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January 29, 2006
(
2006-01-29
)
(Sunday)
history
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Libya
closes its
embassy
in
Denmark
over the
Muhammad Drawings
controversy.
(BBC)
Al-Jazeera
releases two separate videos, one of
Ayman al-Zawahiri
condemning the
bombing of Damadola
and the other of
Jill Carroll
again pleading for the release of female prisoners so her life will be spared.
(Yahoo!)
,
(Reuters)
ABC World News Tonight
co-anchor
Bob Woodruff
and
cameraman
Doug Vogt
are seriously injured by an
improvised explosive device
near
Taji
,
Iraq
.
(ABC News)
Tarja Halonen
is re-elected in the second round of the
Finnish presidential election
with 51.8% of the votes, defeating the other candidate
Sauli Niinistö
.
(Helsingin Sanomat)
An explosion in a
firecracker
warehouse kills 16 people in
Henan
on
Chinese New Year
.
(Reuters)
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
is confirmed as the new
emir of Kuwait
, ending a two-week leadership crisis.
(BBC)
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