[edit] 14 November 2005 (Monday)

• Germany: Conferences of the CDU, CSU and SPD approve a coalition deal that will see Angela Merkel become Chancellor on November 22. (BBC)
• Mexico and Venezuela have withdrawn their ambassadors amid rising tension between the two countries. (Reuters)
• Uzbekistan:
  • Petrol shortages in Uzbekistan continue to worsen. Critics attribute the shortages to the Uzbek government's monopoly of the petrol industry. (Reuters)
  • The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan found 15 men guilty of inciting the May 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan in the city of Andijan. The defendants allege that they were tortured while incarcerated. (Reuters)
• Somalia: 8 men were sentenced to death today for the murder of British Aid workers Richard and Enid Eyeington in Somaliland in October 2003. SOS (BBC)
• Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye, the main challenger to President Yoweri Museveni in the first multi-party elections since 1986, is arrested by the police. This has sparked off riots. He is accused of having links to the rebel groups People's Redemption Army and Lord's Resistance Army. (BBC) (Reuters)
• The United States government issues warning after receiving credible information that a terrorist threat may exist against official U.S. government facilities in Guangzhou, China. (IHT)
• Knesset Member Omri Sharon, the son of the Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon, struck a deal with prosecutors that would see him plead guilty to a series of charges in connection with illegal fundraising during Ariel Sharon’s 1999 primaries campaign. (Ynetnews)