Portal:Current events/2005 November 13
November 13, 2005 (Sunday)
- Stephen Harper, Gilles Duceppe and Jack Layton, leaders of Canada's three parliamentary opposition parties, issue a joint ultimatum calling for the next Canadian federal election to be moved forward to early February from the April date favoured by the government. They threaten to pass a motion of non-confidence and force an election at Christmas if Paul Martin's Liberal government does not accede to the move in writing. Martin rejects their proposal. (CBC)
- British doctors are to continue checks on Andrew Stimpson, a Scotsman whose body has reportedly cured itself of HIV infection. (BBC) (Reuters)
- Iraq War: Iraqi president Jalal Talabani tells British television that Iraqi troops could replace UK forces by the close of 2006. (BBC)
- 2005 Ethiopian police massacres: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi defends his government after Ethiopian police violently put down opposition demonstrations and opposition MPs are jailed on treason charges. (BBC)
- 7.5 million voters in Burkina Faso participate in the presidential elections of 2005. (BBC)
- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asks Nepalese King Gyanendra to take steps towards restoring democratic rule. (BBC)
- Thailand confirms its fourth case of H5N1 bird flu in 2005. The victim is an 18 month-old boy living in Bangkok. (The Nation)[permanent dead link] (Bangkok Post)
- 2005 Jilin chemical plant explosions: Explosion in a factory of the state-owned Jilin Petrochemical Company in Jilin City, China. The industrial accident results in 100 tons of toxic benzene and nitrobenzene contaminating a river and posing a major health problem downstream, which is covered-up by the Chinese government. NYT I, NYT II, Guardian
- 2005 Amman bombings: Following coordinated bombings in Amman on November 9, Jordanian police arrest a woman said to be the wife of a suicide attacker. (BBC)
- The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation agrees at its summit to admit Afghanistan as a member, and to accord China and Japan observer status.
- WWE superstar Eddie Guerrero died in his hotel room in Minneapolis, Minnesota, due to heart failure at age 38.