Portal:Current events/2006 August 25
August 25, 2006 (Friday)
- The United Nations Security Council approves a new peacekeeping mission in East Timor, United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), which will have 1,608 police and up to 35 military liaison officers. (Xinhua News Agency)
- 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
- French President Jacques Chirac says sending 15,000 peacekeeping troops to southern Lebanon is "excessive". (BBC)
- An Aer Lingus flight from New York is evacuated at Shannon Airport following information about explosives on board the flight. (RTÉ)
- Zhao Yan, a Chinese researcher for the New York Times, is sentenced to three years for fraud in Beijing. However, he is found not guilty of leaking state secrets. (Channel News Asia)
- The Trinity Cathedral of St. Petersburg catches fire. The main dome collapses. (BBC)
- Danny Ferrer, owner of BuysUSA.com, is convicted of conspiracy and copyright infringement, sentenced to 6 years in prison, and ordered to pay more than US$4.1 million in damages to companies such as Adobe Systems, Autodesk, and Macromedia. (FOX News)