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Top Headlines from November 7, 2006  
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A quick look at the newspapers from November 7, 2006 reveals these are the major events that took place on that day.

	Daniel Ortega is elected President of Nicaragua in the 2006 general election, after rival candidate Eduardo Montealegre concedes defeat. (Reuters)
	After 48 rounds of voting, Panama is elected to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
	José Montilla becomes the new President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, renewing the left-of-centre tripartite pact between his PSC, the pro-independence ERC and the leftist ICV-EUiA alliance after the election held on 2006-11-01.
	The World Trade Organization invites Vietnam to become the WTO
	John Bolton, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, claims that United States diplomat Josette Shiner has been selected to head the United Nations World Food Programme.
	Dhiren Barot of London is convicted of conspiracy to murder for developing al-Qaeda plots to kill thousands of people in the United Kingdom and United States in the 2004 Financial buildings plot.
	United States general elections, 2006: Voters go to the polls today in the United States.
	The Democrats regain control of the United States House of Representatives. Tony Snow, the White House Press Secretary, concedes that "Democrats will have control of the House".
	While Democrats have gained at least 5 seats in the Senate, the majority is still unclear. In order to take control, Democrats would need to take the seat in Virginia; they are leading in that state.
	Marie Steichen wins the election as county commissioner in Jerauld County, South Dakota, beating a Republican rival by 100 votes to 64, two months after she has died of cancer.
	Trial of Saddam Hussein:
	The trial of Saddam Hussein for alleged genocide of Kurds during the Anfal campaign resumes today.
	A deadly tornado kills nine and injures twelve in Saroma, Hokkaido, Japan.
	Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki states that he expects Hussein to be executed by the end of the year following conviction in his first trial, which Hussein is appealing.
	Operation Autumn Clouds: The Israeli Defense Forces began to pull its troops out of the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanun, Palestinian officials said. Fifty-three Palestinians, including 16 civilians, and an IDF soldier have been killed since the operation began on October 31.

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