Template:In the news
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- The Chinese River Dolphin (illustrated) is declared functionally extinct, the first extinction of a large mammal in recent decades.
- Suffolk police launch an investigation on five dead bodies discovered near Ipswich in Suffolk, England.
- Astronauts on mission STS-116 attempt to retract a solar array on the International Space Station's Integrated Truss Structure.
- Former President of Ethiopia Mengistu Haile Mariam is convicted in absentia of genocide by an Ethiopian court for his part in the so-called "Red Terror".
- A conference aiming to "review the Holocaust" is held in Tehran, Iran.
- In his final speech in office, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan encourages the United States to provide global leadership whilst respecting multilateralism.
- A military funeral is held for former Chilean head of state Augusto Pinochet.
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