What happend on June 20th 2006

You may use the navigation bar to select any day since November 11th, 2005. See the most imporant events in the world – expore the recent history on the map.

year

month

day

---

---

June 20th 2006 news map

The countries are differentiated by colour. Click a marker to see news of June 20th 2006 that are related to a particular country.

• date:

  2006 » June 2006 » June 20th 2006

Anti-whalers rally after key vote

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 1:09
related countries: United States

European and South American officials seek to intensify efforts to prevent a return to commercial whaling.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Politicians held in sex scandal

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 4:46
related countries: India

Two former ministers of Indian-administered Kashmir are arrested in connection with a sex scandal.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Brazil court backing Varig deal

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 5:00
related countries: Botswana

A bankruptcy court judge gives a workers group 72 hours to pay a deposit to buy for Brazilian airline Varig.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Spain confident, midfielder says

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 5:29
related countries: Spain

Cesc Fabregas believes Spain are beginning to show they can be a match for anyone at the 2006 World Cup finals.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

US freezes assets of Belarus head

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 5:45
related countries: Belarus, United States

The US adds financial sanctions to the penalties the Belarus president faces after a disputed election.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Protesters ask E Timor PM to quit

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 5:53
related countries: East Timor

Demonstrators in East Timor gather amid tight security to demand the resignation of PM Mari Alkatiri.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Soldiers deployed in New Orleans

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 5:59
related countries: United States
related places: New Orleans

US soldiers will return to keep order in New Orleans for the first time since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Japan to pull troops out of Iraq

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 6:04
related countries: Iraq, Japan

Japan is to pull its troops out of Iraq, ending its first foray into an active war zone since World War II.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

N Korea warned off missile test

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 6:40
related countries: North Korea, United States

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warns North Korea not to test-launch a long-range missile.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

'Villagers die' in Maoist attack

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 6:57
related countries: India

Suspected Maoist rebels kill seven villagers in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Argentina v Mexico

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 8:34
related countries: Mexico

Team news ahead of Saturday's second round World Cup match.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Warrant for E Timor ex-minister

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 8:34
related countries: East Timor

Prosecutors in East Timor issue an arrest warrant for ex-Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato, a UN official confirms.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Live: Switzerland v Ukraine

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 8:39
related countries: Ukraine, Switzerland

Arsenal's Johan Djourou starts for Switzerland and Ukraine drop Serhiy Rebrov for Andriy Vorobey.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Sudan eastern rebels cease fire

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 8:54
related countries: Sudan, Eritrea

Rebels in eastern Sudan and the government sign a ceasefire deal at talks in neighbouring Eritrea.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

S Korea cloning expert on trial

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 9:07
related countries: North Korea

Hwang Woo-suk, the South Korean cloning expert whose research was faked, goes on trial for fraud.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Dutch MP3 search site shut down

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 9:17
related countries: Netherlands

The record industry welcomes a Dutch court ruling against a website that provided links to MP3 files.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Venezuela mayor tried over siege

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 9:29
related countries: Venezuela

A local mayor goes on trial in Venezuela, accused over an embassy siege during the failed 2002 coup against President Chavez.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Paris unveils tribal art museum

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 10:25
related countries: France
related places: Paris

French President Jacques Chirac opens a museum of tribal art in Paris - his legacy to the nation.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

US troops on Iraq death charges

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 10:31
related countries: Iraq, United States

The US military charges three soldiers over the deaths of three male Iraqi prisoners last month.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Sudan rejects 'colonial' troops

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 10:46
related countries: Sudan

Sudan's leader says there will be no international troops in his country, as experts call for UN peacekeepers.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Moscow knifeman case reopened

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 10:59
related countries: Russia

Russia's Supreme Court orders a review of the 13-year jail term for a man who attacked Jewish worshippers.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Caribbean court reviews hanging

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 11:06
related countries: Barbados

Barbados asks the Caribbean Court of Justice to overturn a landmark death penalty ruling to allow them to hang two men.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Leipzig far-right rally dropped

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 11:32
related countries: Iran

A far-right rally planned to coincide with Wednesday's Iran-Angola World Cup match in Leipzig will not be held.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

French 'dog of war' spared jail

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 12:42
related countries: Comoros, France

A French court gives a five-year suspended jail term to ex-mercenary Bob Denard for a Comoros coup plot.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Live: Ecuador 0-1 Germany

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 13:16
related countries: Germany

Miroslav Klose fires Germany ahead with just three minutes gone.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

N Korea defies missile pressure

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 13:47
related countries: North Korea

North Korea declares it has the right to test a long-range missile, defying international pressure, reports say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

UN to assess security in Somalia

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 13:49
related countries: Somalia
related places: Mogadishu

A United Nations team is to visit Somalia to meet Islamic leaders who now control the capital, Mogadishu.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Israeli town strikes over rockets

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 13:54
related countries: Israel

Israelis in the town of Sderot hold a general strike in protest at continued Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

US memo reveals Iraqis' grim life

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 14:22
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Baghdad

A leaked cable from the US embassy in Baghdad paints a depressing picture of the daily lives of Iraqi staff.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Iraqis 'plotted to kill Allawi'

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 15:29
related countries: Iraq, Germany
related places: `Allawi

The trial opens in Germany of three Iraqis accused of plotting to kill former Iraqi PM Iyad Allawi.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

US news legend Rather leaves CBS

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 15:55
related countries: United States
related places: America, Rather

Dan Rather, one of America's most influential news anchors, is to leave the CBS network after 44 years.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Sri Lankan temple attack denied

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 15:59
related countries: Sri Lanka

A head monk contradicts a Sri Lankan government report that the Tamil Tigers attacked his temple.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Costa Rica 1-2 Poland

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 16:05
related countries: Poland

Two goals from Boratosz Bosacki give Poland a pride-restoring victory in their final Group A match.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Indian army deputy apologises

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 17:05
related countries: India

The second-in-command of the Indian army apologises for saying it does not need women officers.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Sicilian anti-Mafia raids net 45

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 17:13
related countries: Italy
related places: Palermo

Italian police arrest at least 45 people in what they say is a major anti-Mafia crackdown in Palermo.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Klinsmann fires warning to team

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 17:15
related countries: United Kingdom

Germany coach Jurgen Klinsmann urges his players to "keep their feet on the ground" after the 3-0 win over Ecuador.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Argentina holds 'Dirty War' trial

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 17:19
related countries: Argentina

An Argentine policeman goes on trial for murder in the first such case since an amnesty was scrapped.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Guantanamo clouds EU-US talks

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 17:29
related countries: Austria, United States
related places: Vienna

US President George Bush flies to Vienna for a summit where the EU will call for the closure of the Guantanamo camp.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Taylor flies in for Hague trial

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 18:17
related countries: Liberia, Sierra Leone

Ex-Liberia leader Charles Taylor arrives in the Netherlands where he is to be tried on war crimes charges.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Gaza air strike 'kills children'

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 19:02
related countries: Israel

An Israeli raid on Gaza kills two children and a teenager, injuring 14 other people, Palestinian officials say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Sweden 2-2 England

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 20:52
related countries: Sweden, Ecuador

England will play Ecuador in the last 16 of the World Cup after drawing with Sweden - while Michael Owen suffers a worrying injury.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Paraguay 2-0 Trinidad

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 21:07
related countries: Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago

An own goal from Brent Sancho and a strike from Nelson Cuevas earn Paraguay victory over Trinidad and Tobago in Group B.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

US soldiers' bodies found in Iraq

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 21:51
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Friday, Baghdad

Two US soldiers missing in Iraq since Friday are found dead south of Baghdad, the US military says.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

US Church defiant on gay bishops

Tuesday 20th of June 2006, 23:46
related countries: United States

Members of the US Episcopal Church reject a demand from Anglicans that they stop appointing gay bishops.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

About Maplandia.com World News Centre

This content is from the BBC News website. We use BBC News RSS feed under BBC Terms and Conditions. Date and time information is related to GMT. Unfortunately we can not offer RSS feed of this site with geographically sorted world news. However, you can add this page to your favourites or set it as your homepage to see what's new in the world when you start browsing.