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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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{{*mp|December 14}} The '''[[Baiji|Yangtze River Dolphin]]''' is declared [[Functional extinction|functionally extinct]], the first [[extinction]] of a large [[mammal]] [[species]] in recent decades. |
{{*mp|December 14}} The '''[[Baiji|Yangtze River Dolphin]]''' is declared [[Functional extinction|functionally extinct]], the first [[extinction]] of a large [[mammal]] [[species]] in recent decades. |
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{{*mp|December 18}} [[Suffolk Constabulary|Suffolk police]] arrest a man under suspicion of '''[[2006 Ipswich murder investigation|murdering five women]]''' near [[Ipswich]], [[United Kingdom]]. |
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{{*mp|December 13}} [[Astronaut]]s on mission '''[[STS-116]]''' ''(pictured)'' successfully [[ISS assembly sequence|attach]] the [[Integrated Truss Structure|P5 truss segment]] to the [[International Space Station]], but fail to completely retract a [[photovoltaic array|solar array]] as planned. |
{{*mp|December 13}} [[Astronaut]]s on mission '''[[STS-116]]''' ''(pictured)'' successfully [[ISS assembly sequence|attach]] the [[Integrated Truss Structure|P5 truss segment]] to the [[International Space Station]], but fail to completely retract a [[photovoltaic array|solar array]] as planned. |
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{{*mp|December 12}} Former [[President of Ethiopia|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 (Ethiopia)|"Red Terror"]]. |
{{*mp|December 12}} Former [[President of Ethiopia|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 (Ethiopia)|"Red Terror"]]. |
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Revision as of 23:13, 18 December 2006
- 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 to the International Space Station, but fail to completely retract a solar array as planned.
- 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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