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[[Image:Eclipsenovosib.jpg|100px|right|Solar eclipse on 2006 March 29]] |
[[Image:Eclipsenovosib.jpg|100px|right|Solar eclipse on 2006 March 29]] |
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*<!--30 March--> [[NASA]] and the [[Russian Federal Space Agency]] launch '''[[Expedition 13]]''' to the [[International Space Station]], including the first [[Brazil]]ian in space. |
*<!--30 March--> [[NASA]] and the [[Russian Federal Space Agency]] launch '''[[Expedition 13]]''' to the [[International Space Station]], including the first [[Brazil]]ian in space. |
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*<!--29 March--> A total '''[[Solar eclipse on 29 March 2006|solar eclipse]]''' ''(pictured)'', lasting about four minutes, |
*<!--29 March--> A total '''[[Solar eclipse on 29 March 2006|solar eclipse]]''' ''(pictured)'', lasting about four minutes, passes over [[Brazil]], [[Africa]], [[Turkey]], [[Central Asia]] and [[Mongolia]]. The eclipse is partial across most of Africa, all of [[Europe]], and much of [[Southwest Asia|western]] and [[South Asia|southern Asia]]. |
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*<!--29 March--> Former [[Liberia|Liberian]] [[List of Presidents of Liberia|President]] '''[[Charles Taylor]]''', captured by [[Nigeria]]n authorities after attempting to flee, is flown to [[Sierra Leone]] to face [[war crime]] charges. |
*<!--29 March--> Former [[Liberia|Liberian]] [[List of Presidents of Liberia|President]] '''[[Charles Taylor]]''', captured by [[Nigeria]]n authorities after attempting to flee, is flown to [[Sierra Leone]] to face [[war crime]] charges. |
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*<!--March 29--> '''[[Abdul Rahman (convert)|Abdul Rahman]]''', a [[Christian]] in [[Afghanistan]] charged with [[apostasy in Islam|apostasy]] from [[Islam]], is granted [[refugee|political asylum]] in [[Italy]]. |
*<!--March 29--> '''[[Abdul Rahman (convert)|Abdul Rahman]]''', a [[Christian]] in [[Afghanistan]] charged with [[apostasy in Islam|apostasy]] from [[Islam]], is granted [[refugee|political asylum]] in [[Italy]]. |
Revision as of 15:03, 30 March 2006
![Solar eclipse on 2006 March 29](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Eclipsenovosib.jpg/100px-Eclipsenovosib.jpg)
- NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency launch Expedition 13 to the International Space Station, including the first Brazilian in space.
- A total solar eclipse (pictured), lasting about four minutes, passes over Brazil, Africa, Turkey, Central Asia and Mongolia. The eclipse is 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 Sierra Leone to face war crime charges.
- Abdul Rahman, a Christian in Afghanistan charged with apostasy from Islam, is granted political asylum in Italy.
- In Israel, the Kadima party wins a plurality in the Knesset in 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.