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World - Sci-Tech - Sports - Video games - Wikinews Categories: | | ... February 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 28 February 2006 (Tuesday) Al Askari Mosque bombing: Sixty-eight people have been killed so far today in Baghdad, Iraq. ... 2006 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December February 28, 2006 Scientists at the Hubble space telescope publish the largest and most detailed image they have yet produced. ... February 28, 2006 (Tuesday) The brand Acclaim Entertainment officially returns to the video game industry. ...

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2006 developments by topic // Culture 2006 in architecture 2006 in art 2006 in film 2006 in video gaming 2006 in home video 2006 in literature 2006 in music 2006 in television People Politics Science and nature 2006 in rail transport Disabilities 2006 is the International Aspergers Year marking the 100th anniversary of the...

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Si Yi Chen is an Australian currently on trial in Indonesia as part of the Bali Nine heroin smuggling group. ... Michael Czugaj, shown during an interview on the Nine Networks current affairs television program, A Current Affair. ... Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen is an Australian from Brisbane, Queensland allegedly discovered on April 17, 2005 in Bali, Indonesia attempting to import heroin into Australia as part of the Bali Nine group. ... Matthew James Norman (born in 1987), of Sydney Australia is the youngest accused of the Bali 9. ... Australia Day is Australias official national day, January 26. ... The 13th annual 2005 Triple J Hottest 100 began broadcasting at 10am AEST on January 26, 2006 and finished a little before 7pm when the top song was announced (see below for results). ... Waitangi Day is a public holiday in New Zealand held each year on February 6 to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealands founding document, on that date in 1840. ...

Events in Australia and New Zealand

This page deals with events that take place in or are of interest to Australia, New Zealand, and/or the territories of those countries (such as Norfolk Island and Ross Dependency), and/or current events that involve Australians and/or New Zealanders. Political status Dependency of New Zealand Governor Dame Silvia Cartwright, ex officio as Governor-General of New Zealand Area  â€“ Total  450 000 km² (174 000 mi²) Population Scott Base: 10-80 seasonally McMurdo Station: 200-1000 seasonally Currency New Zealand dollar The Ross Dependency comprises an area of Antarctica (and...

28 February 2006 (Tuesday)

  • New Zealand Cabinet Minister David Benson-Pope, a former teacher, apologises to his ex-students in Parliament for incidents where he entered the female dormitory and showers at a school camp, while maintaining he did nothing inappropriate. (Radio New Zealand)

24 February 2006 (Friday)

  • Air New Zealand announces that 470 corporate jobs, mostly in Auckland, are to be axed over the next year. News Talk ZB

23 February 2006 (Thursday)

  • Air New Zealand workers accept a new employment package in a new vote. About 300 wide-body aircraft maintenance jobs will be saved in Auckland, although 200 will still be made redundant. (NZ Herald)

22 February 2006 (Wednesday)

20 February 2006 (Monday)

  • Air New Zealand is set to lay off another 507 workers as it outsources its wide-body aircraft maintenance. A union proposal to save some of the jobs failed to win a worker vote. (Radio NZ)

17 February 2006 (Friday)

16 February 2006 (Thursday)

14 February 2006 (Tuesday)

  • New Zealand Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton announced on 14 February 2006 that a draft agreement had been reached with fishing companies to ban bottom trawling in 30 percent of New Zealand's exclusive economic zone. Anderton promised to support a global ban on bottom trawling if that appeared a practical option. (NZ Herald)
  • Andrew Chan, 21, and Myuran Sukumaran, 25, both of New South Wales, are sentenced to death by an Indonesian court for their roles in the Bali Nine heroin smuggling attempt. Fellow accused, Martin Stephens and Michael Czugaj both receive life prison sentences. The remaining three defendants are sentenced tomorrow. ABC.

13 February 2006 (Monday)

  • Renae Lawrence, 28, the only female member of the Bali Nine group arrested in 2005, and fellow accused Scott Rush, 19, are convicted in Indonesia of attempting to import heroin to Australia and sentenced to life imprisonment. (Sydney Morning Herald)

11 February 2006 (Saturday)

  • The Royal New Zealand Navy's new 9000 tonne Multi-Role Vessel is about to be launched at the shipyard in Rotterdam. The MRV is the largest of seven new ships ordered as part of "Project Protector". (Scoop)
  • Tokelau begins voting in a referendum to determine whether it remains a New Zealand territory, or becomes a state in free association with New Zealand. (NZ Herald)

10 February 2006 (Friday)

9 February 2006 (Thursday)

8 February 2006 (Wednesday)

7 February 2006 (Tuesday)

6 February 2006 (Monday)

  • Today marked the 166th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document, in 1840. This year the celebrations were peaceful, in contrast to other years where the day was the focus of protest by Maori activists. Wikinews

4 February 2006 (Saturday)

  • Two Fairfax-owned newspapers, The Dominion Post and The Christchurch Press, today controversially published all 12 cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, which have triggered international outrage. Wikinews

1 February 2006 (Wednesday)

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