Portal:Current events/2006 December 30
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December 30, 2006 (Saturday)
- Saddam Hussein is executed, by hanging, at approximately 06:00 local time (03:00 UTC). (BBC News)
- A bomb exploding in the parking lot of Terminal 4 of Barajas Airport, Madrid, Spain, kills two people, damages cars and buildings. (CNN)
- The Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan votes 50 to 1 in favor of amendments to the Constitution giving greater power to the executive branch after President Kurmanbek Bakiyev accuses Parliamentarians of "sabotaging" the political process. The President will now have the power to appoint and dismiss the Prime Minister and his cabinet and regional governors. The SNB, the domestic intelligence organization, will report to the President, not the legislature. (Al Jazeera)
- At least 500 people are feared to have drowned after the ferry Senopati Nusantara travelling between the port of Kumai on the Indonesian island of Borneo to Semarang on Java sank during a storm. (BBC)
- Former U.S. President Gerald Ford's funeral is held at the United States Capitol. (CBS)
- The coat of arms of Nepal is changed as a gesture of reconciliation after the Nepalese Civil War. (People's Daily)
- A 67-year-old Spanish woman, whose name has not been revealed, is reported to have given birth to twins in Barcelona, becoming the oldest birth mother. (BBC)
- Tiki Barber rushes for 234 yards in his final game in the NFL. This is a record for the most rushing yards in a running backs last game, and a New York Giants team record for the most rushing yards in a game.