Portal:Current events/2006 March 19

March 19, 2006 (Sunday)

Three of the six men left seriously ill during a drugs trial (of a monoclonal antibody TGN 1412) have been taken off organ support. (BBC)
The Liberal Party of Canada announces it has scheduled the vote for a new leader for December 3. (CBC)
Part of a tunnel in the Moscow Metro collapses on a train setting the train on fire. Russian emergency services were dispatched to the scene, passengers were evacuated, and no one was hurt. (BBC)
Former Prime Minister of Iraq Iyad Allawi says that he believes that Iraq is engaged in a civil war, although the country has not passed "the point of no return." British and American officials dispute calling the conflict a civil war. (BBC)
Polling stations open for the Belarusian presidential election, 2006. (VOA) The main opposition candidate Alaksandar Milinkievič calls for a re-run of the presidential election within hours of polls closing. (BBC)
With the exception of Uganda and South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa is failing to meet United Nations standards for accessibility to clean water or sanitation. (Reuters)^{[permanent dead link]}