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Two gunmen attacked the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR ) compound in Yei, Sudan , killing a local guard and leaving two others in critical condition. (Angola Press)
The U.S. online magazine salon.com publishes the most extensive documentation of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse . (salon.com)
United Kingdom: The House of Commons votes to approve an education reform bill. The Prime minister , Tony Blair 's authority is called into question for his relying on the opposition Conservative party to secure the vote, due to revolt within his own Labour Party . (Bloomberg)
Iraq War : A raid by the United States military kills eleven Iraqis , mostly civilians. (Channel 4 News) The United Nations General Assembly votes to establish the United Nations Human Rights Council , a new human rights organization to replace the United Nations Commission on Human Rights , with only the United States, Israel , the Marshall Islands and Palau opposing. (United Press International) (Reuters.uk) [permanent dead link ]
Queen Elizabeth II , Head of the Commonwealth opens the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia . (BBC) Five arrests are made over the UK Islamist demonstration outside the Danish Embassy in London against the cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad . (Guardian)
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