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Laurent Gbagbo The United Kingdom expels all Iranian diplomats from the country following an attack on its embassy in Tehran. Côte d'Ivoire, is extradited to the International Criminal Court to face trial over his role in the Second Ivorian Civil War . The Moroccan parliamentary election . Gary Speed, manager of the Welsh national football team, is found dead in his home. NASA launches the Mars Science Laboratory on a multi-year mission to assess the habitability of Mars. The incumbent New Zealand general election . Recent deaths – More current events...
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National Day in the United Arab Emirates (1971 ) 1805 – War of the Third Coalition: French forces led by Napoleon decisively defeated a Russo-Austrian army commanded by Czar Alexander I in the Battle of Austerlitz. 1943 – World War II: The Luftwaffe conducted a surprise air raid on Allied ships in Bari, Italy, sinking 18 ships and releasing one ship's secret cargo of mustard gas. 1988 – Benazir Bhutto (pictured) became Prime Minister of Pakistan, the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state. 1999 – The United Kingdom devolved political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive. 2001 – Less than two months after disclosing accounting violations, Texas-based energy firm Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, evaporating nearly $11 billion in shareholder wealth. More anniversaries: December 1 – December 2 – December 3 List of historical anniversaries It is now December 2, 2011 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Kukenan is a tepui in Venezuela's Canaima National Park, near Guyana and Brazil. It is 2,680 m (8,790 ft) high and about 3 km (2 mi) long. The 674 m (2,211 ft) high Kukenan Falls

is located at the south end of the tepui.

Photo: Paolo Costa Baldi.

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