Wikinews:2006/October
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October 1 [edit]
- Mumbai Police investigations indicate Pakistani role in 11/7 serial blasts
- New video shows 9/11 hijackers attending Al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan
- New book by Watergate journalist Bob Woodward claims CIA warned Rice before 9/11
- Wild ducks in Illinois test positive for "low pathogenic" Bird Flu virus
- Highway overpass collapses near Montreal
- Michael Schumacher wins 2006 Chinese Grand Prix
- Minimum wage in United Kingdom increases to £5.35
- U. Michigan Wolverines retake "Little Brown Jug" from U. Minnesota Golden Gophers
- Hurricane Isaac heads toward Atlantic Canada
October 2 [edit]
- Fatal shooting at school in Pennsylvania, USA
- India celebrates Mahatma Gandhi's 137th Birthday anniversary
- Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended
- Las Vegas schools on lockdown
- 2006 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to American scientists
- Ignatieff leads in tight race in Canadian Liberal "Super Weekend"
- Suspected bomber identified in 1985 Rainbow Warrior bombing
October 3 [edit]
- Ban Ki-moon leads contest for next UN Secretary-General: Poll
- Hijackers with message for Pope seize Turkish airliner
- North Korea says it will test a nuclear weapon in the future
- Rescue workers search wreckage of Brazilian air crash
- 2006 Nobel Prize in physics awarded for microwave map of the universe
- Tropical Storm Isaac hits Newfoundland
- New Zealand man stopped at border because of unpaid fines
October 4 [edit]
- 2,000 homeless after 4-hectare fire in Bislig City, Philippines
- Hubble discovers 16 new planets
- New allegations over the US e-mail scandal hit the Republican party
- 2006 Nobel Prize in chemistry for insight into cells
- US Nationwide Pollution Permit Restrictions Upheld
- 2,887 ecstasy tablets intercepted at New Zealand International Mail Centre
- Historic 'Tree of Knowledge' dies in Queensland, Australia
- Wikinews Shorts: October 4, 2006
October 5 [edit]
- Rocket launcher found near Pakistani parliament
- Sarasota doctor heading to prison
- Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq 'killed'
- Parents kidnap daughter to stop marriage in U.S.
- 13 hour bank robbery ends with no injuries in Setúbal, Portugal
- Child pornography case against John Mark Karr dropped
- Halloween faces pumpkin shortage
- Possible eruption at Ruapehu Volcano in New Zealand
- First plane arrival for more than 10 years to renewed airport in Grozny, Russia
- US government 'can continue' eavesdropping
- Interview with Mathew Njenga, City Council candidate for Wards 2 & 6 in Brampton, Canada
- Singapore Airlines to be compensated for A380 delays
- IRA disbands military structure
October 6 [edit]
- Security Council set to adopt non-binding text on N. Korea
- Jack Straw, Leader of the British House of Commons urges Muslim women to drop full veil
- Wrong flag causes diplomatic faux pas in Poland
- Same-sex marriage ban upheld in California
- Small hole found in Space Shuttle Atlantis
- Canada's PM gets award for public service in Calgary
- Vatican considering abolishing limbo
- Interview with Curtis Grant, Regional Council candidate for Wards 2 & 6 in Brampton, Canada
- Clint Brown, TV3 presenter, gives "unsatisfactory" letter of apology
- Six Power Meetings confirmed on Iran's nuclear crisis
- Plant explosion in Apex, North Carolina
- Mass grave with 51 bodies from the Nazi era found in Germany
- Haze in South East Asia worsens
October 7 [edit]
- Scotland: Three murdered schoolboy for "being white"
- French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez announces retirement
- 20,000 Poles demonstrate on the streets of Warsaw
- Gibson has given his first interview since anti-Semitic rant
- Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya shot dead
- Top ranked France to play Scotland this afternoon in football
- Cheetahs and Blue Bulls to meet in 2006 Currie Cup rugby final
- Bratsk hydroelectric plant gets new turbine
- Blunkett defines the main task for us all
- All Ferrari front row for 2006 Japanese Grand Prix
October 8 [edit]
- Fernando Alonso wins 2006 Japanese Grand Prix
- Venezuelan opposition holds large rally
- USA qualify for 2007 Rugby World Cup in France
October 9 [edit]
- Jamie Lee Curtis quits acting
- Tropical Storm Norman forms southwest of Baja California
- Google purchases YouTube for $1.65 billion
- Municipal elections in Belgium: Flemish Interest halted in Antwerp but advancing elsewhere
- Russia estimates larger yield for N. Korea nuclear test
- France to ban smoking in public places
- Craig Lowndes and Jamie Wincup become "Kings of the Mountain"
- North Korea claims it has conducted a nuclear test
- New Zealand seventh in Czech Republic A1GP feature race
- Controversy follows after Canadian PM skips vote for hockey game
October 10 [edit]
- NYC boy found on Long Island, New York after car theft triggers amber alert
- Explosions rock 'Green Zone' inside Baghdad
- Snooker player Paul Hunter dies of cancer, age 27
- North Korean official warns U.S. that the DPRK may fire a nuclear missile
- North Korea pulls out of football tournament
- Gordon Brown announces new powers for UK Treasury
- Microsoft ends support for Windows XP's first service pack
- Clashes between Shiv Sena, MNS in Mumbai
- Pablo Montoya from ARCA to NASCAR at Talladega
- Interview with Derek Begley, Regional Council candidate for Wards 9 & 10 in Brampton, Canada
- Security Council recommends Ban Ki-moon for UN Secretary-General
- Vodafone New Zealand buys Internet provider ihug
October 11 [edit]
- Imagination Movers to shoot Disney series pilot
- PM Blair says India's nuclear programme should not be compared to N. Korea's
- U.S. promises not to invade North Korea
- French schoolgirl injured with stones in playground
- Geneva bomb scare causes chaos
- Small aircraft crashes into building in New York City
- Dark matter lacks extra gravitational force
- New agitations over cartoons of Prophet Mohammed
- Chinese soldiers shoot Tibetans crossing into Nepal
- Canadian MP Belinda Stronach has first interview since affair with Tie Domi
- Giant camel bones found in Syria
- India's Kiran Desai wins Booker Prize for "The Inheritance of Loss"
- Trains collide in eastern France
- New Zealand Government announces record surplus
- French teacher in hiding after criticizing Islam
October 12 [edit]
- US court indicts man for treason
- French parliament approves bill on Armenian Genocide denial
- Former U.S. President Gerald Ford hospitalized
- Delhi Police question South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs over match-fixing scandal in 2000
- Trial of New Zealand teacher murderer still months away
- Dove's Real Beauty looks at photoshoot techniques in commercial
- "Corrupt" New Zealand government to repay $768,000
- Wikinews Shorts: October 12, 2006
- Canadian Liberal Leadership frontrunner, Ignatieff, refused to attend debate in Toronto
- Blunkett: Brown supported Iraq war to save job
- Barbra Streisand heckled during concert
October 13 [edit]
- Gag order imposed on Guantanamo whistleblower
- Pitt and Jolie's guard pulls gun on photographer in Pune, India
- Buffalo, New York snow storm closes schools, leaves nearly 400,000 without power
- Microsoft says no delay for European launch of Vista
- Four bodies found on Florida's Turnpike
- Chinese ban on Wikipedia lifted for now
- Former head of Radio Liberty Russian Broadcasts criticizes Kremlin's reaction to Russian journalist's murder
- Free speech is not solicitation: American Civil Liberties Union
- New Zealand bank manager robbed own bank
- Recent American E. coli outbreak linked to cattle
- British top General says troops are unwelcome in Iraq
October 14 [edit]
- New policy at Madani High School requires non-Muslim girls to wear hijabs
- Thai Muslim separatists kill & behead man in presence of blindfolded daughter
- American Idol argument ends in three years probation
- Mediterranean diet reduces risk of Alzheimer's disease, study concludes
- Romania through to 2007 Rugby World Cup in France
- New method of displaying time patented
- Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank
- U.S. outlaws online gambling
- Controversy-plagued Element 118, the heaviest atom yet, finally discovered
- New roadmap unveiled for Northern Ireland devolution
- Cheetahs and Blue Bulls draw 28-28 in Currie Cup rugby final
- Benedict XVI meets Dalai-Lama
- Italy qualify for 2007 Rugby World Cup in France
- "One-litre car" may help traffic pollution
- General Assembly elects Ban Ki-moon as next UN chief
- UN security council to vote on North Korean sanctions
- Canadian PM: Liberal leadership hopefuls 'anti-Israeli'
October 15 [edit]
- 2012 Olympics clash with Ramadan
- Germany to assume command of UN's maritime task force in Lebanon
- 6.7 magnitude quake shakes Hawaii
- Bodies found along Florida highway identified
- "Friday the 13" Buffalo, New York snow storm in pictures
October 16 [edit]
- Microsoft backtracks on Vista delay accusations
- Four more found guilty in 1993 Mumbai blasts case
- New Zealand Labour party sells pledge card
October 17 [edit]
- Foreign Secretary level talks between India and Pakistan to resume in November
- Eritrea moves troops into UN buffer zone
- Rob Broudie, top British lawyer, found dead
- Interview with Brodrick Thorpe, City Council candidate for Ward 10 in Mississauga, Canada
- National Guard dispatched to Buffalo, New York to help with storm cleanup
- Philippine President Arroyo tells business leaders security is top priority
- Makati City Mayor suspended
- United Future announces tax cuts in 2008 for New Zealand
October 18 [edit]
- U.S. Defense officials: Satellite photos suggest second North Korea nuclear test
- Suicide bombing kills 16 in tourist city in Sri Lanka
- Virus carried on fifth generation iPods
- Indian lawyers debate how to execute Mohammad Afzal
- Pope Benedict XVI canonizes four new saints
- NZ Government passes bill to legalise controversial electioneering overspending
- Argentinian woman sticks to slot machine after winning 35 million pesos
- Clint Brown, TV3 presenter, resigns amid attack allegations
October 19 [edit]
- Interview with Dalbir S. Kathuria, Regional Council candidate for Wards 9 & 10 in Brampton, Canada
- American city officials warned about dirty bomb threat
- Indian fighter aircraft crashes in West Bengal, pilots eject safely
- Engineers develop robotic microhand
- US declares vital interest in space
- New Zealand Post introduces redirection and hold fees
- Winners of 2006 New Zealand Music Awards announced
October 20 [edit]
- Florida suffers from summerlike conditions ahead of cold front
- California woman sees holy figure in burrito
- Earthquake measuring 4.5 shakes northern California
- Scientists progress towards cloaking device
- Human remains found five years later at World Trade Center site
- Sir Edmund Hillary receives honorary doctorate
- Haze covers Southeast Asia
October 21 [edit]
- Interview with Innocent Watat, City Council candidate for Wards 3 & 4 in Brampton, Canada
- Evangelist Kent Hovind's tax trial begins
- Headmaster to meet parents after student sex parties
- Waikato win Air New Zealand Cup
- Thai Prime Minister to consider lifting martial law
- US population reaches 300 million
October 22 [edit]
- Racial Equality commissioner warns of racial violence in Britain
- Mahathir won't stop criticisms of Malaysian gov't.
- US considers taxing earnings from online games
- Massa wins 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix, Alonso and Renault win championships
- Wikinews Shorts: October 21, 2006
- Indian Government gives green signal to community radio
October 23 [edit]
- Wikinews interviews South Koreans about relations with North Korea
- Human remains found at World Trade Center
- Senior diplomat criticizes U.S. policy in Iraq
- Hungarian police disperse rally against Prime Minister Gyurcsany
- UK Government propaganda directed at Muslim youth
- Interview with Chuck Jeffrey, Regional Council candidate for Wards 2 & 6 in Brampton, Canada
- New Zealand broadcasters to pay back National party's GST
October 24 [edit]
- New version of Firefox browser released
- London Zoological Society reports on health of planet Earth
- PM reshuffles Cabinet, Pranab Mukherjee is new Indian Foreign minister
- Floyd Landis adopts "the Wikipedia defense" as appeal strategy
- Interview with Stephanie Beaumier, City Council candidate for Wards 1 & 5 in Brampton, Canada
- New Zealand Labour party drops in latest poll
October 25 [edit]
- Oakland renters displaced by Hope VI program
- Victorian Premier unveils plan for world's largest solar plant
- Army of East Timor calls UN police action a coup
- New Jersey's State Supreme Court says gay couples have same rights as heterosexual couples
- Millions of old New Zealand coins still to be handed in
- U.S. mid-term election to host gay marriage referendum in Virginia
October 26 [edit]
- 'Evidence against ISI not clinching' says Indian National Security Adviser
- Interview with Vicky Dhillon, City Council candidate for Wards 9 & 10 in Brampton, Canada
- Coup leader finds little proof of Thaksin's alleged corruption
- Malformed chicken dies in New Zealand
- U.S. Republican Party television ad bashes Canada
- Seven British soldiers face war crimes charges
- NASA launches STEREO spacecraft
- New Zealand Xtra broadband "unleashed"
- Former South Korean president Choi Kyu-hah dies
October 27 [edit]
- Youths burn buses in Paris one year after riots
- Canadian foreign affairs minister accused to have called Liberal MP a "dog"
- California wildfire kills four firefighters seriously injures one
- Bush signs law to build fence at US-Mexico border
- Rapper 'Snoop Dogg' arrested at California airport
- Dilbert creator Scott Adams talks again
- Buffalo Sabres beat New York Islanders to tie NHL record for best start to a season
- Greek blog aggregation service administrator jailed, service censored
- Expert calls for less vaccination and more research
- Delhi University to honour actor Amitabh Bachchan, four others on 4 November
- Manmohan Singh threatened on e-mail
- New Zealand school children put fight videos on YouTube
October 28 [edit]
- Two Pakistani militants arrested in south Indian city of Mysore
- Bush signs to rewrite insurrection act
- Physicists test 'forgotten' Brownian motion theory
- London Police Commissioner seeks new powers
- UK War Crimes court hears evidence from dead victim
- Two children killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in Corfu
- Reward for Californian arsonist now at $500,000
October 29 [edit]
- U.S. ranks 53rd in press freedom index
- Top U.S. military officer recommends removing all troops from Baghdad
- Missing Los Alamos Laboratory documents found in drug bust
- Report of air crash near Abuja - over 100 feared dead
- Israeli president advised to step down
- Mother of Californian firefighter calls on arsonist to surrender
- India successfully tests cryogenic rocket engine
- Democratic challenger for U.S. Senate seat calls Iraq war 'strategic blunder'
October 30 [edit]
- Wal-Mart cuts ties with PR consultant over controversial Republican TV ad
- Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex crosses 13,000 mark in morning trade
- Interview with Bill Bousfield, Regional Council candidate for Wards 1 & 5 in Brampton, Canada
- Canada's Parkdale—High Park (Ward 14) city council candidates speak
- Canada's Parkdale—High Park (Ward 13) city council candidates speak
- UK Foreign Secretary Beckett breaks ranks over Trident
- Sokoto mourns after plane crash that killed Sultan
- Canada's Etobicoke North (Ward 1) city council candidates speak
- Canada's York West (Ward 8) city council candidates speak
- Canada's York West (Ward 7) city council candidates speak
- Canada's Etobicoke—Lakeshore (Ward 5) city council candidates speak
- Canada's Etobicoke Centre (Ward 3) city council candidates speak
- Canada's Etobicoke Centre (Ward 4) city council candidates speak
- Lula re-elected as President of Brazil
- Voting ends in landmark Congo election
- Concerns arise about the new, synthetic NBA ball
- Wikimedia chair Jimmy Wales steps down
- Death sentence to Santosh Singh in Priyadarshini Mattoo case
- Brown promises Britain will lead world in fight against climate change
- Winner of New Zealand Idol announced
October 31 [edit]
- Continuing controversy surrounds German mission to Middle East
- In a Show of Force Mexican Federal Forces Remove Oaxacan Protesters from Oaxaca City centre
- Ontario Provincial Police: Caledonia land dispute is top priority
- Three day traders' strike in New Delhi
- North Korea returns to six-party talks
- South African rail police pilot successful, to be implemented nation wide
- Lyricist Javed Akhtar awarded Indira Gandhi Prize
- Reserve Bank of India hikes repo rate, keeps most key interest rates stable
- New Zealand police lose criminal at Heathrow Airport
- Reactions to review of economic implications of climate change
- Wikinews Shorts: October 31, 2006
