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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)''.

* [[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]].

* '''[[Margaret Chan]]''' is elected as the next Director-General of the [[World Health Organization]].