Portal:Current events/2006 March 29

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March 29, 2006 (Wednesday)

Canada has officially cut all ties with the members of the Hamas cabinet and is suspending assistance to the Palestinian Authority. (CBC)
iTunes Music Store. (BBC News)

Afghan Christian convert Abdul Rahman takes political asylum in Italy. Many Islamic clerics and members of Afghanistan's parliament protest his release. (MSNBC), (BBC)
A
total solar eclipse may be observed from 08:36 GMT (09:36 BST) to 11:48 GMT (12:48 BST) in Eastern Brazil, West and North Africa, Turkey, Central Asia and Mongolia. (BBC)

Former
Charles Taylor is captured after disappearing in Nigeria and is extradited to Sierra Leone. (BBC)

The chief prosecutor in
Wolfgang Floettl on suspicion they helped defraud Austria's BAWAG Bank. (NY Post)

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