were not taken at the summit.
• Hamburg , Munich / Germany : " Der Spiegel " reports that the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) has been observing several journalists for longer than previously known . In his report, commissioned by BND President August Hanning , a special investigator informed the Chancellery that observation teams were monitoring the publicist Erich Schmidt-Eenboom until at least 1996 . The " Focus " reports that one of its reporters was spied on for more than three years, from 1993 to 1996 .
• Hanover / Germany : Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is bid farewell to the Bundeswehr after seven years as Chancellor.
• Kiel / Germany : Israel will receive two more Dolphin class submarines , which will be built in the HDW shipyard in Kiel and one third of which will be financed by Germany . The outgoing Federal Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer ( Greens ) approved the project in the Federal Security Council .

Monday November 21, 2005

• Berlin / Germany : The still incumbent Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder announced in a meeting of the SPD parliamentary group that he would resign from the Bundestag after Angela Merkel was elected Chancellor . He justified his decision by saying that a new phase of life was beginning for him. Participants report that the outgoing Chancellor was passed with much applause at the parliamentary group meeting.
• Hasbaja / Lebanon : The Israeli Air Force has the most violent in months on Monday attacks against positions of the Hezbollah - Militia flown in southern Lebanon. According to Hezbollah, three of its fighters were killed. According to reports by the AFP news agency , Israeli fighter jets fired missiles at two targets in the border area . At the same time, the traditional Israeli army and Hezbollah artillery - battles .
• Nairobi / Kenya : In a referendum in Kenya , a majority of 58 percent rejects the proposed constitutional amendment.

Tuesday November 22, 2005

• Berlin / Germany : The members of the Bundestag elect Angela Merkel ( CDU ) as Chancellor with 397 out of 614 possible votes . The vote for Merkel is 51 votes below the number of mandate holders belonging to the governing parties CDU, CSU and SPD . When asked, Merkel, the first woman in the office of the German head of government, chose the designation “Chancellor” as the title.

Wednesday November 23, 2005

• Berlin / Germany : Chancellor Angela Merkel begins important inaugural visits the day after she is sworn in: first in Paris , then in Brussels . France's head of state Jacques Chirac had a very friendly relationship with Merkel's predecessor Gerhard Schröder , which is why Merkel stressed that nothing would change in German-French cooperation . A few days ago she said that if Warsaw was offended by the " Paris-Berlin axis " promoted by Schröder and the closest contacts to Russian President Vladimir Putin, she would think little .
• Vienna / Austria : MPs of the opposition ask in the Foreign Ministry about the truthfulness of reports that the CIA would regularly fly over Austria. The aforementioned case of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft in early 2003 turned out to be a civilian flight after interceptors had ascended. Any unresolved flights will be investigated by the airspace surveillance , and so far the states concerned have prevented further cases. The purchase of new interceptors is politically controversial in Austria.

Friday November 25, 2005

Extreme weather effects in northwest Germany

• Lower Saxony , North Rhine-Westphalia / Germany : Snowfall in Emsland , Münsterland and Tecklenburger Land with a circumference of 30 to 50 centimeters within 24 hours leads to chaotic conditions in some areas , especially in the city of Ochtrup , etc. a. a total of 250,000 people are affected by power failure.

Saturday November 26, 2005

• Vienna / Austria : At the 6th award of the Nestroy Theater Prize , Sunnyi Melles are recognized as best actress and Michael Maertens and Nicholas Ofczarek as best actors.
• Florencia / Colombia : The Marxist guerrilla movement Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army detonates a bomb in a hospital where a meeting between administrative officials and regional hospital managers is taking place. One person is killed and 38 others are injured.

Sunday November 27, 2005

• Libreville / Gabon : Omar Bongo , who has headed Gabonese politics since 1967 , is re-elected President .

Monday November 28, 2005

• Barcelona / Spain : The joint conference of the states of North Africa with the EU (35 states in total) advises on immigration policy and measures against Islamist terrorism .
• Harbin / China : the 6-day interrupted drinking water supply to the metropolis is resumed. Previously, there had been panic purchases of bottled water in the entire surrounding area, reinforced by the fear of further hidden chemical accidents in the industrial region . Benzene contamination of the Songhua River occurred on November 13 near Jilin, 380 km upstream, when explosions broke out in a petrochemical plant . Russian WWF experts speak of an ecological catastrophe and massive fish deaths in the Amur , into which the Songua flows, and later in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk .
• Montreal / Canada : The 11th UN Climate Change Conference will be opened in the Canadian metropolis. It is scheduled for December 9th and expects a total of 10,000 participants. This conference of all contracting states of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is the first after the late entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol on February 15 and has two main goals: to prevent global warming from rising by more than 2 ° C by 2100 and therefore to take action after the expiry of To advise “Kyoto” in 2012 and to win over the USA for accession, which is the state with the largest contribution to air pollution .
• North Rhine-Westphalia / Germany : There are again power outages in some municipalities in the Münsterland , around 90,000 people are affected. For parts of Ochtrup , the fourth night has already started without electricity. However, the repair of the many high-voltage lines damaged by freezing rain and storms is in full swing.

Tuesday November 29, 2005

• Berlin / Germany : On the occasion of Germany's new Foreign Minister Steinmeier 's trip to the United States , Chancellor Merkel addresses a climate improvement for the United States, but an essentially continuous foreign policy , while the government in Washington, DC hopes for clearer signals from Germany.
• Canary Islands / Spain : For the first time in recorded history, a tropical cyclone has demonstrably reached the Canary Islands with " Delta " . In 2005, almost 100% more hurricanes were registered than the long-term average, which is why the letter "A" was used for the second time in mid-November in the course of the usual alphabetical naming and the corresponding storm was christened "Alfa".

Wednesday November 30, 2005

• Annapolis / United States : The White House publishes a study on the politico-military strategy in Iraq . In a speech given to the Annapolis Naval Academy , President Bush summarized that in the current crisis there would be no withdrawal from the country without a victory for democracy . Bush demands patience from the public and believes that a specific timetable for troop reduction is premature. Reports from Iraq confirmed that the establishment of the country's internal security forces is proceeding rapidly. In the 38-page document “Our National Strategy…” it translates as follows: Victory will be achieved with determination, but not until a certain point in time. The plan is based on three basic lines - the political line, the security policy and the economic aid . It is important to defeat the terrorists and neutralize the uprising. One must help Iraq to strengthen its economy and increase international aid for the country.
• Baghdad / Iraq : The Iraqi government considers the withdrawal of up to 30,000 US soldiers to be possible in early 2006 . Their tasks could be taken over by Iraqi security forces, said the government's national security advisor , Mowaffak al-Rubaie . A withdrawal of all US soldiers is not conceivable before the end of 2007. 159,000 American soldiers are currently deployed, 21,000 more than in the summer. So far, 2,110 US soldiers have been killed in Iraq. The US Defense Department wants the troops standings after the elections from December 15 to take back to the level of the summer.
• Jerusalem / Israel : Former Prime Minister Shimon Peres announced his resignation from Die Arbeit , in which he lost his office as party leader to Amir Peretz on November 9 , and came out as a supporter of his former rival Ariel Sharon on November 24 founded forward party , which positions itself in the middle of the political spectrum. In various surveys, Vorwärts is already doing better than the electoral alliance, the union , which the majority rejects Israeli peace diplomacy. Peres is convinced that Sharon seeks an understanding between Israelis and Palestinians .
• United States : The military strategists Andrew Terrill and Conrad Crane (Historical Institute of the Armed Forces) speak out against the submission of a withdrawal schedule despite criticism of the actions of the USA in Iraq, because it means more dangers than good for Iraq.

See also

• Nekrolog November 2005 for deaths this month
• List of annually recurring memorial and action days in November
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in November

Web links

Czech Republic in November 2005

Commons : November 2005  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Article Published November 2005  - In The News

Individual evidence

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