A three-day
general strike begins in
Nepal. According to Outlook India, "the capital
Kathmandu virtually came to a standstill ... Maoists have called the strike to oppose the King's appointment of
Lokendra Bahadur Chand... as prime minister after dismissing the government of
Sher Bahadur Deuba."[1] Also, 30
Maoistguerrillas were killed in a renewed assault on the
revolutionary forces the country's government is currently fighting against. See also
politics of Nepal.
The
Burrell affair takes a turn for the worse as further scandalous rumours begin to circulate about the
British royal family and their servants.
Grigori Perelman uploads an article to
arxiv.org with the proof the Poincaré conjecture: Perelman, Grisha (November 11, 2002). "The entropy formula for the Ricci flow and its geometric applications".