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Two Car Bomb s explode outside Synagogue s in Istanbul , Turkey , at about 0700 UTC (1000 local time), killing at least 20 people and injuring another 250. A radical Islamist group, the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front , claims responsibility. {Link without Title}

In Louisiana , Conservative Democrat Kathleen Blanco defeats Republican Bobby Jindal to become the first woman Governor elected from that state. Jindal is the son of immigrants from India . {Link without Title}

One hundred thousand people of various organisations demonstrate in Paris on occasion of the last day of the European Social Forum {Link without Title} .

Occupation Of Iraq :

--- Iraq's Governing Council announces that sovereignty is to be restored to Iraq in June 2004, with full elections to be held in 2005. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3272721.stm

--- Two U.S. Black Hawk Helicopters crash near Mosul in northern Iraq. Reports suggest one helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and it then collided with the other helicopter. Latest reports suggest 17 dead and 5 injured. [http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/11/15/sprj.irq.crash/index.html [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3273895.stm

--- One U.S. soldier is killed and 2 are injured in a roadside blast in northern Baghdad . {Link without Title}

Former United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Robin Cook expresses puzzlement as to why George W. Bush should have been invited for a state visit to the UK. Opinion polls suggest that 60% of the British people think President Bush is a threat to world peace. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3828725

Police in Hebei province, People's Republic Of China , arrest a suspected serial killer alleged to have killed at least 65 people. {Link without Title}

In Saint-Nazaire , France , 15 people, including 2 children, die and 32 are injured or missing when a gangway falls off the '' Queen Mary 2 '' cruise ship, which has just finished construction. [http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20031115101109990001

defeats New Zealand by 22 points to 10 to win a place in next weekend's final. {Link without Title}