About 57.5% of the voters in a national referendum approved the ban on the construction of new mosque minarets on Muslim places of worship.

Barnes and Noble’s popular e-reader Nook is expected to his stores in limited numbers by December 7. This is a week delay versus original schedule of November 30. The bookstore was planning to deliver the units first to customers who pre-ordered the unit before November 20.

Rwanda became the 54th member of the Commonwealth of Nations ending a six-year bid. It is the second nation to join the organization that was not a former member of the British Empire after Mozambique joined November 1995.

Former guerilla rebel leader Jose Mujica won the presidential run-off elections of Uruguay, Sunday, November 29, defeating former president Luis Alberto Lacalle who conceded in the name of national unity.

Susan Boyle’s album I Dreamed a Dream went straight to the number one spot while breaking UK charts records along the way.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored four minutes after coming on as a substitute to lead Barca to a 1-0 victory over Madrid in the biggest club game on the planet.

The Bryan Brothers (Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan ) was crowned as ATP World Tour Doubles Champions for the fifth time in seven years after defeating Max Mirnyi and Andy Ram 7-6(5), 6-3.

ATP World Tour No. 7 Nikolay Davydenko capped a dream week Sunday as he defeated Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-4 to capture the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals trophy at The O2 in south-east London.

Didier Drogba scored twice to lift the Blues to a convincing 3-0 victory against Arsenal in the late Premier League clash at the Emirates Stadium.

The Reds defeated Everton 2-0 with Joseph Yobo’s own-goal and Dirk Kuyt’s late strike settling the 212th Merseyside derby.