Template:In the news
- The 2006 FIFA World Cup begins in Germany.
- Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa is elected President of the 61st United Nations General Assembly.
- U.S. and Iraqi officials confirm that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, has been killed in Diyala.
- Halldór Ásgrímsson resigns as Prime Minister of Iceland, and will be succeeded by Geir Haarde.
- The Islamic Courts Union, after defeating the ARPCT, consolidates control over the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
- Alan García of the APRA defeats the Union for Peru's Ollanta Humala to become President of Peru for the second time.
- Serbia confirms the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro, and declares independence.
2006 FIFA World Cup
- Germany 4 - 2 Costa Rica
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