2006, Iran removed UN seals on uranium enrichment equipment and in April announced it had successfully enriched uranium. Get the latest news, exclusives, sport, celebrities, showbiz, politics, business and lifestyle from The Sun.
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It said in a statement that the strikes, which spanned April 20-27, were "in response to attempts by the Kyiv regime to damage Russian energy and industrial facilities.". IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English, was written by Brianna Blake. Events from the year 2006 in the United Kingdom.
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21-year-old English actress Keira Knightley was named FHM's sexiest woman in 2006. Publication date: 01 Jan 2006. Author: UNFPA. 2006 Prices including Wages, Houses, Food and Gas, Events include Google Buys YouTube, Sago Mine Disaster, Terrorists bombings, Easter Week Midwest Tornado Outbreak, California heat wave. Breaking news, live coverage, investigations, analysis, video, photos and opinions from The Washington Post.
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Richard Lochhead holds the seat for the Scottish National Party. Steve McClaren , manager of Middlesbrough F. Charles Clarke is dismissed as Home Secretary. His murderer, Hannad Hasan, will be sentenced at the Old Bailey in 2007.
Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.
The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos motorcycle gang. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly failed in mid-air over the Sea of Japan. The arrests were made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
The killer told his wife he had molested children 20 years ago and was dreaming about doing it again.
He brought lubricant to the schoolhouse, but there was no evidence the victims were sexually assaulted.
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November 2008 Mumbai attacks, a series of ten coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai, India, killing 195 people and injuring 290 more. This mission will enable Hubble to last for approximately 5 to 10 years. The 6-minute suborbital flight was the only flight of the Constellation program that was supposed to replace the Space Shuttle fleet in the next decade. Investigations into the accident are still ongoing.
The nuclear energy debate intensified after a report by Dr Ziggy Switkowski recommended a rethink on uranium mining and alternative energy industries.
Scientists rejoiced as Federal Parliament passed a controversial Bill lifting the ban on stem cell research. New industrial relations laws took hold in March, as unions joined the Federal Opposition and state governments in a vow to fight implementing the legislation. As Prime Minister John Howard celebrated 10 years in office in March, he disappointed Treasurer Peter Costello who said the Prime Minister promised him 12 years ago to hand over the leadership crown to him before two terms were up. Business In the second-biggest share offer in Australian history behind the T2 sale seven years ago, the Federal Government finally gave the green light for the third sell-off of Telstra shares.
T3 shares began trading on the Australian Stock Exchange in November. The Government parked the remaining 17 per cent of Telstra stock into the Future Fund to sell down over time. Many Australians felt the pinch of three interest rate rises during this year, with the final Reserve Bank decision for 2006 setting the financial climate at 6. Farewells Australia reeled with shock as it lost two icons in the same week in September - conservationist and self-proclaimed "wildlife warrior" Steve Irwin and motor racing legend "king of the mountain" Peter Brock.
Celebrities, friends and family mourned the death of actress Belinda Emmett , wife of entertainer Rove McManus, who lost her long battle against cancer in November. Courage Australians marvelled at the incredible survival of two miners, Todd Russell and Brant Webb, trapped for 14 days in May in a steel cage after a mine collapse in Beaconsfield in northern Tasmania. But the rescue was tinged with sadness by the death of third miner, Larry Knight. The story took another tragic and ironic turn as television journalist Richard Carleton died at the scene covering the event for the 60 Minutes program.
December 06, 2006: What happened on that day? As president, joseph kabila is the first democratically elected leader of the democratic republic of the congo for 40 years. The iraq study group report identifies the iraqi situation as "grave and deteriorating" and recommends a shift in strategy, including the withdrawal of all united states troops from iraq by 2008. After a vote of conscience, the australian house of representatives approves private members legislation that allows therapeutic cloning. By 95-2, the united states senate has confirmed robert gates as next secretary of defense.
More at www. For our first impressions, and some screenshots, please see www. BT Vision provides you with a special set-top box, called a V-Box that connects to the BT Home Hub and BT Total Broadband, to offer the following: Freeview — Over 35 TV channels and over 20 radio stations On-demand content over the Internet, including a huge library of blockbuster movies and classic films, TV shows, kids TV shows and music videos The BT Vision V-Box set-top box lets you pause and rewind live TV, record up to 80 hours on the built-in hard-disk and select live and on-demand content via the easy-to-use on-screen 14-day programme guide. You do need a BT Total Broadband account. More details at radioandtelly. No official announcement has been made. BT Vision is set to be a very exciting offering. You may want to consider going elsewhere for your digital telly. Also, Five US ch. New Freeview lineup.
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7:57 PM Большой английский. 7:57 PM Большой английский. English passed the milestones of 1 million and later 1,5 million articles in 2006, fortifying the position of the English Wikipedia as the greatest one-language encyclopedia that ever existed.
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Everybody wants to learn English, so why not fund more ESL programs instead of wasting money stating the obvious that English is the de facto national language of the U.S. On July 15, 2006, the San Francisco-based podcasting company Odeo officially releases Twttr—later changed to Twitter—its short messaging service (SMS) for groups, to the public. 2006 videos and latest news articles; your source for the latest news on 2006. The latest UK and world news, business, sport and comment from The Times and The Sunday Time. This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from August 2006. Following news of yet another reboot in the works, Annabel Nugent delves into the behind-the-scenes story of the 1999 cult classic – and how its ingenious and brazen marketing campaign could never happen today.