Portal:Current events/2006 January 13

{{Current events|year=2006|month=01|day=13|content=

• The U.S. CIA attempts to kill Ayman al-Zawahiri by bombing Damadola, Pakistan, a village near the Afghanistan border. The attack kills at least 18 people: eight men, five women and five children. Anonymous U.S. government sources claim he was invited to a feast in the village, but did not attend. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/14/alqaeda.strike/index.html (CNN)]
• Augustine Volcano in Alaska has erupted five times in the past three days, the first eruptions in nearly two decades. The island is uninhabited. [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/01/0113_060113_alaska_volcano.html (National Geographic)]
• Tyco International announces that it will split itself into three companies, spinning off Tyco Healthcare and Tyco Electronics. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071118130819/http://www.tyco.com/livesite/Page/Tyco/Who+We+Are/Press+Center/Press+Releases+Details/?%3F&DCRID=621740718 (Tyco)]

}}