Portal:Current events/2011 November 18

Business and economy

• Hewlett-Packard adds Ralph Whitworth of Relational Investors, the corporate-governance activists—to its board of directors. (Bloomberg)

Law and crime

• Former President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is arrested over charges of electoral fraud. (BBC)
• A verdict is due in the trial of former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, Sarath Fonseka, on charges of "spreading disaffection". (BBC)
• The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reopens its investigation into the death of film star Natalie Wood after receiving fresh information. Wood drowned off the coast of California in 1981. (BBC)

Entertainment

• The video game, Minecraft, officially releases.