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October 6, 2006 (Friday)

President Bush has declared space to be essential to US defence in a new National Space Policy document. Not only has the United States declared that it has rights in space, but, if necessary, it will deny its adversaries access to space if those adversaries seek to impede those rights. The new policy was agreed upon in August but the document[1] was not released until 6 October. See Wikinewsn:US declares vital interest in space
A truce is called in Bolivia after a dynamite battle between rival groups of tin miners kills 16 people in the department of Oruro, with another 60 people injured. President Evo Morales sacks his mining minister for not anticipating the violence. (ABC News Australia)^{[permanent dead link]}
Some 18,000 people are evacuated from the Apex area of the U.S. state of North Carolina and 13 are reported injured after a blast and fire at an Environmental Quality Industrial Services chemical plant. (CNN)
Negotiators from the European Union and the United States reach a deal on sharing trans-Atlantic passenger data used in anti-terrorism investigations. (The Independent)
The Roman Catholic Church's Theological Commission are reviewing the teaching of limbus infantium (limbo for infants who died before being baptised) and may recommend to Pope Benedict XVI that it be amended. (BBC)
The new Swedish Prime Minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, presents his new cabinet. (BBC)
2006 Southeast Asian haze: Smoke from fires in western Indonesia causes air quality and visibility to plummet to unhealthy levels in neighboring Malaysia. (AP via CNN)
NASA releases close-up photos taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter of the planet Mars revealing its hidden, oceanic past. (The Times (UK))

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+* President Bush has declared space to be essential to US defence in a new National Space Policy document. Not only has the United States declared that it has rights in space, but, if necessary, it will deny its adversaries access to space if those adversaries seek to impede those rights. The new policy was agreed upon in August but the document[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/18_10_06_usspace.pdf] was not released until 6 October. See Wikinews[[n:US declares vital interest in space]]
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+* A truce is called in [[Bolivia]] after a [[dynamite]] battle between rival groups of tin miners kills 16 people in the department of [[Oruro Department|Oruro]], with another 60 people injured. [[President of Bolivia|President]] [[Evo Morales]] sacks his mining minister for not anticipating the violence. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200610/s1757867.htm (ABC News Australia)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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-* A truce is called in [[Bolivia]] after a [[dynamite]] battle between rival groups of tin miners kills 16 people in the department of [[Oruro Department|Oruro]], with another 60 people injured. [[President of Bolivia|President]] [[Evo Morales]] sacks his mining minister for not anticipating the violence. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200610/s1757867.htm (ABC News Australia)]
 * Some 18,000 people are evacuated from the [[Apex, North Carolina|Apex]] area of the [[U.S. state]] of [[North Carolina]] and 13 are reported injured after a blast and fire at an [[Environmental Quality Industrial Services]] chemical plant. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/06/plant.fire/index.html (CNN)]
-*Negotiators from the [[European Union]] and the [[United States]] reach a deal on sharing trans-Atlantic passenger data used in anti-terrorism investigations. [http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article1814583.ece (The Independent)]
+* Negotiators from the [[European Union]] and the [[United States]] reach a deal on sharing trans-Atlantic passenger data used in anti-terrorism investigations. [https://web.archive.org/web/20061025124308/http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article1814583.ece (The Independent)]
-*The [[Roman Catholic Church]]'s Theological Commission are reviewing the teaching of ''[[Limbus_patrum#The Limbo of Children (limbus infantium)|limbus infantium]]'' (limbo for infants who died before being [[Baptised#Catholic_baptism_and_salvation|baptised]]) and may recommend to [[Pope Benedict XVI]] that it be amended. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5412166.stm (BBC)]
+* The [[Roman Catholic Church]]'s Theological Commission are reviewing the teaching of ''[[Limbus_patrum#The Limbo of Children (limbus infantium)|limbus infantium]]'' (limbo for infants who died before being [[Baptised#Catholic_baptism_and_salvation|baptised]]) and may recommend to [[Pope Benedict XVI]] that it be amended. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5412166.stm (BBC)]
-*The new [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Prime Minister of Sweden|Prime Minister]], [[Fredrik Reinfeldt]], presents his new [[Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt|cabinet]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5413080.stm (BBC)]
+* The new [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Prime Minister of Sweden|Prime Minister]], [[Fredrik Reinfeldt]], presents his new [[Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt|cabinet]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5413080.stm (BBC)]
 * [[2006 Southeast Asian haze]]: Smoke from [[fire]]s in western [[Indonesia]] causes air quality and visibility to plummet to unhealthy levels in neighboring [[Malaysia]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/06/asia.fires.ap/index.html (AP via CNN)]
+* [[NASA]] releases close-up photos taken by the [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] of the planet [[Mars]] revealing its hidden, oceanic past. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2393113,00.html (The Times (UK))]
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