Portal:Current events/2006 January 21

January 21, 2006 (Saturday)

Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova dies at 61, after a lung cancer. He was the first President of Kosovo, and the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK).
The Russian choreographer Igor Moiseyev, who founded the genre of balletic folk dance back in the 1930s, celebrates his centenary with a flamboyant show in the Moscow Kremlin Palace of Congresses. (New York Times)
Two miners, trapped after a coal mine fire on Thursday in Melville, West Virginia, are found dead. (CNN)
The "River Thames whale" dies during a rescue attempt. (BBC)
The British government confirms and defends the practice of holding DNA samples of minors on the UK National DNA Database. (BBC)
Richard Blackwood officially calls a day on his limping career by making his last update on his overly cerise website. Blueyonder.co.uk

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