Portal:Current events/2011 November 1

• The President of the United States, Barack Obama, makes Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia, a National Monument. (Reuters)

• The FBI and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission launch an investigation into MF Global after $600 million of customers' money went missing. (CNN)
• The Palestinian Authority is hit by hackers disrupting Palestinian internet and mobile phone services. A link has been suggested to Palestine's UNESCO bid. (Reuters) (Jerusalem Post)
• The United Kingdom Office for National Statistics releases GDP figures indicating growth of 0.5% compared to a 0.1% figure in the previous quarter. (BBC)

• Over 1.5 million people are still without power and four states declare a state of emergency after a nor'easter hits the Eastern United States. (CNN)
• LOT Polish Airlines Flight 016 makes a successful emergency landing at Warsaw Chopin Airport. (CNN)
• At least seven people are killed and 200 injured following an explosion caused by two trucks carrying explosives crashing in Fuquan City in China's Guizhou Province. (CNN)
• A boat carrying 70 asylum seekers en route to Australia sinks off the coast of Java in Indonesia with eight confirmed deaths and fifteen people missing. (AAP via The Melbourne Age)

• Almazbek Atambayev, the newly elected President of Kyrgyzstan, states that a lease for a United States air base in Manas will not be renewed when it expires in 2014. (AP via Washington Post)

• At least twelve people are arrested in London outside the Parliament of the United Kingdom after a protest against anti-squatting legislation turns violent. (BBC)
• The City of London Corporation pauses its legal action against Occupy London protesters outside St Paul's Cathedral after the church halted its own action and expressed a wish to enter into dialogue with the demonstrators. (BBC)

• China launches the unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft, intending to robotically dock it with the orbiting Tiangong 1 space station module. If successful, the mission will mark China's first orbital docking, and will be a major milestone in its efforts to construct a full-scale space station. (BBC)

• In horse racing, French horse Dunaden wins the 2011 Melbourne Cup. (ABC News Australia)