Portal:Current events/2006 November 12
November 12, 2006 (Sunday)
- Central African Republic Civil War: Rebels claim to have captured a second town in the Central African Republic during a two-week-long offensive. (BBC News)
- Iranian nuclear program: Israel threatens to launch air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities "as a last resort", and the Iranian foreign ministry responds that it would "retaliate with a crushing blow" should Israel act. (BBC News)
- Somali Civil War (2006): Heavy fighting broke out in central Somalia, officials said, a day after the transitional government rejected a peace initiative with the country's Islamic movement. (The Jerusalem Post)
- An international treaty, the 2003 Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War, comes into force aiming to limit the impact of cluster bombs and other unexploded devices on civilian populations after a conflict ends. (BBC via ABC News Australia)
- A suicide bomber kills at least 35 people and injures about 50 more at a police recruiting center in Baghdad. (AP via ABC News)
- The former Soviet autonomous oblast of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia, heightening tension in the Caucasus. (BBC News)
- The first round of the 2006 local elections for local mayors and local city councils takes place in Poland.