Portal:Current events/2006 March 9
March 9, 2006 (Thursday)
- Astronomers announce that the Cassini–Huygens probe has detected possible geysers of water on Saturn's moon Enceladus, perhaps the first example of naturally occurring liquid water beyond Earth. (AP) (JPL)
- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan launches the Central Emergency Response Fund to provide aid to regions of Africa currently facing starvation. (BBC)
- The Sablé-sur-Sarthe hostage crisis in France ends peacefully with no casualties. The gunman had suffered from depression. (ABC)
- The notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is to close and its prisoners to be housed elsewhere, the U.S. military has said. (Channel 4 News)