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November 24, 2003

Radical Muslim cleric Sheik Nasser Al-Fahd denounces Suicide Bombing s, declaring on Saudi TV that "blowing oneself up in such operations is not martyrdom; it is suicide". Some consider this a response to pressure from the Saudi government to recant previous statements. {Link without Title}

The High Court in Glasgow rules that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi , convicted in 1999 of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie , Scotland , in December 1988, must serve a minimum of 27 years before being considered for parole. {Link without Title}

A former ANC intelligence operative appears in a South Africa n Court on Monday in connection with an alleged plot to oust or kill President Thabo Mbeki . [http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=24016

A fire in a student hostel at Moscow 's Patrice Lumumba University kills 32 and injures about 150 people, all foreign students. The fire services blame an electrical fault. {Link without Title}

Pro-democracy groups gain in the Hong Kong District Council elections, as the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance For The Betterment Of Hong Kong loses 21 of its previous 83 elected seats. DAB chairman Tsang Yok-sing offers to resign. {Link without Title}

Canada, Northwest Territories General Election, 2003 : Voters in the NWT choose their new government, electing the independent members of their consensus legislature. The premier will be chosen by and among the members on Dec. 10. {Link without Title}

In the United States , telephone Number Portability as mandated by the FCC takes effect in major metropolitan areas. {Link without Title}

HIV-positive Muppet Kami is appointed UN mascot for juvenile AIDS victims. {Link without Title}