Portal:Current events/2006 March 19
March 19, 2006 (Sunday)
- Three of the six men left seriously ill during a drugs trial (of a monoclonal antibody TGN 1412) in London have been taken off organ support. (BBC)
- The Liberal Party of Canada announces it has scheduled the vote for a new leader for December 3. (CBC)
- Part of a tunnel in the Moscow Metro collapses on a train setting the train on fire. Russian emergency services were dispatched to the scene, passengers were evacuated, and no one was hurt. (BBC)
- Former Prime Minister of Iraq Iyad Allawi says that he believes that Iraq is engaged in a civil war, although the country has not passed "the point of no return." British and American officials dispute calling the conflict a civil war. (BBC)
- Polling stations open for the Belarusian presidential election, 2006. (VOA) The main opposition candidate Alaksandar Milinkievič calls for a re-run of the presidential election within hours of polls closing. (BBC)
- With the exception of Uganda and South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa is failing to meet United Nations standards for accessibility to clean water or sanitation. (Reuters)