Chronology: Date 2008-11-0

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date	event	tags	firsts
2008 Nov 200-	Ameed Saadat sat Iran's 2008 national university entrance examination. He passed was accepted to study hotel management at Goldasht College in Kelardasht, Mazandaran, and began his studies. The college's registration form required students to identify their religion. Ameed, being honest had identified himself as a Bahá'í. The day before his first-term examinations were to begin the college director told Ameed that he was being expelled and would therefore not be allowed to sit the examinations. The following day, 26 students refused to take the end-of-term exam in protest against Ameed's expulsion. [Iran Press Watch]	Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Education; - Persecution; Human rights; Higher education; Kelardasht, Iran; Mazandaran, Iran; Iran
2008 1 - 2 Nov 200-	The first of 41 Regional Conferences held over a four month period to mark the mid-point of the Five Year Plan was held in Lusaka, Zambia. [Lusaka, BWNS642] "The Universal House of Justice, in a letter dated 20 October 2008, announced the convocation of a series of 41 regional conferences over a four-month period. The letter – which marked the midway point of a five-year effort to expand activities at the grassroots level – indicated that the purpose of the conferences is to celebrate achievements during the first half of the Five Year Plan and to deliberate on the next phase." [Bahá'í Community News]	- Conferences, Regional; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Lusaka, Zambia; Zambia
2008 8 – 9 Nov 200-	Regional Conferences were held in Nakuru, Kenya and Johannesburg, South Africa. [BWNS668] Nakuru. [Bahá'í Community News] Johannesbury. [Bahá'í Community News]	- Conferences, Regional; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Nakuru, Kenya; Kenya; Johannesburg, South Africa; South Africa


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