Portal:Current_events/2011_November_7 Knowpia

November 7, 2011 (Monday)

Arts and culture

The Swedish Enforcement Administration (Kronofogden) announces the public auction of seven paintings originally believed to be painted by German leader Adolf Hitler.(TT via Dagens Nyheter) (Swedish)

Business and economy

Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, recuses himself from that agency's investigation into the bankruptcy of MF Global. (Wall Street Journal)
Barnes & Noble, a company best known for its chain of book stores, enters the tablet computer market with the Nook Tablet, an extension of its line of Nook eReaders. (Reuters)

Disasters

Flooding continues in Italy with seven people having died in the past week and thousands of people ordered to evacuate in Turin as the Po River continues to rise. (BBC)

Law and crime

Conrad Murray is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in relation to the death of American entertainer Michael Jackson. (USA Today)
Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal stands trial in Paris over four bomb attacks in the early 1980s that killed 11 people. (BBC)

Politics

The opposition National Democratic Party, led by Orlando Smith, defeats incumbent Premier Ralph T. O'Neal's Virgin Islands Party, winning 9 seats of the 13 seats in the 2011 British Virgin Islands general election. (Virgin Islands News)
An inquiry is launched following claims identity checks on travellers entering the United Kingdom from outside Europe were scaled back during the summer. Home Secretary Theresa May tells the House of Commons she does not know how many entered the country without proper checks. (BBC)
Voters in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan go to the polls with the Saskatchewan Party led by Premier Brad Wall winning in a landslide. (CBC News)

Sports

Former world champion boxer Joe Frazier dies of liver cancer. (ESPN) (ABC News America)

Summary