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Top Headlines from November 3, 2006
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Tags: November 3, 2006, Headlines, news, current events
A quick look at the newspapers from November 3, 2006 reveals these are the major events that took place on that day.
| | U.S. evangelical minister Ted Haggard is accused of methamphetamine use and engaging in homosexual sex acts. |
| | U.S. Rep. Bob Ney of Ohio resigns from Congress after having pleaded guilty to charges relating to Jack Abramoff. |
| | The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board states that a stiff wind blew the plane carrying New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle off-course and into an apartment building in New York City. |
| | The World Meteorological Organisation reports that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2005 and are still increasing. |
| | A draft European Commission report raises new doubts about Turkey's bid to join the European Union. |
| | Trevor Berbick's nephew Harold Berbick is charged with his uncle's murder along with another man in Jamaica. |
| | Jackson Pollock’s No. 5, 1948 becomes the world's most expensive work of art, after entertainment mogul David Geffen sells the work for US$140 million. |
| | Wu Shu-chen, the wife of the President of the Republic of China, is indicted on corruption charges by Taiwan prosecutors. President Chen Shui-bian is not indicted due to presidential immunity, but prosecutors say he will be charged once he is no longer president. |
| | The New York Times reports that a website created at the request of United States Representative Peter Hoekstra and Senator Pat Roberts was found to contain detailed information which could help nuclear-capable states produce nuclear weapons. The website was shut down on November 2 following questioning by The New York Times and protests by International Atomic Energy Agency officials. |
| | Australia dispatches two warships, HMAS Kanimbla and HMAS Newcastle, to Fiji to evacuate Australian citizens in the event of a coup. |
| | The Conference of Rulers elects Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu to be the future King of Malaysia from 13 December 2006 onwards. |
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