Replaying Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The November 23, 2011 was a Wednesday under the star sign of . It was the 326 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.

If you were born on this day, you are 14 years old. Your last birthday was on the Sunday, November 23, 2025, 221 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, November 23, 2026, in 143 days. You have lived for 5,335 days, or about 128,045 hours, or about 7,682,714 minutes, or about 460,962,840 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Miley Cyrus (actor, film actor, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, television actor, voice actor, born November 23, 1992)
  • Vincent Cassel (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, born November 23, 1966)
  • Billy the Kid (cowboy, gambler, ranch hand, serial killer, born November 23, 1859)
  • Naga Chaitanya (actor, born November 23, 1986)
  • WILLIREX (serial killer, trade unionist, born November 23, 1945)
  • Nicolás Maduro (bus driver, diplomat, politician, trade unionist, born November 23, 1962)
  • Chuck Schumer (politician, born November 23, 1950)
  • Alfie Haaland (association football player, born November 23, 1972)
  • Franco Nero (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, model, musician, screenwriter, born November 23, 1941)
  • Minami Tanaka (announcer, tarento, born November 23, 1986)
  • Kelly Brook (film actor, model, television actor, television presenter, born November 23, 1979)
  • Destin Daniel Cretton (film director, film editor, film producer, screenwriter, born November 23, 1978)
  • Ludovico Einaudi (composer, film score composer, pianist, recording artist, born November 23, 1955)
  • Kunie Tanaka (actor, born November 23, 1932)
  • Sathya Sai Baba (religious leader, born November 23, 1926)
  • Franklin Pierce (lawyer, politician, statesperson, born November 23, 1804)
  • Michelle Gomez (film actor, stage actor, born November 23, 1966)
  • Dominique Dunne (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born November 23, 1959)
  • Kayvan Novak (actor, comedian, film actor, television actor, born November 23, 1978)
  • Boris Karloff (actor, film actor, stage actor, born November 23, 1887)
  • Snooki (actor, model, reality television participant, writer, born November 23, 1987)
  • Oded Fehr (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born November 23, 1970)
  • James Maddison (association football player, born November 23, 1996)
  • Don Frye (actor, boxer, film actor, judoka, kickboxer, mixed martial arts fighter, professional wrestler, television actor, born November 23, 1965)
  • Chris Hardwick (comedian, film actor, film director, film producer, podcaster, screenwriter, singer, stand-up comedian, television actor, television presenter, television producer, voice actor, born November 23, 1971)
  • Robin Roberts (basketball player, journalist, news presenter, sports commentator, born November 23, 1960)
  • Ali Shariati (essayist, philosopher, poet, political activist, sociologist, translator, writer, born November 23, 1933)
  • Lucas Grabeel (actor, dancer, film actor, musician, recording artist, singer, songwriter, television actor, voice actor, born November 23, 1984)
  • Shin Sung-rok (actor, film actor, television actor, born November 23, 1982)
  • Ross Brawn (designer, engineer, born November 23, 1954)
  • Keith Thurman (boxer, born November 23, 1988)
  • Katsuhiko Watabiki (actor, seiyū, born November 23, 1945)
  • Frank Caprio (judge, lawyer, teacher, television presenter, born November 23, 1936)
  • Harpo Marx (film actor, mime artist, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born November 23, 1888)
  • Maxwell Caulfield (actor, film actor, film producer, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born November 23, 1959)
  • Salli Richardson (actor, film actor, television actor, television director, voice actor, born November 23, 1967)
  • Asafa Powell (athletics competitor, sprinter, born November 23, 1982)
  • Francis Cabrel (guitarist, recording artist, singer-songwriter, born November 23, 1953)
  • John Schnatter (entrepreneur, born November 23, 1961)
  • Bruce Hornsby (jazz musician, pianist, singer, singer-songwriter, born November 23, 1954)
  • Justin Turner (baseball player, born November 23, 1984)
  • Zoë Ball (actor, disc jockey, film producer, journalist, radio personality, television presenter, born November 23, 1970)
  • Reiner Calmund (association football manager, association football player, television presenter, born November 23, 1948)
  • Vishnu Manchu (actor, born November 23, 1981)
  • Veronica Avluv (actor, model, pornographic actor, born November 23, 1972)
  • Gastón Dalmau (gay, singer, television actor, born November 23, 1983)
  • Willian José (association football player, born November 23, 1991)
  • Erika Buenfil (stage actor, television actor, television producer, born November 23, 1963)
  • Michael Gough (film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born November 23, 1916)
  • John Rabe (entrepreneur, born November 23, 1882)
  • Harshal Patel (cricketer, born November 23, 1990)
  • Sajid Khan (film director, presenter, screenwriter, television actor, born November 23, 1970)
  • Byron Moreno (association football referee, born November 23, 1969)
  • Mari Törőcsik (film actor, stage actor, born November 23, 1935)
  • Denis Sassou-Nguesso (politician, born November 23, 1943)
  • Paul Celan (essayist, lyricist, poet, translator, born November 23, 1920)
  • Michael Wayne (actor, film actor, film producer, born November 23, 1934)
  • Cüneyt Çakır (association football referee, born November 23, 1976)
  • Sean Tuohy (basketball player, businessperson, born November 23, 1959)
  • Daniel Snyder (film producer, real estate broker, born November 23, 1964)
  • Krzysztof Penderecki (composer, conductor, music pedagogue, musicologist, pedagogue, violinist, born November 23, 1933)
  • Masamune Shirow (animator, comics artist, mangaka, born November 23, 1961)
  • Manuel de Falla (composer, pianist, poet, born November 23, 1876)
  • John I of France (sovereign, born November 15, 1316)
  • Sue Nicholls (actor, born November 23, 1943)
  • Frank Worthington (association football player, autobiographer, born November 23, 1948)
  • Kurupt (actor, musician, rapper, singer, born November 23, 1972)
  • Klement Gottwald (politician, born November 23, 1896)
  • Mao Anqing (translator, writer, born November 23, 1923)
  • Diana Quick (actor, film actor, stage actor, born November 23, 1946)
  • Joseph Diaz (boxer, born November 23, 1992)
  • Henry Moseley (chemist, engineer, physicist, born November 23, 1887)
  • Christian Cueva (association football player, born November 23, 1991)
  • Teresa Mannino (actor, radio personality, stage actor, television presenter, born November 23, 1970)
  • Gwynne Shotwell (aerospace engineer, businessperson, entrepreneur, president, born November 23, 1963)
  • Yukiyo Toake (actor, singer, born November 23, 1942)
  • Bradley Steven Perry (actor, film actor, television actor, born November 23, 1998)
  • Mariele Millowitsch (actor, veterinarian, born November 23, 1955)
  • Neil Breen (architect, film director, born November 23, 1958)
  • Steve Alford (basketball coach, basketball player, born November 23, 1964)
  • Raza Murad (actor, born November 23, 1950)
  • Aleksey Ivanov (prosaist, science fiction writer, screenwriter, writer, born November 23, 1969)
  • Julien Bam (YouTuber, online streamer, video blogger, born November 23, 1988)
  • Karl Gebhardt (concentration camp guard, politician, surgeon, university teacher, born November 23, 1897)
  • Peter Douglas (actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, born November 23, 1955)
  • Ernest King (military officer, born November 23, 1878)
  • Alexandra Rosenfeld (beauty pageant contestant, model, born November 23, 1986)
  • Karan Patel (actor, film actor, television actor, born November 23, 1983)
  • Jonathan Sadowski (film actor, film producer, television actor, born November 23, 1979)
  • Daniele Orsato (association football referee, born November 23, 1975)
  • Aliyah (professional wrestler, born November 23, 1994)
  • Emma Daumas (singer, born November 23, 1983)
  • Jean-Pierre Foucault (radio personality, television presenter, born November 23, 1947)
  • Lia Marie Johnson (YouTuber, actor, television actor, television producer, born November 23, 1996)
  • Paulie Malignaggi (boxer, born November 23, 1980)
  • Bobby Rush (insurance broker, politician, priest, born November 23, 1946)
  • Juventud Guerrera (professional wrestler, born November 23, 1974)
  • Sharon Marley (actor, musician, singer, born November 23, 1964)
  • Bruce Vilanch (film actor, screenwriter, stage actor, writer, born November 23, 1948)
  • Hiromi Iwasaki (actor, child actor, tarento, born November 23, 1976)
  • John Dehner (actor, film actor, pianist, television actor, born November 23, 1915)
  • Andreas Schmidt (film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor, theatrical director, voice actor, born November 23, 1963)
  • Jose Clemente Orozco (drawer, painter, born November 23, 1883)
  • Run Run Shaw (actor, entrepreneur, film director, film producer, inventor, philanthropist, television producer, born November 23, 1907)
  • Anatoly Lunacharsky (actor, diplomat, journalist, literary critic, philosopher, playwright, politician, writer, born November 23, 1875)
  • Nihat Kahveci (association football player, born November 23, 1979)
  • Nikolay Nosov (children's writer, playwright, science fiction writer, writer, born November 23, 1908)
  • Carlinhos Brown (composer, guitarist, percussionist, record producer, singer, born November 23, 1962)
  • Robin Padilla (actor, comedian, film director, screenwriter, television actor, born November 23, 1969)
  • Hiroko Hatano (actor, fashion model, model, born November 23, 1975)
  • Vo Van Kiet (military personnel, politician, born November 23, 1922)
  • Brennan Brown (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born November 23, 1968)
  • Anil Ravipudi (director, film director, screenwriter, born November 23, 1982)
  • Steve Landesberg (actor, film actor, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born November 23, 1936)
  • Sait Faik Abasıyanık (novelist, poet, screenwriter, short story writer, writer, born November 23, 1906)
  • Joe Sumner (bassist, guitarist, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born November 23, 1976)
  • Viguen (actor, composer, guitarist, recording artist, singer, born November 23, 1929)
  • Amruta Khanvilkar (actor, born November 23, 1984)
  • Antonio Orozco (businessperson, composer, singer, songwriter, born November 23, 1972)
  • François-Noël Babeuf (archivist, journalist, politician, writer, born November 23, 1760)
  • Deborah Dingell (advocate, analyst, business executive, politician, born November 23, 1953)
  • Rick Bayless (chef, restaurateur, born November 23, 1953)
  • Chris Adler (drummer, musician, born November 23, 1972)
  • Page Kennedy (actor, film actor, rapper, television actor, born November 23, 1976)
  • Manuel Fraga Iribarne (diplomat, full professor, politician, writer, born November 23, 1922)
  • Dino Toppmöller (association football manager, association football player, born November 23, 1980)
  • Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (politician, born November 23, 1886)
  • Robert Towne (actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, born November 23, 1934)
  • Lothar Rendulic (author, jurist, military personnel, politician, born November 23, 1887)
  • Rafi Eitan (businessperson, carpenter, politician, sculptor, spy, born November 23, 1926)
  • Bobby Cummines (business executive, hitman, born November 23, 1951)
  • Ronald Schill (judge, jurist, lawyer, politician, reality television participant, born November 23, 1958)
  • Kieran O'Brien (actor, film actor, television actor, born November 23, 1973)
  • Andrew Goodman (politician, born November 23, 1943)
  • Geeta Dutt (actor, film actor, singer, born November 23, 1930)
  • Aaron Norris (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, karateka, screenwriter, born November 23, 1951)
  • Fred Buscaglione (actor, jazz musician, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, born November 23, 1921)
  • David Rappaport (actor, born November 23, 1951)
  • Peter Lindbergh (fashion photographer, film director, photographer, born November 23, 1944)
  • Ernst Johann von Biron (politician, born November 23, 1690)
  • Nicholas V (Catholic priest, cleric, librarian, born November 15, 1397)
  • Keiju Kobayashi (actor, seiyū, born November 23, 1923)
  • Susan Anspach (acting coach, actor, film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor, writer, born November 23, 1942)
  • Mamie Till (teacher, writer, born November 23, 1921)
  • Julián Román (actor, television actor, television presenter, born November 23, 1977)
  • Pantelis Pantelidis (composer, singer, songwriter, born November 23, 1983)
  • James Toback (actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, born November 23, 1944)
  • Gabriel Landeskog (ice hockey player, born November 23, 1992)
  • Gary Kirsten (cricketer, born November 23, 1967)
  • Yuri Ishida (actor, singer, born November 23, 1951)

23rd of November 2011 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on November 23, 2011

News Corp. Inquiry Starts in Australia

Date: 24 November 2011

By MATT SIEGEL

Matt SIEGEL

Full Article

News Quiz | Nov. 23, 2011

Date: 23 November 2011

By TIFFANY FRASIER

Tiffany FRASIER

See what you know about the news of the day.

Full Article

News Quiz | Nov. 23, 2011

Date: 23 November 2011

By TIFFANY FRASIER

Tiffany FRASIER

See what you know about the news of the day.

Full Article

James Murdoch Has Quit British Newspaper Boards

Date: 24 November 2011

By JOHN F. BURNS and RAVI SOMAIYA

John BURNS

James Murdoch steps down as director of two subsidiaries that publish News Corporation-owned newspapers in Great Britain; Murdoch has been widely seen as the heir apparent to the News Corp global media business owned by his father Rupert, and his resignation is the first publicly acknowledged adjustment in his newspaper responsibilities since the company was enveloped in the British tabloid phone hacking scandal.

Full Article

Let Journalists Work, City Police Are Ordered

Date: 24 November 2011

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W Kelly issues internal message ordering officers not to interfere unreasonably with journalists' access during news media coverage; message comes amid complaints about treatment of journalists covering Occupy Wall Street protests.

Full Article

James Murdoch Has Stepped Down From Newspaper Boards

Date: 23 November 2011

By AMY CHOZICK

Amy CHOZICK

His decision to step down in September from the board of News Group Newspapers, the subsidiary responsible for The Sun and The Times of London, as well as the now-closed The News of the World, was announced in regulatory filings on Wednesday.

Full Article

South Africa Passes Law to Restrict Reporting of Government Secrets

Date: 23 November 2011

By JOHN ELIGON

John ELIGON

South African Parliament overwhelmingly passes a contentious bill that will severely restrict the ability of journalists to report any information deemed to be a government secret; critics say the legislation is a shield meant to protect corrupt officials from press scrutiny.

Full Article

A Ritual Pardon, With a Dig Thrown In

Date: 24 November 2011

By HELENE COOPER

Helene COOPER

Caucus column; President Obama, at yearly White House Thanksgiving ceremony where he pardons two turkeys, makes swipe at his press corps by comparing the journalists to the birds. (M)

Full Article

A Sullen March Toward Winter

Date: 23 November 2011

By MICHAEL POWELL

Michael POWELL

A buoyant autumn, in which protests became almost a carnival and New Yorkers gloried in cacophonous complaint, has turned testy.

Full Article

Iranian Paper Protests Raid by Judiciary

Date: 23 November 2011

By RICK GLADSTONE

Rick GLADSTONE

Tensions between Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his rivals in the conservative religious hierarchy play out through apparent protest at main government-run newspaper, which publishes photographs of skirmish at its headquarters during arrest of top media official Ali Akbar Javanfekr in lieu of front-page headlines.

Full Article

News Corp. Inquiry Starts in Australia

Date: 24 November 2011

By MATT SIEGEL

Matt SIEGEL

Full Article

News Quiz | Nov. 23, 2011

Date: 23 November 2011

By TIFFANY FRASIER

Tiffany FRASIER

See what you know about the news of the day.

Full Article

News Quiz | Nov. 23, 2011

Date: 23 November 2011

By TIFFANY FRASIER

Tiffany FRASIER

See what you know about the news of the day.

Full Article

James Murdoch Has Quit British Newspaper Boards

Date: 24 November 2011

By JOHN F. BURNS and RAVI SOMAIYA

John BURNS

James Murdoch steps down as director of two subsidiaries that publish News Corporation-owned newspapers in Great Britain; Murdoch has been widely seen as the heir apparent to the News Corp global media business owned by his father Rupert, and his resignation is the first publicly acknowledged adjustment in his newspaper responsibilities since the company was enveloped in the British tabloid phone hacking scandal.

Full Article

Let Journalists Work, City Police Are Ordered

Date: 24 November 2011

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W Kelly issues internal message ordering officers not to interfere unreasonably with journalists' access during news media coverage; message comes amid complaints about treatment of journalists covering Occupy Wall Street protests.

Full Article

James Murdoch Has Stepped Down From Newspaper Boards

Date: 23 November 2011

By AMY CHOZICK

Amy CHOZICK

His decision to step down in September from the board of News Group Newspapers, the subsidiary responsible for The Sun and The Times of London, as well as the now-closed The News of the World, was announced in regulatory filings on Wednesday.

Full Article

South Africa Passes Law to Restrict Reporting of Government Secrets

Date: 23 November 2011

By JOHN ELIGON

John ELIGON

South African Parliament overwhelmingly passes a contentious bill that will severely restrict the ability of journalists to report any information deemed to be a government secret; critics say the legislation is a shield meant to protect corrupt officials from press scrutiny.

Full Article

A Ritual Pardon, With a Dig Thrown In

Date: 24 November 2011

By HELENE COOPER

Helene COOPER

Caucus column; President Obama, at yearly White House Thanksgiving ceremony where he pardons two turkeys, makes swipe at his press corps by comparing the journalists to the birds. (M)

Full Article

A Sullen March Toward Winter

Date: 23 November 2011

By MICHAEL POWELL

Michael POWELL

A buoyant autumn, in which protests became almost a carnival and New Yorkers gloried in cacophonous complaint, has turned testy.

Full Article

Iranian Paper Protests Raid by Judiciary

Date: 23 November 2011

By RICK GLADSTONE

Rick GLADSTONE

Tensions between Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his rivals in the conservative religious hierarchy play out through apparent protest at main government-run newspaper, which publishes photographs of skirmish at its headquarters during arrest of top media official Ali Akbar Javanfekr in lieu of front-page headlines.

Full Article

News Corp. Inquiry Starts in Australia

Date: 24 November 2011

By MATT SIEGEL

Matt SIEGEL

Full Article

News Quiz | Nov. 23, 2011

Date: 23 November 2011

By TIFFANY FRASIER

Tiffany FRASIER

See what you know about the news of the day.

Full Article

News Quiz | Nov. 23, 2011

Date: 23 November 2011

By TIFFANY FRASIER

Tiffany FRASIER

See what you know about the news of the day.

Full Article

James Murdoch Has Quit British Newspaper Boards

Date: 24 November 2011

By JOHN F. BURNS and RAVI SOMAIYA

John BURNS

James Murdoch steps down as director of two subsidiaries that publish News Corporation-owned newspapers in Great Britain; Murdoch has been widely seen as the heir apparent to the News Corp global media business owned by his father Rupert, and his resignation is the first publicly acknowledged adjustment in his newspaper responsibilities since the company was enveloped in the British tabloid phone hacking scandal.

Full Article

Let Journalists Work, City Police Are Ordered

Date: 24 November 2011

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W Kelly issues internal message ordering officers not to interfere unreasonably with journalists' access during news media coverage; message comes amid complaints about treatment of journalists covering Occupy Wall Street protests.

Full Article

James Murdoch Has Stepped Down From Newspaper Boards

Date: 23 November 2011

By AMY CHOZICK

Amy CHOZICK

His decision to step down in September from the board of News Group Newspapers, the subsidiary responsible for The Sun and The Times of London, as well as the now-closed The News of the World, was announced in regulatory filings on Wednesday.

Full Article

South Africa Passes Law to Restrict Reporting of Government Secrets

Date: 23 November 2011

By JOHN ELIGON

John ELIGON

South African Parliament overwhelmingly passes a contentious bill that will severely restrict the ability of journalists to report any information deemed to be a government secret; critics say the legislation is a shield meant to protect corrupt officials from press scrutiny.

Full Article

A Ritual Pardon, With a Dig Thrown In

Date: 24 November 2011

By HELENE COOPER

Helene COOPER

Caucus column; President Obama, at yearly White House Thanksgiving ceremony where he pardons two turkeys, makes swipe at his press corps by comparing the journalists to the birds. (M)

Full Article

A Sullen March Toward Winter

Date: 23 November 2011

By MICHAEL POWELL

Michael POWELL

A buoyant autumn, in which protests became almost a carnival and New Yorkers gloried in cacophonous complaint, has turned testy.

Full Article

Iranian Paper Protests Raid by Judiciary

Date: 23 November 2011

By RICK GLADSTONE

Rick GLADSTONE

Tensions between Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his rivals in the conservative religious hierarchy play out through apparent protest at main government-run newspaper, which publishes photographs of skirmish at its headquarters during arrest of top media official Ali Akbar Javanfekr in lieu of front-page headlines.

Full Article

News Corp. Inquiry Starts in Australia

Date: 24 November 2011

By MATT SIEGEL

Matt SIEGEL

Full Article

News Quiz | Nov. 23, 2011

Date: 23 November 2011

By TIFFANY FRASIER

Tiffany FRASIER

See what you know about the news of the day.

Full Article

News Quiz | Nov. 23, 2011

Date: 23 November 2011

By TIFFANY FRASIER

Tiffany FRASIER

See what you know about the news of the day.

Full Article

James Murdoch Has Quit British Newspaper Boards

Date: 24 November 2011

By JOHN F. BURNS and RAVI SOMAIYA

John BURNS

James Murdoch steps down as director of two subsidiaries that publish News Corporation-owned newspapers in Great Britain; Murdoch has been widely seen as the heir apparent to the News Corp global media business owned by his father Rupert, and his resignation is the first publicly acknowledged adjustment in his newspaper responsibilities since the company was enveloped in the British tabloid phone hacking scandal.

Full Article

Let Journalists Work, City Police Are Ordered

Date: 24 November 2011

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W Kelly issues internal message ordering officers not to interfere unreasonably with journalists' access during news media coverage; message comes amid complaints about treatment of journalists covering Occupy Wall Street protests.

Full Article

James Murdoch Has Stepped Down From Newspaper Boards

Date: 23 November 2011

By AMY CHOZICK

Amy CHOZICK

His decision to step down in September from the board of News Group Newspapers, the subsidiary responsible for The Sun and The Times of London, as well as the now-closed The News of the World, was announced in regulatory filings on Wednesday.

Full Article

South Africa Passes Law to Restrict Reporting of Government Secrets

Date: 23 November 2011

By JOHN ELIGON

John ELIGON

South African Parliament overwhelmingly passes a contentious bill that will severely restrict the ability of journalists to report any information deemed to be a government secret; critics say the legislation is a shield meant to protect corrupt officials from press scrutiny.

Full Article

A Ritual Pardon, With a Dig Thrown In

Date: 24 November 2011

By HELENE COOPER

Helene COOPER

Caucus column; President Obama, at yearly White House Thanksgiving ceremony where he pardons two turkeys, makes swipe at his press corps by comparing the journalists to the birds. (M)

Full Article

A Sullen March Toward Winter

Date: 23 November 2011

By MICHAEL POWELL

Michael POWELL

A buoyant autumn, in which protests became almost a carnival and New Yorkers gloried in cacophonous complaint, has turned testy.

Full Article

Iranian Paper Protests Raid by Judiciary

Date: 23 November 2011

By RICK GLADSTONE

Rick GLADSTONE

Tensions between Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his rivals in the conservative religious hierarchy play out through apparent protest at main government-run newspaper, which publishes photographs of skirmish at its headquarters during arrest of top media official Ali Akbar Javanfekr in lieu of front-page headlines.

Full Article

News Corp. Inquiry Starts in Australia

Date: 24 November 2011

By MATT SIEGEL

Matt SIEGEL

Full Article

News Quiz | Nov. 23, 2011

Date: 23 November 2011

By TIFFANY FRASIER

Tiffany FRASIER

See what you know about the news of the day.

Full Article

News Quiz | Nov. 23, 2011

Date: 23 November 2011

By TIFFANY FRASIER

Tiffany FRASIER

See what you know about the news of the day.

Full Article

James Murdoch Has Quit British Newspaper Boards

Date: 24 November 2011

By JOHN F. BURNS and RAVI SOMAIYA

John BURNS

James Murdoch steps down as director of two subsidiaries that publish News Corporation-owned newspapers in Great Britain; Murdoch has been widely seen as the heir apparent to the News Corp global media business owned by his father Rupert, and his resignation is the first publicly acknowledged adjustment in his newspaper responsibilities since the company was enveloped in the British tabloid phone hacking scandal.

Full Article

Let Journalists Work, City Police Are Ordered

Date: 24 November 2011

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W Kelly issues internal message ordering officers not to interfere unreasonably with journalists' access during news media coverage; message comes amid complaints about treatment of journalists covering Occupy Wall Street protests.

Full Article

James Murdoch Has Stepped Down From Newspaper Boards

Date: 23 November 2011

By AMY CHOZICK

Amy CHOZICK

His decision to step down in September from the board of News Group Newspapers, the subsidiary responsible for The Sun and The Times of London, as well as the now-closed The News of the World, was announced in regulatory filings on Wednesday.

Full Article

South Africa Passes Law to Restrict Reporting of Government Secrets

Date: 23 November 2011

By JOHN ELIGON

John ELIGON

South African Parliament overwhelmingly passes a contentious bill that will severely restrict the ability of journalists to report any information deemed to be a government secret; critics say the legislation is a shield meant to protect corrupt officials from press scrutiny.

Full Article

A Ritual Pardon, With a Dig Thrown In

Date: 24 November 2011

By HELENE COOPER

Helene COOPER

Caucus column; President Obama, at yearly White House Thanksgiving ceremony where he pardons two turkeys, makes swipe at his press corps by comparing the journalists to the birds. (M)

Full Article

A Sullen March Toward Winter

Date: 23 November 2011

By MICHAEL POWELL

Michael POWELL

A buoyant autumn, in which protests became almost a carnival and New Yorkers gloried in cacophonous complaint, has turned testy.

Full Article

Iranian Paper Protests Raid by Judiciary

Date: 23 November 2011

By RICK GLADSTONE

Rick GLADSTONE

Tensions between Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his rivals in the conservative religious hierarchy play out through apparent protest at main government-run newspaper, which publishes photographs of skirmish at its headquarters during arrest of top media official Ali Akbar Javanfekr in lieu of front-page headlines.

Full Article