Portal:Current events/2006 October 11
October 11, 2006 (Wednesday)
- A small aircraft crashes into a building at 524 East 72nd Street, on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City killing 2 people. FBI states that there is so far no reason to suspect terrorism, and the alert level hasn't been raised. The plane was registered to New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle. Lidle is reported to have been the pilot, and along with his flight instructor, was killed in the crash. (CBS 2 New York) (CNN) (The New York Times) (ESPN)
- Minutes from the United States Federal Reserve meeting held on September 20 predict a "modestly better inflation outlook" due to a softening economy and lower energy prices. The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady. (Fox News)
- Iraq War:
- An estimated 655,000 Iraqis have died since 2003 who might still be alive but for the US-led invasion, according to a survey by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study is in dispute though since The Iraqi Ministry of Health places the death toll at 50,000. (BBC) (CTV News) Archived 2006-10-13 at the Wayback Machine (Reuters)[permanent dead link]
- Twelve people have died following a train crash at Zoufftgen in north-east France, near the Luxembourg border. (BBC)
- 2006 North Korean nuclear testing
- A North Korean official stationed in Beijing tells the Yonhap news agency that "If all out sanctions are implemented, we will take it as a declaration of war". (News Limited)
- Kim Yong-nam, North Korea's number two leader, tells the Japanese news agency Kyodo that North Korea will have no choice but to take physical steps if the United States continues to adopt a hostile attitude towards it. (AFP via ABC Australia)
- A United Nations report declares that abuse of children is "widespread and tolerated" in many parts of the world. A separate report by charity Save the Children states that more than a million children around the world are in prison. (BBC)
- In Melbourne, Australia, the Eureka Tower residential building is officially opened. At 297.5m (976ft), the structure is the second tallest skyscraper in the Southern Hemisphere, and the second tallest residential building in the world.
- In the International Space Station Gyro Failures may spell doom if focus of next Shuttle mission is not changed.[1]
- In New York, It is officially declared "Final Fantasy XII" day. (Gamespot)[permanent dead link]