November 7, 2004

At an anti-nuclear waste shipment protest rally near the French town of Avricourt a protester, Sébastien Briat, is killed after a train severs his leg. The 23-year-old French man was protesting against the Castor transport. (BBC)
Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Lebanese Militant group, Hezbollah, has flown a reconnaissance drone over Israeli territory for the first time. (BBC)
Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites is officially awarded the Ansari X Prize for the first privately funded space flight. (AP)
The Iraq interim government declares a state of emergency ahead of an expected assault on the rebel stronghold of Fallujah.
Illness of Yasser Arafat: A spokesman for Yasser Arafat claims that all the Palestinian president's vital functions are fine although it remains unclear why Arafat has not regained consciousness and if or when he will. (AP) (The Age)
The Ralph Nader/Peter Camejo campaign has filed a challenge to the voting results in New Hampshire after receiving numerous complaints from voting rights activists. This effort is widely encouraged by Democrats and Independents due to suspected flaws related to Diebold Election Systems voting machines. (Portland Independent Media Center) (Nashua Telegraph)