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Current events of
September 26, 2006
(
2006-09-26
)
(Tuesday)
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Riots break in
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh
, due to frequent power outages. Hundreds are injured in confrontations with riot police .
(AP)
UK
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
makes his final speech at a
Labour Party
Conference.
(Sydney Morning Herald)
In the United States, a
jury
rules in favor of the pharmaceutical corporation
Merck & Co. Inc.
in a court case related to the painkiller
Vioxx
. The jury rejects claims that Vioxx caused the
plaintiff
's
heart attack
.
(AP via Sharewatch)
The
Bush administration
releases excerpts of a report stating that the
War in Iraq
has bred deep resentment in the
Islamic world
and provided
Islamist
militants with a "
cause célèbre
" that allowed the global movement to cultivate supporters.
(Reuters Alertnet)
Zambian
archbishop
Emmanuel Milingo
is
excommunicated
from the
Roman Catholic Church
by
Pope Benedict XVI
.
(BBC)
Former
WorldCom
chief
Bernard Ebbers
reports to a federal prison in the
U.S. state
of
Louisiana
to begin a 25-year prison term.
(AP via Kiplinger Forecasts)
At least 18 people are killed in an explosion outside a government office in
Lashkar Gah
in southern
Afghanistan
.
(BBC)
The
Diet of Japan
confirms
Shinzo Abe
as the
Prime Minister of Japan
. At 52, he is the youngest Prime Minister since
World War II
.
(Reuters via Tiscali)
The
European Commission
confirms that
Bulgaria
and
Romania
are set to join the
European Union
on 1 January 2007, in what may be the last EU expansion before a
European constitution
is established.
(BBC)
"Weird Al" Yankovic
releases
Straight Outta Lynwood
in the USA.
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