November 2012 Current Affairs - International Events

November 2012
International Events
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bronze bust of Noor Inayat Khan, hailed as a heroine of the World War II for her role in a dangerous secret mission against the Nazis,
Memorial Trust raised 60,000 from public for the memorial.The bust, sculpted by London-based artist Karen Newman, will be situated in the northeast corner of Gordon Square, near the house where Noor lived. She spent her off-days
reading on a bench in the square. Noor Inayat Khan was a secret agent in the Second World War. She was the first to woman be radio
into occupied France and did crucial work was for the
Allies.She
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in the Dachau Concentration Camp. Her last word was Liberte . She was posthumously awarded the George Cross by Britain and France awarded
Khan and an American mother, Ora Ray Baker, Noor was a descendant of Tipu Sultan, the eighteenth century ruler of Mysore. The family lived in
occupation, Noor returned to London to volunteer for the war effort. She joined the Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and was eventually recruited
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grant visa to promote people-to-
people contacts and
enhance trade and business activities between the two neighbouring countries. According to the new visa regime, more concessions have been given to the businessmen from both the countries granting them multiple entry one year visa with the exemption from the Police Report and with increasing the number of cities. The development is part of Pakistan and
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carried charges in October 2012 that a former BBC star, the late Jimmy Savile, was one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders and had sexually abused hundreds of children over four decades.Thereafter the BBC's
politician sexually abused children. The programme did not identify the politician in the report, but he was widely named on the Internet as former Tory party treasurer Alistair McAlpine.Tim Davie, who is currently the BBC's director of audio and music, is going to take over as acting director general.
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a three year term starting from January 2013. Nepal along with seventeen other countries was elected as board members. Nepal was elected with 131 votes out of the total 194 in the UN
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people in two provinces as it causes heavy
physical damages.One hundred people were missing, and hundreds were
injured.
President Otto Perez Molina said that 40
people died in the province of San Marcos and eight more were killed in
neighbouring province of Quetzaltenango.
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million-pound assistance to the country for the remaining three years, citing the booming Asian giant's rising stature on the world stage. "India is successfully developing and our own bilateral up with 21st century recognise world," Justine India's
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all aid to India in 2015. British aid to India was cut last year but still it committed the UK to spending 280 million pounds annually until 2015.
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India's low-cost tablet Aakash, Suneet Singh
Tuli and Massachusettes Institute of Technology professor Anant Agarwal have been named on 10
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ash-strapped Britain on 9 November, announced it will stop all its aid to India in 2015 and make further cuts in the annual 280
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IA director David Petraeus resigned as head of the leading US spy agency on 9 November, saying he had engaged in an extramarital
extremely poor judgment.'Obama, who was re-elected to a second term said in a statement he
resignation, praising him for his work at the Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) and for leading US troops in Iraq and the is
Afghanistan.The woman former
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arack Obama on 7 Nov has won a historic election to get a second term as US President, overcoming a stiff challenge from Republican
over the future. A votary of strong ties with India, 51-year-old Obama, the first black American to occupy the White House, scored what turned out to be a comfortable victory over Romney after a bitter and costly campaign running over months with his rivals attacking him on issues of
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Romney in a college of 535 votes. Notwithstanding doubts over his ability to
Depression of 1930s, voters appeared to have chosen status quo leaving Democrats with control of the Senate and Republicans the House of Representatives. What tilted the race in Obama's favour was the massive swing he got from the victory in California, which has the largest number of 55 electoral votes, and Ohio with 18. Obama also won in the states of Colorado, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Michigan. Obama, born to a white American mother and Kenya-born Harvard-educated economist father on August 4,1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii, becomes only the second Democrat after Bill Clinton to secure two White House
10 will be observed as Malala Day the world over, honouring her
struggle for the cause of girls education. He said that this would build on the momentum of UNs Education First initiative. The Day is being observed across the globe to show solidarity with the brave daughter of Pakistan who stood up for education of girls and refused to bow down despite the threats of militants. While in Pakistan, UNs Special Envoy on Education and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown met President Asif Ali Zardari and asked to lead governmental changes in policy to ensure girls education in Pakistan.
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of the Small Development Projects in Afghanistan. The outlay for
the third Phase of the Small Developmental Projects is US$ 100 Million (approximately Rs.500 crore). The Small Development Projects directly impact local communities and development, environmental empower of provide and
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Vocational Institutions. The expenditure on the projects will be met from
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November 2012. France has become the first major nation to recognise newly formed Syrian National Coalition of opposition and
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Revolutionaries as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. Arab League has granted Observer
nation Gulf Co-operation Council has already recognized it. Britain and European Union have
stopped short of recognizing the bloc. Britain stated that it wants
Syria. Meanwhile, Syrian opposition activist groups reported that 31 people were killed across Syria as airstrikes continued along the country's northeastern border with Turkey.
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serving as director of any publicly-traded firm for his terrible breach of trust by indulging in insider trading.Weeks after the former Goldman Sachs
District Judge Jed Rakoff, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said he should be ordered to pay a maximum civil penalty of $15 million, which would be thrice the $5million in gains and losses avoided as a result of his illegal conduct.Gupta (63), who is set to begin his prison term in January, has filed an appeal against his conviction in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
of Parliamenton 16 November, paving the way for elections. Elections
were set for December 16. If Mr.Nodas centre-left party loses, the
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likely pre-empts moves by more conservative challengers, including former Tokyo Mayor Shintaro Ishihara, to build up electoral support.Campaigning is set to begin Dec. 4, but leaders were already switching into campaign
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that could consolidate domestic opinion behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but also risk worsening ties with Egypt and a wider conflict in
a top Hamas commander, with more strikes on 13 November, after the Gaza-based group counterattacked with rockets. The Israelis claim their bombardment has eliminated Hamas long-range rockets in sizeable numbers. Hamas has already announced that the Israeli attack amounted to a declaration of war. Yoav Mordechai, the Israeli military spokesman has asserted that the operation, named Pillar of Defencewould continue and grow.
member Politburo standing committee. The 59 years old, Xi Jinping is the son of the former politburo and vice premier. Xis selection as the new leader, the Communist Party of China has marked the end of Hu Jintaos
the President till March 2013, the month when the Chinese Parliament would meet. Li Keqiang, the second-ranked member of the Politburo standing committee would take over as Premier in March 2013 after Wen Jiabao will step down from his
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the region. Israel has followed up the assassination of Ahmed al-Jabari,
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ensure efficiency in policy and decision making by the top body of the nation. The other five members of the elite circle are Zhang Dejiang as the
Secretary, Liu Yunshan as a senior propaganda official, Wang Qishan as the Vice Premier in charge of economic affairs and Zhang Gaoli as the Party Secretary in Tianjin.The once in a five year meet of the partys National Congress concluded at the Great Hall of the People on 14th November 2012. A total of 2300 delegates casted there secret ballots to choose the members of the 18th Central Committee, the 376 member policy making body.
Northern Ireland for their annual summit in June 2013, British Minister David Cameron said. Lough the main venue scheduled this will be
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more years of contentious debate. Following opponents a day-long mustered debate enough
support to deny the necessary two-thirds majority among lay
members of the General Synod. The defeat was a setback for Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, who retires at the end of December, and his successor, Bishop Justin Welby. Passage of legislation to allow women to serve as bishops must be approved by two-thirds majorities in the synod's three houses: bishops, priests and laity. The vote was 132 in favor and 74
Zealand and the United States already have women serving as bishops. Southern Africa joined that group on Sunday with the consecration of Ellinah Wamukoya as the Anglican bishop of Swaziland.
rebel group named M 23, believed to be backed by Rwanda seized the strategic, provincial capital of Goma in eastern Congo on 20
November. It is the home to more than 1 million people as well as an international airport in a development that threatens to spark a new, regional war. Explosions and machine-gun fire rocked the lakeside city
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as the M23 rebels pushed forward on two fronts: toward the city center and along the road that leads to Bukavu, another provincial capital which lies to
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the south. Thousands of residents fled across the border to Rwanda, the
much-smaller nation to the east which
recruits to the M23 rebels. The senior commanders of the rebel group, who the United Nations
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crimes including recruiting child soldiers, summary executions and rape, paraded around the town in all-terrain vehicles, waving to the thousands of people who left their barricaded houses to see them. The United Nations peacekeepers, known by their acronym MONUSCO, were not helping the government
rebels.On 21 november, the Security Council will review the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Congo. A resolution adopted by the Security Council asks the U.N. secretary-general possible
redeployment, and possible "additional force multipliers."The resolution approved unanimously by the council imposes targeted sanctions, including a travel ban and assets freeze on the M23 rebel group leadership. But it did
and Uganda. The council demanded that the M23 rebels withdraw from Goma, disarm and disband, and insisted on the restoration of the crumbing
resolution also calls for an immediate end to external support to the rebels and asks the U.N. secretary-general to report on the allegations of foreign
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ierra Leone's incumbent president, Ernest Bai Koroma easily won re-election and was sworn in, by the
58.7 percent of the vote. His closest rival, opposition leader and retired Brig Gen Julius Maada Bio, came in second with 37.4 percent, according to results, by the National Electoral
Commission chairwoman Christiana Thorpe. The 59-year-old president was first elected in 2007.
Assembly draft resolution which called for abolishing the death
penalty, saying every nation had the "sovereign right" to determine its own legal system. The nonresolution moratorium on with a view to death penalty.It
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with social and humanitarian issues, after 110 nations voted in favour of the resolution while 36 abstained. The draft resolution expresses its "deep concern about the continued application of the death penalty and calls on states to establish a moratorium on executions, with a view to abolishing
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the practice". It calls on nations to progressively restrict the death penalty's use and not impose capital punishment for offences committed by persons under age 18 or pregnant women. Speaking in explanation of the vote, India
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said each state had the sovereign right to determine its own legal system.Among the nations voting against the resolution were Bangladesh,
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Regional Responses to Malaria Control and Addressing Resistance to Antimalarial
Development Initiative.
The summit also made progress in economic integration, announcing the launch of negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian
Australia, and India will participate in the RCEP.Led by ASEAN, the RCEP is expected to create the worlds largest economic bloc, with a GDP of USD 19 trillion and population of 3.4 billion.
Separately, Koreas Trade Minister Park Tae-ho, Chinas Minister of Commerce Chen Deming, and Japans Minister of Economy Yukio Edano held a trade ministers meeting. Korea, China, and Japan officially declared the opening of negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) among the three countries on the same day. President Lee Myung-bak said that North Koreas nuclear issue was a priority assignment to resolve.
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China, Korea, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Libya, Pakistan and the US.
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to comply with international treaties and work with the international
community to improve human rights in North Korea. On the same day at
sovereignty dispute over the South China Sea to make progress with a code of conduct (COC) supporting the argument of ASEAN.
1st ASEAN Summit has concluded with leaders approving the Human Rights Declaration, the first ever important political
document on human rights cooperation in the region. At the summit on 19 November, in Phnom Penh, they also adopted an action plan to
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launch the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation. Earlier, ASEAN a closed meeting to
ASEAN leaders agreed on the need to further expand cooperation with its partners while bringing to full play its key role in promoting regional cooperation frameworks and progress, such as ASEAN + 1, ASEAN + 3, the East Asia Summit (EAS), the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), and the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM+). On this occasion, ASEAN leaders officially launched the negotiations on the Regional
Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). They affirmed continued support for the Myanmar governments national reconciliation and the
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peaceful and non-nuclear Korean peninsula. On the East Sea issue, the leaders affirmed the importance of peace, stability and maritime security. They also laid stress on the peaceful resolution of disputes, and the
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observance of international law and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of
the Sea, including the full implementation of the Declaration on the
the East Sea and the early formation of the Code of Conducts of Parties in the East Sea.
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discussions were held on identifying the future course of action on the ASEAN-India relations. Success was achieved in deciding the convening of theASEAN-India Commemorative Summit scheduled to be held on 20 December to 21 December 2012 at New Delhi, India, the summit will be held to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the ASEAN-India. During the 10th Anniversary of the ASEAN-India summit, 20th Anniversary of ASEAN-India Dialogue Relations was also observed at the same venue in
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Phnom Penh. The ASEAN-India Summit for the first time was observed in the year 2002 at Phnom Penh. In the sidelines of this summit- The meeting between Heads of Space Agencies, Ministerial level meetings in tourism,
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environment, agriculture, new and renewable energy were also held. It is also decided that, the sending of the Sail Training Ship Sudarshini on an
which discussions were held included 2nd ASEAN-India Business Fair and Business Conclave, and the ASEAN-India Car Rally, these would be held during the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit.Decisions were also made on implementing the Plan of Action and the ASEAN-India Partnership for Progress, Peace and shared Prosperity (2010-2015). The trade between the ASEAN and India grew by 43 percent in the year 2011 that amounted to 74.9 billion US dollar that also surpassed the bilateral trade target of 70 billion US dollar. Target for achieving the 100 billion US dollar mark by 2015 for ASEAN-India trade was also identified and set at
working ahead to settle down thing and conclude the ASEAN-India Trade in Services and Investment Agreements before the ASEAN-India
Commemorative Summit in December in India. Before this the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh in April 2012 welcomed the adoption of the Declaration on Drug- Free ASEAN 2015 by the ASEAN Leaders at the 20th ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh. India made a commitment of
with the wider East Asia Region for establishment of the linkage between the ASEAN and South Asia.
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2016 and would act as the Gateway for North East India to South-East Asia. Both the parties, ASEAN and India looked forward for better connectivity of the region via highways and made decisions on early
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construction of new India-Myanmar-Laos-Viet Nam-Cambodia Highway. It also decided about the extension of the India-Myanmar-Thailand
Tenth ASEAN-India Summit agreed to work together to respond to the issues of climate change and its impact. They also agreed on
strengthening steps to respond to natural disasters that has always remained a issue of concern in the region, like fllod and earth quakes.
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billion tonnes of carbon
into the atmosphere since the industrial era began in 1750, the WMO said. WMO secretary-general Michel Jarraud said the billions of tonnes of extra carbon dioxide would stay in the atmosphere for centuries, causing the planet to warm further. Levels of methane, another long-lived greenhouse
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volumes of a third gas, nitrous oxide, quickened in 2011. It has a long-term
he volcano named Mount Tongariro of New Zealand on 21 November, eruptedwith a brief blast of dark ash that causes canceling
its second in less than four months, sent a dark ash plume about 3 kilometers (1.9 miles)
into the sky. Authorities issued a no-fly alert above the mountain located in the sparsely populated area of central
Island.Tongariro National Park has three active volcanoes, is a popular tourist destination and
was the backdrop for many scenes in "The Lord of the Rings" movies. Civil defense authorities were advising people in the region to remain indoors and shut their windows to avoid the ash, which
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cientists named a new species of colourful, freshwater fish after President of US, Barack Obama. The reason for this is, due to his global vision of environmental protection and conservation. Actually the Scientists discovered five new species of freshwater fish called darters in river drainages in eastern North America. The main one named after US President Barak Obama and the remaining species named after Teddy Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton (Presicents) and Al Gore (vice president )
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settlement near Mumbai airport. Boo's book beat Anne Applebaum's "Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1945-1956", Robert A. Caro's "The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 4" , Domingo Martinez's "The Boy Kings of Texas" and Anthony Shadid's "House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East". The National Book Award for Fiction was given to novelist Louise Erdrich's "The Round House".

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