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'''January 2006''' was |
'''[[January]]''' '''[[2006]]''' was the first month of that common year. The month, which began on a [[Sunday]], ended on a [[Tuesday]] after 31 days. |
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==7 January 2006 (Saturday)== |
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* Four suspected militants fatally shoot two border-[[police]]men 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. [http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/01/08/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_19602030.html (The Nation)] |
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* The head of the [[United Nations|UN]] [[peacekeeping]] [[MINUSTAH|force]] in [[Haiti]], General [[Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar]], is found dead. UN officials believe his death to be suicide. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4590700.stm (BBC News)] |
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* [[Charles Kennedy]], Leader of the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|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. This comes despite previous vows to stand in the [[Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2006|leadership election]] he declared two days earlier. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4590688.stm (BBC News)] |
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* Thirteen [[Sri Lanka]]n soldiers are killed when a boat manned by [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|Tamil Tiger]] rebels and filled with explosives rammed into a naval ship in the port city of [[Trincomalee]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/06/srilanka.attack/index.html (CNN)] |
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* The [[prime minister of Israel]] [[Ariel Sharon]] has been transferred to a radiography theater to undergo a [[CT scan]] to determine the level of [[intracranial pressure|pressure]] on his [[brain]]. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3196098,00.html (Ynetnews)] |
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* A [[USA|US]] military [[helicopter]] [[UH-60 Blackhawk]] has crashed in northern [[Iraq]] near [[Talafar]]. All 12 persons on board have been killed. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4592622.stm (BBC)] |
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* The [[president of Poland]] [[Lech Kaczyński]] performed a motion tabled by the [[prime minister of Poland|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]]. |
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==8 January 2006 (Sunday)== |
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* An estimated two million Muslims officially begin the annual pilgrimage, or [[hajj]], in [[Mecca]], [[Saudi Arabia]] [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/08/hajj/index.html (CNN)]. |
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* [[Singapore]] holds its largest civil [[Counter-terrorism in Singapore|counter-terrorism]] exercise, codenamed [[Exercise Northstar V]], simulating bombing and chemical attacks at four [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Mass Rapid Transit]] stations and a bus interchange. 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 [[Organisations of the Singapore Government|governmental organizations]]. [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/187113/1/.html (CNA)] |
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* A strong [[earthquake]] measuring 6.7 on the [[moment magnitude scale]] hits [[Greece]] at 13:34. The earthquake's [[epicentre]] was in the sea region 25 km east of the island of [[Kythira]], about 200 km south of [[Athens]]. 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. Little damage (mainly in Kythira) and few light injuries are reported. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/08/greece.quake/index.html (CNN.com)] [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/ushrak.htm (USGS)] <!-- It was the biggest similar event in the same spot that happened after the 7.2 earthquake of 1903, that rattled [[Crete]]. (NOT MENTIONED BY QUOTED SOURCE) --> |
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==9 January 2006 (Monday)== |
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* [[General]] [[Hugh Michael Rose|Sir Michael Rose]], former [[United Nations]] [[commander]] in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]], has told the [[BBC]] that British [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]] should be "[[impeached]]" over the [[war in Iraq]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4594216.stm (BBC)] |
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* [[Ahmad Kazemi]], the top commander of [[Iran]]'s [[Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps|Revolutionary Guards]] ground forces, and ten others have been reportedly killed when their plane crashed in northwestern Iran. [http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-24/0601094219124916.htm (IRNA)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4594104.stm (BBC)] |
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* 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]]. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3197415,00.html (Ynetnews)] |
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* U.S. [[Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] was hospitalized when he complained of breathing trouble. He was later released from the hospital. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060109/ap_on_go_pr_wh/chaney_hospitalized (AP via Yahoo!)] |
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* [[Howard Stern]] debuted on Sirius Satellite Radio, ending a nearly 30 year run on terrestrial radio. |
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* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' surpassed ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]'' as the longest running [[Broadway musical]] with its 7,486th performance. |
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* A bus catches fire in downtown [[Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul|Rio Grande]]. All passengers were rescued by bystanders and 27 people were injured. |
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==10 January 2006 (Tuesday)== |
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* 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. He vows to have it made public by the court. The case will return to court on January 24. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1683576,00.html (The Guardian)] [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/01/11/MNGKHGLEFB1.DTL (San Francisco Chronicle)] |
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* [[Amnesty International]] claims torture and ill-treatment of terrorist suspects on the fourth anniversary of detainees being held without charge at [[Camp Delta]] in [[Guantánamo Bay, Cuba|Guantanamo Bay]], [[Cuba]]. [http://web.archive.org/web/20081007141808/http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2006/01/10/afx2442123.html (Forbes)] |
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* Japanese [[whaling|whalers]] and anti-whaling environmental groups continue to clash in [[Antarctic]] waters near Australia, as calls for the [[Government of Australia|Australian Government]] to intervene intensify. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1545006.htm (ABC)] |
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* [[Ukraine]]'s [[Verkhovna Rada|parliament]] dismisses the [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]] over its [[Russia-Ukraine gas dispute|gas deal]] with Russia. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060110/wl_nm/ukraine_government_dc (Yahoo!)] |
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* [[Iran]]'s standoff from the [[United Nations|UN]] and the west deepens as the UN seals on the [[Natanz]] nuclear processing plant are broken. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4599552.stm (BBC)] |
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* British [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]] sets out his [[Respect agenda]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4600156.stm (BBC)] |
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* A fifteenth case of [[H5N1]] is reported in [[Turkey]]. However, the [[Government of Turkey|Turkish government]] declares that the virus is "under control". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4599590.stm (BBC)] |
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* The [[Pakistan]]i army announces that seven soldiers and fourteen suspected militants have been killed in fighting in the [[Waziristan]] area. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4597630.stm (BBC)] |
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==11 January 2006 (Wednesday)== |
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* The first ministerial meeting of the [[Asia-Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate]] begins in [[Sydney]], Australia. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4597760.stm (BBC)] |
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* A [[knife]]-wielding man enters a [[synagogue]] in [[Moscow]] and stabs at least eight people. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4603296.stm (BBC)] |
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* In [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Vladimir Arutinian]] is convicted of the attempted [[assassination]] of U.S. [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] and terrorist charges and sentenced with [[life imprisonment]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4603802.stm (BBC)] |
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==12 January 2006 (Thursday)== |
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* The foreign ministers of Britain, France, and Germany declare that negotiations with [[Iran]] over its [[Iran's nuclear program|nuclear program]] have reached a "dead end." They recommend that Iran be referred to the [[United Nations Security Council]], where the nation may face [[international sanctions|sanctions]]. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1499313 (ABC)] |
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* [[Incidents during the Hajj|A stampede]] during the [[Stoning of the devil|Stoning the Devil]] ritual on the last day at the [[Hajj]] in [[Mina, Saudi Arabia|Mina]], [[Saudi Arabia]], kills at least 362 Muslim [[pilgrim]]s. A similar crush claimed 244 pilgrims' lives at the same spot in 2004. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4608368.stm (BBC)] |
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* [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]], who tried to assassinate [[Pope John Paul II]] in 1981, is released from jail. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4604362.stm (BBC)] |
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* The French warship [[FS Clemenceau (1957-1997)|Clemenceau]] reaches [[Egypt]] and is barred access to the [[Suez Canal]]. Two [[Greenpeace]] activists board the ship. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4605374.stm (BBC)] |
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==13 January 2006 (Friday)== |
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* The U.S. [[CIA]] attempts to kill [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]] by [[Damadola airstrike|bombing Damadola]], [[Pakistan]], a village near the [[Afghanistan]] border. 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. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/14/alqaeda.strike/index.html (CNN)] |
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* [[Augustine Volcano]] in [[Alaska]] has erupted five times in the past three days, the first eruptions in nearly two decades. The island is uninhabited. [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/01/0113_060113_alaska_volcano.html (National Geographic)] |
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* [[Tyco International]] announces that it will split itself into three companies, spinning off Tyco Healthcare and Tyco Electronics. [http://www.tyco.com/livesite/Page/Tyco/Who+We+Are/Press+Center/Press+Releases+Details/??&DCRID=621740718 (Tyco)] |
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==15 January 2006 (Sunday)== |
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* President [[Mwai Kibaki]] of [[Kenya]] has declared the [[2006 Horn of Africa food crisis|ongoing drought]] a national disaster and has appealed for {{Nowrap|US$150 million}} to feed the hungry. {{Nowrap|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. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14235639.htm (Reuters)] |
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* Russia and [[Ukraine]] are set to enter more diplomatic troubled waters over the alleged occupation of a [[lighthouse]] in the [[Black Sea]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4613102.stm (BBC)] |
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* [[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. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4614848.stm (BBC)] |
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* Doctors perform a [[tracheotomy]] on [[Ariel Sharon]], the [[Prime Minister of Israel]], hoping this will help [[Illnesses of Ariel Sharon|his recovery]] from a recent [[stroke]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4614940.stm (BBC)] |
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* The first round of voting in the [[Finnish presidential election, 2006|Presidential election in Finland]] was held with no conclusive victor. [[Tarja Halonen]] and [[Sauli Niinistö]] will continue to the second round which is held 29 January. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4614100.stm (BBC)] |
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* [[Michelle Bachelet]] is [[Chilean presidential election, 2005|elected]] the first female [[President of Chile]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4613864.stm (BBC)] |
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* The [[Stardust (spacecraft)|Stardust spacecraft]] has successfully landed in the [[Dugway Proving Ground]] after collecting dust samples from the [[comet]] [[Wild 2]]. 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. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060115/ap_on_sc/comet_return (AP)] |
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* The United Kingdom: [[Tony Blair]] to grant new powers to spy on [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]]. [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article338691.ece (Independent)] |
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* The French warship [[FS Clemenceau (1957-1997)|Clemenceau]]'s transit through the [[Suez Canal]] is approved by [[Egypt]]ian authorities. This decision is heavily criticized by [[Greenpeace]] and other environmental groups. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4615662.stm (BBC)] |
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* Canadian [[diplomat]] [[Glyn Berry]] is killed and two Canadian soldiers critically injured by a bomb blast in [[Afghanistan]]. He is the first Canadian diplomat to be killed on duty. [http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/01/15/afghan-deaths060115.html (CBC)] |
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* The ruling [[emir]] of [[Kuwait]], Sheikh [[Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]], dies at age 79. [[Kuwait]]'s cabinet names crown prince Sheikh [[Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah]] as the new emir. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C8E8568F-1BA7-499C-9700-0FB1629867BD.htm (Al-Jazeera)] |
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* The Foreign Ministry of [[Iran]] announced it will hold a conference to evaluate the validity of the [[Holocaust]], which [[President of Iran|President]] [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] recently referred to as a "myth". [http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/01/15/iran-holocaust-060115.html (CBC)] |
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==16 January 2006 (Monday)== |
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* Former [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[Gerald Ford]] is hospitalized with [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/16/ford.hospitalized/index.html (CNN)] |
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* [[Rizgar Mohammed Amin]], the chief judge in the [[Saddam Hussein]] [[Trials of Saddam Hussein|trial]], tenders his resignation, following criticism of his handling of the trial. [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C01%5C16%5Cstory_16-1-2006_pg4_1 (Daily Times)] |
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* The [[United Nations]] appeals for {{Nowrap|US$240 million}} of food aid for [[West Africa]] to feed at least {{Nowrap|10 million}} people affected by the food crisis, with [[2005 Niger food crisis|Niger]] being the worst-affected country. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L16774239.htm (Reuters)] |
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* A [[dockworker]]s' [[Strike action|strike]] in Europe has thousands of workers off the job in protest over proposed liberalization of [[European Union]] rules on port services. A demonstration outside the [[European Parliament]] in [[Strasbourg]] leaves twelve French police officers injured. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4617262.stm (BBC)] |
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* Former [[Vice President of the United States|US Vice President]] [[Al Gore]] blasts [[President of the United States|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. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3590307.html (Houston Chronicle)] [http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Text_of_Gore_speech_0116.html (Text of Speech)] |
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* The [[Premier of Western Australia]], [[Geoff Gallop]], resigns his office after announcing he is suffering from [[clinical depression|depression]]. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1548426.htm (ABC Australia)] |
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* At least 27 people are killed in two suicide bombings in [[Afghanistan]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/16/afghanistan.bomber/index.html (CNN)] |
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* [[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]] is sworn in as [[Liberia]]'s new [[president]]. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/01/16/liberia/index.html (CNN)] |
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* 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. [http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/01/16/russian-fire060116.html (CBC)] |
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* [[Iran]] bans [[CNN]] from the country after a translator mistranslated a remark by [[President of Iran|President]] [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], in which he defended Iran's right to [[Nuclear power|nuclear energy]]. The comment was translated as the right to construct [[nuclear weapon]]s. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1510680 (ABC News)] |
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* [[Iraq]]'s electoral commission rules Monday that more than 99 percent of the ballots from the [[Iraqi legislative election, December 2005|Dec. 15 parliamentary elections]] are valid, opening the way for a new government to start coming together. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/16/ap/world/mainD8F60D083.shtml (CBS News)] |
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==17 January 2006 (Tuesday)== |
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* The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules in ''[[Gonzales v. Oregon]]'' by a 6–3 vote that [[Oregon]]'s "[[Oregon Ballot Measure 16 (1994)|Death with Dignity Act]]" providing for [[physician-assisted suicide]] is consistent with the federal [[Controlled Substances Act]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4621328.stm (BBC)] |
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* Kidnappers of journalist [[Jill Carroll]] demand that the United States release all female Iraqi prisoners within 72 hours. [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/17/iraq.journalist/ (CNN)] |
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* Two [[Jordan]]ian peacekeepers, serving as part of the [[United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti]], have been killed by gunfire in [[Port-au-Prince]]. [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-01-17T184514Z_01_N17348250_RTRUKOC_0_UK-HAITI-UN.xml (Reuters)] |
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* In [[Côte d'Ivoire]], supporters of President [[Laurent Gbagbo]] attack [[UNOCI|United Nations peacekeepers]] after the [[Ivorian Popular Front]] withdraws from the [[First Ivorian Civil War|Ivorian Civil War]] peace process. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4620838.stm (BBC)] |
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* [[South Korea]]n scientist [[Hwang Woo-suk]] has been offered a job at [[Clonaid]] studying human embryonic stem cell lines. Clonaid is a subsidiary of the [[cult]] known as the [[Raëlism|Rael]]ians, who believe that cloning is the first step toward [[immortality]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060117/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_science_korea_offer;_ylt=Ash9yxQk9Kv5KQiChwsSxeys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc- (Reuters)] |
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* 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. The "[[Free software|Free]]ness" provisions also restricts the [[patent]] [[rights]] [[coder]]s can claim in their GPL-licensed programs. [http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70028-0.html?tw=rss.index (wired)] [http://gplv3.fsf.org/draft (text of draft)] |
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* An original manuscript of the [[Chán]] Buddhist ''[[Wu Men Guan]]'' (''Mumonkan'') dated to 1246 is exhibited online by the [[i4uuu]] [[museum]]. [http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2006/1/emw333951.htm (eMediaWire)] |
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* [[Premier of the Republic of China|Taiwanese Premier]] [[Frank Hsieh]] announces his resignation following the defeat of the [[Democratic Progressive Party]] in [[ROC local elections, 2005|recent elections]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4619216.stm (BBC)] |
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* Japanese company [[Huser]]'s president [[Susumu Ojima]] receives a [[summons]] of a [[witness]] by the [[Diet of Japan|Diet]] because of suspicions etc. that he instructed one-class authorized architect [[Hidetsugu Aneha]] to reduce the quantity of [[reinforced concrete]]. [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20060118a1.htm (The Japan Times Online)] |
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==18 January 2006 (Wednesday)== |
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* [[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". [http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/060118/w011840.html (CBC)] ([http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4624578.stm BBC News]) ([http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/01/13/global12428.htm Human Rights Watch press info]) |
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* The [[Tokyo Stock Exchange]] closes 20 minutes early due to a flood of sell orders overwhelming the capacity of its trading system. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060118/ap_on_bi_ge/japan_markets (AP/Yahoo!News)] |
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* [[Bangladesh]]i [[Peacekeeping|UN peacekeeper]]s are attacked by [[Laurent Gbagbo]]'s "[[Young Patriots (Côte d'Ivoire)|Young Patriots]]" in [[Côte d'Ivoire]]. At least three people have been killed, and the [[United Nations|UN]] has warned that the country is sliding towards [[war]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4626100.stm (BBC)] |
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* China has recorded its sixth death from the [[H5N1|avian flu virus]], according to a report on the Chinese Health Ministry's Web site. [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/01/18/birdflu.wrap/index.html (CNN)] |
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* [[North Korean]] leader [[Kim Jong-il]] says he is committed to a peaceful resolution of the standoff over his country's nuclear ambitions. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/18/ap/world/mainD8F74N601.shtml (CBS)] |
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* A building collapses on the outskirts of [[New Delhi]] on Wednesday, trapping at least 15 people in the rubble. [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/18/india.collapse.ap/index.html (CNN)] |
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* Suspected [[Tamil Tiger]] rebels have ambushed a navy bus in [[Sri Lanka]]'s northeast, injuring six sailors and a civilian. [http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/01/17/srilanka060117.html (CBC)] |
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* 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. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060118/wendys_chili_jail_060118/20060118?hub=World (CTV)] |
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==19 January 2006 (Thursday)== |
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* [[Al Jazeera]] airs an [[2006 Osama bin Laden tape|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]]. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10924015/ (MSNBC)][http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4629858.stm (BBC)] |
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* [[Iran]] warns of a world [[petroleum|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. [http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/060119183834.0opke6q1.html (AFP)] |
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* President [[Jacques Chirac]] warns that France could respond with [[nuclear weapons]] against any [[state-sponsored terrorism]] attack. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1521988 (ABC News)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4627862.stm (BBC)] |
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* Two [[suicide bomb]]ings in the [[Iraq]]i [[Capital (political)|capital]], [[Baghdad]], leave at least 22 people dead and 26 wounded. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4627968.stm (BBC)] |
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* 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]]. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1521195 (ABC)] |
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* The United States' largest [[independent film]] festival, the [[Sundance Film Festival]], begins in [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]] and [[Park City, Utah|Park City]], [[Utah]]. 2006's entries include documentaries about prominent politicians [[Al Gore]] and [[Ralph Nader]]. [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticleSearch.aspx?storyID=275373+18-Jan-2006+RTRS&srch=Sundance+Festival+sets+stage+for+indie+filmmakers (Reuters)] |
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* [[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]: At least 32 people are injured, including one seriously, when a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] suicide bomber detonates himself at a food stand near [[Tel Aviv]]'s central bus station. [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]]'s [[The Al-Quds brigades|al-Quds brigades]] claims responsibility for the attack. It is the first terrorist attack of the year in [[Israel]]. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3202980,00.html (YNETnews)] |
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* [[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. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060118/tissue_rejection_060118/20060118?hub=World (CTV)] |
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* A [[Slovakia|Slovak]] [[Antonov An-24]] [[Military of Slovakia|military]] aircraft carrying troops back from [[Kosovo]] [[2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash|crashes]] into a mountainside in northeastern [[Hungary]], killing 42 people. Only one person survived. [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/20/hungary.crash/index.html (CNN)] |
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* 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). [http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/01/19/20060119-coldrussia.html (CBC)] |
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* A leaked memo from the United Kingdom's [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Foreign Office]] reveals 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. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1689853,00.html (Guardian Unlimited)]. |
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* [[NASA]] [[Pluto]] probe ''[[New Horizons]] ''successfully launches at 14:00 EST. [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html (NASA)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4629486.stm (BBC)] |
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* 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. [http://www.iwpr.net/?p=crs&s=f&o=259173&apc_state=henh (IWPR)] |
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==20 January 2006 (Friday)== |
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[[Image:Tw4.jpg|thumb|[[River Thames whale]]]] |
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* 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. This is a new Earth-to-Moon-distance flight record. |
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* 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]]. The plant's owner, [[FirstEnergy]] Corporation, accepts a plea bargain and {{Nowrap|$28 million}} in fines in lieu of criminal prosecution. [http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060121/NEWS02/60121001 (Toledo Blade)] |
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* [[Archeologist]]s digging under the [[Roman Forum]], Rome, Italy, discover a tomb estimated at 3000 years old, predating the creation of the Forum by several centuries. [http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2006-01-19-roman-forum-tomb_x.htm (USA Today)] |
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* [[Canadian]] soldiers in [[Afghanistan]] have defused a huge car bomb found not far from their base near [[Kandahar]]. The discovery comes just days after a suicide bomber killed [[Canadian]] [[diplomat]] [[Glyn Berry]] and seriously wounded three soldiers travelling with him. [http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/01/19/afghanistan060119.html (CBC)] |
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* Embroiled in a [[nuclear warfare|nuclear]] standoff with the West, [[Iran]] says it is moving funds out of Europe to shield them from possible [[U.N.]] sanctions. [http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-01-20T164910Z_01_L18188832_RTRUKOC_0_US-NUCLEAR-IRAN.xml (Reuters)] |
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* [[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 of Iraq|National Assembly]] after the [[Iraqi legislative election, December 2005|December 2005 legislative elections]]. [http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/world/main202.shtml (CBS)] |
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* At least 52 people including five children are killed after an overcrowded bus plunges down a deep gorge in [[Kashmir|Indian Kashmir]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/01/20/20060120-indiacrash.html (CBC)] |
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* [[Israel]] says it has proof that [[Iran]] financed the bombing of a fast-food restaurant in [[Tel Aviv]], and that [[Syria]] carried it out. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1525856 (ABC)] |
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* Rescue teams search for two [[West Virginia]] miners missing after a coal mine fire. [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1525697 (ABC)] |
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* Japan has halted the import of U.S. beef after an animal spine was found in a beef shipment at [[Tokyo International Airport]]. A ban has now been reinstated. [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/01/20/japan.us.beef/index.html (CNN)] |
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* [[Turkey|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. [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/20/pope.gunman/index.html (CNN)] |
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* 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 [[Palace of Westminster|Houses of Parliament]]. The "[[River Thames whale]]" is believed to have passed through the [[Thames Barrier]] about 1515 UTC on Thursday afternoon. Attempts are being made to guide it back to the Thames estuary, where a second whale has been sighted off [[Southend on Sea]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4631396.stm (BBC)], [http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1209846,00.html (Sky News)] |
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* Protests by the pro-government [[Young Patriots (Côte d'Ivoire)|Young Patriots]] in [[Côte d'Ivoire]] end after their leader, [[Charles Blé Goudé]], tells them to "go home and clean up the streets". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4630796.stm (BBC)] |
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==21 January 2006 (Saturday)== |
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* Kosovo President [[Ibrahim Rugova]] dies at 61, after a [[lung cancer]]. He was the first [[President of Kosovo]], and the leader of the [[Democratic League of Kosovo]] (LDK). |
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* 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. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/21/arts/dance/21igor.html?oref=login (New York Times)] |
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* Two miners, trapped after a coal mine fire on Thursday in [[Melville, West Virginia]], are found dead. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/21/mine.fire/index.html (CNN)] |
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* The "[[River Thames whale]]" dies during a rescue attempt. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4635874.stm (BBC)] |
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* The British government confirms and defends the practice of holding DNA samples of minors on the [[UK National DNA Database]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4633918.stm (BBC)] |
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* [[Richard Blackwood]] officially calls a day on his limping career by making his last update on his overly cerise website. [http://www.richardblackwood.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index1.htm Blueyonder.co.uk] |
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==22 January 2006 (Sunday)== |
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* British [[diplomat]]s are accused of [[espionage|spying]] on Russia using a fake [[Rock (geology)|rock]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4638136.stm (BBC)] |
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* [[Evo Morales]] is inaugurated as [[President of Bolivia|President]] of [[Bolivia]], becoming the country's first [[Indigenous Peoples of the Americas|indigenous American]] president. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1531155 (ABC News)] |
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* Fears of [[2006 North Ossetia sabotages|sabotage]] ensue after explosions of two gas pipelines in Russia's [[North Ossetia]]n Republic suspend gas supply to [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and [[Armenia]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4636458.stm (BBC)] |
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* [[Kobe Bryant]] scores 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second highest in [[NBA]] history, next to [[Wilt Chamberlain]]'s 100. |
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==23 January 2006 (Monday)== |
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* In the ongoing dispute between the [[United States-Venezuela relations|United States and Venezuela]], the US has tried to veto a sale of [[Embraer]] airplanes to [[Venezuela]]. [[Brazil]]ian foreign minister [[Celso Amorim]] branded the US attempted veto as "indefensible nonsense". The US recently failed to block a large sale of Spanish military equipment to Venezuela. [http://english.eluniversal.com/2006/01/23/en_eco_art_23A659543.shtml (El Universal)], [http://www.spainherald.com/2006-01-18news.html (Spain Herald)]. |
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* In the [[Canadian federal election, 2006|Canadian federal election]], the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservatives]] win a [[Plurality (voting)|plurality]] of seats in the [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]] to form a [[minority government]]. [[Stephen Harper]] is to become the next [[Prime minister of Canada|Prime Minister]]. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060123.welmain0123_3/BNStory/specialDecision2006/ (Globe and Mail)] |
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* An [[archeology|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]]. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5112E3EC-3706-42C0-9BAE-D0AFFDCC49E8.htm (Al-Jazeera)] |
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* [[Kuwait]] [[List of emirs of Kuwait|emir]] [[Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah|Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah]] has agreed to abdicate his position. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/72AB1A8C-58F6-4C4C-BAEA-1001A3B3B299.htm (Al-Jazeera)] |
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* 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 [[Bioče train disaster|worst train disaster]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4641278.stm (BBC News)] |
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* Another case of [[bovine spongiform encephalopathy|mad cow disease]] has been confirmed in Canada but officials do not expect international borders to close to Canadian beef as a result. [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/01/23/mad-cow060123.html (CBC)] |
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* [[United Nations]] says eight [[Guatemala]]n [[Kaibiles|special forces soldiers]] deployed as [[U.N.]] peacekeepers in eastern [[Congo-Kinshasa|DR Congo]] were killed and five wounded in a battle with [[Uganda]]n [[Lord's Resistance Army|LRA]] rebels. [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-01-23T181104Z_01_L23782549_RTRUKOC_0_US-CONGO-DEMOCRATIC-UN.xml&archived=False (Reuters)] |
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* [[Ford Motor Company]] announces plans to close 14 [[factory|plants]] and cut up to 30,000 [[Employment|jobs]] (25% of its workforce) by 2012. [http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060123/AUTO01/601230407 (Detroit News)] |
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* A five-story building in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]], collapses and kills at least eight people, burying dozens more. Rescuers use their bare hands to dig through the rubble. [http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1210041,00.html (Sky News)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4639532.stm (BBC)] [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060123/nairobi_building_060123/20060123?hub=TopStories (CTV)] |
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* [[Azerbaijan]] has started supplying Russian [[natural gas]] to [[Georgia (country)|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. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/23/news/georgia.php (International Herald Tribune)] [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canadavotes2006/national/2006/01/23/poll-times-060123.html (CBC)] |
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* The U.S. [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] rejects an appeal from [[Research In Motion|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 case now moves to a [[U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia|federal district court]] in Virginia, which will decide whether to reinstate an injunction against the U.S. sale of the popular BlackBerrys. [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/newsfinder/pulseone.asp?siteid=mktw&guid=%7B68972106-82C3-4B44-BCB3-71F3DEC33BD1%7D& (MarketWatch)] |
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==24 January 2006 (Tuesday)== |
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* A US [[federal judge]] issues a [[summary judgement]] against [[Christopher William Smith]] and awards [[AOL]] [[United States dollar|US$]]5.3 million in damages and US$287,000 in legal fees, after Smith refused to participate in the lawsuit filed against him by AOL under the [[CAN-SPAM Act of 2003]]. Smith is accused of sending millions of [[E-mail spam|spam]] [[e-mail]]s to AOL customers. ([http://www.seattlepi.com/business/1700AP_Online_Pharmacy_Spam.html ''The Seattle Post-Intelligencer'']) |
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* [[Venezuela]] buys a further [[United States dollar|<sup>US</sup>$]]312 million of [[Argentina]]'s national debt, adding to the [[United States dollar|<sup>US</sup>$]]1 billion already purchased. The government of [[Hugo Chávez]] says that the scheme will further South American integration. [http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2006-01-24T134946Z_01_N243967_RTRIDST_0_ECONOMY-ARGENTINA-VENEZUELA-UPDATE-1.XML (Reuters)][http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=agIVNhaxzzaw&refer=latin_america (Bloomberg)] |
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* [[Miyeegombyn Enkhbold]] is chosen as the new [[Prime Minister of Mongolia|Prime Minister]] of [[Mongolia]] by the [[State Great Khural]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/asia-pacific/4645678.stm (BBC)] |
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* Two mergers are announced in the American entertainment industry: [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] and [[Pixar Animation Studios]] will merge in a [[United States dollar|<sup>US</sup>$]]7.4 billion deal. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060124/en_movies_eo/18222 (Story from E! Online via Yahoo.com)] And [[CBS Corporation]] and [[Warner Bros.]] announce they will merge [[UPN]] and [[WB Television Network|The WB]] television networks into a new network called ''[[The CW Television Network|The CW]]'' in fall 2006. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060124/ap_on_en_tv/tv_network (AP/Yahoo!)] |
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* A bomb in the southern [[Iran]]ian city of [[Ahvaz]] kills six and injures up to 40. [[Iran]]ian [[President of Iran|President]] [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] was due to have visited the city today, however the trip was called off at the last minute. [[Lebanon]]'s [[al-Manar]] television said the president had called off his trip after a security tip-off. Local MP [[Nezam Molla-Hoveyzeh]] accused Britain of being behind the attack. [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-01-24T093148Z_01_OLI427801_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAN-BLAST.xml&archived=False (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4642170.stm (BBC)] |
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** Later, US President [[George W. Bush|George Bush]] warns [[Iran]] over threat of "retaliation" against [[Israel]]. [[Moqtada Sadr]] has vowed to defend Iran. [http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=24926 (Turkish Weekly)], [http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=8411 (LKBN ANTARA)] |
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* Defeated [[Prime minister of Canada|Canadian prime minister]] [[Paul Martin]] announces he will resign as leader of the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canadavotes2006/national/2006/01/23/mainelecstory060123.html (CBC)] |
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* [[Opera (web browser)|Opera web browser]] releases free "mini" [[mobile phone]] [[Web browser|browser]]. [http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=15453&hed=Opera+Adds+Free+Phone+Browser§or=Industries&subsector=Computing (Red Herring)], [http://www.informationweek.com/windows/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177103186 (InformationWeek)] |
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* [[Web site]]s encouraged to support [[Internet Explorer|IE]] rivals, as [[Firefox]] 1.5 passes the {{Nowrap|20 million}} downloads mark. Firefox browser has 11 [[percent]] of the UK [[Market (economics)|market]].[http://www.vnunet.com/itweek/news/2149068/web-sites-support-ie-rivals (VNUNet)], [http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=27888 (iT News)] |
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==25 January 2006 (Wednesday)== |
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* [[Lucia Pinochet]], daughter of former [[Chile]]an [[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]]. [http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/13713633.htm (''Miami Herald'')] |
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* A study in the [[New England Journal of Medicine]] reveals that [[aprotinin|Trasylol]], a drug marketed by [[Bayer]], designed to prevent excessive blood loss during heart surgery, doubles the risk of [[kidney]] failure and [[stroke]]. [http://today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=health&storyID=nL26477467 (Reuters)] |
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* An international team of [[astronomers]] discovers the most earth-like [[exoplanet]] found thus far. The planet, [[OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb]], is about 25,000 [[light year]]s away, close to the centre of the [[Milky Way]]. [http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060123/full/060123-5.html (Nature)]. |
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* [[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. [http://archive.is/20130119131833/http://news.com.com/Microsoft+offers+up+source+code+in+EC+dispute/2100-1014_3-6030879.html (c|net news)]. |
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* [[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]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4647398.stm (BBC)] |
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* [[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. In return, the airline fares will drop by 9%. [http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news.php?yr=06&month=jan&story=gen-en-250106 (Ryanair press release)] |
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* [[Uzbekistan]] joins the [[Eurasian Economic Community]]. [http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11454149 (Interfax)] |
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* ''[[Deus Caritas Est]]'' ({{lang-la|God is love}}), the first [[encyclical]] of [[Pope Benedict XVI]], is published [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4645428.stm (BBC)] |
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* [[Palestinian legislative election, 2006|2006 Palestinian elections]]: Palestinians prepare for the first elections to the [[Palestinian Legislative Council|PLC]] in ten years. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4645560.stm (BBC)] |
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==26 January 2006 (Thursday)== |
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* [[Islamist]] party [[Hamas]]' landslide victory in [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian]] elections ends four decades of rule by the [[Fatah]] party. [[Hamas]] secures 76 seats in the 132-member legislature through [[Palestinian legislative election, 2006|parliamentary elections]]. [[Prime Minister of the Palestinian 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]].[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4650788.stm (BBC)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/675422.html (Haaretz)] |
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* 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. [http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=62053 (Express India)] |
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* One day after US [[ambassador]] to [[Mexico]] [[Tony Garza]] claimed that Mexican soldiers had helped [[drug smuggler]]s to escape pursuit by [[Texas Department of Public Safety|Texas state police]] on US soil near [[El Paso, Texas]], Mexican [[Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)|Secretary of Foreign Affairs]] [[Luis Ernesto Derbez]] suggested that the people involved may have been US soldiers wearing the [[uniform]]s of Mexican military. [http://www.forbes.com/business/healthcare/feeds/ap/2006/01/26/ap2480068.html (''Forbes'')] |
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* [[President of Pakistan|Pakistani President]] [[Pervez Musharraf]] rejects US objections to a proposed [[Iran]]–[[Pakistan]]–India pipeline for [[natural gas]] saying "It is in our economic interest. 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 [[Damadola airstrike|recent U.S. air strike]] in northern Pakistan which killed 18 people, including women and children. [http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-01-26-voa22.cfm (VOA News)] |
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* [[Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrat]] [[Member of the European Parliament|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. [http://www.unison.ie/breakingnews/index.php3?ca=27&si=86003&breakingnews=1 (Irish Independent Newspaper)] |
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* 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.[http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0f98f4ca-8e10-11da-8fda-0000779e2340.html (Financial Times)] |
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* India's foreign ministry calls the comments inapproapiate and summons the ambassador to [[Delhi]] for an explanation [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4649742.stm (BBC news)]. |
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* 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. [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-01-26T095925Z_01_L25291163_RTRUKOC_0_US-NUCLEAR-IRAN.xml (Reuters)] |
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* [[Republic Day#January 26th in India|Republic Day]] celebrations in India. [[King of Saudi Arabia|Saudi King]] [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud]] is in India as chief guest for the Republic Day celebration. [http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=India+inks+accords+with+Saudi+Arabia&id=84135&category=National (NDTV)] |
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* [[Interpol]] issues [[red notice]]s against [[Pakistan]] ex-Prime Minister [[Benazir Bhutto]] and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4650234.stm (BBC)] |
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* [[Saudi Arabia]] recalled their envoy from [[Denmark]] after [[Muhammad Drawings]] controversy, and has initiated a boycott of Danish products. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4651714.stm (BBC)] |
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==27 January 2006 (Friday)== |
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* [[President of the French Republic|French President]] [[Jacques Chirac]] is successfully [[hoax]]ed by a Canadian [[DJ]] pretending to be [[Stephen Harper]]. [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/27/france.canada.prank.reut/index.html (CNN)] |
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* European leaders remember the [[Holocaust]], with the 61st anniversary of the liberation of the [[Auschwitz]] death camp. [http://news.yahoo.com/fc/World/Holocaust/ (Yahoo!)] |
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* A 7.7 magnitude [[earthquake]] strikes the [[Banda Sea]] of eastern [[Indonesia]]. [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2006/usika7/ (USGS)] |
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* The [[world]] honours [[Mozart]] on his 250th [[birthday]] [[anniversary]]. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060127/Mozart_birth_060127/20060127?hub=TopStories (CTV)] |
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* [[President of Georgia|President]] [[Mikhail Saakashvili]] of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] pledges to end his country's energy crisis by importing [[Iran]]ian [[natural gas]]. Starting Monday, Georgia will import {{Nowrap|2 million}} m<sup>3</sup> of gas a day at $120/m<sup>3</sup>, $10 more than for Russian gas. Georgia's supply of Russian gas has been interrupted since Sunday due to [[2006 North Ossetia sabotages|pipeline explosions]]. Saakashvili has accused [[Moscow]] of sabotage for political gain. [http://en.rian.ru/world/20060127/43217834.html (RIA Novosti)] |
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==28 January 2006 (Saturday)== |
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* [[Venezuela]]n [[President of Venezuela|President]] [[Hugo Chávez]] threatens to jail any United States spies caught gathering information about Venezuela. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4656906.stm (BBC)] |
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* [[Trade hall roof collapse in Katowice, Poland|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. Poland declares a day of national mourning. [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/28/roof.collapse/index.html (CNN)] |
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==29 January 2006 (Sunday)== |
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* [[Libya]] closes its [[diplomatic mission|embassy]] in [[Denmark]] over the [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons|Muhammad Drawings]] controversy. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4660796.stm (BBC)] |
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* [[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. [http://news.yahoo.com/fc/world/osama_bin_laden_and_al_qaida (Yahoo!)], [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060130/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_kidnapped_journalist (Reuters)] |
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* [[ABC World News Tonight]] co-anchor [[Bob Woodruff]] and [[cameraman]] [[Doug Vogt]] are seriously injured by an [[improvised explosive device]] near [[Taji]], [[Iraq]]. [http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1553996&page=1 (ABC News)] |
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* [[Tarja Halonen]] is re-elected in the second round of the [[Finnish presidential election, 2006|Finnish presidential election]] with 51.8% of the votes, defeating the other candidate [[Sauli Niinistö]]. [http://www.hs.fi/english/article/BSUNDAY+2145+UPDATEb+bPRESIDENTIAL+ELECTION+TARJA+HALONEN+WINS+SECOND+TERMb+/1135218550392 (Helsingin Sanomat)] |
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* An explosion in a [[firecracker]] warehouse kills 16 people in [[Henan Province|Henan]] on [[Chinese New Year]]. [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-01-29T154347Z_01_PEK251428_RTRUKOC_0_UK-CHINA-NEWYEAR.xml&archived=False (Reuters)] |
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* [[Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]] is confirmed as the new [[emir of Kuwait]], ending a two-week leadership crisis. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4659294.stm (BBC)] |
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==30 January 2006 (Monday)== |
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* China and Russia agree to refer [[Iran]] to the [[United Nations Security Council]] for [[Iran's nuclear program|its nuclear program]] in March 2006. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060131/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear (Reuters)] |
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* In the United Kingdom, the [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] has ordered 10 [[Internet service providers]] to hand over the details of 150 UK customers accused of illegally [[File sharing|sharing software]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4663388.stm (BBC)] |
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==31 January 2006 (Tuesday)== |
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[[Image:Justice Alito official.jpg|thumb|[[Samuel Alito]]]] |
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* [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] delivers [[2006 State of the Union address|the State of the Union Address]] to a [[joint session of the U.S. Congress]] (the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] and the [[United States Senate|Senate]]). [[n:President Bush delivers 2006 State of the Union Address|(Wikinews)]] |
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** Moments before the address began, [[Opposition to the 2003 Iraq War|anti-war]] [[Protests against the 2003 Iraq war|protester]] [[Cindy Sheehan]] is arrested in the [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol Building]] for refusing to cover up a t-shirt she was wearing to protest the [[Iraq War|war]] and [[Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–present|occupation of Iraq]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/31/sheehan.arrest/index.html?section=cnn_topstories (CNN)] |
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** Also directed out of the [[United States Capitol|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" [http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1567217&WNTad=true (ABC)]. |
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* [[Iran's nuclear program]] |
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** [[Iran]] reacts with anger to its referral to the [[U.N. Security Council]], saying diplomatic avenues have been closed. [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/31/iran.nuclear/index.html (CNN)] |
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** 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. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060131/ap_on_re_mi_ea/nuclear_agency_iran_6;_ylt=Ag8leiMaX9DEKhViJa.Jx.lSw60A;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl (Reuters)] |
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* In [[Iraq]], the [[British Armed Forces]] records its 100th military death. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1561856 (ABC)] |
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* 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. [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/01/31/postal.shooting.ap/index.html (CNN)] |
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* [[United States Supreme Court]] nominee [[Samuel Alito]] is confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] and sworn in. |
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* Russian [[President of Russia|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. 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. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/31/AR2006013100234.html (Washington Post)] |
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* Nominations for the [[78th Academy Awards]] were announced in [[Beverly Hills, California]], by Academy President [[Sid Ganis]] and actress [[Mira Sorvino]]. ([http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/31/oscar.nominations/index.html CNN]) |
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* [[Coretta Scott King]], widow of assassinated civil rights leader [[Martin Luther King|Martin Luther King, Jr]], dies at age 78. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11110291/ (MSNBC)] |
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* A former [[United States Marine Corps|US Marine]], Jim Massey, has claimed on the [[Radio in the Republic of Ireland|Irish radio]] station [[Live 95FM]] that the US military has been illegally shipping [[depleted uranium]] through [[Shannon Airport]] for use in [[Iraq]]. [http://www.utvlive.com/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=69854&pt=n (UTV)] [http://thelimerick.blogspot.com/2006/01/us-shipping-depleted-uranium-through.html (The Limerick Blogger)][http://www.live95fm.ie/95fm.asx (Live 95FM)] If true, this would be a major breach of [[Neutral country|Irish neutrality]] and Irish-US agreements on the use of Shannon. The airport's use by the US military is already highly controversial, in part due to the connection with [[Extrajudicial prisoners of the United States|CIA captives]]. [http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=139965600&p=y39966y8x (IOL.ie)] |
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* U.S. oil company [[ExxonMobil]] announced profits for 2005 of {{Nowrap|$36.1 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. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002772953_exxon31.html (Seattle Times)] |
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* A tourist coach crash in [[Egypt]] on the highway between [[Hurghada]] and [[Luxor]] kills 14 and injures another 30 people. All casualties are from [[Hong Kong]] and were joining Jetour Holidays tours. |
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January 2006 was the first month of that common year. The month, which began on a Sunday, ended on a Tuesday after 31 days.
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