Portal:Current events/2012 November 9

Summary

Armed conflicts and attacks

Disasters and accidents
  • A train carrying liquid fuel crashes and bursts into flames in northern Burma, killing at least 25 people and injuring up to 62 others. (BBC)
  • An Algerian C-295 military transport plane with six people on board crashes near Avignon in southern France. Rescuers locate the remains of four of the passengers, while two others remain missing. (Reuters) (Trust.org)[permanent dead link]

Law and crime
  • North Wales child abuse scandal and fallout of the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal:
    • The UK broadcaster ITV faces an investigation by the media regulator Ofcom after television presenter Phillip Schofield handed Prime Minister David Cameron an internet-generated list of potential suspects in a child abuse case involving a care home during a live interview on Thursday, and asked him to comment. (The Independent) (BBC)
    • An individual included on the list issues a lengthy statement denying all involvement in the abuse case, dating from the 1980s. (The Daily Telegraph) (Statement)
    • The BBC issues an apology after a key witness in a Newsnight report aired on 2 November wrongly identified a senior politician as a pedophile. (The Daily Telegraph)

Politics and elections

Religion