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1 day ago · The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 39th Parliament of Canada.. New details of the sponsorship scandal were released through the Gomery Commission, and the three opposition parties aimed to bring down Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority government, contending that it was corrupt.
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10 hours ago · Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural state, with Nepali as the official language. The name "Nepal" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the Indian subcontinent, the era in ancient Nepal when Hinduism was founded, the predominant religion of the country.
1 day ago · Ibn al-Haytham. Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham ( Latinized as Alhazen; / ælˈhæzən /; full name Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham أبو علي، الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; c. 965 – c. 1040) was a medieval mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age from present-day Iraq.
4 days ago · January. Date. Event. 1. NBC Universal ends the channel program Trio and in its place begins Sleuth, a 24-hour entertainment cable TV channel dedicated to the crime, mystery and suspense genres. 2. After several years as part of The WB 's weekday programming sequence, The WB ends its weekday afternoon Kids' WB animation sequence. Kids' WB is ...
3 days ago · Rogue Pictures / Intrepid Pictures. Vondie Curtis-Hall (director/screenplay); Darin Scott (screenplay); Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Larenz Tate, Kimora Lee Simmons, The Game, Henry Hunter Hall, Darris Love, Julius Denem, Arnold Vosloo, Kasi Lemmons, Poverty, Yolanda "Yo-Yo" Whitaker, Michael Eric Dyson, Thomas Abate.
3 days ago · Sicily ( Italian: Sicilia, Italian: [siˈtʃiːlja] ⓘ; Sicilian: Sicilia, Sicilian: [sɪˈ (t)ʃiːlja] ⓘ) is the largest and most populous island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 20 regions of Italy. It is one of the five Italian autonomous regions and is officially referred to as Regione Siciliana. The island has 4.8 million ...
1 day ago · John the Apostle [12] ( Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης; Latin: Ioannes [13] c. 6 AD – c. 100 AD; Ge'ez: ዮሐንስ;), also known as Saint John the Beloved and, in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Saint John the Theologian, [14] was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he ...
