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*<!--Dec 1--> [[President of Gabon|President]] [[Omar Bongo]], in office since [[1967]], wins the '''[[Gabonese presidential election, 2005|Gabonese presidential election]]''' for another 7-year term. |
*<!--Dec 1--> [[President of Gabon|President]] [[Omar Bongo]], in office since [[1967]], wins the '''[[Gabonese presidential election, 2005|Gabonese presidential election]]''' for another 7-year term. |
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*<!--Dec 1--> [[Australia]]n citizen '''[[Van Tuong Nguyen]]''', convicted of [[Illegal drug trade|drug trafficking]] in [[Singapore]], is [[capital punishment in Singapore|executed]] by [[hanging]], despite pleas of [[Pardon|clemency]] from his government. |
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*<!--Dec 1--> The [[Constitutional Court of South Africa|Constitutional Court]] finds restrictions on '''[[same-sex marriage in South Africa]]''' [[unconstitutional]]. |
*<!--Dec 1--> The [[Constitutional Court of South Africa|Constitutional Court]] finds restrictions on '''[[same-sex marriage in South Africa]]''' [[unconstitutional]]. |
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*<!--Nov 30--> Former [[Prime Minister of Israel|Israeli Prime Minister]] '''[[Shimon Peres]]''' leaves the [[Labour Party (Israel)|Labour Party]] to support current PM [[Ariel Sharon]]. |
*<!--Nov 30--> Former [[Prime Minister of Israel|Israeli Prime Minister]] '''[[Shimon Peres]]''' leaves the [[Labour Party (Israel)|Labour Party]] to support current PM [[Ariel Sharon]]. |
Revision as of 02:34, 2 December 2005
- Gabonese presidential electionfor another 7-year term.
- Australian citizen Van Tuong Nguyen, convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore, is executed by hanging, despite pleas of clemency from his government.
- The unconstitutional.
- Former Labour Party to support current PM Ariel Sharon.
- Surgeons in France carry out the first human face transplant.
- Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meet to discuss a successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol in Montreal.