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September 8, 2006
(
2006-09-08
)
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Australian
motor racing
legend
Peter Brock
has been killed in a crash while taking part in the
Targa West
rally
in
Western Australia
.
(News.com.au)
Ralph "Bucky" Phillips
, the most recent addition to the
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
list, surrenders to
Pennsylvania
State Police
. He is wanted for shooting three
New York State
troopers, one of whom died, after he escaped from jail.
(
The Buffalo News
)
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Chilean Supreme Court lifts
Augusto Pinochet
's immunity concerning the
Villa Grimaldi
case. (
BBC
).
The
non-governmental organization
Freedom House
ranks
Burma
,
Cuba
,
Libya
,
North Korea
,
Sudan
,
Syria
,
Turkmenistan
, and
Uzbekistan
as the worst violators of
human rights
. FH also cited
Tibet
and
Chechnya
as areas of intense repression.
(Payvand)
The
United States Senate
states there is no evidence of formal links between
Iraqi
ex-leader
Saddam Hussein
and
al-Qaeda
leaders in Iraq prior to the 2003
Iraq War
.
(BBC)
Missing
United States Air Force
officer Major
Jill Metzger
who disappeared in
Bishkek
,
Kyrgyzstan
earlier this week is found in good health. Metzger says she was kidnapped by three men and a woman.
(CBS)
Shuji Nakamura
is awarded the 2nd
Millennium Technology Prize
for his work on blue and white
LEDs
. The first recipient of the award was
Tim Berners-Lee
, developer of the
World Wide Web
.
(BBC)
A series of
bomb blasts
rock
Malegaon
town in
Nashik
district of the
Indian
state of
Maharashtra
, killing 37 and injuring around 100.
(Bloomberg)
Zimbabwe
has failed to keep its promise to build new homes for the thousands whose houses were demolished last year during
Operation Murambatsvina
.
(BBC)
Taliban insurgency
: A suicide car bomb explodes near the
United States
embassy in
Kabul
, killing at least ten people.
(Boston Herald)
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(CNN)
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