Portal:Current events/2006 October 24

Current events of October 24, 2006 (2006-10-24) (Tuesday)

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi accuses the Government of Eritrea of jeopardizing regional stability by engaging in a proxy war through its assistance to the Islamic Courts Union in Somalia. Zenawi warns the Ethiopian Parliament that "Jihadists are amassing their forces near our borders."(allAfrica) The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at another record high. (News Limited) Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare formally proposes reducing the role of Australia in the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) in his country at a Pacific leaders forum in Fiji. (ABC News Australia) The European Union announces it plans to assist Kazakhstan in developing nuclear power for "peaceful purposes." (NASDAQ) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad opposes a bill in Iranian parliament that would require the fingerprinting of any citizens of the United States that are visiting Iran, stating, "We do not have a problem with American people. We oppose only the U.S. government." (AP via ABC) An Associated Press photographer is released after a day in the hands of Palestinian gunmen. (AP via WCBS) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Dennis Hastert sits down with ethics investigators trying to determine when he and his staff learned about ex-Rep. Mark Foley's come-ons to former male pages and what they did to stop it. (AP via San Francisco Chronicle) Firefox 2.0 is released. (CNET)