Portal:Current events/2006 December 1

• As Bahrain prepares for tomorrow's second round of its parliamentary elections, an Islamist MP from the Kingdom's largest party calls for legislation to restrict women's employment.(Gulf Daily News)
• Felipe Calderon becomes the President of Mexico. (Reuters)
• Typhoon Durian has killed at least 146 people in Albay province on the island of Luzon in the Philippines with the death toll expected to climb as rescuers get to affected villages. (Bloomberg)
• Kim Beazley calls a spill of the leadership of the Federal Australian Labor Party for Monday. He will face a challenge from Kevin Rudd, the Opposition spokesman on foreign affairs. Jenny Macklin faces a challenge from Julia Gillard for the Deputy Leadership. (Melbourne Herald Sun) (AAP via News Limited)
• Fijian military commander Frank Bainimarama says he intends to begin a "clean up" campaign of Government now that his deadline has passed. Laisenia Qarase, the Prime Minister of Fiji, has advised that he has been given a new deadline of noon on Monday.(NZ Herald) (ABC News Australia)

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