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Edward VII (1841–1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1901 until his death. Before his accession to the throne, he held the title of Prince of Wales for longer than anyone else in British history. During the long reign of his mother, Queen Victoria, he was largely excluded from political power and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite. The Edwardian era, which covered Edward's reign and was named after him, coincided with the start of a new century and heralded significant changes in technology and society, including powered flight and the rise of socialism. Edward played a role in the modernisation of the British Home Fleet, the reform of the Army Medical Services, and the reorganisation of the British army after the Second Boer War. He fostered good relations between Britain and other European countries, but his relationship with his nephew, Wilhelm II of Germany, was poor. Edward presciently suspected that Wilhelm would precipitate a war, and four years after Edward's death, World War I brought an end to the Edwardian way of life. (more...) Recently featured: Governor of Kentucky – Battle of Tippecanoe – Rova of Antananarivo Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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Russian Phobos sample return mission Fobos-Grunt and Chinese Mars orbiter Yinghuo-1 are launched from Baikonur. American boxer Joe Frazier (pictured) dies at the age of 67. Russia commences commercial natural gas deliveries to Europe via the Nord Stream, the world's longest submerged pipeline. More than one hundred people are killed by floods and landslides in Colombia. Kenyan runner Geoffrey Mutai wins the New York City Marathon with a course record time. Alfonso Cano, leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, is killed by government forces. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
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November 9: Inventors' Day in Austria, Germany and Switzerland; Independence Day in Cambodia (1953); Muhammad Iqbal's Day in Pakistan 1867 – Tokugawa Yoshinobu (pictured), the last shogun of Japan, tendered his resignation to the Emperor Meiji. 1938 – Kristallnacht began as SA stormtroopers and civilians destroyed and ransacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in Germany and Austria, resulting in at least 90 deaths and the deportation of over 25,000 others to concentration camps. 1989 – East Germany announced the opening of the inner German border and the Berlin Wall, marking the symbolic end of the Cold War, impending collapse of the Warsaw Pact, and beginning of the end of Soviet communism. 1998 – With the passing of the Human Rights Act, the United Kingdom abolished capital punishment for all criminal offences. 2005 – Suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing a total of about 60 people and injuring at least 115 others. More anniversaries: November 8 – November 9 – November 10 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now November 9, 2011 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Red-billed Oxpeckers (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) feeding on ticks found on this impala (Aepyceros melampus), an example of mutualism, which is defined as the way two organisms biologically interact where each individual derives a fitness benefit (i.e., increased reproductive output). Here, the birds gain food while the impala becomes free of parasites.

Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim

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