William Shatner sold one of his kidney stones for $25,000 in 2006. 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. 05 May 2006NEWS RELEASE New heritage advisory group for Minister The Minister for Planning and Envi.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson attends a news conference at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. 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. Если не терпится поскорее начать читать новости на английском, а знаний не хватает, можно потренироваться в разделах News Review и Words in the News на BBC Learning English, где предлагаются короткие новостные заметки с несложными конструкциями и словарем. Get breaking news stories and in-depth coverage with videos and photos.
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By 95-2, the united states senate has confirmed robert gates as next secretary of defense. Bainimarama nominates jona senilagakali to be interim prime minister of fiji. After the military made promises not to censor further news, the fiji times resumes publication. The united kingdom joins australia, the united states and new zealand in stopping foreign defense aid. Three people are killed in an explosion near milwaukee.
But the judge in the case decided law enforcement acted properly, despite cops finding no conclusive evidence of methamphetamine in the condominium.
The 2002 beating death of Cody Weiland was still making news in local courts in 2006, as two of the people convicted in the crime won adjustments to their sentences. Robbins will be either be re-sentenced or face a trial sometime in 2007. Referenda and local questions dominate November election ballotThe ballot local voters interfaced with on Election Day this year was notable mostly for the number of specific questions they were asked to decide. The Colorado state election ballot was the longest and most involved in history. Aside from state questions dealing with gay marriage, immigration law, campaign finance, the minimum wage, as well as decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana, Summit County voters faced a number of critical questions.
The vote triggers the establishment of a new multi-jurisdictional housing authority that encompasses the entire county. In Frisco, voters rejected the chance to land a consolidated campus of Colorado Mountain College on a small corner of the Frisco Peninsula Recreation Area. The vote was 55 percent to 45 percent opposed to the plan, and CMC afterward said they would pursue a new non-consolidated campus in nearby Breckenridge. As far as elected officials, young aide to U. Gibbs will follow local favorite son Gary Lindstrom, who announced the end of his lengthy public service career by not seeking re-election to the House seat.
In local municipal elections in April, voters opted for change in a number of races. In Frisco, repercussions from the 2005 debate over bringing Home Depot to town were evident, as the top two vote-getters in the town council election were vocal opponents to the big box.
In case this is a new expression to you, a podcast is a downloadable audio file in MP3 format in the style of a mini radio programme. This can either be played on your desktop computer, or transferred to a portable MP3 file. See our BT Vision page for more. An amazing piece of kit. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have teamed up with probably the funniest chap around, Mr Karl Pilkington, to put together a series of podcasts. The first season were available on the Guardian Unlimited website. Just give it a listen and find out. If you missed out — note that Series 2 is available now direct from www.
Film 4 to go free February 25th, 2006 Film 4 to go free on Freeview by the end of 2006. Now delayed — expected 2006-7.
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Supreme Court prepares to hear Oral Arguments in two education cases on race-conscious school assignment, the American Educational Research Association AERA will brief journalists on the social science knowledge and critical research findings that the Court should consider. The Media Briefing will emphasize what is known from research about short- and long-term consequences of students being educated in diverse environments. Seattle School District No.
The arrests were made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash. President George W. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican Drug War.
Other major 2006 newspaper articles were written about the sentencing and execution of Saddam Hussein in the late months of 2006 by the Iraqi court, which was huge news that reached the far corners of the world. To read about these incredible and memorable news headlines and about the many other headlines that were published within 2006 newspapers, explore our archive for the perfect date, and take a look at the wonderful gift packages we offer when ordering with Historic Newspapers. Delivered straight to your door, an original newspaper is the thoughtful and interesting gift you have been looking for. Over 6,000 people are killed, at least 36,000 are injured and 1.
In case this is a new expression to you, a podcast is a downloadable audio file in MP3 format in the style of a mini radio programme. This can either be played on your desktop computer, or transferred to a portable MP3 file. See our BT Vision page for more. An amazing piece of kit. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have teamed up with probably the funniest chap around, Mr Karl Pilkington, to put together a series of podcasts. The first season were available on the Guardian Unlimited website. Just give it a listen and find out. If you missed out — note that Series 2 is available now direct from www. Film 4 to go free February 25th, 2006 Film 4 to go free on Freeview by the end of 2006. Now delayed — expected 2006-7.
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Events from the year 2006 in the United Kingdom. Index - Headlines - Global - Comment - Global connections - feeds - Img13713 Village pump. This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from August 2006.
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Commissioner Terence Cole recommended a task force be established to look into possible charges against several former AWB executives. The Stern report on global warming released in the UK in October put the effect of climate change in economic terms, making governments around the world stand up and take notice. 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.
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