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{{*mp|December 18}}[[Palestinian National Authority]] [[President of the Palestinian National Authority|President]] [[Mahmoud Abbas]] calls for [[Palestinian general election, 2007|new general elections]] amid '''[[Palestinian civil skirmishes (December 2006)|clashes]]''' between supporters of the [[Hamas]] and [[Fatah]] [[political |
{{*mp|December 18}}[[Palestinian National Authority]] [[President of the Palestinian National Authority|President]] [[Mahmoud Abbas]] calls for [[Palestinian general election, 2007|new general elections]] amid '''[[Palestinian civil skirmishes (December 2006)|clashes]]''' between supporters of the [[Hamas]] and [[Fatah]] [[List of political parties in the Palestinian National Authority|parties]]. |
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{{*mp|December 15}} [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck]], the [[List of rulers of Bhutan|King]] of [[Bhutan]], abdicates in favour of his son '''[[Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck]]''' a year earlier than expected. |
{{*mp|December 15}} [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck]], the [[List of rulers of Bhutan|King]] of [[Bhutan]], abdicates in favour of his son '''[[Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck]]''' a year earlier than expected. |
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{{*mp|December 15}} The '''[[2006 Asian Games|15th Asian Games]]''' conclude with a closing ceremony at [[Khalifa International Stadium]] in [[Doha]], [[Qatar]]. |
{{*mp|December 15}} The '''[[2006 Asian Games|15th Asian Games]]''' conclude with a closing ceremony at [[Khalifa International Stadium]] in [[Doha]], [[Qatar]]. |
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Revision as of 09:16, 19 December 2006
- Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas calls for new general elections amid clashes between supporters of the Hamas and Fatah parties.
- Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan, abdicates in favour of his son Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck a year earlier than expected.
- The 15th Asian Games conclude with a closing ceremony at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar.
- The Yangtze River Dolphin is declared functionally extinct, the first extinction of a large mammal species in recent decades.
- Suffolk police arrest a man under suspicion of murdering five women near Ipswich, United Kingdom.
- Astronauts on mission STS-116 (pictured) successfully attach the P5 truss segment and retract a solar array on the International Space Station.
- Former President of Ethiopia Mengistu Haile Mariam is convicted in absentia of genocide by an Ethiopian court for his part in the so-called "Red Terror".
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