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2006
 
   
North Korea announces that it has tested a nuclear weapon      
2006
 
    
Google pays $1.65 billion for the website YouTube, launched less than two years previously       
2006
 
   
The United States Census Bureau announces that the US population has reached 300 million      
2006
 
   
An Iraqi court sentences former dictator Saddam Hussein and two of his senior colleagues to death by hanging      
2006
 
   
Daniel Ortega wins the Nicaraguan presidential election, returning to the office after 16 years      
2006
 
    
The Republicans lose control of both houses of the US Congress in an electoral backlash against the Iraq War       
2006
 
    
Patriarch Christodoulos has talks with Pope Benedict XVI, in the first official visit to the Vatican by the head of the Greek Orthodox church       
2006
 
    
The prime minister, Tony Blair, is questioned by police in Britain's 'cash for honours' enquiry       
2006
 
   
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad, a month after being convicted of a few of his crimes      
2006
 
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New South stand opens at Twickenham rugby stadium increasing capacity to 82,000. See in Google maps