Home // Daily Archive for March 6th, 2006
Administration asks Congress to up debt limit March 6, 2006
Treasury Secretary John Snow notified Congress on Monday that the administration has now taken “all prudent and legal actions,” including tapping certain government retirement funds, to keep from hitting the $8.2 trillion national debt limit.
CIA sued over ‘deletions’ in book March 6, 2006
A former CIA member is suing the US intelligence agency for allegedly violating his constitutional right to free speech.
Iraqi Brigadier Shot Dead by Sniper March 6, 2006
A senior Iraqi army brigadier has been shot dead in western Baghdad, police sources have said.
Verdonk to send gay Iranians home March 6, 2006
Immigration minister Rita Verdonk says gay asylum seekers from Iran should be sent back home. Six months ago she had refused to send them back because two gay Iranian men had been executed there.
Cracks begin to appear in Gaudi’s Casa Battl ... March 6, 2006
Cracks have appeared in one of Barcelona's landmark buildings, the Casa Battlló, which was designed by Antoni Gaudi.
Immigrants ‘faked injuries in Madrid bombings ... March 6, 2006
Twenty-four immigrants have been accused of falsely claiming they were wounded in the Madrid train bombings in an attempt to gain Spanish citizenship.
France opens inquiry into alleged CIA flights March 6, 2006
French authorities Thursday opened an official inquiry into allegations that the CIA secretly transited detained terrorism suspects through its territory.
Anger as French mayor bans chicken in schools March 6, 2006
The mayor of a French town who banned chicken from school dinners because of the bird flu scare provoked an angry reaction Friday from poultry producers.
Amnesty: ‘14,000 detained without trial in Ir ... March 6, 2006
US and UK forces in Iraq have detained thousands of people without charge or trial for long periods and there is growing evidence of Iraqi security forces torturing detainees, Amnesty International said today.
Croatian War Criminal Commits Suicide March 6, 2006
A former leader of the Croatian Serbs, Milan Babic, found guilty of murdering and forcibly displacing thousands of people during the Bosnian war has been found dead in his cell at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
‘Top Bangladeshi militant’ held March 6, 2006
Security officials in Bangladesh say they have arrested a top Islamic militant leader after a gun battle in a northern district. Siddiqul Islam, alias Bangla Bhai, of the outlawed Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) was captured at his hideout in Mymensingh district, the police said.
BOC and Linde agree $14.4bn deal March 6, 2006
UK industrial gases firm BOC has agreed to be taken over by German industrial conglomerate Linde for $14.4bn.
ATT Buying Bellsouth for $67bn March 6, 2006
Leading US telecoms firm AT&T has agreed to buy smaller rival BellSouth in a deal worth $67bn (£38.2bn).
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