Portal:Current events/2006 December 31

December 31, 2006 (Sunday)

Austrian Minister of the Interior Liese Prokop dies of aortic dissection. (IHT)
New Year's Eve 2006-2007:
- The world begins celebrations of the beginning of 2007, starting at 10:00 UTC when midnight strikes in the Line Islands, Kiribati. (AP)
- Terrorists set off eight coordinated explosions killing two people and injuring 12 in Bangkok, Thailand. The government cancels Bangkok's New Year's Eve celebrations. (CNN)
War in Somalia: The Battle of Jilib erupts between the forces of the Ethiopian-backed Transitional Federal Government and the Islamic Courts Union.(Reuters)
The number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq reaches 3,000 since the 2003 U.S. invasion. (Reuters)

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