Events in January 2006
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Jan. 1
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China launches official website www.gov.cn. at zero hour. |
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Jan. 3
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Scottish writer Ali Smith’s The Accidental wins the 2006 Whitbread Prize. |
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Jan. 4
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Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, UAE Vice-President and Prime Minister and ruler of Dubai dies in Australia. |
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Two hundred persons are feared killed in a landslip unleashed by heavy rains in Indonesia’s Central Java. |
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Jan. 5
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At least 120 persons are killed in suicide bomb attacks across Iraq. |
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The Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, suffers a massive brain haemorrhage. |
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Sharon's Deputy Premier Ehud Olmert takes charge. |
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Seventysix persons are killed in a building collapse near the Grand Mosque in Mecca. |
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Jan. 6
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Three Turkish siblings die of bird flu. |
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Jan. 9
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Bird flu spreads in Turkey and WHO warns of its mutation into a dangerous form. |
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Jan. 10
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Ukrainian Parliament votes to sack the Government. |
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Iran removes seals at atomic research facility at Natanz after two-and-a-half years. |
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Jan. 11
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The London High Court ‘orders’ the de-freezing of two British bank accounts of the Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi accused of receiving kickbacks in the Bofors scandal, and frozen in July 2003. |
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Jan. 12
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Over 345 Haj pilgrims, including 51 Indians are killed in a stampede at Mina in Saudi Arabia. |
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Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca who shot at Pope Paul II on May 13, 1981 is freed from prison in Istanbul. |
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Jan. 15
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The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah (79) dies and Crown Prince Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah is appointed his successor. |
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The NASA’s Stardust spacecraft returns to earth with the first comet dust samples and lands in the Utah desert after a seven-year journey. |
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Michelle Bachelet is elected the first woman President of Chile. |
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Jan. 16
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in Liberian President and also earns a name in history as Africa’s first elected female head of state. |
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Brokeback Mountain, a film about a love affair between two cowboys bags top awards at the 63rd Golden Globes presentation in Los Angeles. |
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Jan. 18
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Militants kill 67 Iraqis after dragging them from cars at checkpoints north of Baghdad. |
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Jan. 19
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NASA launches the New Horizons spacecraft on a nine-year, 4.5 billion km journey to Pluto from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. |
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Jan. 21
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The Kosovo President, Ibrahim Rugova (61), dies of lung cancer. |
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Jan. 22
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Pakistan lifts ban on Bollywood films. |
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Jan. 23
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Conservatives led by Stephen Harper win Canadian election. |
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Pakistan denies lifting of ban on Indian films. |
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Jan. 24
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The Kuwaiti Prime Minister, Sheikh al-Ahmad al Sabah, is named Emir following the ouster of ailing Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah by Parliament. |
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Jan. 25
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Palestinians cast votes in Parliament polls being held after 10 years. |
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Uzbekistan joins the Eurasian Economic Community at a summit in St. Petersburg. |
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Jan. 26
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Hamas wins absolute majority in Palestinian parliamentary polls. The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei quits. |
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Jan. 29
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Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah is sworn in Kuwait Emir. |
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Myanmarese leader Aung San Suu Kyi is named winner of the Olof Palme Prize. |
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