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In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[â ]
2006Bruno Kirby, American actor (born 1949)[â ]
Bruno Kirby was an American actor. He was best known for his roles in City Slickers, When Harry Met Sally..., Good Morning, Vietnam, The Godfather Part II, The Freshman, Sleepers and Donnie Brasco. He voiced Reginald Stout in Stuart Little.
2006Lebanon War: A ceasefire takes effect three days after the United Nations Security Council's approval of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, formally ending hostilities between Lebanon and Israel.[â ]
The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, fought between Hezbollah and Israel. The war started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect in the morning on 14 August 2006, though it formally ended on 8 September 2006 when Israel lifted its naval blockade of Lebanon. It marked the third Israeli invasion into Lebanon since 1978.
2006Sri Lankan Civil War: Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike.[â ]
The Sri Lankan civil war was a civil war fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam led by Velupillai Prabhakaran. The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the north-east of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lanka government.
Diversifying into cable television helped the E. W. Scripps Company weather the newspaper downturn. Now Scripps is looking for its next evolution.
This production offers us an imaginative journey to the heart of the Persephone myth, and a vision of the way that humans tell stories to give life meaning.
New releases from Slayer, Dirty Pretty Things, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra and Mike Stern.
The political sensibilities of Chet Culver, Evan Bayh and Jack Carter were shaped in part by their fathersâ defeats.
Unbeaten rookie Jered Weaver won his eighth straight decision as the Angels defeated the Yankees.
Critics claimed the cameras would invade privacy and pose a particular threat to those who are not open about their sexual orientation.
A new photography exhibit celebrates the Depression-era pools that have cooled off generations of New Yorkers.
As professional golf increasingly promotes power, some worry that steroid abuse will inevitably follow.
Racial slurs were directed at a car full of Chinese-American students, which escalated into a vicious roadside attack, and culminated with a fight involving two police officers.
Even without the cachet of the Gilmore Artist Award, it was clear from the opening bars of Mozartâs Piano Concerto No. 23 that Ingrid Fliter possessed a remarkable talent.
On a New York Mets team filled with All-Stars and M.V.P. candidates, it was spare part Michael Tucker who led them to victory.
An unexplained increase in skin cancer among young people has turned attention to the $5 billion-a-year industry.