| Current events of December 1, 2009 (2009-December-01) (Tuesday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | | - A court in Argentina blocks Latin America's first gay marriage, overturning an earlier ruling, saying the Supreme Court should decide on its constitutionality. (Buenos Aires Herald) (AFP) (BBC)
- On St. Andrew's Day, the Scottish Government concludes the National Conversation into Scotland's constitutional future by publishing a white paper for their proposed referendum on independence. (The Independent) (Scotland.gov.uk)
- Officials in Equatorial Guinea announce that incumbent President Teodoro Obiang Nguema won the presidential election with 96.7% of the vote, as the opposition claims irregularities. (AFP) (Press TV)
- An explosive device goes off under a train travelling from Tyumen, Russia, to Baku in Azerbaijan, in the northern Caucasus republic of Dagestan. (RIA Novosti) (Azeri Press Agency) (Times of India)
- Three Spanish aid workers are kidnapped in northern Mauritania, after they became separated from an aid convoy. (CNN) (The Guardian)
- Former rebel leader Agathon Rwasa, of the National Liberation Forces in Burundi, is selected as a candidate in next year's presidential election. (Reuters) (BBC)
- A new railway station opens in Workington, providing a link across the River Derwent after all but one of the bridges in the town were put out of action by floods. (BBC)
- John Demjanjuk goes on trial in Munich accused of war crimes relating to the killing of 27,000 Jews in the Holocaust. (Deutsche Welle) (BBC) (Reuters) (Sydney Morning Herald)
- The Large Hadron Collider sets a new world record for particle accelerations. (The Times) (BBC) (The Daily Telegraph)
- Police in Seattle report that the suspect, Maurice Clemmons, shot in the murder of four police officers in Parkland, Washington, is on the run. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
- Argonne National Laboratory announces that nanodiscs, made from an iron-nickel alloy and subjected to a magnetic field, destroy 90 percent of cancer cells in tests. (AFP) (Scientific American)
- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announces she will run for Congress. (ABS-CBN News)
- A study in the journal Pediatrics indicates that if a child is diagnosed with autism early, intervention can raise IQ levels while improving language skills and behavior. (CNN)
| | | - A Russian high-speed passenger train traveling on the Moscow–Saint Petersburg Railway derails near Uglovka in a suspected terrorist attack, killing 26 people and injuring more than 100. (RIA Novosti) (BBC)
- Tiger Woods, the world's number one golfer, is hospitalised after sustaining injuries in a car crash in Orlando, Florida, USA. (The Daily Telegraph) (BBC) (The Irish Times)
- The World Health Organization reports a one-week global increase of more than 1,000 deaths (85% increase in Europe) from the pandemic H1N1/09 virus. (BBC) (World Health Organization)
- A ferry carrying over 1000 people partially sinks in the Tetulia river in southern Bangladesh, trapping an unknown number of people. (BBC) (IOL) (The Daily Star)
- The International Atomic Energy Agency passes a resolution 25-3 condemning Iran for developing a secret uranium enrichment site. (BBC) (Xinhua) (Press TV) (RIA Novosti)
- Vanuatu's Prime Minister Edward Natapei loses his parliamentary seat after he missed three consecutive sittings without submitting an explanation. (AFP) (BBC) (Xinhua)
- Voters in Namibia vote in a general election. (The Namibian) (Al Jazeera) (AFP)
- At the Khmer Rouge war crimes trial, Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, pleads to be released. (Phnom Penh Post) (AP)
- Great Britain and Ireland floods:
- Multibillion-dollar debt problems of Emirati investment company Dubai World, including the possibility of default, upset markets worldwide. (MarketWatch)
- The China National Space Administration sets a launch date of October 2010 for Chang'e 2, its second lunar orbiter. (AP)
- The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2009 opens with the following issues on its agenda: discussion of climate change ahead of the December United Nations Climate Change Conference; Rwanda's admission into the Commonwealth of Nations; and Sri Lanka's bid to host the 2011 meeting. (BBC)
- South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission acknowledges the government's execution of 5,000 civilians accused of sympathizing with North Korea during the early months of the Korean War. (Los Angeles Times)
- The Ugandan parliament passes a controversial land bill, criticised by the Buganda kingdom. (Daily Monitor) (BBC) (New Vision)
- Franz Josef Jung resigns as Germany's Minister of Labour and Social Affairs following allegations of covering up the Kunduz airstrike, during which he served as Minister of Defence. (Deutsche Welle) (BBC)
- President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso nominates a new team of commissioners for his second five-year term. (BBC) (The New York Times)
- Space Shuttle Atlantis returns to Earth following the completion of its STS-129 mission. (Reuters)
- A mass shooting at a Thanksgiving party in Jupiter, Florida, United States kills four people and critically wounds a fifth. (CNN)
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