December 1, 2010 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Two villagers and 10 Naxalites are killed in firing between a group of criminals and Maoists in Munger, India. (PTI)
Arts and culture
- Two walls collapse at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii during heavy rains, the third such incident in a month. (BBC) (Adnkronos)
Business and economy
- Russia’s Gazprom and Ukraine’s Naftogaz Ukrainy have agreed to set up two joint ventures, the Russian company said after a meeting between its CEO Alexei Miller and Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Yuri Boiko. (ITAR)[permanent dead link]
Disasters
- 21 people are killed and several states declare a state of emergency after torrential rains in Venezuela. (El Universal)[permanent dead link] (AP)
- At the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Google unveils an initiative using Google Earth allowing users to view the effects of deforestation, impacts and videos on global warming and climate change. (Voice of America) (Reuters) (The Huffington Post)
International relations
- Kazakhstan hosts its first OSCE summit in a decade. (AFP) (euronews)
- South Korea states that it will hold more military exercises with the United States following the conclusion of a naval exercise in the Yellow Sea, despite threats from North Korea. (BBC)
- Israel reveals plans to build 625 more homes in the Palestinian territories, close to East Jerusalem. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Japanese police arrest a leading mob figure, Tadashi Irie, third-in-command of the Yamaguchi-gumi. (UPI)
- Iran executes Shahla Jahed by hanging eight years after she was sentenced to death for murdering the wife of footballer Nasser Mohammadkhani, her husband under a temporary marriage. (BBC)
- A US army medic receives 9 months in jail after pleading guilty to shooting two unarmed Afghan farmers for "no apparent reason". (Reuters)
Politics
- The opposition Muslim Brotherhood and Wafd parties withdraw from the Egyptian parliamentary election, after the ruling National Democratic Party wins 97% of the seats in the first round last weekend. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
- The results of the Afghan parliamentary election are finally announced. (New York Times)
- Rob Ford becomes mayor of Toronto. (Toronto Sun) (CBC)
Sport
- The Football Association will investigate crowd violence at an English League Cup quarter-final fixture between Birmingham City FC and local rivals Aston Villa FC. (The Telegraph)