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| | Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon suffers a massive stroke which leaves him in a coma | |
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| 2006 |
| | Stephen Harper, leader of the Conservative Party, wins the federal election in Canada and forms a minority government | |
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| 2006 |
| | Hamas, defined in many countries as a terrorist organization, wins the majority of seats in elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council | |
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| 2006 |
| | More than £53 million is stolen in a raid on the Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent – the UK's largest robbery | |
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| 2006 |
| | British actress Helen Mirren plays Elizabeth II in the film The Queen (for which she later wins an Oscar) | |
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| 2006 |
| | Slobodan Milosevic dies of a heart attack in gaol in the Hague, with his trial for war crimes in Yugoslavia still incomplete | |
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| 2006 |
| | The terrorist organization ETA declares what it says will be a permanent ceasefire in its campaign for Basque independence | |
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| 2006 |
| | Kadima, the party founded by Ariel Sharon, wins the most seats in the Israeli elections | |
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| 2006 |
| | The Scottish National Party lays a charge that peerages are being 'sold' in Britain, provoking a police enquiry and a 'cash for honours' crisis | |
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| 2006 |
| | Romano Prodi becomes Italy's prime minister after narrowly defeating Silvio Berlusconi in a general election | |
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