Portal:Current events/2006 January 4

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Turkey announces two confirmed human cases of the avian influenza. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4582654.stm (BBC)]
The King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah al-Saud, offers to pay for repairs to the Jama Masjid in Delhi, India. The King also offers to fund education in India. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4581056.stm (BBC)]
Conflict in Iraq: At least 50 die following a series of insurgent attacks across Iraq, including a suicide bomb at a Shia funeral which left 36 mourners dead. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4582272.stm (BBC)]
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, 77, suffers "a significant stroke". He is "[currently] under anesthesia and receiving breathing assistance". Power is transferred to his deputy, Vice Minister Ehud Olmert. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/04/sharon/index.html (CNN)]
Dow Jones & Co., one of the world's most important financial publishers, announces its new CEO, Richard Zannino, takes over from Peter Kann. Since Mr. Zannino is not a reporter, this breaks a century-old tradition of keeping newsmen at the helm. [http://www.nysun.com/article/25319 (New York Sun)]
A leaked intelligence report states that Iran has been "successfully scouring Europe" for the equipment needed to create a nuclear bomb, as well as parts for a ballistic missile. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,12858,1677542,00.html (The Guardian)]
Fourteen people are killed, with many more feared dead, after a landslide destroys a village in Java after flash floods in the region. It is the second such incident in the region within a week. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4579440.stm (BBC)]
Fourteen people are now confirmed dead in the Bad Reichenhall ice rink roof collapse, with one person still trapped in the rubble. [https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Germany-Roof-Collapse.html?ex=1137042000&en=bdf8348a564d25b5&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS (New York Times)]
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:
Israel shells eight roads in Palestinian areas of the Gaza Strip. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130618032108/http://www.imemc.org/content/view/15884/1/ (IMEMC)]
Seven Qassam rockets are fired on civilian Israeli targets by Palestinian insurgents. Two rockets land near a gas station on a road leading to the Israeli town of Sderot, and another five land near Kibbutz Zikim. There are no reports of injuries or damage. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,/index.php?yyyy=2006&mm=01&dd=05&nav_id=184338&nav_category=16 (B92)]

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