Template:In the news
- Thousands of people participate in protests led by Buddhist monks against the military regime of Myanmar (Burma).
- Yasuo Fukuda wins the LDP leadership election, and will become the next Prime Minister of Japan.
- The American Arbitration Association finds American cyclist Floyd Landis (pictured) guilty of using synthetic testosterone in his 2006 Tour de France victory. The International Cycling Union awards the title to Óscar Pereiro of Spain.
- King Mohammed VI appoints Abbas El Fassi, whose Istiqlal Party won a plurality in the Assembly of Representatives at the recent elections, as Prime Minister of Morocco.
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