Tuesday November 01, 2005

Holidays

• Also see November 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• United States - Start of National Novel Writing Month
• World Vegan Day
• Mexico - The Day of the Dead
• Ireland - Samhain the traditional first day of Winter
• Algeria - National day
• Catholicism - Holy Day of Obligation, All Saints Day. Holiday in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, The Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Guatemala.
• Roman festivals - last day of the Ludi Victoriae Sullanae.
• Antigua and Barbuda - Independence Day (from Britain, 1981)
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Events

• United States Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and his fellow Democrats force a closed session of the Senate over the Lewis Libby indictment.
• The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall arrive in the United States for a state visit, their first overseas tour since their marriage.
• Champion race horse Best Mate suffers a heart attack and dies while racing in front of a live television audience.
• U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and his fellow Democrats force a closed session of the Senate over misinformed intelligence that led to the Iraq War and evasion of a congressional inquiry. (CNN)
• The discovery of two additional moons of Pluto is announced. (CNN)
• The United Nations Security Council passed a UNSC resolution (S/RES/1636 (2005)) which requests urgently and forcefully Syria's full cooperation with the investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. (CCTV)
• Zanzibar's ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party and President Amani Abeid Karume are declared re-elected in a disputed election. Police clashed with opposition supporters, leaving 9 dead. (Reuters) (Reuters) (Guardian)
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: 2 Palestinian militants, one from Hamas, the other the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, have died following an Israeli air-strike in the Gaza Strip. (BBC)
• North Korea and South Korea will field a united Olympics team at the next Olympic Games. (BBC)
• Justice John Gomery releases the first part of the Gomery Commission report on corruption in the Liberal Party of Canada and the sponsorship scandal. Gomery exonerates current Prime Minister Paul Martin but criticizes former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and his Quebec lieutenant Alfonso Gagliano. (CBC)
• 2005 Paris riots continue for the fifth consecutive night, sparked by the death of two Muslim youths from electric shock. The controversy caused by police firing tear gas into a mosque on Sunday night led to families of the dead youths pulling out of a meeting with the French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy. (news24)
• Makybe Diva wins the Melbourne Cup thoroughbred horse race for the third consecutive year, becoming the first horse ever to do so. Shortly thereafter, owner Tony Santic announces her retirement from racing. (Herald Sun)
• U.S. prosecutors admitted that Omar al-Faruq was one of four detainees to escape from the Bagram base, Afghanistan, in July, all of whom are still on the run. (BBC)
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Famous Deaths

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Kanye West - Gold Digger
2. Chris Brown - Run It!
3. The Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
4. Nickelback - Photograph
5. Young Jeezy - Soul Survivor

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Westlife - You Raise Me Up
2. Madonna - Hung Up
3. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
4. Sugababes - Push The Button
5. The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes - Don't Cha

Top #5 R&B songs

1. Young Jeezy Featuring Akon - Soul Survivor
2. Chris Brown - Run It!
3. Twista Featuring Trey Songz - Girl Tonite
4. Kanye West Featuring Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
5. Keyshia Cole - I Should Have Cheated

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Shakira Featuring Alejandro Sanz - La Tortura
2. Wisin & Yandel - Rakata
3. RBD - Solo Quedate En Silencio
4. Aventura Featuring Don Omar - Ella Y Yo
5. Baby Ranks, Daddy Yankee, Tonny Tun Tun, Wisin & Yandel & Hector - Mayor Que Yo

Bundesliga 2

• Dresden - Erzgebirge Aue : 1 - 4

Championship

• Brighton - Wolves : 1 - 1
• Burnley - Millwall : 2 - 1
• Crewe - Leeds : 1 - 0
• Norwich - Cardiff : 1 - 0
• Preston - Hull : 3 - 0

League 1

• Hartlepool - Gillingham : 3 - 1

Stock Markets

• ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $56.09
• Apple AAPL: opens at $57.24
• Microsoft MSFT: opens at $25.61
• General Electric GE: opens at $33.97
• International Business Machines IBM: opens at $81.85

Exchange Rates

• 1 USD = 116.72 JPY
• 1 USD = 1.175 CAD
• 1 USD = 1.2879 CHF
• 1 EUR = 140.29 JPY
• 1 EUR = 0.6807 GBP