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Top Headlines from November 18, 2006
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Tags: November 18, 2006, Headlines, news, current events
A quick look at the newspapers from November 18, 2006 reveals these are the major events that took place on that day.
| | Turkmenbashi Saparmurat Niyazov schedules a second eye operation in Germany in January amid rumors that his health is poor. President Niyazov cannot be operated on in Turkmenistan because earlier this year he signed a decree that closed all hospitals outside of Ashgabat and replaced most healthcare staff with soldiers. |
| | Central African War: |
| | Chad has offered to send troops to the Central African Republic to help fight rebels it claims are backed by Sudan. |
| | Chad has imposed a 12-day curfew in its capital to counter growing tension between Arab tribes and local inhabitants. |
| | The annual Leonid meteor shower could produce a strong outburst this weekend for residents of New York and New England in the USA, the Maritimes in Canada and in Western Europe. |
| | 2006 Tonga riots: |
| | About 150 soldiers and police officers from Australia and New Zealand have arrived in Tonga following an appeal for help to restore order after riots. |
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