Bahrain police move to block access to mosque

10 November CNN

Clashes broke out in Bahrain as authorities tried to prevent thousands of opposition supporters converging on a mosque to hear a sermon from the kingdom's most prominent Shia cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim. The unrest followed a series of bombings in the capital, Manama, earlier this week, and the government's decision to strip some 31 opposition activists of their citizenship.

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Nelson Mandela banknotes issued in South Africa

10 November BBC

The first banknotes featuring the face of Nelson Mandela have gone into circulation in South Africa. They are the first South African notes to bear the image of a black person - they replace notes with wild animals and rural and industrial scenes.

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