Portal:Current events/2006 September 28
September 28, 2006 (Thursday)
- The Platte Canyon High School killer is identified as Duane Morrison, who has no known connections with Bailey, Colorado. (CBS News)
- Georgia-Russia spying row:
- Russia recalls its ambassador from Georgia over the detention there of several Russian army officers on spying charges and ordered a partial evacuation of Russian diplomatic staff from that country. (Reuters)
- Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, the new leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, urges Muslims to make the month of Ramadan a "month of holy war" in an audiotape posted on an Islamic web site. (Associated Press)[permanent dead link]
- Empress Maria Fyodorovna of Russia is interred in the Peter and Paul Cathedral of Saint Petersburg, next to her husband, Alexander III of Russia. (BBC)
- Israeli radio reports that Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert said he plans to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in coming days. (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond leaves Leeds General Infirmary for an undisclosed hospital near his home to recuperate after major car crash whilst filming the week before. (AFP via News Limited)