Current events of 14 November 2008 (2008-11-14) (Friday) edit history watch

At a summit in Nice, France, the European Union and Russia agree to refrain from deploying missiles or missile defense systems at least before mid-2009, when a pan-European security framework is discussed between Russia, the United States and the EU. (Xinhua) General Ann E. Dunwoody becomes the first female four-star general in the history of the United States Army. (BBC News) An Italian court convicts 16 and acquits 13 police officers of beating protesters at the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa.(The Telegraph) The Eurozone enters its first recession as the combined gross domestic product of the 15 members dropped 0.2% in the second and third quarters of 2008. (Sky News) India's Chandrayaan-1 unmanned lunar exploration mission successfully lands the Moon Impact Probe on the south pole of the Moon. (The Times of India) The Montecito Tea Fire in California burns 2,500 acres and damages more than 100 homes and the campus of Westmont College. (Los Angeles Times) An investigation concludes that wake turbulence is the most likely cause of the November 4, 2008, airplane crash in Mexico City that killed, among others, Secretary of the Interior Juan Camilo Mouriño and José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos. (Reuters)