Events in October 2006
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Oct. 1
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Surayud Chulanont, assumes charge as Thailand’s “Civilian” Prime Minister An ‘Interim Edition’ of the Constitution is promulgated. |
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The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and South African President, Thabo Mbeki jointly launch the Satyagraha Centenary at a colourful ceremony in Durban. |
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Oct. 2
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U.S. researchers Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello are honoured with the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their 1998 discovery on gene silencing. |
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India and South Africa sign a 25- point joint document called the Tshwane Declaration reaffirming their strategic partnership, in Pretoria, following talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Thabo Mbeki. |
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Tatana Kucharova (18), a high school student from the Czech Republic is crowned the Miss World 2006 in the Polish capital Warsaw. |
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Oct. 3
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Americans John C. Mather and George F. Smoot win the 2006 Physics Nobel Prize for discovering the nature of “black body radiation” believed to stem from the Big Bang. |
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Oct. 4
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American Roger D. Kornberg is awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his studies of how cells take information from genes to produce proteins. |
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Oct. 5
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The Swedish Parliament approves Fredrik Reinfeldt as the new Prime Minister. |
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Oct. 8
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The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and the Chinese President Hu Jintao hold an ice-breaking summit in Beijing. |
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Oct. 9
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North Korea conducts nuclear test. Tremor detected at P’unggye - yok in Hamgyong province. |
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American economist Edmund S.Phelps wins the Nobel Prize for his analysis of short-term and long term trade-offs in macroeconomic policy. |
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Oct. 10
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Kiran Desai daughter of novelist Anita Desai wins the Man Booker Prize for her second novel, The Inheritance of Loss. |
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Oct. 11
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At least 478 persons are killed in a five-hour battle in Sri Lanka’s Jaffna peninsula. |
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Oct. 12
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Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk is awarded the Nobel Literature Prize for his works that focus on the symbols of clashing cultures. |
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Oct. 13
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Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus dubbed the “Banker of the Poor” and his Grameen Bank win the Nobel Peace Prize. |
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South Korean Foreign Minister, Ban Ki-moon is nominated the eighth Secretary General of the U.N. |
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Oct. 14
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The U.N. imposes financial and weapons sanction on North Korea for its nuclear test. |
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Oct. 20
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The Tatas acquire the Anglo-Dutch firm Corus Group in a Rs. 36, 650 crore deal, representing the largest Indian takeover of a foreign company. |
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Oct. 26
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Bollywood actor Shabana Azmi is presented with the Gandhi International Peace Prize at a function in the British House of Commons. |
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Oct. 28
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Sri Lanka and the LTTE begin peace talks in Geneva. |
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Oct. 29
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Bangaladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed names himself head of a non-party caretaker government in the run-up to general elections in January. |
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The Sultan of Sokoto Mohammadu Maccido spiritual head of Nigerian Muslims is among 100 persons killed in a plane crash in Abuja. |
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wins another term. |
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