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2006
In France the Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, took off with a full load of passengers for the first time. Carrying 474 Airbus employees, the 308-ton jet left from Toulouse, southern France, on the first of four test flights.
2006
In Iraq a popular Iraqi soccer star was kidnapped. 33 bullet-riddled bodies were found in Baghdad and 2 more in Kut. At least two people also were killed and six were wounded in and around Baqouba. Two suicide bombers slammed into a checkpoint on the outskirts of Baghdad, killing an Iraqi soldier and wounding eight. Gunmen in Ramadi killed Maj. Gen. Mohammad Thumeil, who had served in former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's military. An American soldier was killed by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad, while a 2nd soldier died of non-combat related injuries. 2 US Marines and one sailor were killed in fighting Anbar province.
2006
In Lebanon US civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson met with Hezbollah officials and called on them to show proof that two captured Israeli soldiers are still alive. A UN spokesman said Secretary-General Kofi Annan has agreed to requests by Hezbollah and Israel that he mediate in negotiations over the release of two abducted Israeli soldiers. Qatar announced that it would contribute 200 to 300 troops to the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, making the Persian Gulf state the first Arab country to commit soldiers to the peace effort in Lebanon.
2006
In Newry, Maine, 4 people were found killed at the Black Bear Bed & Breakfast. The victims were shot and then dismembered. Christian Nielsen (31), a resident at the inn for 2-months, was arrested. The dead included owner Julie Bullard (65), her daughter Selby (30), her friend Cindy Beatson (43), and Arkansas resident James Whitehurst.
2006
In south-central Montana a wildfire had spread across 180,000 acres, over 280 sq. miles, since it was sparked by lightning on Aug 22. It was only 20% contained.
2006
In southern Afghanistan 2 US warplanes accidentally strafed their own forces, killing one Canadian soldier and seriously wounding five others. A British soldier attached to NATO was also killed in a Kabul suicide bombing, which left another four Afghans dead. 16 suspected Taliban militants and five Afghan police died in separate Afghan violence.
2006
Nabeel Ahmed Issa al-Jaourah opened fire on tourists near a popular Roman ruins site in Jordan's capital, killing Christopher Stokes, a British man, and wounding five other foreigners and a local police officer. Police overpowered and arrested the attacker at the scene. Al-Jaourah was sentenced to death in December.
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