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10 November 2005 (Thursday)

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf wins the Liberian Presidential Runoff , defeating George Weah and becoming the first-ever female president on the continent of Africa . (CNN) (Indystar)

Investigations of the 17th Street Canal , whose failure flooded much of New Orleans, Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Katrina , show that metal pilings were 7 feet shallower than engineering specifications. (Times-Picayune)

The United States House Of Representatives drops a provision in the Deficit Reduction Bill that would permit the drilling of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge , for fear of losing moderate Republicans when the bill comes to a final vote. (SFGate) (Seattle-PI)

A Boeing 777 -200LR Worldliner jet aircraft breaks the record for the longest non-stop passenger airline flight. The 20,000-kilometer (12,500-mile) flight from Hong Kong to London lasted 23 hours. (Boeing) (BBC)

Insurgent s, suspected members of the Taliban , kill seven police in an Ambush in Kandahar . Two civilians from Uruzgan were also found Decapitated . (BBC)

Suicide Bomb attack on a Restaurant in Baghdad . (BBC)

In Addis Ababa the capital city of Ethiopia , 7 members of the police have been killed and 250 sustained injuries from attacks by rioters using guns, hand grenades and stones. (allAfrica)