Wikinews:2006/September
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September 1[edit]
- Basketball: Greece beats the United States, 101-95 on semi-final
- Gene therapy trial for skin cancer cures two terminal patients
- Sources: State Department official source of Plame leak
- Mario Lopez favored to win Dancing with the Stars
- IMF proposes quota increases for China, South Korea, Mexico and Turkey
- Clinical study supports pollen tablets as hay fever treatment
- Plane crash in Iran kills 80
- Man arrested on suspicion of family murders in Greater Manchester, England
- Tropical depression Ernesto hits Carolina's coast in U.S.
- Scugog flag controversy comes to an end
- User-generated search engine "Jatalla" launched
- Shiv Shankar Menon to take over as India's new Foreign Secretary
- Super high speed internet launched in New Zealand
September 2[edit]
- Football: England beat Andorra in their first Euro 2008 qualifier
- New Democrat MP disagrees with Layton's call to withdraw from Afghanistan
- 41st Jerry Lewis telethon to run Sunday, Monday
- "Low pathogenic" H5N1 Bird Flu virus found in wild ducks in Maryland and Pennsylvania
- European Union gives Iran two more weeks to comply with UN resolution
- Former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon moved out of ICU
- Mexican presidential address stopped by protests
- Wikinews interview with America's Got Talent finalists At Last
- NATO plane crashes in southern Afghanistan, killing 14 British troops
- South Africa end All Blacks' 15-game winning streak
- Ghana bans gay and lesbian conference
- Wikinews Shorts: September 2, 2006
September 3[edit]
- Two-day NATO offensive sees 80 captured, over 200 fatalities
- Second in command of al-Qaeda in Iraq in custody
- 14 Indian, Pakistani pilgrims killed in Iraq
- Al-Qaeda releases new videotape
September 4[edit]
- Crocodile Hunter's Steve Irwin dies at 44
- Egypt - Rail accident claims five lives
- Canadian soldiers killed, wounded by U.S. A-10 Thunderbolts' "friendly fire"
- Sri Lankan government announces first significant gain into rebel-held territory
- India's Enforcement Directorate issues notice to Natwar Singh
- Somalia - Peace deal signed to unite government and Islamists
- Two-thousand traffic fines laid in Ontario this weekend
- EU and Iranian leaders to meet over nuclear row
- Turkey - Two more killed in PKK-related bombings
- Russian President Putin visits Greece to discuss energy issues
- Tropical Depression Six Shows Signs of Organization
- Kofi Annan to appoint secret mediator for Israeli soldier release negotiations
- New Zealand recycles old computers for free
- Chicago apartment fire kills six children
- Suicide bomber kills British soldier in Afghanistan
- Bomb attack in Iraq kills two British soldiers
- Gunman kills and injures tourists in Jordanian capital
- Israel offers peace treaty with Lebanon
- Over 1000 illegal immigrants arrived at Canary Isles this weekend
- Former South African apartheid regime's police minister repents
- American tennis player Andre Agassi retires
September 5[edit]
- Pentagon report to Congress mentions "conditions that could lead to civil war" in Iraq
- President of Iran warns universities to stay out of politics
- Liberal leadership hopeful Ken Dryden outlines vision for Canada
- Wikinews Shorts: September 5, 2006
- Violence continues in Baghdad, suspected al-Quaeda leader arrested
- Smart-1 probe ends mission with planned crash into the Moon
- New Zealand woman survives being run over by train
September 6[edit]
- Pakistan President Musharraf in Kabul for talks
- American Academy of Pediatrics supports dairy for lactose intolerant children
- President Bush admits secret CIA detention centres
- Israel to end Lebanon blockade
- Wikinews Shorts: September 6, 2006
- Princess Kiko gives birth to imperial baby boy
- British PM Tony Blair pressured by resignations
- Calderón declared Mexican president-elect
- Rumour of Kola Nuclear accident appear to be false
- Turkish Parliament approves sending troops to Lebanon
- Teenager sentenced to four years for manslaughter
September 7[edit]
- Canada's Afghan mission in question
- US talk show: Daily Guinness attempts to return on talk show Live with Regis and Kelly
- Officers and immigrants injured in Canary Isles revolt
- Six Apart acquires Rojo
- 17 terrorism suspects arrested in Belgium
- New al-Qaeda video shows Osama bin Laden meeting with 9/11 hijackers
- Toronto International Film Festival starts tonight
- NASA delays launch of Atlantis
- Mary Harney resigns as leader of the Progressive Democrats
- MySpace to take on iTunes
- Disney Adventures magazine to take on India
- Blair will quit as British PM within a year
- Germany, India sign defence accord
- New Zealand state house worth $2 million
- Four more members of the Bali Nine to face death penalty
- STS-115 launch delayed
September 8[edit]
- Colombian army officials accused of allegedly faking terrorist attacks
- 38 dead, over 180 injured as blasts rock Maharashtra town
- ABC comes under fire for alleged partisan slant in 9/11 miniseries
- Massive suicide car bomb in Kabul kills 18, including two U.S. soldiers
- Motor sport legend Peter Brock dies in rally
- Canadian PM to make televised address for 5th anniversary of Sept 11. attacks
- Experts: obesity is a bigger threat than AIDS or bird flu
- State Police: New York fugitive Ralph 'Bucky' Phillips cornered
- Inauguration of the 71st Thessaloniki International Fair in Greece
- Bomb blast in Pakistan, "fighters for greater autonomy" responsible, police claim
September 9[edit]
- Muslims in Gujarat hold anti-Pakistan rally
- South Africa defeat Australia in final match of the 2006 Tri Nations rugby series
- New York fugitive Ralph Bucky Phillips caught
- Eight Californians seriously ill after eating live shellfish
- Pope tells Canada to end gay marriage
- Truck crashes through downtown Toronto sink hole
- Kimi Räikkönen on the pole of 2006 Italian Grand Prix
- Successful launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis
- Child killer Huntley releases confession tape
- Bathurst to host Brock tribute
September 10[edit]
- Sharapova takes U.S. tennis title
- Extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis strain emerges in South Africa
- Thai election rerun likely in November
- Jack Layton reaffirmed as Canadian New Democratic leader with 92% support
- Michael Schumacher wins Italian Grand Prix, announces plans to retire
September 11[edit]
- Lucknow: Convent school ransacked by BJYM activists
- Pope visits homeland in Germany
- King of Tonga dies, aged 88
- CMSU computing team discovers another record size prime
- Al-Qaeda releases 9/11 message
- OPEC to keep oil production at current levels
- Wrong way yacht race postponed
- German police seize Tor anonymity servers
- Wikinews Shorts: September 11, 2006
September 12[edit]
- TADA court begins pronouncing '93 Mumbai blasts verdict
- Interview with Vicky Colbourne, Regional Council candidate for Wards 2 & 6 in Brampton, Canada
- Bomb blast in Turkey kills 10 injures 17
- 2006 European Chess Championship opens in Liverpool
- MySpace to expand to mobile music
- Torrential rains huge havoc on Sindh, killing several, heavy rains destroy the crops in Sindh
- Attack on U.S. embassy in Syria halted in progress
- Disneyland pranked overnight by graffiti artist Banksy; ride shut down
- Bermuda hit hard by hurricane Florence
- Damascus: US embassy attacked
September 13[edit]
- Belgian terrorism suspects remain in custody as case details emerge
- Apple unveils new media technology
- London Police seize massive gun cache
- NZ business Progressive Enterprises claims rejected offer was fair
- Explosives found in Malegaon, Nashik, India
- Pope Benedict XVI criticises Prophet Muhammad's teachings
- 51 killed in Yemen election rally stampede
- 20 injured in Montreal college shooting spree
- US stocks rally to four month highs
- Condoleezza Rice makes visit to Nova Scotia
- Australia stingray deaths possible revenge for Steve Irwin
- US Air Force chief proposes using non-lethal military weapons domestically
- MIT's Emerging Technologies Conference 2006 makes selections
- HP Chairman Patricia Dunn to resign
- Two small studies indicate mandarin oranges may lower risk of liver cancer
- HP in phone record pretexting scandal
September 14[edit]
- Menorca airport's new terminal collapses
- Turkey bomb blast death toll rises
- Iranian scientists claim to have found new treatment for AIDS
- Parkdale-High Park, Ontario by-election campaign goes negative
- Dutch minister of Justice under fire for "promotion of Sharia law"
- ATM in Virginia Beach hacked to give out four times more money
- Congress approves Mexican border fence
- NASA: Arctic Sea's icecap is melting
- Liverpool Biennial 2006 art festival starts
- Son of actress and model Anna Nicole Smith dead
- Former Texas governor Ann W. Richards dies at 73
- Chavez says planted demolitions in World Trade Center 'plausible'
September 15[edit]
- E. coli outbreak kills 1, sickens nearly 100
- Colombian police rescue kidnapped 2-month old baby
- Microsoft threatens European Vista release delays due EC monopoly regulations
- Child abuse case in West Virginia ends in jail time
- Virginia bill proposes castration as treatment option for sex offenders
- Planned shooting thwarted in Wisconsin
- Statistics say websites with user-generated content are the fastest growing
- BT Global Services to double US revenues and cut costs
- Dell announces revenue and cost actions to halt decline
- Muslim world condemns Pope's criticism of Islam
- Wikimedia sites database locked, takes hour to get back to normal
- Nickelodeon to cease broadcasting temporarily in US, to encourage play
- Paris Hilton too costly to ridicule, says Charlotte Church
- Larry Sanger announces Wikipedia fork
- Pupils fed through gates, school criticised
- Canadian Governor General speaks on Montreal shooting
- Thought-controlled cybernetic arms demonstrated
- Astronaut Steve MacLean talks with Canadian PM over phone
- New Democrats score upset in Ontario's Parkdale-High Park by-election
September 16[edit]
- Pope Benedict apologizes for "sounding offensive" to Muslims
- PDPC President Rob Levin has died
- Princeton report questions electronic voting machine security
- A fifth of American kids projected to become obese
- Folk musician Tracy Grammer corrects record on Dave Carter
- USA beats NZ in the Wheelchair Rugby Championships 2006
- Dixie Chicks show documentary at TIFF
September 17[edit]
- Street protests in Hungary over PM's taped lies
- Maher says 'Free speech' segment on CBS News' not so Free
- Set of CSI: Miami becomes real crime scene
- Mujahedeen Army issues threat of attack on Vatican City
- Study: chemicals from cruciferous veggies kill cancer cells
- Pope apologises in person for the reaction to his comments
- India, Pakistan decide to resume peace process
- Nun murdered in Somalia after Pope's speech
September 18[edit]
- Germany wins Hockey World Cup
- Eva Avila crowned winner of Canadian Idol
- Ethane clouds found on Titan
- Comedian pushes talk show host Charlotte Church over the edge, on air
- Newspaper photos highlight New Zealand PM's husband's friendship with gay doctor
- US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence finds no link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda
- Two more found guilty in 1993 Mumbai blasts case
- Opposition alliance wins power in Swedish elections
- Iranian-American woman in space
September 19[edit]
- Canadian "terror" suspect Arar cleared after one year of torture
- Thai PM Thaksin ousted by coup
- New Brunswick voters shun Premier Bernard Lord
- Judge dismissed in Hussein trial
- Unidentified object contributes to delay of shuttle landing
- Cabinet shuffled in Ontario
- Wanaka, New Zealand attempts bra chain record
September 20[edit]
- Richard Hammond injured in jet-powered car crash
- Two Canadian Liberal leadership candidates have not donated to party
- Barbara Walters to interview Terri Irwin
- Study reveals mercury contamination throughout US food chain
- Cricket: India beats the West Indies by 16 runs
- World Wars lowered New Zealanders life expectancy
- Riots in Hungary as PM 'lies'
- Japan's Liberal Democratic Party chooses Abe
- Four suspects arrested for assault on Oslo synagogue
- UN General Assembly opens with rhetorical appeals by both Bush and Ahmadinejad
- Newfoundland supporters of Craig Sharpe feel cheated on
September 21[edit]
- Venezuelan President Chavez criticises U.S. President Bush in U.N. address
- Kaizer Chiefs' Fans go on the Rampage
- Dutch ministers to resign over prison fire
- Head of CBC network considers defecation as pleasurable as sex
- Canadian PM Harper makes speech at UN in New York
- Space shuttle Atlantis lands
- Eyewitness account: from the streets of Bangkok
- Thai military bans political party meetings
- Microsoft to release HD-DVD, upgrades to 1080p, on Xbox 360
- Wales to call time on smoking in April 2007
- Near collision between military and civilian planes in India
- New Zealand songwriter Don McGlashan wins second Silver Scroll
- Space shuttle Atlantis cleared for landing
- Four fallen Canadian soldiers return home
September 22[edit]
- Interview with Tony Ciufo, City Council candidate for Ward 10 in Mississauga, Canada
- Interview with Navdeep Gill, City Council candidate for Wards 2 & 6 in Brampton, Canada
- Two-millenia-old Chinese guard gets unwanted new recruit
- Seven sentenced to death for Jordanian suicide attacks
- Transrapid collision in Germany kills 23
- HP Chairman Patricia Dunn resigns amid scandal
- Fight for consideration as hockey's hometown rages on in Canada, as a premier takes issue
- Forget driving to the Olympics, says Beijing
- First penis transplant reversed after two weeks
- Planned anti-coup gathering in Thailand
- Complaint made against internet provider iHug upheld
September 23[edit]
- Google convicted in case brought by Belgian press
- Mayfield Exposed! highlights artworks of Brampton high school students
- Interview with Sean Semper-Whyte, City Council candidate for Ward 6 in Mississauga, Canada
- U.S. Navy officially retires F-14
- Estonia elects Toomas Hendrik Ilves as President
- French newspaper suggests Osama bin Laden may be dead
- First successful anti-coup protest in Thailand
September 24[edit]
- Am I Right webmaster interviewed on radio show
- Secretary of Belgian embassy murdered in New Delhi
- Thai junta vows retaliation against foreign media
September 25[edit]
- Virgin Rail train collides with car near Copmanthorpe, killing driver
- Jimmy Wales: First draft of new version of GFDL license expected soon
- India nominates "Rang De Basanti" for the Oscars
- Clinton calls Fox interview "conservative hitjob"
- Kurt Angle signs with TNA Wrestling
- New Zealand government denies financial assistance for Overlander
September 26[edit]
- Polish Wikipedia reaches 300,000 articles
- Kashmiri militant sentenced to death over 2001 attack on Indian Parliament
- Oracle's revenue grows 30% in a 'stellar' quarter
- Bulgaria and Romania to enter European Union
- Taipei chosen to host Wikimania 2007
- Afghan women's rights official shot dead
- CoolBrands: New Zealand coolest place in the world
September 27[edit]
- Google services not loading for users of some ISPs
- Wrestler Kid Kash released by employer
- NFL star Terrell Owens hospitalized
- Former NHL player Tie Domi alleged to have cheated with Canadian MP Belinda Stronach
- Secretly filmed talks prompt corruption allegations against Polish government
- Gunman holding hostages in US high school in Bailey, Colorado killed
- New Delhi: Video shows witnesses in the Jessica Lall murder case being bribed
- TVNZ wins court battle to screen Rainbow Warrior court footage
- Interview with Olive Rose Steele, City Council candidate for Ward 6 in Mississauga, Canada
September 28[edit]
- New Zealand Reserve Bank phone hacker not convicted
- 2008 GOP convention to be in Minnesota
- 1993 Mumbai blasts: One more guilty verdict, five others acquitted
- India's Sania Mirza beats Martina Hingis at the Korea Open
- New York City considers stricter regulations on trans fat
- Toll New Zealand announces that the Overlander train service will stay
September 29[edit]
- Bomb kills soldier in Afghanistan
- Ex-Liberal president declares for Toronto mayoralty
- Indian Air Chief Marshal warns of impending Pakistani air superiority
- Sony plans global replacement of laptop batteries
- 5-year old American girl dies after visiting the dentist
- Protesters block day-care centres in Denmark
- Filmmaker Peter Jackson to make Xbox games
