On 11 November 2000 a fire broke out on a train of the Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 funicular in Kaprun, Austria, killing 155 people, most of them skiers heading to the Kitzsteinhorn glacier. The burning car stopped inside a tunnel on a steep slope, and the tunnel funnelled smoke and flames upward like a chimney. It remains the deadliest rail disaster in Austrian history. Investigators found the fire was caused by oil from a faulty hydraulic pipe that was drawn into a heater.

Israeli reports also say the cabinet directed the military to prepare for a possible new attack on Iran.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.