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| ⚫ | * The [[United Nations]] [[United Nations Security Council|Security Council]] approves a new [[Timeline of UN peacekeeping missions|peacekeeping mission]] in [[East Timor]], United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), which will have 1,608 police and up to 35 military liaison officers. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/26/content_5008191.htm (Xinhua News Agency)] |
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| ⚫ | * [[Zhao Yan]], a Chinese researcher for the ''[[New York Times]],'' is sentenced to three years for fraud in [[Beijing]]. However, he is found not guilty of leaking state secrets. [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/226736/1/.html (Channel News Asia)] |
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| ⚫ | * Danny Ferrer, owner of [[BuysUSA.com]], is convicted of [[Conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]] and [[copyright infringement]], sentenced to 6 years in prison, and ordered to pay more than [[United States dollar|US$]]4.1 million in damages to companies such as [[Adobe Systems]], [[Autodesk]], and [[Macromedia]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Aug25/0,4670,SoftwarePiracy,00.html (FOX News)] |
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*Early elections in November are announced in the [[Netherlands]]. [http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,19657647-5001028,00.html (Daily Telegraph)] |
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| ⚫ | *The [[United Nations]] [[United Nations Security Council|Security Council]] approves a new [[Timeline of UN peacekeeping missions|peacekeeping mission]] in [[East Timor]], United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), which will have 1,608 police and up to 35 military liaison officers. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/26/content_5008191.htm (Xinhua News Agency)] |
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| ⚫ | *[[Zhao Yan]], a Chinese researcher for the ''[[New York Times]],'' is sentenced to three years for fraud in [[Beijing]]. However, he is found not guilty of leaking state secrets. [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/226736/1/.html (Channel News Asia)] |
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| ⚫ | *Danny Ferrer, owner of [[BuysUSA.com]], is convicted of [[conspiracy]] and [[copyright infringement]], sentenced to 6 years in prison, and ordered to pay more than [[United States dollar|US$]]4.1 million in damages to companies such as [[Adobe Systems]], [[Autodesk]], and [[Macromedia]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Aug25/0,4670,SoftwarePiracy,00.html (FOX News)] |
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Latest revision as of 21:15, 10 September 2023
August 25, 2006 (Friday)
- The United Nations Security Council approves a new peacekeeping mission in East Timor, United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), which will have 1,608 police and up to 35 military liaison officers. (Xinhua News Agency)
- 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
- French President Jacques Chirac says sending 15,000 peacekeeping troops to southern Lebanon is "excessive". (BBC)
- An Aer Lingus flight from New York is evacuated at Shannon Airport following information about explosives on board the flight. (RTÉ)
- Zhao Yan, a Chinese researcher for the New York Times, is sentenced to three years for fraud in Beijing. However, he is found not guilty of leaking state secrets. (Channel News Asia)
- The Trinity Cathedral of St. Petersburg catches fire. The main dome collapses. (BBC)
- Danny Ferrer, owner of BuysUSA.com, is convicted of conspiracy and copyright infringement, sentenced to 6 years in prison, and ordered to pay more than US$4.1 million in damages to companies such as Adobe Systems, Autodesk, and Macromedia. (FOX News)