Template:In the news
- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (pictured) leaves the Likud party and calls for an election in March 2006
- Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is elected president of Sri Lanka, defeating Ranil Wickremesinghe.
- After almost three weeks of civil unrest, French Police declare a "return to normalcy throughout France."
- Sayako Kuroda of Japan marries a commoner, thus relinquishing her title of princess and leaving the Imperial Family.