Portal:Current events/2011 December 4
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 45,000 citizens of
Business and economy
- Australia approves exports of uranium to India. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- Transparency International releases the 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index, declaring North Korea and Somalia the most corrupt nations in the world, and New Zealand the least corrupt. (CNN.com) (Transparency.org)
- Voters in parliamentary election with early results showing Positive Slovenia with an early lead. (Reuters) (AP via Newsday)
- Voters in Kukuriku coalition set to win a majority. (BBC)
- Russian election:
- Voters in Russia go to the polls for an election for the State Duma. (LA Times via Seattle Times) (New York Times)
- Independent exit polls suggest the governing DDoS attacks targeting blogs. (Reuters)
- Salafi Al-Nour Party in second place with 24% of the vote. (AFP)
- The President of Peru Ollanta Humala declares a state of emergency in the Cajamarca region to stop anti-mining protests. (Bloomberg via Business Week)
Sport
- Former Brazilian food poisoning. (The Telegraph)
- American Chevron World Challenge, his first tournament win in over two years. (AP via NPR)
- In lawn tennis, Spain wins the 2011 Davis Cup. (AFP via The Australian)