Portal:Current events/2009 November 20

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• Somalia announces it is to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, leaving the United States the only country not to ratify it. (BBC)
• Colombia accuses Venezuelan troops of blowing up two border bridges between the two countries. (Colombia Reports) (El Universal) (Al Jazeera)
• At least five people are killed, including the gunman, and a further eight injured in a shooting in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. (Saipan Tribune) (BBC) (AP)
• 35 people are injured after Egyptian riot police clash with protesters at a demonstration outside the Algerian embassy in Cairo. (BBC) (Ennahar)
• FIFA World Cup controversy:
  • FIFA rule out a replay of the controversial football playoff for the 2010 FIFA World Cup between France and Republic of Ireland. (RTÉ) (Sky News) (CNN)
  • French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde calls for the match to be replayed because the French team cheated their way to victory. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  • Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin calls for a replay, saying the match was a "stain" on the entire World Cup. (The Irish Times)
  • Thierry Henry apologises for the incident on his Twitter account but also blames referee Martin Hansson. (The Daily Telegraph)
  • Thierry Henry says a replay would be "the fairest solution". (BBC) (The Times)
  • Former Irish player Roy Keane gives a controversial televised interview attacking his former teammates and saying the Football Association of Ireland deserved the loss. (The New York Times) (RTÉ) (The Guardian)
• The Irish Defence Forces are deployed to assist civil authorities after widespread flooding hits the west and south of Ireland after the heaviest rainfall in over thirty years falls in one night. The worst affected areas are Cork and Galway, where there is widespread disruption to public transport and services and several major roads are closed. (RTÉ) (The Irish Times)
• Cumbria, England: A high volume of people, including one policeman, are declared missing, more than 200 people are rescued in Cockermouth and a bridge collapses in Workington during floods. (BBC)

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