Portal:Current events/2006 February 25
February 25, 2006 (Saturday)
- Chad President Idriss Déby announces that the 2006 Chad presidential election will take place on May 3. Several opposition leaders have already stated plans to boycott the election, and Mohammed Nour continues to threaten further violence if a national forum is not held soon. (Reuters AlertNet)
- A New Jersey company is accused of harvesting body parts from New York funeral homes for transplants. An estimated 12,000 people received the body parts. (Washington Post)
- Ugandan general election, 2006: Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda since 1986, is re-elected. (BBC)
- Paintings by Picasso, Dalí, Matisse and Monet are stolen from a museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (BBC)
- Riots occur in Dublin in the lead up to the Love Ulster parade. Six officers, seven protesters and a journalist are hospitalized, mostly with head wounds. (IOL)[permanent dead link] (RTE) (Daily Ireland)
- Al-Qaeda admits responsibility for a failed bomb attempt at Abqaiq plants, the world's largest oil processing facilities. (National Nine News)
- The search for coal miners trapped in the Pasta de Conchos mine disaster in Mexico is suspended due to toxic levels of natural gas. The 65 trapped miners are presumed dead. (LA Times)
- It is revealed that MSN Messenger silently removes messages containing links to freeware and open source software.(BBB)
- Gary Kelly makes his 500th appearance for Leeds United football Club, in a 2–1 win against Luton Town F.C.