June 8, 2006 (Thursday)
- Scientists in Greece announce to have revealed previously hidden ancient Greek letters on the Antikythera mechanism, thought to be one of the world's first known analog computers. (The Register)
- A delegation from the rebel Lord's Resistance Army arrives in Juba, Sudan for peace talks with the Ugandan government to be mediated by Riek Machar, Vice President of Southern Sudan.(BBC)
- Conflict in Iraq
- According to an aide to Iraq's prime minister Nuri al-Maliki, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and one of the world's most wanted men, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was killed by a U.S. air raid. Al-Zarqawi's body was retrieved and visually identified by known scars, tattoos and fingerprints. (CNN)(BBC)
- First Lieutenant Ehren Watada, 28, publicly refuses to go to Iraq, saying it would make him party to war crimes. (Reuters) (Aljazeera) (ABC) (FOX)
- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki fills the last open posts of his Council of Ministers, appointing Qadir Obeidi as defense minister and Jawad Bulani as interior minister.(BBC)
- Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, a former ambassador to France and one of the first women in Bahrain to practice law, is elected President of the Sixty-first United Nations General Assembly. (Hindustan Times) Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, (UN.org)
- The Broadmead area of Bristol, United Kingdom is temporarily closed following the discovery of a suspected unexploded German bomb from World War II (BBC).
- Microsoft makes Windows Vista beta 2 available for general download. PC World
- Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad declares his successor, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, betrayed his trust — Mahathir's strongest criticism of Abdullah's administration yet. (Malaysia Today)
- The U.S. House of Representatives definitively rejects the concept of Net neutrality (ZDNet)
- In Game 1 of the NBA Finals (Dallas Mavericks vs. Miami Heat) the Mavs beat Miami 90-80.