WORLD LAST WEEK
November 26th, 2006 at 10:02 pm (World Last Week)
Saturday, Nov.18, 2006
· l P M Manmohan Singh said India had taken great care not to provide Sri Lanka with lethal weapons that could be used against the island’s Tamils. He said this in a letter to MDMK leader Vaiko.
· l British PM Tony Blair admits that the Iraq invasion by US and UK was a disaster.
A UN climate change meet in Nairobi ends without clinching any major dead.
Sunday, Nov.19, 2006
· l External Affairs Minister Pranab Kumar Mukhirjee said India will discuss civilian nuclear cooperation with China during the four-day visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao beginning tomorrow.
· l His visit to India is the first by a Chinese President in 10 years; the last was by Jiang Zemin in 1996.
· l President Abdul Kalam presents the Indira Gandhi prize for peace disarmament and development for 2005 to Afgan President Hamid Karzai. Wangeri M. Mathai, president of the economic, social and cultural center of the African Union, is selected for the same prize for 2006.
· l The first India-SouthAfrica ODI at the Wanderers, Johannesberg, is abandoned due to rain without a ball being bowled.
Monday, Nov.20, 2006
· l Chinese President Hu Jintav arrives in Delhi for a four-day visit. He leads a 40-member high-level delegation.
· l British PM Tony Blair, now visiting Pakistan, rules out his country’s intervention in resolving the Kashmir dispute.
· l The unbroken 1st wkt. stand between Chris Gayle (87) and Dareen Ganga (59), helps West Indies reach 151 in reply to Pakistan’s 357 in the Multan test.
Tuesday, Nov.21, 2006
· l India and China sign 13 agreements on a wide range of subjects at the end of talks between PM Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jinato in Delhi. They agree to cooperate in nuclear energy and hope that an early settlement of the boundary issue will advance their basic interests. Hu and Singh say they are satisfied with the growth momentum of their relationship.
· l PM GP Koirala and Maoist leader Prachanda sign a peace agreement in Kathmandu ending an insurgency that claimed 13,000 lives in Nepal.Four die in violence as the crippling nationwide blockade continues for the second day demanding reconstitution of the Election Commission in Bangladesh.
· l Brian Lara’s 196 n.o. takes West Indies to 509 for 5 in their Multan test against host Pakistan.
Wednesday, Nov.22, 2006
· l The University of Madras will introduce campus recruitment for students of all its departments from this year.
India (91) loses its ODI match against South Africa (249 for Kallis 119 not out) at Durban.
Thursday, Nov.23, 2006
· l TN CM M. Karunanidhi threatens to pull out of the Nov.29 talks on Mullaiperiyar dam issues with his Kerala counterpart V.S. Achuthanamdam if Kerala continued its provocative activities.
Vehicular traffic to Kerala from TN blocked by protestors.
· l 140 people die in car bomb blasts with the Shia stronghold of Sadr in Baghdad.
· l Pak - West Indies second cricket test in Multan ends in a draw.
· lExternal Affairs Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee said that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India and the issue is not debatable. Chinese envoy in India had earlier laid claim on the Indian state.
· lChina decides to sell AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) to Pakistan after talks between Chinese and Pakistani Presidents, Hu Jintao and Musharaff, in Islamabad. They also agree to boost their nuclear cooperation.
· lBCCI sends chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar to South Africa in the wake of Indian cricket team’s rout in the second ODI in Durban.