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Nadarajah Raviraj, a human rights lawyer and legislator from the Tamil National Alliance, is assassinated in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

A new Constitution of Kyrgyzstan adopted by the Joghorku Keneš is signed into law by President Kurmanbek Bakiyev (pictured).

The Democratic Party wins control of both chambers of the United States Congress.

Donald Rumsfeld resigns as 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.

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