Portal:Current events/2006 November 11

Current events of November 11, 2006 (2006-11-11) (Saturday)

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports that the Government of Turkmenistan has discovered a "super giant" field of 7 trillion cubic meters of natural-gas. President Saparmurat Niyazov wants companies from Germany and Russia to build a pipeline to carry the gas. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) The United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the Beit Hanoun November 2006 incident and urging for a quick withdrawal of Israel from the Gaza Strip. (BBC News) (Reuters) Aung San Suu Kyi meets with a United Nations official Ibrahim Gambari in Myanmar. It is the first time she has left her house since having been placed under house arrest in May. (AP via NASDAQ) Somali Civil War (2006-present): Somalia's Islamist leaders say they have agreed a deal to avoid hostilities with the transitional government. (BBC) Somalia's transitional government has dismissed as irrelevant an agreement struck between a group of Somali MPs and the Union of Islamic Courts. (BBC) Iraq insurgency: At least eight people are killed and thirty injured in two simultaneous explosions in Baghdad, Iraq. (BBC News) A 5.9 earthquake occurs near Papua New Guinea. No damage is reported. (The Star Online) Five Shiite ministers resign from the cabinet of Lebanon, complicating the situation for Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. (CNN)