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[[Image:Equador Tungurahua.JPG|100px|right|Tungurahua in 2004]] |
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{{*mp|August 22}} '''[[Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612]]''' carrying around 160 passengers crashes in [[Ukraine]]. |
{{*mp|August 22}} '''[[Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612]]''', carrying around 160 passengers crashes and 10 crew members, crashes in the [[Ukraine]] leaving no survivors. |
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{{*mp|August 20}} The '''[[Fields Medal]]''' is awarded to mathematicians [[Andrei Okounkov]], [[Grigory Perelman]], [[Terence Tao]] and [[Wendelin Werner]]. Perelman has apparently declined the award. |
{{*mp|August 20}} The '''[[Fields Medal]]''' is awarded to mathematicians [[Andrei Okounkov]], [[Grigory Perelman]], [[Terence Tao]] and [[Wendelin Werner]]. Perelman has apparently declined the award. |
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{{*mp|August 20}} With nearly all votes counted, the '''[[Democratic Republic of the Congo general election, 2006|presidential election]]''' in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of Congo]] heads toward a [[Two-round system|run-off election]] after no candidate wins a majority. |
{{*mp|August 20}} With nearly all votes counted, the '''[[Democratic Republic of the Congo general election, 2006|presidential election]]''' in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of Congo]] heads toward a [[Two-round system|run-off election]] after no candidate wins a majority. |
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Revision as of 21:28, 22 August 2006
- Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612, carrying around 160 passengers crashes and 10 crew members, crashes in the Ukraine leaving no survivors.
- The Fields Medal is awarded to mathematicians Andrei Okounkov, Grigory Perelman, Terence Tao and Wendelin Werner. Perelman has apparently declined the award.
- With nearly all votes counted, the presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo heads toward a run-off election after no candidate wins a majority.
- The New Zealand All Blacks win the 2006 rugby union Tri Nations series.
- Tungurahua (2004 picture shown), a stratovolcano in Ecuador, erupts.
- A committee of the International Astronomical Union proposes a new definition of the term "planet" which would re-classify Ceres, Charon, 2003 UB313 and potentially other trans-Neptunian objects as planets of the solar system.
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