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2006 (year): how to read?
In this special edition of Security Wire Weekly, senior news writer Bill Brenner reviews his top interviews of 2006. How much do you remember about 2006? We take a look back at ten of the biggest news stories from the year. Search metadata Search text contents Search TV news captions Search radio transcripts Search archived web sites Advanced Search.
10 big news stories that happened in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)
Now our work is even more important than ever. However much fun you had conceiving it, the end product is entirely new, entirely itself, and not always entirely happy. Jung Chang I had brought eight international writers together under the heading Migrations of the Mind to explore the challenges of taking stories between cultures. Each writer exemplified the problems of a world increasingly built out of small and mobile communities. Yet as soon as they were put together on stage at the ICA, most of the participants fiercely refused to define themselves either culturally or nationally. Whether Chinese or Turkish, Moroccan or Northern Irish, they saw themselves purely as writers, compelled to tell certain stories not because they were representatives of their communities, but because they were compelled to write, full stop.
The Sicilian Wikipedia has reached 500 registered users.
The Nahuatl Wikipedia has reached 1,000 articles. The Malayalam Wikipedia has reached 1,000 registered users. The Hebrew Wikipedia has reached 50,000 articles. The Amharic Wikipedia has reached 5,000 articles, one day after reaching its 1,000th article. The Turkish Wiktionary has reached 60,000 entries. The Romanian Wikipedia has reached 25,000 registered users.
The Amharic Wikipedia has become the fourth Semitic language to reach its 1000th article. The first was Hebrew, followed by Arabic and Maltese yesterday. All official languages of European states have now passed this benchmark. The Hebrew Wikipedia has reached 30,000 registered users. The Czech Wikisource has reached 1,000 text units. The Japanese Wikipedia has reached 100,000 registered users.
The Greek Wiktionary has reached 75,000 articles. The Vietnamese Wikipedia reaches 60,000 pages total. The Norwegian Wikipedia reached 30,000 registered users. Later it passed 90,000 articles. Logo for celebrating 30 000 articles on Korean Wikipedia 13 The Korean Wikipedia has reached 30,000 articles with article about Eri Kamei. Logo for celebrating 40,000 articles on Serbian Wikipedia 12 The Persian Wikipedia has reached 25,000 registered users.
The Telugu Wikipedia has reached 25,000 articles. The Serbian Wikipedia has reached 40,000 articles with Vezirac. The Dutch Wikipedia has reached 80,000 registered users. The Turkmen Wikipedia has reached 500 articles. The script, designed by Tatari, addresses text-entry problems faced by languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet. The Finnish Wikipedia has reached 90,000 articles.
The Sanskrit Wikipedia has reached 1,000 articles, as the Wikipedia number 120 to pass this benchmark.
It is a charge most researchers contest vigorously: science, they say, is a profoundly optimistic pursuit. The idea that the world can be understood by gathering evidence, to the ultimate benefit of its citizens, lies at its heart. It is not just about problems, but about finding the solutions. The breadth of this optimism is revealed today by the discussion website Edge. Steven Pinker Psychologist, Harvard University, author of The Blank Slate In 16th-century Paris, a popular form of entertainment was cat-burning, in which a cat hoisted on a stage was slowly lowered into a fire.
Seattle School District No. This lecture commemorates the Brown v. Board of Education decision of the U.
2006 World Cup scandal inquiry to cost 3.5 mn euros
For him, the Beauty that had filled his void was enough. The profound sentiments of the musician laid bare in his very human letters 2. We began our conversation for Traces with this new appointment.
The greatest American language Wikipedia is Haitian with 7,038 articles. Other european origin languages are Pennsylvania German with 1,185 articles and Papiamentu. Native American language Wikipedias include 10 in American Indian languages with 2,835 articles and 1,139 registered users, and 3 in Inuit languages with 128 articles and 327 users. The 3 Inuit languages are Inuktitut , Greenlandic and Inupiak.
In addition to the 4 that have passed 1,000 articles, 2 have passed 100. One year ago no American language Wikipedia had passed 300 articles, 2 had passed 100, and the total article count for all was 768. African Wikipedias make great progress in 2006: For the first time, African language Wikipedias had more than 10,000 articles. As of today, 38 african language Wikipedias have 14,163 articles and 4,784 registered users. The greatest of these is in Afrikaans , a language of European colonial origin, that has 6,177 articles and 1,315 registered users. However, for the first time, the 37 Wikipedias in languages of African origin are bigger together, with 7,986 articles and 3,479 registered users.
In addition to the 2 that have passed 1,000, 7 have passed 100 articles. One year ago none had passed 500 and 4 had passed 100. The Wikipedia of the most widespread language in Africa, Arabic , has 21,177 articles and 44,655 registered users. One year ago, the article count for the african origin language Wikipedias was 772, the Afrikaans Wikipedia 4,439 and the Arab Wikipedia 10,247. Together they had just above 15,000 articles, while today they have passed 36,000. The pacific language Wikipedias remained small during 2006.
Polynesian language Wikipedias grew most, while the rest advanced slowly. No Wikipedia reached 500 articles. One year ago, 3 had reached 100 articles. The total article count was 918. There is still no Wikipedia in any Australian aboriginal language. East Asia competes with Europe and America as a developed Wikipedia area.
Chinese passed 100,000 articles. One year ago, the total article count was 238,190. European languages still dominate the Wikipedia system. English has 1,560,143 articles, more than the total number of articles for Wikipedias in languages of all continents outside of Europe.
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Nine years later, 12 people were convicted in this case. Faisal Sheikh, Asif Khan, Kamal Ansari, Ehtesham Sidduqui and Naveed Khan who planted the bombs in various trains were all sentenced to death while the other seven accused of the crime—Mohammed Sajid Ansari, who prepared the electrical circuits for the bombs, Mohammed Ali, who allowed people to use his house to make the bombs, Dr Tanveer Ansari, one of the conspirators, and Majid Shafi, Muzzammil Shaikh, Sohail Shaikh and Zamir Shaikh who gave logistical support — were given life imprisonment. What does it do to you to be one of the bereaved in such a traumatic event? Explore with our article Making sense of sudden mass deaths. On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft became the first spacecraft to fly by Pluto to make detailed measurements and observations of Pluto and its moons, thus giving Pluto some company - if only for a little while.
Give Pluto the attention it deserves by checking out this article What do the latest pictures of Pluto tell us? At the time of the initial search, a child witness reported seeing her being dragged into a white minibus by two men, although Kampusch said there was no accomplice. Discover how the limitations of the human brain and eyewitness testimony can lead to major miscarriages of justice with our free course Forensic Psychology. Sacha Baron Cohen played the title character, Borat Sagdiyev, a made up reporter from Kazakhstan travelling throughout the USA recording real altercations with Americans. Controversy went hand-in-hand with the film two years prior to its release, and after its release.
Board of Education decision of the U. Tate, Ph. Louis, has been elected president-elect of the American Educational Research Association AERA , a professional society with approximately 25,000 members in the United States and abroad.
2006 Year in review
The iraq study group report identifies the iraqi situation as "grave and deteriorating" and recommends a shift in strategy, including the withdrawal of all united states troops from iraq by 2008. After a vote of conscience, the australian house of representatives approves private members legislation that allows therapeutic cloning. By 95-2, the united states senate has confirmed robert gates as next secretary of defense. Bainimarama nominates jona senilagakali to be interim prime minister of fiji. After the military made promises not to censor further news, the fiji times resumes publication.
Investigations into the accident are still ongoing.
As of late February 2010, the death toll is expected to rise. Three million people were made homeless. Posted by.
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By 95-2, the united states senate has confirmed robert gates as next secretary of defense. Bainimarama nominates jona senilagakali to be interim prime minister of fiji. After the military made promises not to censor further news, the fiji times resumes publication. The united kingdom joins australia, the united states and new zealand in stopping foreign defense aid.
Three people are killed in an explosion near milwaukee.
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One saw far too much dangerous pulling-out without an adequate signal having been given, and there was a similarly dangerous tendency for drivers to cut in after overtaking. Perhaps the commonest form of misuse however, was the reluctance of drivers of private cars to move into the inside lane whenever it was possible to do so. Sir John said that far too many were determined to stay in the middle or even the outside lanes, regardless of traffic conditions, with the result that drivers wishing to overtake became impatient and tried to follow too closely behind the vehicle in front, thus making accidents more likely. The conference is continuing.
Now, the Common Market negotiations. Geoffrey Rippon, the chief negotiator, flew to Brussels last night. Britain has put forward the suggestion that a reasonable contribution would be thirteen to fifteen per cent, built up in a series of equal yearly steps over a period of five years.
But the Council of Ministers is considering a recommendation that the British share should be twenty one point five per cent throughout the five year period of transition, or, alternatively, a contribution of between ten and fifteen per cent in the first year rising to between twenty and twenty five per cent in the fifth year. There have been signs that some European leaders are reluctant to take the present British offer seriously, and it is widely felt in Whitehall that Mr. The pamphlet claims that on balance farmers would be better off if Britain joined the Common Market.
In addition, says the Union, the pamphlet fails to mention horticulture, which constitutes an important part of British agriculture, and which is likely to be badly hit in the event of a link-up with the Common Market. The officials said that in their view the pamphlet tended to over-emphasize the benefits of joining the EEC, and to leave out of account many genuine difficulties. Выпуск Новостей Тридцать пять машин столкнулось сегодня утром в большой аварии на дороге Ml.
Average: 140. Most read 2006: 1. Virtual orienteering heaven — 2006-10-17 The new release of Catching Features has finally arrived. If youve never tried it then I suggest downloading the demo immediately, and then paying your money to buy the full version. It is a fantastic orienteering simulation, with a huge range of maps and courses to try out, plus a world-wide ranking system and on-line competitions. Don miss downloading the World Championships maps and courses from Japan 2005, Sweden 2004 and Switzerland 2003. The main feature of the new release provides a va… 2.
The second murder happened on May 28, when bicyclist Mark Creasy, 48, was strangled by a man who later ran naked across the George Washington Memorial Parkway and bit a police officer. In November, Andre Dwayne Suggs pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. The murder, which happened on federal property, is not counted in city homicide statistics. On Sept. He is currently awaiting trial. The fourth murder happened on Dec. No arrest has yet been made in the case. David Murphy was the brother of Greg Murphy, who was indicted in 2000 for the murder of an 8-year-old boy in Del Ray. Greg Murphy has been found incompetent to stand trial, and police suspect that a David Murphy may have been targeted. On Dec. Sims, 22, was shot to death in the 800 block of Montgomery Street. He was transported to the Inova Alexandria Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later. There is no suspect description, and police have yet to determine a motive for the murder. City Helps Katrina Victims In the days after the Hurricane Katrina, the City of Alexandria sent firemen, police officers and city workers to assist in the rescue and recovery operation. Now, months after the initial devastation, the city still has several employees working in the Gulf Cost region.
Delivered straight to your door, an original newspaper is the thoughtful and interesting gift you have been looking for. Over 6,000 people are killed, at least 36,000 are injured and 1. The state union of Serbia and Montenegro is dissolved on 5th June, leaving Serbia as the successor state. The competition is eventually won by Italy, following a penalty shoot-out against France in the final.
2006 World Cup scandal inquiry to cost 3.5 mn euros
The English Heritage collection that is archiving lost London. For the Transmutation News is in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Slovakian, and Dutch. English professor Norman German's stories published in chapbook.