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*<!--9 March--> [[United Nations]] [[United Nations Secretary-General|Secretary-General]] [[Kofi Annan]] launches the '''[[Central Emergency Response Fund]]''' to provide aid to regions of [[Africa]] currently facing [[starvation]]. |
*<!--9 March--> [[United Nations]] [[United Nations Secretary-General|Secretary-General]] [[Kofi Annan]] launches the '''[[Central Emergency Response Fund]]''' to provide aid to regions of [[Africa]] currently facing [[starvation]]. |
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*<!--9 March--> [[Astronomer]]s announce that the [[Cassini-Huygens|Cassini]] probe has detected [[geyser]]s of [[water]] on [[Saturn]]'s [[natural satellite|moon]] '''[[Enceladus (moon)|Enceladus]]''' ''(pictured)'', the first example of liquid water somewhere other than the [[Earth]]. |
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*<!--9 March--> [[Dubai Ports World]] attempts to end the '''[[Dubai Ports World controversy|controversy]]''' over its takeover of [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[port]]s by promising to turn them over to an American entity. |
*<!--9 March--> [[Dubai Ports World]] attempts to end the '''[[Dubai Ports World controversy|controversy]]''' over its takeover of [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[port]]s by promising to turn them over to an American entity. |
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*<!--7 March--> The [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] gains more than 500 seats in '''[[2006 Dutch municipal election|Dutch municipal elections]]'''. |
*<!--7 March--> The [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] gains more than 500 seats in '''[[2006 Dutch municipal election|Dutch municipal elections]]'''. |
Revision as of 21:18, 9 March 2006
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- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan launches the Central Emergency Response Fund to provide aid to regions of Africa currently facing starvation.
- Astronomers announce that the Cassini probe has detected geysers of water on Saturn's moon Enceladus (pictured), the first example of liquid water somewhere other than the Earth.
- Dubai Ports World attempts to end the controversy over its takeover of U.S. ports by promising to turn them over to an American entity.
- The Labour Party gains more than 500 seats in Dutch municipal elections.
- A series of blasts kills at least 15 people in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India.
- The PRC's National People's Congress and CPPCC meet for a 10-day session at the Great Hall of the People.
- Milan Babić, former leader of the breakaway Republic of Serbian Krajina, commits suicide in prison while serving a sentence for war crimes.