Taken together, in 2006 out of a total population of 2, 589, 600 ( 1, 850, 500 in the Autonomous Community, 230, 200 in the Northern Provinces and 508, 900 in Navarre ), there were 665, 800 who spoke Basque ( aged 16 and above ).

The 2011 figures show an increase of some 64, 000 speakers compared to the 2006 figures to 714, 136, with significant increases in the Autonomous Community but a slight drop in the Northern Basque Country to 51, 100, overall amounting to an increase to 27 % of all inhabitants of Basque provinces ( 2, 648, 998 in total ).

In February 2006, the Independent Monitoring Commission ( IMC ) blamed the CIRA for planting four bombs in Northern Ireland during the final quarter of 2005, as well as several hoax bomb warnings.

The Green Party in Northern Ireland voted to become a region of the Green Party in Ireland in 2005 at its annual convention, and again in a postal ballot in March 2006.

Northern Schleswig until 2006 was South Jutland County.

Between 1988 and 2006, the Northern and Eastern provinces were temporarily merged to form the North-East Province.

On December 16, 2006 he was transferred by the highly specialized, ICU equipped, Swiss Air Ambulance Bombardier Challenger Jet http :// www. rega. ch /, reportedly made possible and organized in a bold and daring action by the Swiss banker, Pascal Najadi, who was able to convince the REGA Flight Operations over the phone from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ( perhaps because he was an active patron of the REGA Swiss Air Ambulance ) to swiftly approve the decision to fly without any payment guarantees and assemble at highest possible speed within 48 hours the necessary flight plan, specialized doctors, logistics and Vietnam airspace ( Northern Sector ) entry clearances for the Jet to take off from Zurich HQ, via Lahore to Hanoi, then to proceed with the critical patient in full ICU care of specialized Swiss Doctors and immediate family on board, via Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Edmonton to Boston, Massachusetts, where the plane was met by US Customs ( thanks to the help of Senator John Kerry ).

Ostapirat also claims that morphological similarities suggest instead that Kra and Kam – Sui be grouped together as Northern Kadai on the one hand, and Hlai with Tai as Southern Kadai on the other ( Ostapirat 2006 ).

Buck O ' Neil was the most recent former Negro league player to appear in a professional game when he made two appearances ( one for each team ) in the Northern League All-Star Game in 2006.

* Northern Province, Rwanda, created January 2006

Special Issue of UNIversitas: The University of Northern Iowa Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity, 2. 1 ( 2006 ).

In 2006, the INLA claimed to have put at least two drugs gangs out of business in Northern Ireland.

* In 2006, states of Australia including South Australia, Western Australia, New South Wales, Northern Territory and Queensland had been under drought conditions for five to ten years.

* Northern Light ( film ), a 2006 Dutch film

* Northern Lights ( TV series ), a 2006 UK comedy-drama series

* Operation Northern Lights, a 2006 U. S. military operation in Iraq

During the past forty years, a number of books have been written about Northern Dancer, with the latest two editions coming out in 2006.

Great Canadian Race Horses: The Incredible Feats of Northern Dancer and other Speed Demons ( Altitude Publishing: 2006 ) ISBN 1-55439-000-1

Since that time, Northern Colorado moved on to the Big Sky Conference in all sports in 2006.

In the fall of 2006, North Dakota State and South Dakota State were admitted to The Summit League, they have also moved on to rejoin old conference mate Northern Iowa in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

The relegation of FK Bodø / Glimt meant that Tromsø IL were the only team from Northern Norway in the 2006 season.

A special collector's edition of Bright Day was re-issued by Great Northern Books in 2006, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the publication of this novel.

In the October 2006 St Andrews Agreement, Paisley and the DUP agreed to new elections, and support for a new executive including Sinn Féin subject to Sinn Féin acceptance of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

The Cookstown Town Centre Living Initiative ( LOTS ) Scheme ( 2006 – 2011 ) offers substantial grant assistance to reinvigorate unused or derelict space above shops into modern residential living accommodation is considered to be one of the most successful schemes of any town in Northern Ireland.

The Irish National Liberation Army ( INLA ) carried out many high-profile armed robberies at locations such as banks and supermarkets in the town 2001, until some time after a BBC Northern Ireland documentary highlighted the events in December 2004, although another robbery involving hostage taking occurred in October 2006.

Since 2006 Canoe Lake has been used as a venue for the annual Lake of Lights Memorial Service.

The band's fifth studio album, Desert Lights, was released on 1 July 2006, and debuted at No. 1 on the Australian ARIA charts.

* Desert Lights ( 2006 )

As of 2006, Northern Lights Council serves all of North Dakota, and parts of South Dakota, northwest Minnesota and northeast Montana.

As of 2006, Northern Lights Council serves all of North Dakota, and parts of South Dakota, northwest Minnesota and northeast Montana.

As of 2006, Northern Lights Council serves all of North Dakota, and parts of South Dakota, northwestern Minnesota and northeast Montana.

On December 2, 2006, at the city's 16th Annual Festival of Lights, Smithville broke the Guinness World Record for the world's largest gingerbread man.

* 2006: Skyhawk opens ; Hot Summer Lights nighttime show

* 2006: " Few Lights Till Night "

* Lights in the Dusk ( 2006 )

* Lights in the Dusk, 2006

Conservatorium of Music during Macquarie Night Lights from 23 November to 25 December 2006

Dudley's work for orchestra includes " Northern Lights ", a 14 minute reflection of Norway's Aurora Borealis for full orchestra, performed in 2005 and 2006 at the Royal Festival Hall and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Late Junction in May 2005.

The book was originally drafted as the first part of a trilogy which his UK publisher advised against, but which Pierre has loosely pursued in two subsequent works set ' in the presence of death ', and dealing with contemporary, media-infected themes: Ludmila's Broken English ( 2006 ), and the final part of the End Times Trilogy, Lights Out In Wonderland ( 2010 ).

Lights Out, their latest studio album, was released on September 12, 2006.

* Lights Out ( 2006 ) No. 64 US

* Traces of God: Seeing God in Torah, History and Everyday Life, Jewish Lights, 2006.

* Callahan, John, Kay Francis: Secrets of an Actress, Bright Lights Film Journal, May 2006.

The album " Lights " was released in May 2006 and received high critical acclaim in France, Switzerland, Greece and Poland.

* Lights ( 2006 )

Two years later, the album Two Lights was released ; this became his first career Top 10 album, debuting at # 8 on the Billboard 200 in August 2006.