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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)''.
 
* The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] '''[[United States general elections, 2006|wins control]]''' of both chambers of the [[United States Congress]].  
 
* The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] '''[[United States general elections, 2006|wins control]]''' of both chambers of the [[United States Congress]].  
 
* [[Donald Rumsfeld]] resigns as [[United States Secretary of Defense|U.S. Secretary of Defense]]; '''[[Robert Gates]]''' is nominated as his replacement.
 
* [[Donald Rumsfeld]] resigns as [[United States Secretary of Defense|U.S. Secretary of Defense]]; '''[[Robert Gates]]''' is nominated as his replacement.
* '''[[Margaret Chan]]''' is elected as the next Director-General of the [[World Health Organization]].
 
 
<div style="text-align: right;" class="noprint">'''[[n:Main Page|Wikinews]]''' &ndash; '''[[Deaths in 2006|Recent deaths]]''' &ndash; '''[[Portal:Current events|More current events...]]'''</div>
 
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'''In the news''' mentions and links to ''entries of timely interest''&mdash;that is, ''[[encyclopedia]] articles'' that have been ''updated'' to reflect an important [[current events|current event]]&mdash;rather than conventional ''news items''.  To prevent [[Wikipedia:vandalism|vandalism]] on the [[Main Page]], it is a [[Wikipedia:List of indefinitely protected pages|permanently protected template]].  See [[Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page]] for more details. 
 
 
See an error? Please note it on [[Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors]] for administrator assistance. Thanks.
 
 
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