Unix Timestamp: 1258934400
Monday, November 23. 2009, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Forty three people, including a local politician and about a dozen journalists, are killed in a massacre in Maguindanao, Philippines.//www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=526314publicationSubCategoryId=63 (The Philippine Star)

21 bodies are discovered so far after a convoy of around 50 people including politicians, journalists and supporters is hijacked by dozens of armed gunmen in Maguindanao, southern Philippines. //www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ha6FJ6JRsaJkvGnvppty2USWW8UAD9C56ONG0 (AP) //newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20091123-237934/Wife-of-gubernatorial-bet-35-killed-in-Maguindanao ("Philippine Inquirer") //www.gmanews.tv/story/177644/maguindanao-poll-related-massacre-claims-at-least-36-lives (GMA News)

Clashes break out between refugees from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan at an Australian immigration centre on Christmas Island. //news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8373560.stm (BBC) //news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/23/content_12525172.htm (Xinhua) //www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/23/2751302.htm?section=australia (ABC News)

The first atom collisions have taken place in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. //www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/physics/article6928411.ece ("The Times") //news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8372737.stm (BBC News)

In the Philippines, at least 58 are abducted and killed in an election-related massacre in the province of Maguindanao. This appears to be the deadliest attack on journalists in recent history.ref name=pdi