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*<!--29 March--> A total '''[[Solar eclipse (29 March 2006)|solar eclipse]]''', lasting about four minutes, has passed over [[Brazil]], [[Africa]], [[Turkey]], [[Central Asia]] and [[Mongolia]]. The eclipse was partial across most of Africa, all of [[Europe]], and much of [[Western Asia|western]] and [[southern Asia]]. |
*<!--29 March--> A total '''[[Solar eclipse (29 March 2006)|solar eclipse]]''', lasting about four minutes, has passed over [[Brazil]], [[Africa]], [[Turkey]], [[Central Asia]] and [[Mongolia]]. The eclipse was partial across most of Africa, all of [[Europe]], and much of [[Western Asia|western]] and [[southern Asia]]. |
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*<!--28 March--> In [[Israel]], the [[Kadima]] party, led by [[Ehud Olmert]], wins the '''[[Israel_legislative_election%2C_2006|seventeenth legislative election]]'''. |
*<!--28 March--> In [[Israel]], the [[Kadima]] party, led by [[Ehud Olmert]], wins the '''[[Israel_legislative_election%2C_2006|seventeenth legislative election]]'''. |
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*<!--28 March--> Over a million people in [[France]] take part in [[2006 labor protests in France|labor protests]] amid large [[strike action]]s against the new '''[[First Employment Contract|contrat première embauche]]'''. |
*<!--28 March--> Over a million people in [[France]] take part in [[2006 labor protests in France|labor protests]] amid large [[strike action]]s against the new '''[[First Employment Contract|contrat première embauche]]'''. |
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*<!--March 28--> '''[[Abdul Rahman (convert)|Abdul Rahman]]''', a [[Christian]] in [[Afghanistan]] charged with [[apostasy in Islam|apostasy]] from [[Islam]], is declared [[Involuntary commitment|mentally unfit to stand trial]] and released. |
*<!--March 28--> '''[[Abdul Rahman (convert)|Abdul Rahman]]''', a [[Christian]] in [[Afghanistan]] charged with [[apostasy in Islam|apostasy]] from [[Islam]], is declared [[Involuntary commitment|mentally unfit to stand trial]] and released. |
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Revision as of 14:50, 29 March 2006
- A total solar eclipse, lasting about four minutes, has passed over Brazil, Africa, Turkey, Central Asia and Mongolia. The eclipse was partial across most of Africa, all of Europe, and much of western and southern Asia.
- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, captured by Nigerian authorities after attempting to flee, is flown to face war crime charges in Sierra Leone.
- In Israel, the Kadima party, led by Ehud Olmert, wins the seventeenth legislative election.
- Over a million people in France take part in labor protests amid large strike actions against the new contrat première embauche.
- Abdul Rahman, a Christian in Afghanistan charged with apostasy from Islam, is declared mentally unfit to stand trial and released.