This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from August 2006. 05 May 2006NEWS RELEASE New heritage advisory group for Minister The Minister for Planning and Envi. Check out the online archives of TIME Magazine: complete coverage since 1923 of world news, politics, entertainment, science, health, history, business and more. NOTOC February 2006: ← January February March April May June July August September October November December →Events in Britain and Ireland This page deals with events in the English speaking places of Europe. These are England, Wales, Scotland. On July 15, 2006, the San Francisco-based podcasting company Odeo officially releases Twttr—later changed to Twitter—its short messaging service (SMS) for groups, to the public.
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Wednesday, January 4, 2006. 1. Outrage Builds Over Property Taxes. Select a month of the year 2006. It said in a statement that the strikes, which spanned April 20-27, were "in response to attempts by the Kyiv regime to damage Russian energy and industrial facilities.". On July 15, 2006, the San Francisco-based podcasting company Odeo officially releases Twttr—later changed to Twitter—its short messaging service (SMS) for groups, to the public. ANDRIAN KREYE, from 1987 to 2006, was the US cultural correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung (currently the largest German-language daily). The Economist Intelligence Unit looks at the The World in 2006 in figures by country and industry.
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2006 – On July 11, bombs planted on the train system in Mumbai exploded, killing 209 people. Wednesday, January 4, 2006. 1. Outrage Builds Over Property Taxes. Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and video by the journalists of The New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world. Warwick Davis' wife Samantha tragically dies aged 53: Heartbroken Harry Potter star pays tribute to his 'favourite human' Devastating news.
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In addition to the 3 that passed 10,000 articles, 7 have passed 1,000 and 8 passed 100. One year ago, no Wikipedia from the subcontinent had more than 2,300 articles. The total article count was 10,507. American language Wikipedias advance in 2006: 16 American language Wikipedias for the first time together passed 10,000 articles. Today they have 11,234 articles and 1,839 registered users. This includes 3 American languages of European origin with 8,271 articles and 373 registered users. The greatest American language Wikipedia is Haitian with 7,038 articles.
Other european origin languages are Pennsylvania German with 1,185 articles and Papiamentu. Native American language Wikipedias include 10 in American Indian languages with 2,835 articles and 1,139 registered users, and 3 in Inuit languages with 128 articles and 327 users. The 3 Inuit languages are Inuktitut , Greenlandic and Inupiak. In addition to the 4 that have passed 1,000 articles, 2 have passed 100. One year ago no American language Wikipedia had passed 300 articles, 2 had passed 100, and the total article count for all was 768. African Wikipedias make great progress in 2006: For the first time, African language Wikipedias had more than 10,000 articles.
As of today, 38 african language Wikipedias have 14,163 articles and 4,784 registered users. The greatest of these is in Afrikaans , a language of European colonial origin, that has 6,177 articles and 1,315 registered users. However, for the first time, the 37 Wikipedias in languages of African origin are bigger together, with 7,986 articles and 3,479 registered users. In addition to the 2 that have passed 1,000, 7 have passed 100 articles. One year ago none had passed 500 and 4 had passed 100. The Wikipedia of the most widespread language in Africa, Arabic , has 21,177 articles and 44,655 registered users.
One year ago, the article count for the african origin language Wikipedias was 772, the Afrikaans Wikipedia 4,439 and the Arab Wikipedia 10,247. Together they had just above 15,000 articles, while today they have passed 36,000. The pacific language Wikipedias remained small during 2006. Polynesian language Wikipedias grew most, while the rest advanced slowly. No Wikipedia reached 500 articles. One year ago, 3 had reached 100 articles.
The total article count was 918.
Perennial Opening Day race winner Loveland Ski Area could only sit idly by on the morning of October 12, as friendly competitor Arapahoe Basin turned its lifts a full nine days earlier than it ever had. It perhaps was appropriate this year, as The Legend celebrates its 60th year of operation this season. Well, in the case of Copper Mountain resident Rainer Hertrich — the only human in recorded history to complete such a streak — he found a five-dollar bill. On the county and municipal level, programs were established to enable fire mitigation and fire prevention planning. Homeowners worked to clear dead and dying trees from their properties, and a widespread Community Wildfire Protection Plan took hold across the county. But the more we know about the pine beetle epidemic, the more nuance it seems is needed in the debate.
While beetle-killed trees grow in numbers, a new argument about a consequent rise in fire danger arose. Water, or lack thereof, was less of an issue this year, as the hydrological year between 2005 and 2006 was one of the wettest on record. And on June 5, Dillon Reservoir filled to capacity, and excess water spilled through the glory hole for the second year in a row. In other environmental news this year, a surge of run-off from an abandoned mine above Breckenridge threatened a number of species in April. The result of the mine run-off: the Blue River flowed a deep orange color right through downtown Breckenridge, though no long-term impacts to the ecosystems there could be reported. Finally, boosted water flows in the same Blue River were the goal of the Breckenridge Sanitation District with their proposed Blue River Pumpback Project — where a series of pipes and pumps would recirculate water flows normally lost to Dillon Reservoir back into the river further upstream. The year was marked with much progress on the project; funding was secured and scheduling and planning begun.
Есть разделы развлечений и международных событий. На Fox News большой видеораздел, где можно смотреть прямом эфир, записи программ и отдельные новостные сюжеты. Прямой эфир недоступен, есть раздел с видеосюжетами, в том числе с субтитрами. Контент обеих телекомпаний бесплатный, есть мобильные приложения. The New York Times Флагман мировой журналистики. Издание, которое до сих пор задает стандарты работы для журналистов по всему миру. Много внимания уделяется американской и международной политике. Но статьи на общие темы написаны вполне доступно.
Есть приложение, с которого удобно читать статьи, даже когда нет интернета. Единственный минус — газета платная. Минимальная стоимость — 9 долларов в месяц. Бесплатно можно читать до 4 статей в месяц. Но если скачать приложение, то ежедневно будут присылать 2-3 бесплатные статьи в виде пуш-уведомлений. The Washington Post Еще одна легенда американской журналистики, из-за расследования которой в свое время ушел в отставку Ричард Никсон, также предлагает своим читателям многообразие качественных и объемных материалов. Минус — платная подписка от 6 долларов за 4 недели. Есть приложение.
Для тех, кому интересно углубиться в реалии американской жизни, подойдет национальная газета USA Today. Reuters Крупнейшее мировое новостное агентство. В отличие от своего главного конкурента Associated Press выкладывает в открытый доступ большое количество материалов самой разной направленности. Несмотря на экономическую специализацию публикует новости и статьи по общей тематике. Кроме того, есть бесплатное приложение.
Минус — статьи ориентированы на читателей, живущих в Великобритании. Обе газеты предлагают приложения, а The Independent даже два — ежедневное и еженедельное. The Daily Mail Популярные британские таблоиды еще называют чтивом домохозяек. Слоган одного из них — News, sport, celebrities and gossip — точно отражает суть таких газет. Не стоит искать там серьезных новостей, аналитики и статей об искусстве.
Что там есть, так это легкий и живой язык с многочисленными фразеологизмами и даже сленгом, подробности скандалов из мира политики и шоу-бизнеса, слухи из жизни британской королевской семьи. Минусы — всплывающие периодически шокирующие снимки жертв преступлений, жутких болячек или людей-мутантов из индийских деревень. Плюсы — понятное изложение и полностью бесплатный контент, включая приложения. Есть даже раздел о России. Все статьи — довольно объемные и перенасыщены фотографиями, видео и виджетами соцсетей, но каждую предваряет анонс из списка коротких и понятных фраз, описывающих суть и самые эффектные факты материала. Euronews О событиях в странах Евросоюза можно почитать на сайте телеканала Euronews. Статьи и видеосюжеты рассортированы по традиционным новостным разделам Europe, World, Business, Sport, Culture. Под видеосюжетами есть расшифровки. У немецкой радиостанции Deuche Welle есть сайт на английском языке. В проект Locals входят 9 англоязычных сайтов, каждый из которых освещает события в соответствующей европейской стране.
Если интересует конкретная страна, то можно пойти в Википедию, найти раздел СМИ страна и выбрать из списка газет и изданий то, которое больше понравится. Например, для Ирландии эта страничка выглядит вот так. А если при чтении зарубежных газет будет не хватать новостей о России, загляните на англоязычные версии российских СМИ. Небольшой минус — большинство статей написаны не носителями языка, а представляют собой перевод с русского. Но это не значит, что такие статьи не интересны изучающим английский — есть чему поучиться. На Puzzle English мы регулярно делаем подкасты, разборы новостных заметок и ТВ-шоу.
Wednesday December 06, 2006: on this day
More than nine hundred people were killed. Much of southern Lebanon was severely damaged. Robert Gates was approved as the new defense secretary. In August, officials in Britain said they prevented a terrorist plot to bomb several passenger airplanes over the Atlantic Ocean. This led to new restrictions on what passengers can carry on planes. Fighting between rebels and government forces has killed more than two hundred thousand people. Our reports can be found on our Web site, voaspecialenglish. Voice of America Special English.
С какого уровня начинать читать? Преподаватели обычно советуют начинать читать с уровня Intermediate и выше. Если не терпится поскорее начать читать новости на английском, а знаний не хватает, можно потренироваться в разделах News Review и Words in the News на BBC Learning English, где предлагаются короткие новостные заметки с несложными конструкциями и словарем. Еще один вариант — совместный проект британской газеты The Guardian и onestopenglish. Преподаватели Puzzle English тоже проводят мастер-классы по чтению газетных материалов. BBC News Одна из крупнейших в мире телерадиокорпораций. Основной контент — видео и аудиопродукция, новостной сайт BBC News — отличный источник международных новостей. Корреспонденты работают по всему миру, поэтому на Би-би-си всегда можно найти подробную информацию и аналитику о событиях не только Великобритании и Европы, но и других стран. Новости рассортированы по тематическим разделам — World, Business, Sport, Tech, Science, Stories, Entertainment and Arts, Special Reports, Explainers, Reality Check и специальная секция Have you say, в которой читатели могут поделиться мнением, принять участие в опросе или подкинуть журналистам идею для сюжетов. Новостные тексты BBC хорошо структурированы и написаны понятным языком. В статьях описывается не только суть событий, но содержится информация от непосредственных участников, экспертов, корреспондентов BBC в данном регионе. Читателю дается не просто короткий набор фактов, а полная картина произошедшего, особенно если речь идет о центральных темах Top Stories. Единственный минус — отсутствие расшифровок подкастов, но это компенсируется мультимедийностью сайта — большинство тем представлены сразу в нескольких форматах — текстовом, видео и аудио. Sky News Частный британский новостной телеканал. На сайте публикуют новостные заметки и короткие видео, в том числе с субтитрами. Основной контент посвящен тому, что происходит в Великобритании и ее взаимодействию с миром. Как и в большинстве новостных СМИ есть раздел World, в котором освещены мировые события. Весь контент бесплатный. Минус — прямой эфир телеканала недоступен в России. Fox News, CNN Большая часть контента этих американских медиакорпораций посвящены глобальным и локальным событиям в США и связанным с ними международными вопросами. Есть разделы развлечений и международных событий.
Koch also praised German football legend Franz Beckenbauer for helping the inquiry. Beckenbauer, 70, captained and coached Germany to the 1974 and 1990 World Cup titles respectively and was head of the organising committee for the 2006 finals.
And none of these countries had to suffer before that from a single rocket. The death toll is at least three in Haifa and 12 for Northern Israel as a whole. Ynet News , AP Reuters has pulled a photograph of Beirut , Lebanon , admitting that it was altered by the photographer, Adnan Hajj , saying "photo editing software was improperly used on this image. A corrected version will immediately follow this advisory. We are sorry for any inconvenience.
10 big news stories that happened in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)
Search metadata Search text contents Search TV news captions Search radio transcripts Search archived web sites Advanced Search. Find latest news from every corner of the globe at , your online source for breaking international news coverage. This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from August 2006. In 2006 we said goodbye to:Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd, the godfather of soul James Brown, comedian Charlie Drake, the most prolific TV producer of all time Aaron Spelling, US crime writer Mickey Spillane, cartoonist Joseph Barbera, and US director Robert Altman. The headlines in 2006 were marked by death, scandal and politics: 12 die in Sago Mine disaster. Latest NEWS on your mobile.
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Police blame Kurdish rebels. Russia officially recognized independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. India becomes the fourth nation to reach the moon. November 2008 Mumbai attacks, a series of ten coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai, India, killing 195 people and injuring 290 more.
Together they had just above 15,000 articles, while today they have passed 36,000. The pacific language Wikipedias remained small during 2006. Polynesian language Wikipedias grew most, while the rest advanced slowly. No Wikipedia reached 500 articles. One year ago, 3 had reached 100 articles. The total article count was 918. There is still no Wikipedia in any Australian aboriginal language. East Asia competes with Europe and America as a developed Wikipedia area. Chinese passed 100,000 articles. One year ago, the total article count was 238,190. European languages still dominate the Wikipedia system. English has 1,560,143 articles, more than the total number of articles for Wikipedias in languages of all continents outside of Europe. English passed the milestones of 1 million and later 1,5 million articles in 2006, fortifying the position of the English Wikipedia as the greatest one-language encyclopedia that ever existed. But historically, the relative weight of the English Wikipedia is going down. The percentage of english Wikipedia articles seems to be roughly similar to the percentage of native english speakers on the Internet. One year ago they had 2,747,489 articles. With less than one thousand: Romansh state language in Switzerland. One year ago such Wikipedias had 74,392 articles. Of the 97 Wikipedias listed above, 1 has more than 1,5 million articles, 1 more than 500,000, 8 have more than 100,000, 27 more than 10,000, 35 more than 1,000, and 17 more than 100. One year ago 1 had more than 500,000, 6 more than 100,000, 20 more than 10,000, 31 more than 1,000, and 11 more than 100. The 7 wikipedias have 3,803 registered users, of which Esperanto alone has 2,662. Including these, planned languages on the Meta page have 84,213 articles. The 9 Wikipedias in historical or «dead» languages have 14,537 articles and 3,327 registered users. The borderline Wikipedia in Simple English , arguably a language without native speakers, has 13,124 articles and 7,195 users. Together, the 20 Wikipedias or online lexicons without native speakers registered on the Meta page have 111,874 articles. The 17 active wikipedias have 14,326 registered users, 7,113 excluding Simple English.
Five other men were cleared of conspiracy to murder following the trial at Birmingham Crown Court. The 60,000-seat stadium is the largest club stadium to have been built in English football since Maine Road , which was home of Manchester City from 1923 to 2003. August[ edit ] 1 August — Steve McClaren is officially appointed as manager of the England national football team.
Her death is reported to be suspicious and police launch a murder inquiry. There are also concerns about another Ipswich prostitute, 19-year-old Tania Nicol, who went missing on 30 October. He is named as Tom Stephens, a 37-year-old Tesco supermarket worker.
What Happened in 2006 Major News Events, Popular Culture, History Prices
How much do you remember about 2006? We take a look back at ten of the biggest news stories from the year. A News Bulletin. Thirty five vehicles were involved in a multiple collision on the M. 1 motorway this morning. In 2006, Facebook became open to any over age 13 and was launched. In light of this news, someone asks Nasypany what to do with the fighters—the two F-15s from Otis Air National Guard Base—which have now just blasted off for New York at full afterburner to find American 11. Following news of yet another reboot in the works, Annabel Nugent delves into the behind-the-scenes story of the 1999 cult classic – and how its ingenious and brazen marketing campaign could never happen today. 7.1.2006Current EventsPaolo Perego and Paola Ronconi.