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November 10, 2006 (Friday)
- The Los Angeles Police Department holds an investigation after a video showing police officers beating a man is posted on YouTube. (BBC News)
- NASA's Cassini spacecraft records a hurricane-like storm on the south pole of Saturn which is the first time such an event has been observed on another planet. (ABC News Australia)
- Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party, and activist Mark Collett are cleared of inciting racial hatred after a retrial at Leeds Crown Court. (BBC News)
- Russia announces that it has reached an agreement with the United States over the terms of Russian entry to the World Trade Organization with a formal deal to be signed next week. (AP via International Herald Tribune)
- Scientists at Rice University discover that using nanotechnology tiny particles of iron oxide, when placed under a strong magnet, bind with arsenic, a potentially important benefit for countries plagued with arsenic contamination of groundwater. (BBC News)
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