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December 2006
Events
Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak
Cole Inquiry
Georgia-Russia spying dispute
Inquiry into death of Alexander Litvinenko
Iran's nuclear program
Mark Foley scandal
NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
Possible NK six-party talks
Riots in Tonga
Taiwan political crisis
Unrest in Oaxaca
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
Weather/natural disasters
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North Indian cyclone season
Pacific typhoon season
Typhoon Durian
Southern Hemisphere cyclone season
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Deaths
25
:
James Brown
30
:
Saddam Hussein
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Ongoing armed conflicts
Acholiland insurgency
Arab-Israeli conflict
(
al-Aqsa Intifada
)
War in Chad
Colombian armed conflict
Iraq War
Ituri Conflict
in the
DR Congo
Somalia War
Ivorian Civil War
Kurdish conflict in Turkey
Second Chechen War
South Thailand insurgency
Sri Lankan civil war
Taliban insurgency
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Elections
2
:
Bahrain
,
Parliament (2nd round)
3
:
Venezuela
,
President
3
:
Madagascar
,
General and President
3
:
Mauritania
,
Parliament (2nd round)
11
:
Saint Lucia
,
Parliament
16
/
18
/
20
:
United Arab Emirates
,
Parliament
17
:
Gabon
,
Parliament
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Trials
Peru:
Alberto Fujimori
(extradition)
Chile:
Augusto Pinochet
Ethiopia: 111 defendants, including leaders of the
CUD
and journalists, on charges related to the
2005 elections
.
Iraq:
Iraqi Special Tribunal
Saddam Hussein
& military chiefs of staff
Netherlands:
Hofstad Network
Netherlands:
ICC
Thomas Lubanga
Netherlands:
ICTY
Sierra Leone:
SCfSL
Charles Taylor
UK:
Leo O'Connor & David Keogh
U.S.:
Brian Nichols
U.S.:
Tom DeLay
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Holidays and observances
1
:
World AIDS Day
4
:
Navy Day
(
India
)
6
:
Independence Day
(
Finland
)
15
:
Hanukkah
begins
(
Judaism
, est., sunset)
23
:
Hanukkah
ends
(
Judaism
, est., sunset)
25
:
Christmas
(
Western Christianity
)
26
:
Kwanzaa
begins
(
United States
)
28
:
Day of the Holy Innocents
(
Ibero-America
)
30
:
Eid ul-Adha
begins
(
Islam
, est., sunset)
30
:
José Rizal Day
(
Philippines
)
31
:
Hogmanay
(
Scottish culture
)
31
:
New Year's Eve
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