2006 Year in Review

News Analysis

• News of the Nation
  The Iraq War • Corruption Scandals • Presidential Power • Terrorism • Domestic Surveillance • Signing Statements • Hamdan v. Rumsfeld • Guantanamo and Black Sites • Mid-Term Elections
• News of the World
  Sudan's Ongoing Massacre • Middle East Conflict: Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon • Iran's Defiant Nuclear Program • Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Growing Threat of the Taliban

2006 Timelines and Overviews

• News: Month by Month
  Detailed chronology of the news each month, covering national and international events
• Iraq Conflict Timeline 2006
  From Iraqi elections to a growing insurgency
• Estimated Cost, Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
  The estimated cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan varies dramatically depending on what federal agency is doing the reporting
• Supreme Court Decisions
  Rulings on Oregon's Assisted Suicide Law • Wetlands Protection • Whistleblowers • Warrantless Searches • Guantanamo Military Tribunals
• Significant Armed Conflicts
  Darfur • Afghanistan • Iraq • Sri Lanka
• Recently Suspended Armed Conflicts
  The war in Lebanon began and ended in 2006
• Recent Coups
  In 2006, coups took place in Thailand and Fiji

People in the News

• People in the News
  Jack Abramoff • Brooke Astor • Warren Buffett • Tom Cruise • Katie Couric • Randy Cunningham • Gunter Grass • Ted Haggard • Floyd Landis • Bode Miller • Princess Kiko • Jeffrey Skilling • Harry Withington • Zin餩ne Zidane
• Deaths in 2006
  P.W. Botha • Ed Bradley • James Brown • William Sloane Coffin • Gerald Ford • Betty Friedan • John Kenneth Galbraith • Coretta Scott King • Slobodan Milosevic • Floyd Patterson • Wilson Pickett • Ann Richards • Mickey Spillane • William Styron • Wendy Wasserstein • Jane Wyatt

Science 2006

• Science Discoveries 2006
  Stardust mission brings back comet samples • Tiktaalik roseae: The "missing link" fossil • Drilling down to the deepest layer of the earth's crust • Solving Poincar駳 Conjecture
• Pluto Demoted!
  Pluto is now a mere "dwarf planet," and another dwarf planet named Eris has joined our solar system
• Disasters in 2006
• Earthquakes in 2006
• Estimated Deaths from Earthquakes in 2006
• Volcanic Eruptions 2006

2006 World Statistics

• Failed States Index 2006
• The 2006 Environmental Performance Index
• The 2006 Transparency International Country Corruption Index
• Fifty Most Populous Countries, 2006
• Infant Mortality and Life Expectancy for Selected Countries, 2006
• Profile of the World, 2006
• Countries of the World, 2006
• Comparative Country Statistics

Arts, Entertainment, and Awards

• Nobel Prize Winners
• Tony Awards
• The Oscars
• The Grammys
• The Emmys
• The Golden Globes
• National Society of Film Critics Awards
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
• Newbery Medal and Honor Books
• Caldecott Medal and Honor Books
• More Arts & Entertainment Awards

Sports in Review

• The Super Bowl
• World Series
• NBA Playoffs
• WNBA Playoffs
• PGA Majors
• Triple Crown
• Tour de France