Portal:Current events/2006 March 15
March 15, 2006 (Wednesday)
- Two gunmen attacked the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) compound in Yei, Sudan, killing a local guard and leaving two others in critical condition. (Angola Press)
- The U.S. online magazine salon.com publishes the most extensive documentation of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse. (salon.com)
- United Kingdom: The House of Commons votes to approve an education reform bill. The Prime minister, Tony Blair's authority is called into question for his relying on the opposition Conservative party to secure the vote, due to revolt within his own Labour Party. (Bloomberg)
- Iraq War: A raid by the United States military kills eleven Iraqis, mostly civilians. (Channel 4 News)
- The United Nations General Assembly votes to establish the United Nations Human Rights Council, a new human rights organization to replace the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, with only the United States, Israel, the Marshall Islands and Palau opposing. (United Press International) (Reuters.uk)
- Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth opens the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. (BBC)
- Five arrests are made over the UK Islamist demonstration outside the Danish Embassy in London against the cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad. (Guardian)