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2006 developments by topic Monthly events, 2006

Recent Deaths

January 31: Coretta Scott King 30: Wendy Wasserstein 29: Paik Nam-june 27: Johannes Rau 26: Henry McGee 24: Fayard Nicholas 24: Chris Penn 21: Ibrahim Rugova 20: Dave Lepard 19: Tony Franciosa 19: Wilson Pickett 18: Anton Rupert 15: Sheikh Jaber of Kuwait 14: Jim Gary 14: Christopher Penley 14: Shelley Winters 10: Sidney Frank 8: Tony Banks 8: Elson Becerra 7: Heinrich Harrer 6: Lou Rawls 5: Merlyn Rees 4: Irving Layton 4: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum 2: Steve Rogers 1: Charles Steen

Events

• Ariel Sharon illness • Abramoff scandal • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak • Black sites scandal • Horn of Africa food crisis • Iran's nuclear program • Malawi food crisis • Muhammad Drawings controversy • North Ossetia sabotages • North Indian cyclone season • Pacific typhoon season • Southern Hemisphere cyclone season   • Moderate Tropical Storm Boloetse   • Tropical Cyclone Jim • Winter X-Games, Aspen, CO • Stormontgate

Wars and conflicts
• Acholiland insurgency • Arab-Israeli conflict (Al-Aqsa Intifada) • Chad-Sudan conflict • Second Chechen War • Second Congo War • Darfur conflict in Sudan • Iraq War • Ivorian Civil War • Nepal Civil War • South Thailand insurgency

Elections
Results 29: Finland, President 2nd round 25: Palestinian Nat'l Auth., Legislature 23: Canada, Federal 22: Portugal, President 20: Iraq, Legislative 15: Chile, President runoff

Trials

Chile: Alberto Fujimori Chile: Augusto Pinochet Indonesia: Bali Nine Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal — Saddam Hussein, among others Netherlands: ICTY — Slobodan Milošević Russia: Nur-Pashi Kulayev UK: Leo O'Connor & David Keogh U. Events in January Holidays New Year's Day - January 1 Coptic Christmas - January 7 Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. Stories without links will be removed. News stories must be in English Stories without links will be removed. News stories must be in English Stories without links will be removed'. News stories must be in English May 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month June 2006 was a month with thirty days The following events also occurred during the month July 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month August 2006 was a month with thirty-one days On August 10, an alleged plot to detonate ten Airliners over the Atlantic Ocean was revealed to September 2006 was marked by a controversy surrounding statements made by Pope Benedict XVI regarding Islam, during the same week as the fifth anniversary October 2006 was a month that began on a Sunday The month was marked by a nuclear test by North Korea that prompted that passing of Resolution 1718 January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. Stories without links will be removed. News stories must be in English 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - 2006 in sports: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 31 2006 Sony is reportedly building a Xbox Live -killer for the PlayStation Deaths • none Ongoing events • Horn of Africa food crisis • Malawi food crisis • Niger food crisis • Zimbabwe January Steve Rogers Sir William Skate |} Ongoing Australia Day Triple J January 2006: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - Deaths in January None listed Events 11 November 2005 - 2 January 2006: Deaths in January Events in January &bull 60th Anniversary Celebrations of His Majesty's Accession to the Throne &bull Avian influenza (H5N1 outbreak Business List of business leaders in 2006 2006 in Information Technology Culture 2006 in architecture |-! 2006 in.| style="width4%" | Jan| style="width4%" The following is a list of notable deaths in 2006. Links to other years follow The following is a list of notable deaths in 2006. Links to other years follow Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Coretta Scott King (April 27 1927 January 30 2006 was an American Author and Activist, perhaps most recognized as the wife of Martin Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Wendy Wasserstein ( October 18 1950 – January 30 2006) was an American Playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Nam June Paik ( July 20, 1932 - January 29, 2006) was a South Korean-born American artist Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Johannes Rau ( January 16, 1931 &ndash January 27, 2006) was a German Politician of the SPD. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Henry McGee ( May 14, 1929 – January 28, 2006) was a British actor best known as Straight man to Benny Hill Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Fayard Antonio Nicholas ( October 20, 1914 &ndash January 24, 2006) was a tap dancer one-half of the famous Nicholas Brothers Christopher Shannon Penn ( October 10 1965 &ndash January 24 2006) was an American Film and Television Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Prof Dr Ibrahim Rugova ( December 2, 1944 – January 21, 2006) was a politician of Albanian descent who was the first Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Dave Lepard (born David Roberto Hellman, May 28, 1980; died January 20, 2006, Uppsala, Sweden) was the lead Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Anthony Franciosa, born Anthony George Papaleo Jr, (October 25 1928 – January 19 2006 was an American Actor, usually billed as Tony Franciosa Wilson Pickett ( March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American R&B / Rock and Roll and soul Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Dr Anthony Edward Rupert ( 4 October 1916 – 18 January 2006) was an Afrikaner and South African billionaire entrepreneur Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Jaber III al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, GCB, GCMG ( صاحب السمو الأمير الشيخ جابر الأحمد الجابر الصباح)‎ ( June Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Jim Gary ( March 17, 1939 – January 14, 2006) was an American sculptor popularly known for his large colorful creations Christopher Penley (born circa 1990 &mdash January 15 2006) was a 15-year-old U Shelley Winters (August 18 1920 &ndash January 14 2006 was an American actress who appeared in dozens of films as well as on stage and television Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Sidney E Frank ( October 2, 1919 – January 10, 2006) was an American businessman who became a Billionaire through his Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Anthony Louis Banks Baron Stratford ( 8 April 1943 &ndash 8 January 2006) known as Tony Banks, was a British politician Elson Evelio Becerra Vaca ( April 26, 1978 &ndash January 8, 2006) was a Colombian footballer. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Heinrich Harrer ( July 6, 1912 – January 7, 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer sportsman Geographer Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Louis Allen Rawls ( December 1, 1933 &ndash January 6, 2006) was an American Soul music, Jazz, and Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Merlyn Rees, later Merlyn Merlyn-Rees Baron Merlyn-Rees, PC ( 18 December 1920 &ndash 5 January 2006) was a Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Irving Layton OC ( March 12, 1912 &ndash January 4, 2006) was a Canadian Poet. Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1943 &ndash 4 January 2006) (مكتوم بن راشد آلمكتوم) also referred to as Sheikh Maktoum ( Honourific Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Steve Rogers ( November 29, 1954 – January 3, 2006) was an Australian Rugby league footballer New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Charles A Steen (1919 – 2006-01-01) was a Geologist who made and lost a fortune after discovering a rich Uranium deposit in Utah during the The illnesses of Ariel Sharon are a series of medical problems that former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has experienced especially coming to the The Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal is a United States political scandal relating to the work performed by political lobbyists Jack Abramoff, Influenza A virus subtype H5[[Neuraminidase N1]], also known as A(H5N1 or simply H5N1, is a subtype of the Influenza A virus which can cause The 2006 Horn of Africa food crisis is an acute shortage of food affecting four Horn of Africa countries Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti and Iran is not known to possess Weapons of mass destruction, and has signed treaties repudiating possession of them including the Biological Weapons The Malawi food crisis is an ongoing severe Food security crisis affecting more than five million people in Malawi, especially in the south caused by the failure The 2006 North Ossetia sabotages were two explosions which occurred on the main branch and a reserve branch of the Mozdok - Tbilisi pipeline in the Russian The 2006 North Indian Ocean cyclone season had no bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December with peaks in May and November }The 2006 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds it ran year-round in 2006 but most Tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between The X Games is an annual event with a focus on extreme action sports Stormontgate is the name given to the controversy surrounding an alleged Provisional Irish Republican Army spy-ring based in Stormont, the parliament building of The current civil war in Chad began in December 2005. The conflict involved Chadian government forces and several Chadian rebel groups The Second Chechen War, in a later phase better known as the War in the North Caucasus, was launched by the Russian Federation starting August 26 The Second Congo War, also known as Africa's World War and the Great War of Africa, began in August 1998 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly The War in Darfur is a military conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign Context of the conflict The civil war revolves around a number of issues particularly The end of the 30-year presidency of Félix Houphouët-Boigny forced The Nepalese Civil War (labelled People's War by the Maoists was a conflict between Government forces and Maoist rebels in Nepal The South Thailand insurgency is a Separatist campaign by Islamist terrorists which is taking place in the predominantly Malay Pattani region, made up of the See also Elections in 2006 Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Elections in Finland gives information on Election and election results in Finland. The 2006 Finnish Presidential election saw the re-election of Tarja Halonen as President of Finland for a second six-year term Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Elections in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA gives information on Election and election results in the Palestinian territories allowed to hold elections On January 25 2006, elections were held for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC the legislature of the Palestinian National Authority Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor See also Canadian electoral system, Timeline of Canadian elections The Parliament of Canada (Parlement du Canada has two chambers. The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally the 39th General Election) was held on January 23 2006 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Elections in Portugal gives information on Election and election results in Portugal. The Portuguese presidential election were held on January 22, 2006 to elect a successor to the incumbent President Jorge Sampaio, who was Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Elections in Iraq gives information on Election and election results in Iraq. Following the ratification of the Constitution of Iraq on October 15 2005, a general election was held on 15 December to elect Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Chile holds nationwide presidential parliamentary and municipal elections A presidential election took place in Chile on Sunday December 11 2005. Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori (Japanese name) (born in Lima, Peru on July 28 1938 is a Peruvian and Japanese ref> Fujimori secures Japanese haven Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (November The Bali Nine is the name given to a group of nine Australian citizens arrested on 17 April 2005 in Denpasar on the island of Bali, Indonesia, in a plan The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal (formerly Iraqi Special Tribunal) is a body established under Iraqi national law to try Iraqi nationals or residents accused The Trial of Saddam Hussein was the trial of the deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Interim Government for alleged The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 Nur-Pashi Kulayev (born 1980 a native of Engenoi, Chechnya, is thought to be the sole survivor of the 32 hostage-takers in the 2004 Beslan school Civil servant David Keogh and parliamentary researcher Leo O'Connor, both of Northampton, England, were charged with S. : Tom DeLay U. Thomas Dale DeLay (born April 8 1947 is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Sugar Land, Texas. S. : Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling U. Kenneth Lee "Ken" Lay ( April 15, 1942 Jeffrey Keith "Jeff" Skilling (born November 25, 1953) was the CEO of Enron Corporation in 2001 S. : Zacarias Moussaoui U. Zacarias Moussaoui ( Arabic: زكريا موسوي; born May 30 1968 is a French citizen who was convicted of conspiring to kill citizens S. : Brian Nichols

1 January 2006 (Sunday)

• Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accuses European nations of trying to complete the Holocaust by creating a "Jewish camp" Israel in the Middle East. Brian Gene Nichols (born December 10, 1971) is known for his escape and alleged Killing spree in the Fulton county Courthouse in New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The President of Iran is the highest elected official in the Islamic Republic of Iran, second only to the Supreme Leader. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (محمود احمدی‌نژاد; born October 28, 1956) is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as A ghetto is described as a "portion of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social legal or economic pressure For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. "Don't you think that continuation of genocide by expelling Jews from Europe was one of their aims in creating a regime of occupiers of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Isn't that an important question?" He went on to say that Europe should cede some of their territory for a Jewish state, and that anti-Semitism has a long history in Europe, while Jews have lived peacefully among Muslims for centuries. Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction in whole or in part of an ethnic racial religious or national group PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ East Jerusalem refers to the part of Jerusalem captured by Jordan in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and subsequently by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion (Reuters)
• Russia-Ukraine gas dispute: Russian natural gas supplier Gazprom cuts gas supplies to Ukraine, following Ukraine's rejection of a 460% price increase. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Natural gas is a Gaseous Fossil fuel consisting primarily of Methane but including significant quantities of Ethane, Propane, OJSC Gazprom, (Газпром long version Открытое Aкционерное Oбщество Газпром sometimes transcribed as Gasprom is the largest Russian company Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. President Vladimir Putin had offered a three-month price freeze if Ukraine would agree to pay the higher price thereafter, but this was rejected. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia was the second President of Russia Ukraine currently pays US$50 per 1000 cubic metres, Russia claims the market rate is $230. (BBC)
• Tropical Storm Zeta continues activity in the Atlantic Ocean, becoming only the second North Atlantic tropical cyclone to exist across two calendar years and extending the already historic 2005 Atlantic hurricane season even further. Tropical Storm Zeta was a late-developing Tropical storm over the central Atlantic which formed after the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season had officially A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a low pressure center and numerous Thunderstorms that produce strong winds and Flooding (CNN)
• At least three Qassam rockets landed in the western Negev, despite Israel Defense Forces' Operation Blue Skies. The Qassam rocket ( صاروخ القسام; also Kassam) is a simple steel Rocket filled with explosives produced by Hamas. The Negev (נֶגֶב Tiberian vocalization: Néḡeḇ) is the Desert region of southern Israel. The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) (צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit At least one Qassam rocket landed in Sderot, in which the Red Dawn alert system was activated around 15:30. Sderot (שְׂדֵרוֹת a western Negev City, in the Southern District of Israel. Two Qassam rockets landed in an open area near Israeli communities in the western Negev. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. In all the cases there were no injuries. (Ynetnews)
• Residents brace as a second winter storm hits the region, a day after the first caused floods and mudslides across northern California. Northern California is the northern portion of the US state of California. (LA Times) (AP via Yahoo!)

2 January 2006 (Monday)

• Ugandan presidential candidate Kizza Besigye is released from prison. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of Uganda is a Landlocked country in East Africa. Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe (Born on April 22 1956, Rukungiri, Uganda) is a former Colonel Besigye was arrested on November 14 on treason and rape charges. (News24)
• Thirteen U.S. coal miners are trapped after an underground explosion in Upshur County, West Virginia. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining. Upshur County is a County located in the US state of West Virginia. West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by (ABC)
• Russia-Ukraine gas dispute: Countries across Europe report reductions in gas supplies after Russia disconnected supplies to Ukraine yesterday. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Russia accuses Ukraine of stealing 100 million cubic metres of gas yesterday from pipelines transiting the country; Ukraine denies this but has previously claimed the right to 15% of the gas as a transit toll. Hungary reports supplies are down by 40%, France and Italy by 30%, and Poland by 14%. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Germany, Russia's principal customer, also reports reductions. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Russian supplier Gazprom says that it will increase supplies and return them to normal by Tuesday night. OJSC Gazprom, (Газпром long version Открытое Aкционерное Oбщество Газпром sometimes transcribed as Gasprom is the largest Russian company (Sky News)
• Police are investigating the New Year's Day murder of Bryan Harvey, who with his wife and two young daughters were found dead with their throats slashed in the basement of their South Side Richmond, Virginia home, which was then set afire. Bryan Harvey ( April 27, 1956 – January 1, 2006) was an American Musician noted for his fronting role in The Southside of Richmond is an area of the Metropolitan Statistical Area surrounding Richmond Virginia. This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Harvey was former singer and guitarist of 1980’s band House of Freaks and his wife was the half-sister of Steven Culp, who played Rex Van De Kamp on Desperate Housewives. House of Freaks was a two-man band formed in Richmond Virginia in the mid 1980s. Steven Bradford Culp (born December 3, 1955) is an American Actor. Desperate Housewives is an American Television Dramedy series created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as Show runner, and produced The fire was discovered by Johnny Hott, HOF bandmate and drummer for the band Cracker (ABC) wikinews (New York Daily News) (Billboard)
• Eleven people are killed when the roof of an ice rink collapse in Bad Reichenhall, southern Germany, under the weight of recent snowfall, trapping some 50 skaters underneath. Johnny Hott was the drummer for the House of Freaks, a musical duo with singer/guitarist Bryan Harvey. Cracker is an American Alternative rock band featuring Johnny Hickman and Camper Van Beethoven singer and guitarist David Lowery At approximately 1500 UTC on Monday 2 January 2006, in the town of Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria, Germany, near the Austrian Bad Reichenhall is a Spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. (CNN)
• Several exploits of a severe Windows security vulnerability are spreading over the Internet, permitting compromise of any Windows computer merely by viewing a maliciously crafted image on a website or in e-mail or instant messaging. An exploit (from the same word in the French language, meaning "achievement" or "accomplishment" is a piece of Software, a chunk of data or The Windows Metafile vulnerability is a security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows NT -based Operating systems which has been used in a variety of exploits Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Electronic mail, often abbreviated to e-mail, email, or originally eMail, is a Store-and-forward method of writing sending receiving No patch from Microsoft is available, however an unofficial patch exists [1]. The vulnerability affects every version of Windows, potentially affecting more computers than any prior computer security vulnerability in history. (Microsoft) (CERT) (Slashdot) (Sans) (F-Secure)
• The leader of the Maoist guerrillas in Nepal issued a statement that his group, the People's Liberation Army, will resume its war with the monarchy after a four month truce. Mao Zedong ( 26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese Military and political leader who led Guerrilla warfare is the unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes raids etc Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. (New Kerala)
• Severe storms affected East Java, Indonesia, leading to flooding and landslides. East Java (Jawa Timur is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and also includes neighboring Madura The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. A landslide is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement such as rock falls deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows which can occur At least 57 people are believed to have been killed in the flooding and up to a further 200 people were assumed to be buried alive in the town of Cijeruk 350 kilometers east of Jakarta. Jakarta (also DKI Jakarta) is the Capital and largest city of Indonesia. (BBC)

3 January 2006 (Tuesday)

• U. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. S. pilots targeting a house outside of Baghdad where they believed insurgents had taken shelter killed a family of 12. (Washington Post)
• Israeli television claims that Police in Tel Aviv found evidence that proves Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon's family took bribes while Sharon was running for the leadership of the Likud Party. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead (אריאל Likud (ליכוד lit Consolidation) is the major centre-right political party in Israel. An aide dismissed the allegations. (BBC)
• Sago Mine disaster: In West Virginia, USA, family members now say only one trapped miner has been brought out alive from the collapsed coal mine. The Sago Mine disaster was a Coal mine Explosion on January 2, 2006, in the Sago Mine (ˈseɪgoʊ in Sago, West Virginia West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining. All 12 others are dead. Earlier news reports, at approximately 10:30 p. m. EST, indicated that 12 miners were found alive. Rescue crews found one body late Tuesday after 13 miners were trapped following an explosion on Monday. (Yahoo!) (ABC)
• Russia-Ukraine gas dispute: The Russian and Ukrainian natural gas companies agree to end their dispute and resume gas supply to Ukraine under a complex price scheme in which OAO Gazprom will sell gas to the Rosukrenergo trading company (owned by Gazprom Bank and Raiffeisen Bank) for US$230 (E195) per 1,000 cubic meters as of Jan. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. OJSC Gazprom, (Газпром long version Открытое Aкционерное Oбщество Газпром sometimes transcribed as Gasprom is the largest Russian company 1, and Ukraine will buy gas from the company for US$95 (E80). (IHT)
• Chinese journalist and whistleblower Jiang Weiping, who was jailed in 2000 for violating the State Secrets Law on charges of "subversion," is released after the one year left on his prison sentence is commuted. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends This is an article about a term For the 2008 RTÉ drama see Whistleblower (TV series. Jiang Weiping ( is a veteran Chinese Journalist known internationally for his arrest by the Communist Party of China in 2001 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Subversion refers to an attempt to overthrow structures of Authority, including the State. In 1999 Jiang wrote two articles for a Hong Kong magazine accusing Bo Xilai, who at the time was governor of Liaoning province, but is now China's economic minister, of covering up corruption. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders This is a Chinese name; the family name is Bo. Bo Xilai (薄熙来 Pinyin: Bó XÄ«lái pronounced ( is a northeastern province of the People's Republic of China. Political corruption is the use of governmental powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain (Reuters)
• Conflict in Iraq: 6 members of the same family of 14 have been confirmed killed following a U.S. airstrike in Northern Iraq. The Iraqi insurgency is composed of diverse mix of militias foreign fighters all Iraqi units or mixtures using violent measures against the US-led Coalition in Iraq The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States An airstrike is a Military strike by Air forces on either a suspected or a confirmed enemy ground position For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (BBC)
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israel Police prevents Palestinians in East Jerusalem from campaigning in the upcoming Elections in the Palestinian National Authority. The Israel Police (משטרת ישראל Mishteret Yisrael) is a civilian force in the State of Israel. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn East Jerusalem refers to the part of Jerusalem captured by Jordan in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and subsequently by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. Elections in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA gives information on Election and election results in the Palestinian territories allowed to hold elections (BBC)
• Rescue workers are still battling to find survivors after the roof of an ice rink collapsed in Bad Reichenhall, southern Germany, leaving at least 10 people dead, some of them children. Bad Reichenhall is a Spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. CHILD syndrome (or congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects) is a genetic disorder It is thought many are still trapped under the rubble. (BBC)
• Bidding continues in an international auction for Canadian steel company Dofasco Inc., Hamilton, Ont. -- the latest bid, C$4. Dofasco is a Steel company based in Hamilton Ontario, Canada, which is also home to longtime Canadian rival Stelco. Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population 9 billion, came Tuesday from German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp AG. ThyssenKrupp AG ( is a large German industrial conglomerate, with more than 200000 employees (CBC Business News)
• Four years after defaulting on its external debt, Argentina pays its USD 9. In Finance, default occurs when a debtor has not met its legal obligations according to the debt contract e External debt (or foreign debt) is that part of the total debt in a country that is owed to Creditors outside the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. 57 billion debt with the IMF. The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) is an International organization that oversees the Global financial system by following the Macroeconomic (Reuters)
• Jack Abramoff of the Jack Abramoff lobbying and corruption scandal pleads guilty to federal conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion charges. Jack Abramoff (born February 28 1959 is a former Lobbyist, and a businessman who was a central figure in a series of high-profile political scandals. The Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal is a United States political scandal relating to the work performed by political lobbyists Jack Abramoff, According to NPR, this puts Abramoff on the prosecutor's side and he is expected to cooperate in the continuing investigation that could involve "up to 20 members of Congress" (NPR). The court filing is available as a PDF here: [2]
• Mirant Corp. Mirant Services LLC, an Atlanta -based energy company produces and sells Electricity in the United States. , Atlanta, Georgia, a power generation company that filed for bankruptcy court protection in July 2003, emerges from chapter 11 status after converting more than $6 billion of debt and liabilities into equity. July 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - (company website)

4 January 2006 (Wednesday)

• Turkey announces two confirmed human cases of the avian influenza. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Influenza A virus subtype H5[[Neuraminidase N1]], also known as A(H5N1 or simply H5N1, is a subtype of the Influenza A virus which can cause (BBC)
• The King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah al-Saud, offers to pay for repairs to the Jama Masjid in Delhi, India. The King of Saudi Arabia is Saudi Arabia 's Head of state and Absolute monarch. Khaled bin Abdullah Mutaib bin Abdullah Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Faisal bin Abdullah The Masjid-i-Jahan Numa ( Urdu: مسجد جھان نمہ) commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi is the principal Mosque of Old Delhi (दिल्ली ਦਿੱਲੀ دلی d̪ɪlːiː sometimes referred to as Dilli) is the second largest metropolis of India, with a population India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The King also offers to fund education in India. (BBC)
• Conflict in Iraq: At least 50 die following a series of insurgent attacks across Iraq, including a suicide bomb at a Shia funeral which left 36 mourners dead. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons (BBC)
• Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, 77, suffers "a significant stroke". The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead (אריאל The illnesses of Ariel Sharon are a series of medical problems that former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has experienced especially coming to the He is currently "under anesthesia and receiving breathing assistance". Anesthesia, or anaesthesia (see spelling differences; from Greek grc αν- an-, "without" and grc αἲσθησις Power is transferred to his deputy, Vice Minister Ehud Olmert. Ehud Olmert (אהוד אולמרט ɛˈhud ˈolmeʁt born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel and the former leader (CNN)
• Dow Jones & Co., one of the world's most important financial publishers, announces its new CEO, Richard Zannino, takes over from Peter Kann. Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm Since Mr. Zannino is not a reporter, this breaks a century-old tradition of keeping newsmen at the helm. (New York Sun)
• A leaked intelligence report states that Iran has been "successfully scouring Europe" for the equipment needed to create a nuclear bomb, as well as parts for a ballistic missile. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. A ballistic missile is a Missile that follows a Sub-orbital ballistic flightpath with the objective of delivering a warhead to a predetermined target (The Guardian)
• Fourteen people are killed, with many more feared dead, after a landslide destroys a village in Java after flash floods in the region. Java (Jawa is an Island of Indonesia and the site of its Capital city Jakarta. A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic lowlying areas - washes rivers and streams It is the second such incident in the region within a week. (BBC)
• Fourteen people are now confirmed dead in the Bad Reichenhall ice rink roof collapse, with one person still trapped in the rubble. At approximately 1500 UTC on Monday 2 January 2006, in the town of Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria, Germany, near the Austrian (New York Times)
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:
  • Israel shells eight roads in Palestinian areas of the Gaza Strip. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west (IMEMC)
  • Seven Qassam rockets are fired on civilian Israeli targets by Palestinian insurgents. The Qassam rocket ( صاروخ القسام; also Kassam) is a simple steel Rocket filled with explosives produced by Hamas. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Two rockets land near a gas station on a road leading to the Israeli town of Sderot, and another five land near Kibbutz Zikim. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Sderot (שְׂדֵרוֹת a western Negev City, in the Southern District of Israel. Zikim (זיקים is a Kibbutz in the southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon There are no reports of injuries or damage. (B92)

5 January 2006 (Thursday)

• Peru recalls Carlos Urrutia, its ambassador to Venezuela, after Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez praises Peruvian presidential hopeful Ollanta Humala for his left-leaning policies. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. Carlos Urrutia is Peru's Ambassador to Venezuela. Peru twice recalled Urrutia as a protest against Venezuela's alleged interference in the Peruvian An ambassador is the highest ranking Diplomat who represents their country Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the ||-||} Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->The President of Venezuela (Presidente Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (ˈuɰo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβ̞es ˈfɾias (born July 28 1954 is the current President of Venezuela. A spokeswoman for the Peruvian Foreign Ministry stated, "There are concerns of political meddling in Peru's electoral affairs and comments by President Chávez were out of place. A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a governmental cabinet minister who helps form the Foreign policy of a sovereign nation " (Yahoo! News)
• The leader of Britain's Liberal Democrat Party, Charles Kennedy, admits being treated for alcohol-related problems for the last 18 months but has not drunk for the last two months. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the Charles Peter Kennedy (born 25 November 1959 is a British politician. Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions The revelation comes following mounting criticism of his leadership from party MPs. He calls a party leadership election, in which he will stand. In the 2006 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Sir Menzies Campbell was elected to succeed Charles Kennedy as Leader of the Liberal Democrats, the third-largest (BBC)
• At least 130 people have died following insurgent attacks on the Iraqi cities of Kerbala and Ramadi. An insurgency is a violent internal uprising against a sovereign government that lacks the organization of a revolution For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Karbala ( BGN: Al-Karbalā’; also spelled Karbala al-Muqaddasah) is a city in Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad at Ramadi ( BGN: Ar Ramādī) is a City in central Iraq, about West of Baghdad (BBC)
• At least 76 people have died following the collapse of a five story hotel in Mecca. Mecca ˈmɛkə also spelled Makkah ˈmækə (in full Makkah Al-Mukarramah (Arabic mækːæ(t ælmʊkarˑamæ مكّة المكرمة, literally Honored The death toll is expected to rise. Most of the dead are foreign Muslim pilgrims who had made their way there for the Hajj. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion The Hajj (حج is a pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah It is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world (Forbes)
• Hewlett-Packard, a computer manufacturing giant, and a private equity firm, the Blackstone Group, may bid for Computer Sciences Corporation, according to anonymous sources cited by The Wall Street Journal. In Finance, private equity is an Asset class consisting of equity Securities in operating companies that are not Publicly traded on Among the most prestigious private equity and investment management firms in the world The Blackstone Group' ( is a company that provides Private equity, financial advisory CSC2jpg|thumb|250px|CSC's branch office in HITEC City, Hyderabad, India]] Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC is an Information technology (thestreet.com)

6 January 2006 (Friday)

• Janjaweed militants cross the Sudanese border into Chad and attack the villages of Boroto, Ade, and Moudaina, killing nine and seriously wounding three others. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Janjaweed ( Arabic: جنجويد; variously transliterated Janjawid, Janjawed or Jingaweit etc Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. Chad (Tchad تشاد Tshād) officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a Landlocked country in Central Africa. The Borota raid took place in Borota Chad, near the eastern city of Adre, on January 6, 2006. Chad once again warns Sudan that it will retaliate for attacks by Janjaweed and UFDC rebel attacks. The United Front for Democratic Change or Front uni pour le changement ( FUC) is a Chadian rebel alliance made up of eight individual rebel groups (Reuters)
• 2005 Kashmir earthquake: SOS Children report gastroenteritis, pneumonia and bronchitis rife in emergency camps as landslides block route to Muzaffarabad. The 2005 Kashmir Earthquake (also known as the South Asian earthquake or the Great Pakistan earthquake) was a major earthquake centred in Azad Kashmir SOS Children's Villages is an independent non-governmental international development organisation which has been working to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of children Gastroenteritis (also known as gastro, gastric flu, and stomach flu, although unrelated to Influenza) is Inflammation of the Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the Lung. Frequently it is described as lung Parenchyma / alveolar inflammation and abnormal Bronchitis is an Inflammation of the Bronchi. More specifically it may refer to Acute bronchitis, caused by viruses or bacteria and lasting Muzaffarabad is the capital of the Azad State of Jammu and Kashmir. The organization now has a total of 106 children with missing parents in its care. SOS
• The People's Republic of China announces that the last surviving member of the Gang of Four, Yao Wenyuan, died on December 23, 2005. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The Gang of Four ( was the name given to a leftist political faction composed of four Chinese Communist party officials Yao Wenyuan ( (1931 &ndash December 23, 2005) was a Chinese literary critic and politician and a member of the " Gang of Four " during Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (BBC)
• Zapatistas, led by Subcomandante Marcos, begin a six-month nationwide tour of Mexico to unite social movements for positive change. The Zapatista Army of National Liberation ( Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) is an armed Revolutionary group based in Chiapas Subcomandante Marcos, also known as Delegado Cero in matters concerning the Other Campaign, describes himself as the spokesman for the Mexican rebel The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The tour coincides with presidential election campaigns. For other elections in Mexico during 2006 see 2006 Mexican elections For election disputes and controversies see Mexican general election 2006 Marcos claims that the all the party candidates are liars and criminals who don't care about the Mexican people. (Scotsman)
• A third child from the same family in eastern Turkey dies of H5N1 avian influenza. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Influenza A virus subtype H5[[Neuraminidase N1]], also known as A(H5N1 or simply H5N1, is a subtype of the Influenza A virus which can cause For the H5N1 subtype of Avian influenza see H5N1. Avian influenza, sometimes Avian flu, and commonly Bird flu refers Hülya Koçyiğit, 11, was the sister of Mehmet Ali, 14, who died last weekend, and of Fatma, 15, who died on Thursday. She was the third human fatality outside China and South-East Asia. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National A six-year-old brother is also being treated for the same disease. (Reuters) (Times)
• Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon successfully undergoes a third round of surgery to correct a rise in cranial pressure. The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead (אריאל Surgery (from the χειρουργική cheirourgikē, via chirurgiae meaning "hand work" is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental (AP)
• The Supreme Court of India denies access to the Alang port to the French warship Clemenceau since it contains tonnes of asbestos. The Supreme Court of India is the highest court of the land as established by Part V Chapter IV of the Constitution of India. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Alang is a Census town in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. History Development of Clemenceau represented France's successful effort to produce its own class of multi-role carriers to replace American and British ships which were Asbestos is a group of Minerals with long thin fibrous Crystals The word "asbestos" (῾ἀσβεστος is derived from a Greek adjective (BBC)

7 January 2006 (Saturday)

• Four suspected militants fatally shoot two border-policemen in the back at a crowded weekend market in Yala province, Thailand, where the South Thailand insurgency continues since an increase in violence in January 2001. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force Yala (ยะลา is the southernmost province ( changwat) of Thailand. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj The South Thailand insurgency is a Separatist campaign by Islamist terrorists which is taking place in the predominantly Malay Pattani region, made up of the (The Nation)
• The head of the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti, General Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar, is found dead. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Peacekeeping, as defined by the United Nations, is "a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace The United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti (Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti also known as MINUSTAH, an Acronym of the French Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: Lieutenant-General Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar (1947 &ndash January 6, 2006) was a Brazilian Soldier. UN officials believe his death to be suicide. (BBC News)
• Charles Kennedy, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom, announces his resignation with immediate effect after unprecedented criticism from his party's MPs. Charles Peter Kennedy (born 25 November 1959 is a British politician. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This comes despite previous vows to stand in the leadership election he declared two days earlier. In the 2006 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Sir Menzies Campbell was elected to succeed Charles Kennedy as Leader of the Liberal Democrats, the third-largest (BBC News)
• Thirteen Sri Lankan soldiers are killed when a boat manned by Tamil Tiger rebels and filled with explosives rammed into a naval ship in the port city of Trincomalee. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island "LTTE" redirects here For the Led Zeppelin bootleg see Listen to This Eddie. Trincomalee (திருகோணமலை Tirukōṇamalai තිරිකුණාමළය Tirikūṇamaḷaya is a district a bay and a port city on the northeast coast of (CNN)
• The prime minister of Israel Ariel Sharon has been transferred to a radiography theater to undergo a CT scan to determine the level of pressure on his brain. The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead (אריאל Computed tomography (CT is a Medical imaging method employing Tomography. Intracranial pressure, ( ICP) is the pressure exerted by the Cranium on the Brain tissue Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF and the brain's circulating The brain is the center of the Nervous system in animals All Vertebrates and the majority of Invertebrates have a brain (Ynetnews)
• A US military helicopter UH-60 Blackhawk has crashed in northern Iraq near Talafar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the History Since 400 AD Chinese children have played with bamboo flying toys. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Tal Afar (pronounced /ta/ /la/ /fer/ (also Tal'Afar, Tal Afar, Tall Afar, Tell Afar, Tel All 12 persons on board have been killed. (BBC)
• The president of Poland Lech Kaczyński performed a motion tabled by the prime minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz and dismissed the minister of finance Teresa Lubińska, nominating on her place Zyta Gilowska and giving her a position of deputy premier. The President of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, shorter form Prezydent RP) is the Polish Head of ˈlɛx alɛˈksandɛr kaˈtʂɨɲskʲi (born 18 June 1949 is the President of the Republic of Poland a politician of the conservative party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość The Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland represents the Council of Ministers (the Cabinet and directs their work supervises territorial self-government (kaˈʑimʲεʐ martɕinˈkʲevʲitʂ (born December 20, 1959 in Gorzów Wielkopolski) is a Polish politician who served as Prime Minister Zyta Gilowska (born July 7 1949 in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie) is a Polish economist and politician A Deputy Prime Minister or Vice Prime Minister is in some countries a government minister who can take the position of acting Prime Minister when the

8 January 2006 (Sunday)

• An estimated two million Muslims officially begin the annual pilgrimage, or hajj, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia (CNN). Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion The Hajj (حج is a pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah It is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world Mecca ˈmɛkə also spelled Makkah ˈmækə (in full Makkah Al-Mukarramah (Arabic mækːæ(t ælmʊkarˑamæ مكّة المكرمة, literally Honored The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi
• Singapore holds its largest civil counter-terrorism exercise, codenamed Exercise Northstar V, simulating bombing and chemical attacks at four Mass Rapid Transit stations and a bus interchange. Singapore Counter-terrorism in Singapore is a series of measures implemented in Singapore to detect and prevent Terrorism, and to minimise damage from such terrorist acts should Counter-terrorism in Singapore is a series of measures implemented in Singapore to detect and prevent Terrorism, and to minimise damage from such terrorist acts should The Mass Rapid Transit or MRT (大众快速交通 or more commonly known as 地铁 Malay: Sistem Pengangkutan Gerak Cepat; Tamil: சிங்கை Thirteen MRT stations and part of Toa Payoh Bus Interchange are closed for three hours, causing travel disruptions for over 15,000 commuters and triggering a response from some 2,000 personnel from 22 governmental organizations. History of Bus Interchange Relocation of Bus Interchange in 1999 When the old Toa Payoh Bus Interchange was demolished in 1999 to make way for the building of HDB Hub (CNA)
• A strong earthquake measuring 6. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer 7 on the moment magnitude scale hits Greece at 13:34. TalkMoment magnitude scale#Real world examples please.--> The moment magnitude scale Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The earthquake's epicentre was in the sea region 25 km east of the island of Kythira, about 200 km south of Athens. The epicenter or epicentre is the point on the Earth 's surface that is directly above the Hypocenter or focus the point where an Earthquake Kythira (Κύθηρα Cythera, Kythera, Cerigo is an Island of Greece, historically part of the Ionian Islands. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Although it was felt as far as Sicily, south Italy, Egypt, and Amman in Jordan, it was not disastrous due to its deep hypocentre and the sea-bed epicentre. Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Amman (ɑˈmɑːn sometimes spelled Ammann ( Arabic عمان ʿAmmān) is the Capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern The hypocenter or hypocentre (literally 'below the center' from the Greek υπόκεντρον) refers to the site of an earthquake or to that of a nuclear Little damage (mainly in Kythira) and few light injuries are reported. (CNN.com) (USGS)

9 January 2006 (Monday)

• General Sir Michael Rose, former United Nations commander in Bosnia, has told the BBC that British Prime Minister Tony Blair should be "impeached" over the war in Iraq. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. General Sir (Hugh Michael Rose, KCB CBE DSO QGM (born 1940 in what was then British India) often known as Mike Rose The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Commander is a Military rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to Impeachment is the first of two stages in a specific process for a legislative body to forcibly remove a Government official The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign (BBC)
• Ahmad Kazemi, the top commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards ground forces, and ten others have been reportedly killed when their plane crashed in northwestern Iran. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution ( Sepáh e Pásdárán e Enqeláb e Eslámi) is an ideologically motivated branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran's (IRNA) (BBC)
• The Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon has started breathing independently after doctors reduced the inflow of anaesthetic drugs in an attempt to waken the prime minister from deep sedation. The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead (אריאל A wide variety of drugs are used in modern anaesthetic practice Sedation is a Medical procedure involving the administration of Sedative drugs generally to facilitate a medical procedure with Local anaesthesia. (Ynetnews)
• U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was hospitalized when he complained of breathing trouble. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the __FORCETOC__ For the Vice President of the United States, their roles and other information see Vice President of the United States. Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30 1941 is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States. He was later released from the hospital. (AP via Yahoo!)
• Howard Stern debuted on Sirius Satellite Radio, ending a nearly 30 year run on terrestrial radio. Howard Allan Stern (born January 12 1954 is an American radio host and Television personality.
• The Phantom of the Opera surpassed Cats as the longest running Broadway musical with its 7,486th performance. The Phantom of the Opera (in French, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a French Novel by Gaston Leroux. Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located

10 January 2006 (Tuesday)

• The defence lawyer in the O'Connor - Keogh official secrets trial is shown the secret Al Jazeera bombing memo and declares that it posed no threat to national security. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Civil servant David Keogh and parliamentary researcher Leo O'Connor, both of Northampton, England, were charged with The Al Jazeera bombing memo is an unpublished memorandum made within the British government which purports to be the minutes of a discussion between United States He vows to have it made public by the court. The case will return to court on January 24. (The Guardian) (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Amnesty International claims torture and ill-treatment of terrorist suspects on the fourth anniversary of detainees being held without charge at Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to Camp Delta, situated at, composed of detention camps 1 2 3 4 and Camp Echo, is a permanent 612-unit detainment camp at Guantanamo Bay that replaced Guantánamo Bay ( Spanish Bahía de Guantánamo) is a bay located in Guantánamo Province at the south-eastern end of Cuba The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la (Forbes)
• Japanese whalers and anti-whaling environmental groups continue to clash in Antarctic waters near Australia, as calls for the Australian Government to intervene intensify. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Whaling is the hunting of Whales and dates back to at least 6000 BC For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. This article describes the federal government of Australia See Australian governments for other jurisdictions (ABC)
• Ukraine's parliament dismisses the Cabinet over its gas deal with Russia. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Верховна Рада України English: Supreme Council of Ukraine) is Ukraine 's Parliament A cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of Government, typically representing the executive branch. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending (Yahoo!)
• Iran's standoff from the UN and the west deepens as the UN seals on the Natanz nuclear processing plant are broken. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Natanz (نطنز is the centre of a township of the same name in the Isfahan province of Iran. (BBC)
• British Prime Minister Tony Blair sets out his Respect agenda. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to The Respect agenda was launched in September 2005 by Tony Blair in the United Kingdom. (BBC)
• A fifteenth case of H5N1 is reported in Turkey. Influenza A virus subtype H5[[Neuraminidase N1]], also known as A(H5N1 or simply H5N1, is a subtype of the Influenza A virus which can cause Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches However, the Turkish government declares that the virus is "under control". Politics of Turkey takes place in a framework of a strictly secular parliamentary representative democratic Republic, whereby the Prime (BBC)
• The Pakistani army announces that seven soldiers and fourteen suspected militants have been killed in fighting in the Waziristan area. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Waziristan ( Pashto: وزیرستان "land of the Wazir " is a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan (BBC)

11 January 2006 (Wednesday)

• The first ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate begins in Sydney, Australia. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Aims US President George W Bush called it a "new results-oriented partnership" that he said "will allow our nations to develop and accelerate deployment Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. (BBC)
• A knife-wielding man enters a synagogue in Moscow and stabs at least eight people. A knife is a handheld sharp-edged instrument consisting of handle attached to a Blade used for cutting A synagogue (from Greek: grc συναγωγή transliterated synagogē, "assembly" he בית כנסת beit knesset, "house of Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of (BBC)
• In Georgia, Vladimir Arutinian is convicted of the attempted assassination of U.S. President George W. Bush and terrorist charges and sentenced with life imprisonment. Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Vladimir Arutyunian was born on 12 March 1978 in Tbilisi, Georgia to a family of Ethnic Armenians. AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Life imprisonment or life incarceration is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime often for most (BBC)

12 January 2006 (Thursday)

• The foreign ministers of Britain, France, and Germany declare that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have reached a "dead end. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The nuclear program of Iran was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States as part of the Atoms for Peace program " They recommend that Iran be referred to the United Nations Security Council, where the nation may face sanctions. (ABC)
• A stampede during the Stoning the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims. There have been many serious incidents during the Hajj (the Muslim pilgrimage to the city of Mecca) that have caused the loss of hundreds of lives Stoning of the Devil or stoning of the jamarat ( Arabic: ramy al-jamarāt) is part of the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of The Hajj (حج is a pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah It is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world Mina is a desert location situated some 5 kilometres to the east of the Islamic holy city of Mecca (Makkah in Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion A pilgrim is one who undertakes a Pilgrimage, literally 'far afield' A similar crush claimed 244 pilgrims' lives at the same spot in 2004. (BBC)
• Mehmet Ali Ağca, who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981, is released from jail. Mehmet Ali Ağca (born January 9, 1958) is a Turkish Assassin, who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on May 13, Pope (BBC)
• The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. History Development of Clemenceau represented France's successful effort to produce its own class of multi-role carriers to replace American and British ships which were This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The Suez Canal is a Canal in Egypt. Opened in 1869 it allows Water transportation between Europe and Asia without circumnavigation Two Greenpeace activists board the ship. Greenpeace, originally known as the Greenpeace Foundation, was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1972 (BBC)

13 January 2006 (Friday)

• The U.S. CIA attempts to kill Ayman al-Zawahiri by bombing Damadola, Pakistan, a village near the Afghanistan border. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all On 13 January 2006 the Central Intelligence Agency fired Missiles into the Pakistani village of Damadola (ڈمہ ڈولا in the Bajaur Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The attack kills at least 18 people: eight men, five women and five children. Anonymous U. S. government sources claim he was invited to a feast in the village, but did not attend. (CNN)
• Augustine Volcano in Alaska has erupted five times in the past three days, the first eruptions in nearly two decades. } Augustine Volcano is a Stratovolcano on Augustine Island in southwestern Cook Inlet in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of southcentral coastal Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent The island is uninhabited. (National Geographic)
• Tyco International announces that it will split itself into three companies, spinning off Tyco Healthcare and Tyco Electronics. Tyco International Ltd is a highly diversified global manufacturing company incorporated in Bermuda, with United States operational headquarters in Princeton New (Tyco)

15 January 2006 (Sunday)

• President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya has declared the ongoing drought a national disaster and has appealed for US$150 million to feed the hungry. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Mwai Kibaki (born November 15, 1931) is the President of Kenya. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south The 2006 Horn of Africa food crisis is an acute shortage of food affecting four Horn of Africa countries Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti and 2. 5 million people have been left close to starvation due to the lack of rains over the last three years and corrupt officials who steal food aid. (Reuters)
• Russia and Ukraine are set to enter more diplomatic troubled waters over the alleged occupation of a lighthouse in the Black Sea. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. A lighthouse is a Tower, building or framework designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or in older times from a fire and used as an The Black Sea is an inland Sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolian peninsula ( Turkey (BBC)
• Kim Jong-il, the leader of North Korea, is alleged to have made a journey to China as part of a fact-finding mission in the region. Kim Jong-il (also written as Kim Jong Il) (born 16 February 1941 Vyatskoye, Soviet Union; official biographies state 16 February 1942 Baekdu North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, (BBC)
• Doctors perform a tracheotomy on Ariel Sharon, the Prime Minister of Israel, hoping this will help his recovery from a recent stroke. Tracheotomy and tracheostomy are Surgical procedures on the neck to open a direct airway through an incision in the trachea (the windpipe (אריאל The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead The illnesses of Ariel Sharon are a series of medical problems that former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has experienced especially coming to the A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain (BBC)
• The first round of voting in the Presidential election in Finland was held with no conclusive victor. The 2006 Finnish Presidential election saw the re-election of Tarja Halonen as President of Finland for a second six-year term Tarja Halonen and Sauli Niinistö will continue to the second round which is held 29 January. Tarja Kaarina Halonen ( pronounced) (born 24 December 1943 is the current President of Finland. Sauli Väinämö Niinistö (born August 24, 1948, Salo, Finland) is the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. (BBC)
• Michelle Bachelet is elected the first female President of Chile. Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria beˈɾonika mɪˈʃɛl baʃˈle ˈxeɾja / --> (born September 29 1951) is a center-left politician and A presidential election took place in Chile on Sunday December 11 2005. (BBC)
• The Stardust spacecraft has successfully landed in the Dugway Proving Ground after collecting dust samples from the comet Wild 2. Stardust is an American interplanetary mission of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, whose primary purpose was to investigate the makeup of the Dugway Proving Ground ( DPG) is a US Army facility located approximately 85 miles (140 km southwest of Salt Lake City Utah in southern Tooele County A comet is a small Solar System body that orbits the Sun and when close enough to the Sun exhibits a visible coma (atmosphere or a tail — Comet 81P/Wild, also known as Wild 2, is a Comet named after Swiss astronomer Paul Wild (pronounced Vilt) who discovered it in 1978 It is the first time extraterrestrial samples other than of the moon have been collected and the Stardust spacecraft is the fastest man-made object to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. (AP)
• The United Kingdom: Tony Blair to grant new powers to spy on Members of Parliament. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. (Independent)
• The French warship Clemenceau's transit through the Suez Canal is approved by Egyptian authorities. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. History Development of Clemenceau represented France's successful effort to produce its own class of multi-role carriers to replace American and British ships which were The Suez Canal is a Canal in Egypt. Opened in 1869 it allows Water transportation between Europe and Asia without circumnavigation This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. This decision is heavily criticized by Greenpeace and other environmental groups. Greenpeace, originally known as the Greenpeace Foundation, was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1972 (BBC)
• Canadian diplomat Glyn Berry is killed and two Canadian soldiers critically injured by a bomb blast in Afghanistan. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states Glyn Berry (1946 – January 15, 2006) was a Canadian Diplomat killed in a Car bomb attack in Afghanistan. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, He is the first Canadian diplomat to be killed on duty. (CBC)
• The ruling emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, dies at age 79. Emir ( Arabic: ar أمير;, female أميرة; emira;) ( Farsi and Urdu: امیر) The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed Jaber III al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, GCB, GCMG ( صاحب السمو الأمير الشيخ جابر الأحمد الجابر الصباح)‎ ( June Kuwait's cabinet names crown prince Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah as the new emir. The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah ( Arabic: سعد العبد الله السالم الصباح Saʿd al-ʿAbd Allāh as-Sālim as-Sabāh (Al-Jazeera)
• The Foreign Ministry of Iran announced it will hold a conference to evaluate the validity of the Holocaust, which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently referred to as a "myth". For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as The President of Iran is the highest elected official in the Islamic Republic of Iran, second only to the Supreme Leader. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (محمود احمدی‌نژاد; born October 28, 1956) is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CBC)

16 January 2006 (Monday)

• Former United States President Gerald Ford is hospitalized with pneumonia. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr (July 14 1913 December 26 2006 was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 and the fortieth Vice President Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the Lung. Frequently it is described as lung Parenchyma / alveolar inflammation and abnormal (CNN)
• Rizgar Mohammed Amin, the chief judge in the Saddam Hussein trial, tenders his resignation, following criticism of his handling of the trial. Rizgar Mohammed Amin ( Arabic: رزكار محمد أمين (born 1958 is the former chief judge of the Iraqi Special Tribunal 's Al-Dujail trial. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 The Trial of Saddam Hussein was the trial of the deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Interim Government for alleged (Daily Times)
• The United Nations appeals for US$240 million of food aid for West Africa to feed at least 10 million people affected by the food crisis, with Niger being the worst-affected country. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security West Africa or Western Africa is the Westernmost Region of the African Continent. (Reuters)
• A dockworkers' strike in Europe has thousands of workers off the job in protest over proposed liberalization of European Union rules on port services. Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in A demonstration outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg leaves twelve French police officers injured. The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU Strasbourg (Strasbourg stʁazbuʁ Alsatian: Strossburi,; Straßburg) is the capital and principal City of the Alsace région This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. (BBC)
• Former US Vice President Al Gore blasts current President George W. Bush's policy of spying on American citizen conversations with suspected overseas terrorists, saying President Bush "repeatedly and persistently" broke the law in connection with the NSA warrantless surveillance controversy, says the United States Constitution is in danger. The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Albert Arnold Gore Jr (born March 31 1948 is an American environmental Activist, author Businessperson, former Politician, and former The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The NSA warrantless surveillance controversy concerns Surveillance of persons within the United States incident to the collection of Foreign intelligence by the The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme Law of the United States. (Houston Chronicle) (Text of Speech)
• The Premier of Western Australia, Geoff Gallop, resigns his office after announcing he is suffering from depression. The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. Professor Geoffrey Ian Gallop AC (born 27 September 1951 is an Australian Academic and former Politician. Major depressive disorder, also known as major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder, clinical depression, or simply depression (ABC Australia)
• At least 27 people are killed in two suicide bombings in Afghanistan. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, (CNN)
• Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born October 29 1938 is the current President of Liberia. Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state. (CNN)
• Nine people die after jumping from a burning eight-story office building in the Russian city of Vladivostok amid allegations of blocked emergency exits and fire code violations. Vladivostok ( is Russia 's largest port city on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai. (CBC)
• Iran bans CNN from the country after a translator mistranslated a remark by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in which he defended Iran's right to nuclear energy. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner The President of Iran is the highest elected official in the Islamic Republic of Iran, second only to the Supreme Leader. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (محمود احمدی‌نژاد; born October 28, 1956) is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Nuclear Energy is released by the splitting (fission or merging together (fusion of the nuclei of Atom (s The comment was translated as the right to construct nuclear weapons. A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. (ABC News)
• Iraq's electoral commission rules Monday that more than 99 percent of the ballots from the Dec. 15 parliamentary elections are valid, opening the way for a new government to start coming together. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Following the ratification of the Constitution of Iraq on October 15 2005, a general election was held on 15 December to elect (CBS News)

17 January 2006 (Tuesday)

• The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Gonzales v. Oregon by a 6-3 vote that Oregon's "Death with Dignity Act" providing for physician-assisted suicide is consistent with the federal Controlled Substances Act. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Gonzales v Oregon, 546 US 243 ( 2006) was a United States Supreme Court case which ruled that the United States Attorney General Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Ballot Measure 16 of 1994 established the US state of Oregon 's Death with Dignity Act ( ORS 127 Physician-assisted suicide: may refer to Euthanasia, in cases where the physician performs the action may refer to Assisted suicide, where The Controlled Substances Act ( CSA) was enacted into law by the Congress of the United States as Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control (BBC)
• Kidnappers of journalist Jill Carroll demand that the United States release all female Iraqi prisoners within 72 hours. Jill Carroll (born October 6, 1977) is an American Journalist who was kidnapped and ultimately released in Iraq. (CNN)
• Two Jordanian peacekeepers, serving as part of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, have been killed by gunfire in Port-au-Prince. Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern The United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti (Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti also known as MINUSTAH, an Acronym of the French PortAuPrinceTapTapjpg|right|thumb|270px|A taptap (shared taxi in central Port-au-Prince (Reuters)
• In Côte d'Ivoire, supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo attack United Nations peacekeepers after the Ivorian Popular Front withdraws from the Ivorian Civil War peace process. Côte d'Ivoire (ˌkoʊt divˈwɑː(r ' in English, kot diˈvwaʀ in French) or Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a Laurent Koudou Gbagbo (born May 31 1945) has been the President of Côte d'Ivoire (better known in English as the Ivory Coast since 2000 The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (" UNOCI " is a United Nations Peacekeeping mission The Ivorian Popular Front (Front populaire ivoirien known by its French initials FPI, is a Democratic socialist Political party in Côte d'Ivoire Context of the conflict The civil war revolves around a number of issues particularly The end of the 30-year presidency of Félix Houphouët-Boigny forced (BBC)
• South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk has been offered a job at Clonaid studying human embryonic stem cell lines. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Hwang Woo-Suk ( Korean: 황우석 born 29 January 1953 is a South Korean. Clonaid is a Human cloning company founded in 1997 It has philosophical ties with the Raëlian sect which sees cloning as the first step in achieving Immortality Clonaid is a subsidiary of the cult known as the Raelians, who believe that cloning is the first step toward immortality. This article does not discuss "cult" in the original sense of "veneration" or "religious practice" for that usage see Cult (religious practice Raëlism or Raëlian Church consists of the practitioners of a UFO religion founded by a former French sports-car journalist and test driver named Claude Immortality (or eternal life) is the concept of living in physical or spiritual form for an Infinite length of Time. (Reuters)
• A draft of the new version (3) of the GNU General Public License is released. The "new" version has provisions blocking GPL code from being used in, or "secured" by, digital rights management schemes. Digital rights management ( DRM) is a generic term that refers to Access control technologies used by hardware manufacturers publishers and Copyright holders The "Freeness" provisions also restricts the patent rights coders can claim in their GPL-licensed programs. Free software or software libre is Software that can be used studied and modified without restriction and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an A right is a legal or moral Entitlement or Permission. Rights are of vital importance in theories of Justice and deontological ethics A programmer is someone who writes Computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist (wired) (text of draft)
• An original manuscript of the Chán Buddhist Wu Men Guan (Mumonkan) dated to 1246 is exhibited online by the i4uuu museum. Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism, referred to in Chinese as Chan. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices The Gateless Gate (無門關 Mandarin. Wumenguan, Japanese. Mumonkan) is a collection of 48 Chan ( Zen) A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the (eMediaWire)
• Taiwanese Premier Frank Hsieh announces his resignation following the defeat of the Democratic Progressive Party in recent elections. The President of the Executive Yuan ( commonly known in English as the Premier of Taiwan ( is the head of the Executive Yuan, the Executive Frank Chang-ting Hsieh ( Wade-Giles: Hsieh Ch'ang T'ing {{Unicode|Pe̍h-oē-jī}}: Siā Tiông-têng or Chiā Tiông-têng (born May 18, 1946 The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP ( Taiwanese: Bîn-chú-chìn-pō͘-tóng Traditional Chinese: zh-Hant 民主進步黨 Simplified Chinese: zh-Hans The Election of County Magistrates County Councilmen and Township Governors ( commonly known as the " Three-in-One Election " (三合一選舉 sānhéyīxuǎnjǔ (BBC)
• Japanese company Huser's president Susumu Ojima receives a summons of a witness by the Diet because of suspicions etc that he instructed one-class authorized architect Hidetsugu Aneha to reduce quantity of reinforced concrete. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Huser (ヒューザー Human User Company) was a Japanese Real estate agency (a developer) based in Ota, Tokyo Susumu Ojima （小嶋進 Ojima Susumu, born June 4, 1953 in Shikama, Miyagi Prefecture -） is a Japanese entrepreneur who A summons (also in Britain known as a claim form) is a legal document issued by a court (a judicial summons) or by an administrative agency of government (an A witness is someone who has firsthand knowledge about a Crime or dramatic event through their Senses (e The is Japan's Bicameral Legislature. It is composed of a Lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an Upper house, called is a former Japanese Architect and Builder accused of falsifying structural data regarding the Earthquake resistance of Reinforced concrete is Concrete in which reinforcement bars (" Rebars quot or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen a material that would otherwise be (The Japan Times Online)

18 January 2006 (Wednesday)

• Human Rights Watch in its annual report strongly condemns the United States, saying "it became disturbingly clear that the abuse of detainees had become a deliberate, central part of the Bush administration's strategy of interrogating terrorist suspects". Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Human Rights Watch is a United States -based international Non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on Human rights. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (CBC) (BBC News) (Human Rights Watch press info)
• The Tokyo Stock Exchange closes 20 minutes early due to a flood of sell orders overwhelming the capacity of its trading system. The, or TSE, located in Tokyo, Japan, is the second largest Stock exchange market in the world by market value second only to the New York Stock (AP/Yahoo!News)
• Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers are attacked by Laurent Gbagbo's "Young Patriots" in Côte d'Ivoire. ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially Peacekeeping, as defined by the United Nations, is "a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace Laurent Koudou Gbagbo (born May 31 1945) has been the President of Côte d'Ivoire (better known in English as the Ivory Coast since 2000 The Congrès Panafricain des Jeunes Patriotes, commonly known as Young Patriots, of Côte d'Ivoire is the name given to a Youth movement supportive Côte d'Ivoire (ˌkoʊt divˈwɑː(r ' in English, kot diˈvwaʀ in French) or Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a At least three people have been killed, and the UN has warned that the country is sliding towards war. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security War is an international relations Dispute, characterized by organized Violence between National Military units (BBC)
• China has recorded its sixth death from the avian flu virus, according to a report on the Chinese Health Ministry's Web site. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Influenza A virus subtype H5[[Neuraminidase N1]], also known as A(H5N1 or simply H5N1, is a subtype of the Influenza A virus which can cause (CNN)
• North Korean leader Kim Jong-il says he is committed to a peaceful resolution of the standoff over his country's nuclear ambitions. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, Kim Jong-il (also written as Kim Jong Il) (born 16 February 1941 Vyatskoye, Soviet Union; official biographies state 16 February 1942 Baekdu (CBS)
• A building collapses on the outskirts of New Delhi on Wednesday, trapping at least 15 people in the rubble. New Delhi (नई दिल्ली ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ نئی دلی is the Capital city of India. (CNN)
• Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels have ambushed a navy bus in Sri Lanka's northeast, injuring six sailors and a civilian. "LTTE" redirects here For the Led Zeppelin bootleg see Listen to This Eddie. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island (CBC)
• Two people who conspired to extort money from Wendy's by planting a severed finger in a bowl of chili and then suing the restaurant are sentenced to about ten years each in prison. Wendy's is an international chain of Fast food Restaurants founded by Dave Thomas in 1969 in Columbus Ohio. (CTV)

19 January 2006 (Thursday)

• Al Jazeera airs an audiotape from Osama bin Laden saying al-Qaeda is making preparations for attacks in the United States but offering a "long-term truce" to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. For the English-language channel see Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera (الجزيرة al-jazīrah,, meaning "The Island" An audio tape recording of a speech believed to be by Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was released on January 19, 2006. Osama bin Laden, with some spelling variations is the name used in English to refer to (أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن born 10 March Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, (MSNBC)(BBC)
• Iran warns of a world oil crisis if sanctions are imposed over its nuclear program even as the United States and Europe struggle to get support for UN Security Council action. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (AFP)
• President Jacques Chirac warns that France could respond with nuclear weapons against any State-sponsored terrorism attack. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. The definitions of state-sponsored terrorism, Terrorism, and State terrorism are controversial (ABC News) (BBC)
• Two suicide bombings in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, leave at least 22 people dead and 26 wounded. This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous (BBC)
• Italy will conclude its mission in Iraq by the end of the year, in the first clear timetable for Rome to withdraw its troops, says Defense Minister Antonio Martino. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Antonio Martino (born December 22, 1942 in Messina) is an Italian politician who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1994 and (ABC)
• The United States' largest independent film festival, the Sundance Film Festival, begins in Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the Hollywood Studio system, a series of oligopolistic practices by several The Sundance Film Festival is a Film festival that takes place annually in the state of Utah, in the United States. Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U Park City is a town in Summit and Wasatch counties in the US state of Utah. The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. This year's entries include documentaries about prominent politicians Al Gore and Ralph Nader. Albert Arnold Gore Jr (born March 31 1948 is an American environmental Activist, author Businessperson, former Politician, and former Ralph Nader (born February 27 1934 is an American Attorney, Author, Lecturer, political activist, and independent candidate for President (Reuters)
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: At least 32 people are injured, including one seriously, when a Palestinian suicide bomber detonates himself at a food stand near Tel Aviv's central bus station. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel Palestinian Islamic Jihad's al-Quds brigades claims responsibility for the attack. The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine (حركة الجهاد الإسلامي في فلسطين - Harakat al-Jihād al-Islāmi fi Filastīn The Al-Quds Brigades is the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ It's the first terrorist attack of the year in Israel. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. (YNETnews)
• Isabelle Dinoire, the world's first face transplant recipient, is using her new lips to take up smoking again, which doctors fear could interfere with her healing and raise the risk of tissue rejection. Isabelle Dinoire, born 1967 was the first person to undergo a partial Face transplant, after her Labrador dog mauled her in May 2005 A face transplant is a still-experimental procedure to replace all or part of a person's face (CTV)
• A Slovak Antonov An-24 military aircraft carrying troops back from Kosovo crashes into a mountainside in northeastern Hungary, killing 42 people. Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (1993 - 2002 called Army of the Slovak Republic) number about 27000 uniformed personnel On January 19, 2006 an Antonov An-24 aircraft operated by the Slovak Air Force crashed in northern Hungary, near the village Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Only one person survived. (CNN)
• At least thirty-one people have died during a four-day cold snap in Russia where temperatures have plunged to as low as -42° C (-44° F). Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Temperature is a physical property of a system that underlies the common notions of hot and cold something that is hotter generally has the greater temperature The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736 a German Physicist who proposed it in 1724 (CBC)
• A leaked memo from the United Kingdom's Foreign Office reveals that that the British government had a strategy aimed at suppressing a debate about the US practice of transporting detainees to secret centres where they are at risk of being tortured. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO, is the British government department responsible for promoting (Guardian Unlimited).
• NASA Pluto probe New Horizons successfully launches at 14:00 EST. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program New Horizons is a Robotic spacecraft mission by NASA currently underway (NASA) (BBC)
• In Azerbaijan, two students (Turan Aliev from Baku State University and Namik Feiziev of Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University) are readmitted and end their 22-day hunger strike, started in protest at their expulsion which they claim resulted from their political activities. Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South Baku State University (Bakı Dövlət Universiteti is a Public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. A hunger strike is a method of Non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political Protest, or to provoke feelings of (IWPR)

20 January 2006 (Friday)

• At 4 o'clock UTC NASA's Pluto probe New Horizons crossed the orbit of the Moon, eight hours and thirty five minutes after launch. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The River Thames Whale was a juvenile female Northern Bottlenose whale which was discovered swimming in the River Thames in Central London on Friday The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program New Horizons is a Robotic spacecraft mission by NASA currently underway This is a new Earth-to-Moon-distance flight record.
• Three former workers at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant in Ohio are indicted for repeatedly falsifying inspection reports and other information to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station is a Nuclear power plant with a single reactor located on the southwest shore of Lake Erie near Oak Harbor Ohio Nuclear Regulatory Commission (or NRC) is a United States government agency that was established by the Energy Reorganization Act in 1974 and was first The plant's owner, FirstEnergy Corporation, accepts a plea bargain and $28 million in fines in lieu of criminal prosecution. FirstEnergy Corp ( is a diversified energy company headquartered in Akron Ohio (Toledo Blade)
• Archeologists digging under the Roman Forum, Rome, Italy, discover a tomb estimated at 3000 years old, predating the creation of the Forum by several centuries. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos This page refers to the main forum in the center of Rome See Imperial forums or Other forums in Rome (below for other forums in Rome and (USA Today)
• Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan have defused a huge car bomb found not far from their base near Kandahar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, For the 2001 film see Kandahar (film; for the Kandahar meteorite of 1959 see Meteorite falls; for the places in Azerbaijan see Cəndəhar and The discovery comes just days after a suicide bomber killed Canadian diplomat Glyn Berry and seriously wounded three soldiers travelling with him. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states Glyn Berry (1946 – January 15, 2006) was a Canadian Diplomat killed in a Car bomb attack in Afghanistan. (CBC)
• Embroiled in a nuclear standoff with the West, Iran says it is moving funds out of Europe to shield them from possible U.N. sanctions. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security (Reuters)
• Iraq's election commission says that an alliance of Shiite religious parties, the United Iraqi Alliance, has won the most seats in Iraq's new National Assembly after the December 2005 legislative elections . For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The United Iraqi Alliance ( الائتلاف العراقي الموحد; transliterated: al-I'tilāf al-`Irāqī al-Muwaḥḥad) led by Abdul Aziz The Council of Representatives of Iraq (مجلس النواب العراقي Majlis al-Nuwwāb al-ʿIrāqiyy) is the main elected body of representatives in Iraq Following the ratification of the Constitution of Iraq on October 15 2005, a general election was held on 15 December to elect (CBS)
• At least 52 people including five children are killed after an overcrowded bus plunges down a deep gorge in Indian Kashmir. This article is about the geographical region of greater Kashmir (CBC)
• Israel says it has proof that Iran financed the bombing of a fast-food restaurant in Tel Aviv, and that Syria carried it out. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية (ABC)
• Rescue teams search for two West Virginia miners missing after a coal mine fire. West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by (ABC)
• Japan has halted the import of U. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. S. beef after an animal spine was found in a beef shipment at Tokyo International Airport. located in Ōta Tokyo, Japan, is one of the two primary Airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area. A ban has now been reinstated. (CNN)
• Turkish police are reported to have taken into custody, Mehmet Ali Ağca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 after an appeals court ordered his return to prison to serve more time for killing a journalist. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Mehmet Ali Ağca (born January 9, 1958) is a Turkish Assassin, who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on May 13, Pope Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 (CNN)
• A whale, identified as a 5 metre (17') long Northern Bottlenose whale, is observed in the River Thames in Central London passing upstream of the Houses of Parliament. Whales are marine mammals which are neither Dolphins (ie members of the families Delphinidae or Platanistoidae) nor Porpoises Orcas A bottlenose whale is one of two Species of Whale in the Ziphiid family. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The "River Thames whale" is believed to have passed through the Thames Barrier about 1515 UTC on Thursday afternoon. The River Thames Whale was a juvenile female Northern Bottlenose whale which was discovered swimming in the River Thames in Central London on Friday The Thames Barrier is a flood control structure on the River Thames, constructed between 1974 and 1984 at Woolwich Reach and first used defensively in 1983 Attempts are being made to guide it back to the Thames estuary, where a second whale has been sighted off Southend on Sea. (BBC), (Sky News)
• Protests by the pro-government Young Patriots in Côte d'Ivoire end after their leader, Charles Blé Goudé, tells them to "go home and clean up the streets". The Congrès Panafricain des Jeunes Patriotes, commonly known as Young Patriots, of Côte d'Ivoire is the name given to a Youth movement supportive Côte d'Ivoire (ˌkoʊt divˈwɑː(r ' in English, kot diˈvwaʀ in French) or Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a Charles Blé Goudé is an Ivoirien political leader born in 1972 at Guibéroua, in the center west of the country (BBC)

21 January 2006 (Saturday)

• Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova dies at 61, after a lung cancer. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Prof Dr Ibrahim Rugova ( December 2, 1944 – January 21, 2006) was a politician of Albanian descent who was the first Lung cancer is a Disease of uncontrolled Cell growth in tissues of the Lung. He was the first President of Kosovo, and the leader of the Democratic League of Kosove
• The Russian choreographer Igor Moiseyev, who founded the genre of balletic folk dance back in the 1930s, celebrates his centenary with a flamboyant show in the Moscow Kremlin Palace of Congresses. See also, Choreography (literally "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" (circular dance see chorea) and "γραφή" Igor Alexandrovich Moiseyev (Игорь Александрович Моисеев ( &ndash November 2[[ 007]] has been widely acclaimed as the greatest 20th-century choreographer Folk dance is a term used to describe a large number of dances mostly of European origin that tend to share the following attributes originally danced in about the The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred is One hundred consecutive Years Centuries are numbered ordinally (e The Moscow Kremlin ( Russian: Московский Кремль Moskovskiy Kreml) usually referred to as simply The Kremlin, is a historic fortified (New York Times)
• Two miners, trapped after a coal mine fire on Thursday in Melville, West Virginia, are found dead. Melville is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. (CNN)
• The "River Thames whale" dies during a rescue attempt. The River Thames Whale was a juvenile female Northern Bottlenose whale which was discovered swimming in the River Thames in Central London on Friday (BBC)
• The British government confirms and defends the practice of holding DNA samples of minors on the UK National DNA Database. (BBC)

22 January 2006 (Sunday)

• British diplomats are accused of spying on Russia using a fake rock. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending In Geology, rock is a naturally occurring aggregate of Minerals and/or Mineraloids The Earth's outer solid layer the ‘ Lithosphere (BBC)
• Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous American president. Juan Evo Morales Ayma (born October 26 1959 in Orinoca, Oruro) popularly known as Evo (ˈeβo is the President of Bolivia since The President of Bolivia is the head of state of Bolivia. According to the current constitution the president is elected by popular vote for a single non-renewable five year The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States. (ABC News)
• Fears of sabotage ensue after explosions of two gas pipelines in Russia's North Ossetian Republic suspend gas supply to Georgia and Armenia. The 2006 North Ossetia sabotages were two explosions which occurred on the main branch and a reserve branch of the Mozdok - Tbilisi pipeline in the Russian The Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (Респу́блика Се́верная Осе́тия–Ала́ния Ossetic: Республикӕ Цӕгат Ирыстон — Алани Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani (BBC)
• Kobe Bryant scores 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second highest in NBA history, next to Wilt Chamberlain's 100. Kobe Bean Bryant (born) is an American All-Star Shooting guard Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain (August 21 1936&ndashOctober 12 1999 nicknamed Wilt the Stilt, The Big Dipper, and Chairman of the Boards

23 January 2006 (Monday)

• In the ongoing dispute between the United States and Venezuela, the US has tried to veto a sale of Embraer airplanes to Venezuela. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Embraer -- IPA [ɪ̃ⁿbɾaˈɛɾ] -- the Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Brazilian foreign minister Celso Amorim branded the US attempted veto as "indefensible nonsense". |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim (born 3 June, 1942 in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil) has served as the Foreign Minister of Brazil The US recently failed to block a large sale of Spanish military equipment to Venezuela. (El Universal), (Spain Herald).
• In the Canadian federal election, the Conservatives win a plurality of seats in the House of Commons to form a minority government. The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally the 39th General Election) was held on January 23 2006 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the The Conservative Party of Canada ( Parti conservateur du Canada) colloquially known as the " Tories " is a conservative The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and A minority government or a minority cabinet is a Cabinet of a Parliamentary system formed when the governing Political party or Stephen Harper is to become the next Prime Minister. WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Honorific prefixes --> Stephen Joseph Harper PC The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus (Globe and Mail)
• An archeological expedition from Johns Hopkins University uncovers a statue of Queen Tiye, wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and mother of Akhenaten, at the temple complex at Karnak. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos Tiye (c 1398 BC &ndash 1338 BC also spelled Taia, Tiy and Tiyi) was the daughter of Yuya and Tjuyu (also spelled Thuyu Pharaoh is the title given in modern parlance to the ancient Egyptian kings of all periods Amenhotep III (sometimes read as Amenophis III meaning Amun is Satisfied was the ninth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. Akhenaten (often alt: Akhnaten, or rarely Ikhnaton) (In English ˌɑkəˡnɑtən or approximately "AHK-en-AHT-en" his royal name Amenhotep The Karnak temple complex, universally known only as Karnak, describes a vast conglomeration of ruined temples chapels pylons and other buildings (Al-Jazeera)
• Kuwait emir Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah has agreed to abdicate his position. The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed This is an (incomplete list of Emirs of Kuwait: The Sabah dynasty came to power in 1752 before which date the Bani Khalid tribe ruled the region Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah ( Arabic: سعد العبد الله السالم الصباح Saʿd al-ʿAbd Allāh as-Sālim as-Sabāh (Al-Jazeera)
• After its brakes fail, a train crashes near Bioče, a village nine miles northeast of Podgorica in Montenegro, killing at least 39 and injuring more than 130 people, in the country's worst train disaster. Bioče ( Montenegrin / Serbian Cyrillic: Биоче is a village nine miles northeast of Podgorica in Montenegro. Podgorica ( Montenegrin / Serbian: Подгорица Podgorica ˈpɔdgɔˌriʦa is the Capital and largest city of Montenegro Montenegro ( British English) Montenegrin / Serbian: PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE LANGUAGES WITHOUT CONSENSUS ON THE TALK PAGE! The Bioče train disaster was a Train crash on January 23, 2006 in Montenegro. (BBC News)
• Another case of mad cow disease has been confirmed in Canada but officials don't expect international borders to close to Canadian beef as a result. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ( BSE) commonly known as Mad-Cow Disease ( MCD) is a fatal Neurodegenerative disease in Cattle Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page (CBC)
• United Nations says eight Guatemalan special forces soldiers deployed as U.N. peacekeepers in eastern DR Congo were killed and five wounded in a battle with Ugandan LRA rebels. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest The Kaibiles (singular Kaibil) are a Special operations force of the Military of Guatemala. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to The Republic of Uganda is a Landlocked country in East Africa. (Reuters)
• Ford Motor Company announces plans to close 14 plants and cut up to 30,000 jobs (25% of its workforce) by 2012. Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial Building where workers manufacture goods Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. (Detroit News)
• A five-story building in Nairobi, Kenya, collapses and kills at least eight people, burying dozens more. Nairobi (naɪˈroʊbɪ is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south Rescuers use their bare hands to dig through the rubble. (Sky News) (BBC) (CTV)
• Azerbaijan has started supplying Russian natural gas to Georgia, the Georgian gas company says, helping compensate for a fuel cutoff caused by explosions in southern Russian pipelines that brought a new energy crisis to the region this weekend. Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Natural gas is a Gaseous Fossil fuel consisting primarily of Methane but including significant quantities of Ethane, Propane, Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between (International Herald Tribune) (CBC)
• The U.S. Supreme Court rejects an appeal from Research In Motion Ltd. which had asked it to reverse a lower-court ruling that found its BlackBerry wireless email device in violation of patents held by NTP, Inc., a Virginia patent-holding firm. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Research In Motion Limited ( RIM) () is a Wireless device company best known as the developer of the BlackBerry handheld Communication The BlackBerry is a Wireless Handheld device introduced in 1999 as a two-way pager NTP Inc is a Virginia -based Patent holding company founded in 1992 by the late Inventor Thomas J The case now moves to a federal district court in Virginia, which will decide whether to reinstate an injunction against the U. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is one of two United States district courts serving the Commonwealth of Virginia. S. sale of the popular BlackBerries. (MarketWatch)

24 January 2006 (Tuesday)

• A US federal judge issues a summary judgement against Christopher William Smith and awards AOL US$5. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Circuit Judge redirects here For Circuit Judges in the United Kingdom see Circuit judge (UK. For the simplification and shortening of a longer text see Summary. Christopher William Smith ("Rizler" (born January 28, 1980) was a prolific e-mail spammer, advertising drugs from his Xpress Pharmacy Direct The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 3 million in damages and US$287,000 in legal fees, after Smith refused to participate in the lawsuit filed against him by AOL under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 ( 15 USC 7701 et seq Public Law No 108-187 was S Smith is accused of sending millions of spam e-mails to AOL customers. E-mail spam, also known as "bulk e-mail" or "junk e-mail" is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by Electronic mail, often abbreviated to e-mail, email, or originally eMail, is a Store-and-forward method of writing sending receiving (The Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
• Venezuela buys a further ^US$312 million of Argentina's national debt, adding to the ^US$1 billion already purchased. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The government of Hugo Chávez says that the scheme will further South American integration. Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (ˈuɰo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβ̞es ˈfɾias (born July 28 1954 is the current President of Venezuela. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a (Reuters)(Bloomberg)
• Miyeegombyn Enkhbold is chosen as the new Prime Minister of Mongolia by the State Great Khural. Miyeegombyn Enkhbold (Миеэгомбын Энхболд born 1964 is a Mongolian politician The Prime Minister of Mongolia is the highest member of the Mongolian government's executive arm and heads the Mongolian Cabinet. Mongolia (mɒŋˈɡoʊliə, literally Mongol country/nation,) is a Landlocked Country in East The State Great Khural (Улсын Их Хурал Ulsyn Ikh Khural; also State Great Hural. (BBC)
• Two mergers are announced in the American entertainment industry: Disney and Pixar Animation Studios will merge in a ^US$7. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Pixar Animation Studios is a CGI animation production company based in Emeryville California. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 4 billion deal. (Story from E! Online via Yahoo.com) And CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. announce they will merge UPN and The WB television networks into a new network called 'The CW in fall 2006. CBS Corporation () is an American Media conglomerate focused on Broadcasting, Publishing, Billboards, and Television Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and United Paramount Network ( UPN) was a Television network that broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States and that was in production for over eleven The CW Television Network ( The CW) is a Television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season. (AP/Yahoo!)
• A bomb in the southern Iranian city of Ahvaz kills six and injures up to 40. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The city of Ahvaz or Ahwaz (اهواز ahvāz or الأحواز is the capital of the Iranian province of Khūzestān. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was due to have visited the city today, however the trip was called off at the last minute. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The President of Iran is the highest elected official in the Islamic Republic of Iran, second only to the Supreme Leader. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (محمود احمدی‌نژاد; born October 28, 1956) is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Lebanon's al-Manar television said the president had called off his trip after a security tip-off. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Al-Manar (المنار The Beacon) is the satellite Television station of Hezbollah, broadcasting from Beirut, Local MP Nezam Molla-Hoveyzeh accused Britain of being behind the attack. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located (Reuters)(BBC)
  • Later, US President George Bush warns Iran over threat of "retaliation" against Israel. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Moqtada Sadr has vowed to defend Iran. Hojatoleslam Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr or Moktada al Sadr ( ar سيد مقتدى الصدر Muqtadā aṣ-Ṣadr) (born August 12, (Turkish Weekly), (LKBN ANTARA)
• Defeated Canadian prime minister Paul Martin announces he will resign as leader of the Liberal Party. The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus Paul Edgar Philippe Martin. PC, MP (also known as Paul Martin Jr The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political (CBC)
• Opera web browser releases free "mini" mobile phone browser. Opera is a Web browser and Internet suite developed by the Opera Software company A web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text images videos music games and other information typically located on a (Red Herring), (InformationWeek)
• Web sites encouraged to support IE rivals, as Firefox 1. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages 5 passes the 20 million downloads mark. Firefox browser has 11 percent of the UK market. In Mathematics, a percentage is a way of expressing a number as a Fraction of 100 ( per cent meaning "per hundred" The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Sao Paulo Stock Exchangejpg|thumb| Virtual market arena where buyer and seller are not present and trade via intemediates and electronical information (VNUNet), (iT News)

25 January 2006 (Wednesday)

• Lucia Pinochet, daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, asks for political asylum in the United States following her arrest at Washington Dulles International Airport on a Chilean arrest warrant for tax evasion. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. María Lucía Hiriart Rodríguez (born December 10 1922) also known as Lucía Hiriart de Pinochet, is the widow (married in January 1943 of former Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the A dictator is an Authoritarian ruler (eg Absolutist or autocratic) who assumes sole and absolute power without hereditary ascension such as an Absolute Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (November Right of asylum (or political asylum) is an ancient Judicial notion under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Washington Dulles International Airport is a public Airport located 25 miles (40 km) west of the Central business district of Washington D An arrest warrant is a warrant issued by and on behalf of the state which authorizes the Arrest and detention of an individual Tax avoidance is the legal utilization of the Tax regime to one's own advantage in order to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law (Miami Herald)
• A study in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that Trasylol, a drug marketed by Bayer, designed to prevent excessive blood loss during heart surgery, doubles the risk of kidney failure and stroke. The New England Journal of Medicine ( N Engl J Med or NEJM) is an English-language Peer-reviewed Medical journal published Aprotinin, also known as bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor BPTI (Trasylol Bayer) is a protein that is used as Medication administered by injection For other uses see Bayer (disambiguation or Beyer or Buyer. Bayer AG (German ˈbaɪə () is a German The kidneys are complicated organs that have numerous biological roles A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain (Reuters)
• An international team of astronomers discovers the most earth-like exoplanet found thus far. Historically Astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky while Astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a Planet beyond the Solar System, orbiting around other Stars As of September 2008 312 The planet, OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, is about 25,000 light years away, close to the centre of the Milky Way. A light-year or light year (symbol ly) is a unit of Length, equal to just under ten trillion Kilometres As defined by The Milky Way (a translation of the Latin Via Lactea, in turn derived from the Greek Γαλαξίας (Galaxias sometimes referred to simply (Nature).
• Microsoft, in an effort to resolve a controversy with the antitrust authorities of the European Community, announced that it will license some of its source code to rivals. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer The European Community (EC is one of the Three pillars of the European Union (EU created under the Maastricht Treaty (1992 (c|net news).
• Google's launch of a new, self-censored search engine in China is a "black day" for freedom of expression, says leading international media watchdog Reporters without Borders. Google Inc is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES (BBC)
• Ryanair, Europe's largest low-cost carrier, and the world's most profitable airline, announces that it intends to charge up to €7 per bag checked in by customers. Ryanair (,) is an Irish Airline with headquarters in Dublin and its biggest operational base at London Stansted Airport in the UK An airline provides air transport services for Passengers or Freight, generally with a recognized operating certificate or license In return, the airline fares will drop by 9%. (Ryanair press release)
• Uzbekistan joins the Eurasian Economic Community. Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or Ўзбекистон Республикаси is a doubly The Eurasian Economic Community ( EurAsEC or EAEC or EEC) was put into motion on 10 October 2000 when Belarus, (Interfax)
• Deus Caritas Est (Latin: "God is love"), the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, is published (BBC)
• 2006 Palestinian elections: Palestinians prepare for the first elections to the PLC in ten years. See also Catholic theology of the body Deus Caritas Est ( Latin for "God is Love" is the first Encyclical written by Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. An encyclical was originally a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Christian church Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger On January 25 2006, elections were held for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC the legislature of the Palestinian National Authority The Palestinian Legislative Council (sometimes referred to as the Palestinan Parliament) the Legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a Unicameral (BBC)

26 January 2006 (Thursday)

• Islamist party Hamas' landslide victory in Palestinian elections ends four decades of rule by the Fatah party. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Islamism ( Islam + ism; Arabic: al-'islāmiyya) a set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Fatah (فتح literally opening, is a reverse Acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (حركة التحرير Hamas secures 76 seats in the 132-member legislature through parliamentary elections. Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة On January 25 2006, elections were held for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC the legislature of the Palestinian National Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei announces he will resign and Fatah declares it will not join a Hamas-led coalition, although Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plans to continue negotiations with Israel through the Palestine Liberation Organization. The Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority is the Head of government of the Palestinian government Ahmed Ali Mohammed Qurei (or Qureia; احمد علي محمد قريع also known by his Arabic ''Kunya'' Abu Alaa (أبو علاء (born March Mahmoud Abbas (محمود عباس (born March 26, 1935) also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (ابو مازن was elected President For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO) (منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary (BBC) (Haaretz)
• Indian foreign secretary Shyam Saran reacts sharply to US Ambassador David Mulford's warning over the future of the Indo-US nuclear deal, saying on Thursday that it was "inappropriate" and not conducive to good relations between the two countries. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The United States of America —commonly referred to as the David Campbell Mulford (born June 1937 is the current United States Ambassador to India. (Express India)
• One day after US ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza claimed that Mexican soldiers had helped drug smugglers to escape pursuit by Texas state police on US soil near El Paso, Texas, Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Luis Ernesto Derbez suggested that the people involved may have been US soldiers wearing the uniforms of Mexican military. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An ambassador is the highest ranking Diplomat who represents their country The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Antonio Oscar "Tony" Garza Jr (born July 7, 1959, in Brownsville Texas) an American Lawyer and former county judge in The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS is a department of the government of the state of Texas. Secretaries of Foreign Affairs Enrique Creel Cuilty 1910–1911 Francisco León de la Barra 1911 1913 Victoriano Salado Luis Ernesto Derbez Bautista (born April 1 1947 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician and current president of the Universidad de A uniform is a set of standard Clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity (Forbes)
• Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf rejects US objections to a proposed Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline for natural gas saying "It is in our economic interest. The President of Pakistan ( Urdū: صدر Sadr-e-Mumlikat) is the Head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. General (ret Pervez Musharraf ( (born 11 August 1943 NI(M, HI(M, TBt, is the former Military dictator and President of The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Natural gas is a Gaseous Fossil fuel consisting primarily of Methane but including significant quantities of Ethane, Propane, If somebody wants to stop us they should compensate us . . . But at the moment we are going ahead". Musharraf also repeats his condemnation of the recent U.S. air strike in northern Pakistan which killed 18 people, including women and children. On 13 January 2006 the Central Intelligence Agency fired Missiles into the Pakistani village of Damadola (ڈمہ ڈولا in the Bajaur (VOA News)
• Liberal Democrat MEP for London, Sarah Ludford, who is leading a European Parliament investigation into the U.S. policy of "extraordinary rendition", says she may invite Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney, United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld or United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to testify. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Sarah Ann Ludford Baroness Ludford (born 14 March 1951) is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords and Member of the European Parliament The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30 1941 is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States. The United States Secretary of Defense ( SECDEF) is the head of the U Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9 1932 is a United States Businessman, Politician, the 13th Secretary of Defense under President The United States Secretary of State (commonly abbreviated as SecState) is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with Foreign affairs Condoleezza Rice (born November 14 1954 is the 66th United States (Irish Independent Newspaper)
• In the long running dispute over Iran's nuclear program, the ambassador of the United States to India, David Mulford, has warned India to back the US plan to refer Iran to the United Nations Security Council or face cancellation of a US-India nuclear deal. The nuclear program of Iran was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States as part of the Atoms for Peace program The United States of America —commonly referred to as the India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country David Campbell Mulford (born June 1937 is the current United States Ambassador to India. (Financial Times) India's foreign ministry calls the comments inapproapiate and summons the ambassador to Delhi for an explanation (BBC news). Delhi (दिल्ली ਦਿੱਲੀ دلی d̪ɪlːiː sometimes referred to as Dilli) is the second largest metropolis of India, with a population The Foreign Ministry of China says "We oppose impulsively using sanctions or threats of sanctions to solve problems" and also indicates that they would support Russian efforts to resolve the dispute. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending (Reuters)
• Republic Day celebrations in India. Republic Day is the name of a Public holiday in several countries to commemorate the day when they first became Republics January 9th in Republika India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud is in India as chief guest for the Republic Day celebration. The King of Saudi Arabia is Saudi Arabia 's Head of state and Absolute monarch. Khaled bin Abdullah Mutaib bin Abdullah Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Faisal bin Abdullah (NDTV)
• Interpol issues red notices against Pakistan ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari. The International Criminal Police Organization, better known by its telegraphic address Interpol is an organization facilitating international police cooperation An INTERPOL notice or International Notice is a notice issued by INTERPOL to share information between its members Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Benazir Bhutto ( Sindhi: بينظير ڀٽو Urdu: بینظیر بھٹو beːnəziːɾ bɦʊʈːoː (21 June 1953 &ndash 27 December 2007 was a (BBC)
• Saudi Arabia recalled their envoy from Denmark after Muhammad Drawings controversy, and has initiated a boycott of Danish products. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe (BBC)

27 January 2006 (Friday)

• French President Jacques Chirac is successfully hoaxed by a Canadian DJ pretending to be Stephen Harper. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected A hoax is a deliberate attempt to Dupe, Deceive or trick an audience into believing or accepting that something is real when in fact it is not or that A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Honorific prefixes --> Stephen Joseph Harper PC (CNN)
• European leaders remember the Holocaust, with the 61st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as "Auschwitz" redirects here For the town see Oświęcim Auschwitz-Birkenau () was the largest of Nazi Germany (Yahoo!)
• A 7. 7 magnitude earthquake strikes the Banda Sea of eastern Indonesia. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer The Banda Sea is the Sea of the South Moluccas in Indonesia, technically part of the Pacific Ocean but separated from it by hundreds of islands The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. (USGS)
• The world honours Mozart on his 250th birthday anniversary. "The world " is a proper noun for the planet Earth envisioned from an Anthropocentric or Human Worldview, as a place Birthday is the name given to the date of the anniversary of a person's birth An anniversary (from the Latin anniversarius, from the words for year and to turn meaning (returning yearly known in English since c. (CTV)
• President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia pledges to end his country's energy crisis by importing Iranian natural gas. The President of Georgia (საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი is the Commander-in-chief of Georgia. Mikheil Saakashvili (მიხეილ ნიკოლოზის ძე სააკაშვილი (born 21 December 1967, a Georgian Politician, the Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Natural gas is a Gaseous Fossil fuel consisting primarily of Methane but including significant quantities of Ethane, Propane, Starting Monday, Georgia will import 2 million m³ of gas a day at $120/m³, $10 more than for Russian gas. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Georgia's supply of Russian gas has been interrupted since Sunday due to pipeline explosions. The 2006 North Ossetia sabotages were two explosions which occurred on the main branch and a reserve branch of the Mozdok - Tbilisi pipeline in the Russian Saakashvili has accused Moscow of sabotage for political gain. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of (RIA Novosti)
• S. Duraisamy was a very famous former in india. A former is a structural member of an Aircraft Fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose to the Empennage, typically perpendicular India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country He was Stay in puliyamarathu kadu Athanur,Rasipuram,Nammakal. Him wife name Sellammal,Saratha(Daughter),Raja(Son). He was a number one former in India.

28 January 2006 (Saturday)

• Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez threatens to jail any United States spies caught gathering information about Venezuela. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the ||-||} Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->The President of Venezuela (Presidente Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (ˈuɰo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβ̞es ˈfɾias (born July 28 1954 is the current President of Venezuela. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (BBC)
• The roof of a trade-exhibition hall in southern Poland collapses with several hundred people inside, trapping many beneath the wreckage, 62 people are killed and over 160 injured. On 28 January 2006, the Roof of one of the buildings at Katowice International Fair ( Międzynarodowe Targi Katowickie) collapsed in the southern Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Poland declares a day of national mourning. (CNN)

29 January 2006 (Sunday)

• Libya closes its embassy in Denmark over the Muhammad Drawings controversy. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one State or an international Inter-governmental organization (such as the United Nations) present in The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe (BBC)
• Al-Jazeera releases two separate videos, one of Ayman al-Zawahiri condemning the bombing of Damadola and the other of Jill Carroll again pleading for the release of female prisoners so her life will be spared. For the English-language channel see Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera (الجزيرة al-jazīrah,, meaning "The Island" On 13 January 2006 the Central Intelligence Agency fired Missiles into the Pakistani village of Damadola (ڈمہ ڈولا in the Bajaur Jill Carroll (born October 6, 1977) is an American Journalist who was kidnapped and ultimately released in Iraq. (Yahoo!), (Reuters)
• ABC World News Tonight co-anchor Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt are seriously injured by an improvised explosive device near Taji, Iraq. World News with Charles Gibson (previously known as World News Tonight, often called ABC World News Tonight, also often abbreviated Robert Warren "Bob" Woodruff (born August 18, 1961 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) is an American Television Journalist Doug Vogt (ˈvoʊt (b 1960) is a Canadian Photojournalist and Cameraman. An improvised explosive device ( IED) is a Bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional Military action Taji redirects here For the town in Brazil sometimes called Taji see Fazenda Tagy Taji or Al Taji (التاجي For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (ABC News)
• Tarja Halonen is re-elected in the second round of the Finnish presidential election with 51. Tarja Kaarina Halonen ( pronounced) (born 24 December 1943 is the current President of Finland. The 2006 Finnish Presidential election saw the re-election of Tarja Halonen as President of Finland for a second six-year term 8% of the votes, defeating the other candidate Sauli Niinistö. Sauli Väinämö Niinistö (born August 24, 1948, Salo, Finland) is the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland. (Helsingin Sanomat)
• An explosion in a firecracker warehouse kills 16 people in Henan on Chinese New Year. A firecracker (also known as a cracker, noise maker, banger or bunger) is a small Explosive device primarily designed to produce Henan ( is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country Chinese New Year is the most important of the Traditional Chinese holidays. (Reuters)
• Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is confirmed as the new emir of Kuwait, ending a two-week leadership crisis. Sheikh Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ( Arabic: صباح الأحمد الجابر الصباح Sabāh al-Ahmad al-Jābir as-Sabāh born June 6, This is an (incomplete list of Emirs of Kuwait: The Sabah dynasty came to power in 1752 before which date the Bani Khalid tribe ruled the region (BBC)

30 January 2006 (Monday)

• China and Russia agree to refer Iran to the United Nations Security Council for its nuclear program in March of 2006. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The nuclear program of Iran was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States as part of the Atoms for Peace program (Reuters)
• In the United Kingdom, the High Court has ordered 10 Internet service providers to hand over the details of 150 UK customers accused of illegally sharing software. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For the Cameroonian court by this name see High Court of Justice (Cameroon, for the Israeli court of this name see Supreme Court of Israel. An Internet service provider ( ISP, also called Internet access provider or IAP) is a company which primarily offers their customers access to the Internet See Shared resource for the conventional meaning of file sharing File sharing refers to the providing and receiving of digital files over a (BBC)

31 January 2006 (Tuesday)

• U.S. President George W. Bush delivers the State of the Union Address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate). Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Samuel Anthony Alito Jr (born April 1, 1950) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The 2006 State of the Union Address was delivered by United States President George W Joint sessions of the United States Congress are the gatherings together of both houses of the United States Congress (the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives (Wikinews)
  • Moments before the address began, anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan is arrested in the U.S. Capitol Building for refusing to cover up a t-shirt she was wearing to protest the war and occupation of Iraq. There has been significant opposition to the Iraq War across the world There have been considerable protests against the Iraq War in the buildup to and following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign Iraq War|2007 in Iraq|2008 in IraqThe post-invasion period in Iraq (CNN)
  • Also directed out of the U.S. Capitol Building was Beverly Young, wife of GOP congressman Bill Young, for wearing a t-shirt that read "Support the Troops: Defending Our Freedom" (ABC). Charles William "Bill" Young, also known as C W Bill Young, (born December 16 1930 in Harmarville Pennsylvania) American
• Iran's nuclear program
  • Iran reacts with anger to its referral to the U.N. Security Council, saying diplomatic avenues have been closed. The nuclear program of Iran was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States as part of the Atoms for Peace program For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. (CNN)
  • The International Atomic Energy Agency has announced it has evidence within its report for the Thursday meeting that Iran obtained documents showing how to mold highly enriched grade uranium into the core of warheads. The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA) is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its (Reuters)
• In Iraq, the British Armed Forces records its 100th military death. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The Armed forces of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and sometimes legally the Armed Forces (ABC)
• In the United States, a female ex-postal worker opens fire in a mail-processing plant, killing six people and critically wounding another before committing suicide in what's believed to be the deadliest workplace shooting ever carried out by a woman in U.S. history. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (CNN)
• United States Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Samuel Anthony Alito Jr (born April 1, 1950) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives
• Russian President Vladimir Putin has voiced renewed opposition to the U.S. decision to abandon the 30 year old Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in favour of missile defence saying it would damage world security. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The President of Russia (Президент России or the President of the Russian Federation, Президент Российской Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia was the second President of Russia The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ( ABM Treaty or ABMT) was a treaty between the United States of America and the Soviet Union on the limitation Missile defense is a system weapon or technology involved in the detection tracking interception and destruction of attacking Missiles Originally conceived as a defence against He also claimed that Russia has developed a new category of hypersonic intercontinental missile which can zig-zag in flight and is immune to any missile defense system. In Aerodynamics, hypersonic speeds are speeds that are highly Supersonic. (Washington Post)
• Nominations for the 78th Academy Awards were announced in Beverly Hills, California, by Academy President Sid Ganis and actress Mira Sorvino. The 78th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 2005, were held on March 5 2006 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood California Sidney Ganis (born January 8, 1940) is an American motion picture executive and producer who has produced such films as Deuce Mira Katherine Sorvino (born September 28 1967 is an Academy Award -winning American actress (CNN)
• Coretta Scott King, widow of assassinated civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr, dies at age 78. Coretta Scott King (April 27 1927 January 30 2006 was an American Author and Activist, perhaps most recognized as the wife of Martin Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader (MSNBC)
• A former US Marine, Jim Massey, has claimed on the Irish radio station Live 95FM that the US military has been illegally shipping depleted uranium through Shannon Airport for use in Iraq. The media in Ireland include all the media and Communications outlets of any other developed nation Live 95FM is a radio station in the Republic of Ireland owned by UTV Radio, broadcasting to Limerick city and county History Depleted uranium (DU is Uranium primarily composed of the Isotope Uranium-238 (U-238 Shannon International Airport, or Aerfort na Sionnainne in Irish is one of Ireland's primary three airports (along with Dublin Airport and Cork Airport For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (UTV) (The Limerick Blogger)(Live 95FM) If true, this would be a major breach of Irish neutrality and Irish-US agreements on the use of Shannon. For other uses of Neutral and Neutrality see Neutral A neutral country takes no side in a War between other parties The airport's use by the US military is already highly controversial, in part due to the connection with CIA captives. Extrajudicial prisoners of the United States, in the context of the War on Terrorism, refers to Foreign nationals the United States detains outside (IOL.ie)
• U.S. oil company ExxonMobil announced profits for 2005 of $36. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Exxon Mobil Corporation, or ExxonMobil, is an American oil and gas Corporation and a direct descendant of John D 1 billion, a record amount in US corporate history. In anticipation of a public backlash, the company simultaneously posted newspaper advertisements in the US to explain its success. (Seattle Times)
• A tourist coach crash in Egypt on the highway between Hurghada and Luxor kills 14 and injures another 30 people. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Hurghada ( ar: Al Ghardaqah, الغردقة is an Egyptian City and a tourist center on the Red Sea. Luxor (in Arabic: الأقصر al-Uqṣur) is a city in Upper (southern Egypt and the capital of Luxor All casualties are from Hong Kong and were joining Jetour Holidays tours. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders

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