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;Armed conflicts and attacks
* At least 31 are killed in clashes in [[Kasai Province|Kasai]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-congo-violence-idUSKBN13U2PR (Reuters)]
* Two Russian army medics are killed after around a dozen shells hit a mobile hospital in Aleppo. [https://www.rt.com/news/369282-russian-foreign-ministry-hospital-bombing/ (Russia Today)] [http://www.france24.com/en/20161205-syria-aleppo-russian-army-medic-killed-shelling-field-hospital (France24)]
* [[Mexican war on drugs]]
** Police report 14 suspected criminals, who attacked a police patrol, are killed in a gunbattle with police and [[Naval Infantry Force|Mexican Marines]] in [[Veracruz]], [[Mexico]]. An unknown number fled. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-crime-idUSKBN13V0E5 (Reuters)] [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/mexico-14-gunmen-killed-in-gunbattle-with-patrol-of-marines/2016/12/05/d0d005c8-bb60-11e6-ae79-bec72d34f8c9_story.html (AP via ''The Washington Post'')]

;Business and economy
;Business and economy
*[[Alaska Airlines]] cancels 20 flights into and out of [[Seattle–Tacoma International Airport|Seattle]] due to inclement weather forecast in the [[Pacific Northwest]] area. [http://usdailymail.com/2016/12/alaska-airlines-cancels-20-flights-into-and-out-of-seattle-ahead-of-snow/ (US Daily Mail)]
*[[Alaska Airlines]] cancels 20 flights into and out of [[Seattle–Tacoma International Airport|Seattle]] due to inclement weather forecast in the [[Pacific Northwest]] area. [http://usdailymail.com/2016/12/alaska-airlines-cancels-20-flights-into-and-out-of-seattle-ahead-of-snow/ (US Daily Mail)]


;Disasters and accidents
;Disasters and accidents
*At least 11 people are killed and 30 others are injured as a fire erupts in [[Karachi]]'s Regent Plaza Hotel. [http://tribune.com.pk/story/1253711/11-killed-fire-erupts-karachis-regent-plaza-hotel/ (''The Express Tribune'' Pakistan)]
*At least 12 people are killed and 75 others injured as a fire erupts in [[Karachi]]'s Regent Plaza Hotel. [http://tribune.com.pk/story/1253711/11-killed-fire-erupts-karachis-regent-plaza-hotel/ (''The Express Tribune'' Pakistan)], [http://www.dawn.com/news/1300614 (Dawn News)]
*[[2016 Oakland warehouse fire]]
**Authorities report the death toll has risen to 36. [[Alameda County, California|Alameda County]] Sheriff Gregory Ahern told the [[Associated Press]] they don't believe additional bodies will be found in the debris. [http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Death-toll-from-Oakland-warehouse-fire-rises-to-36-10691827.php (''San Francisco Chronicle'')] [http://tucson.com/news/national/the-latest-sheriff-says-more-bodies-not-likely-in-fire/article_2f1d48a3-e856-5493-9c96-4a6b1dd5b562.html (AP via ''Arizona Daily Star'')]


;Politics and elections
;Politics and elections
* The chief minister of the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Jayalalithaa]], dies of cardiac arrest after being hospitalized since 22 September 2016. [http://www.indianexpress.com/article/india/jayalalithaa-dies-of-heart-attack-tamil-nadu-chennai-cardiac-arrest-aiadmk-4410487/ (''The Indian Express'')]
*[[John Key]] resigns as the [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] and leader of the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] after 8 years as PM and 10 years as party leader due to personal reasons. [http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/12/05/john-key-resigns-nz-prime-minister-0 (AAP via SBS)]
*[[John Key]] resigns as the [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] and leader of the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] after 8 years as PM and 10 years as party leader due to personal reasons. [http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/12/05/john-key-resigns-nz-prime-minister-0 (AAP via SBS)]
*[[Impeachment process against President Park Geun-hye]]
*[[Impeachment process against President Park Geun-hye]]
**The [[South Korea]]n [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]] begins hearings ahead of an impeachment vote against [[President of South Korea|President]] [[Park Geun-Hye]]. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4000356/S-Korea-elite-hot-seat-historic-scandal-hearings.html (AFP via ''Daily Mail'')]
**The [[South Korea]]n [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]] begins hearings ahead of an impeachment vote against [[President of South Korea|President]] [[Park Geun-Hye]]. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4000356/S-Korea-elite-hot-seat-historic-scandal-hearings.html (AFP via ''Daily Mail'')]
*[[2016 United States presidential election recount and audit]]
*[[2016 United States presidential election recounts]]
** A federal judge in [[Michigan]], [[Mark A. Goldsmith]], rules that a recount in the Presidential Election vote in that state must begin on Monday, December 5. [http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/us-politics/ct-michigan-recount-20161204-story.html (The San Diego Union-Tribune)]
** A federal judge in [[Michigan]], [[Mark A. Goldsmith]], rules that a recount in the Presidential Election vote in that state must begin on Monday, December 5. [http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/us-politics/ct-michigan-recount-20161204-story.html (The San Diego Union-Tribune)]
*[[Presidential transition of Donald Trump]]
*[[First presidential transition of Donald Trump|Presidential transition of Donald Trump]]
**President-elect [[Donald Trump]] nominates [[Ben Carson]] for [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/05/ben-carson-housing-secretary-nomination-trump-administration (''The Guardian'')]
**President-elect [[Donald Trump]] nominates [[Ben Carson]] for [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/05/ben-carson-housing-secretary-nomination-trump-administration (''The Guardian'')]
*[[Italian constitutional referendum, 2016]]
*[[Italian constitutional referendum, 2016]]
** Following the result of constitutional referendum, [[Matteo Renzi]] will resign from his office as a [[Prime Minister of Italy]]. With most ballots counted, [[I Vote No|the "No" vote]] leads with 60%. [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38209795 (BBC News)]
** Following the result of the constitutional referendum, [[Matteo Renzi]] will resign from his office as [[Prime Minister of Italy]]. With most ballots counted, [[I Vote No|the "No" vote]] leads with 60%. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38209795 (BBC News)]
*[[French presidential election, 2017]]
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**[[Manuel Valls]], the [[Prime Minister of France]], announces his candidacy for the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] nomination. He will step down as PM on Tuesday. [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/french-pm-valls-joins-presidential-race/3344478.html (AFP via Channel News Asia)]

;Science and technology
*Tests, by a team of international archaeologists, of mummified legs found in [[QV66]] in [[Egypt]]'s [[Valley of the Queens]] indicate they most likely belong to [[Nefertari|Queen Nefertari]], [[Ramesses II|Pharaoh Ramesses II]]'s first and favorite wife. [http://phys.org/news/2016-12-mummified-egyptian-queen-nefertari.html (Phys.org)] [https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/05/504449966/researchers-confident-mysterious-pair-of-mummified-knees-belonged-to-queen-nefer (NPR)] [http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0166571 (''PLOS ONE'')]

;Sports
* In [[association football]], [[CONMEBOL]] officially awards [[Associação Chapecoense de Futebol|Chapecoense]] the [[2016 Copa Sudamericana]] title in the wake of [[LaMia Flight 2933|the plane crash]] that killed almost the entire team. [[Atlético Nacional]], which would have faced Chapecoense in the final and had campaigned for the Brazilians to be awarded the title, receives a fair play award from CONMEBOL. [http://www.espnfc.com/copa-sudamericana/story/3012498/chapecoense-officially-awarded-title-of-copa-sudamericana-after-plane-crash (ESPN FC)]
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