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| − | [[Image:Kurmanbek Bakiyev - M-cropped.jpg|100x100px|right|President Kurmanbek Bakiyev of Kyrgyzstan]]
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| | * '''[[Nadarajah Raviraj]]''', a [[human rights]] lawyer and [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|legislator]] from the [[Tamil National Alliance]], is assassinated in [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]]. | | * '''[[Nadarajah Raviraj]]''', a [[human rights]] lawyer and [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|legislator]] from the [[Tamil National Alliance]], is assassinated in [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]]. |
| | * A new '''[[Constitution of Kyrgyzstan]]''' adopted by the [[Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan|Joghorku Keneš]] is signed into law by [[President of Kyrgyzstan|President]] [[Kurmanbek Bakiyev]] ''(pictured)''. | | * A new '''[[Constitution of Kyrgyzstan]]''' adopted by the [[Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan|Joghorku Keneš]] is signed into law by [[President of Kyrgyzstan|President]] [[Kurmanbek Bakiyev]] ''(pictured)''. |
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| | * '''[[Margaret Chan]]''' is elected as the next Director-General of the [[World Health Organization]]. | | * '''[[Margaret Chan]]''' is elected as the next Director-General of the [[World Health Organization]]. |
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