Portal:Current events/2006 September 26
September 26, 2006 (Tuesday)
- Riots break in Dhaka, Bangladesh, due to frequent power outages. Hundreds are injured in confrontations with riot police .(AP)
- UK Prime Minister Tony Blair makes his final speech at a Labour Party Conference. (Sydney Morning Herald)
- In the United States, a jury rules in favor of the pharmaceutical corporation Merck & Co. Inc. in a court case related to the painkiller Vioxx. The jury rejects claims that Vioxx caused the plaintiff's heart attack. (AP via Sharewatch)
- The Bush administration releases excerpts of a report stating that the Iraq War has bred deep resentment in the Islamic world and provided Islamist militants with a "cause célèbre" that allowed the global movement to cultivate supporters. (Reuters Alertnet)
- Zambian archbishop Emmanuel Milingo is excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Benedict XVI. (BBC)
- Former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers reports to a federal prison in the U.S. state of Louisiana to begin a 25-year prison term. (AP via Kiplinger Forecasts)
- At least 18 people are killed in an explosion outside a government office in Lashkar Gah in southern Afghanistan. (BBC)
- The Diet of Japan confirms Shinzo Abe as the Prime Minister of Japan. At 52, he is the youngest Prime Minister since World War II. (Reuters via Tiscali)[permanent dead link]
- The European Commission confirms that Bulgaria and Romania are set to join the European Union on 1 January 2007, in what may be the last EU expansion before a European constitution is established. (BBC)
- "Weird Al" Yankovic releases Straight Outta Lynwood in the USA.