Investment in the construction and industrial sectors is expected to continue in 2006 and will help to ensure annual average real GDP growth of about 13. 9 %.

In 2006, the Berkeley Oak Grove Protest began protesting construction of a new sports center annex to Memorial Stadium at the expense of a grove of oak trees on the UC campus.

In 2006, the State of Qatar awarded Keppel Seghers Singapore, a subsidiary of Keppel Corporation to begin construction on a 275, 000 tonne / year Anaerobic Digestion and Composting Plant licensed by Kompogas Switzerland.

" The killing of a BRO employee by the neo-Taliban in 2005 prompted the Indian authorities to dispatch approximately 200 Indo-Tibetan Border Police commandos to in 2006 to provide security for Indians working in various construction projects in Afghanistan.

The project to build the science center was conceived in 2001 and construction started in 2006.

In 2006 the state government of South Australia revealed their plan to investigate the construction of the controversial Wellington Weir.

His book The Amazing Book of Mazes ( 2006 ) contains examples and photographs of numerous methods of maze construction, several of which have been pioneered by Fisher ; The Art of the Maze ( Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1990 ) contains a substantial history of the subject, whilst Mazes and Labyrinths ( Shire Publications, 2004 ) is a useful introduction to the subject.

On May 2006 TransTeleCom Company and North Korea ’ s Ministry of Communications have signed an agreement for the construction and joint operation of a fiber-optic transmission line ( FOTL ) in the section of the Khasan – Tumangang railway checkpoint.

As of mid April 2006, 19 joint ventures are operating, 2 joint ventures are under construction, 2

On May 2006 TransTeleCom Company and North Korea ’ s Ministry of Communications have signed an agreement for the construction and joint operation of a fiber-optic transmission line ( FOTL ) in the section of the Khasan – Tumangang railway checkpoint.

In February 2006, the final construction phase began on the Trans-Garagum Railway, a direct link between Ashgabat and Dashhowuz that will halve travel time between the southern and northern borders.

In 2006, construction of new plants owned by Sharp Corporation and other companies of mainly Japanese origin has started in the neighboring community of Łysomice ( about 10 km from city center ).

For example, the Trade and Technician Skills Institute in Brisbane, ( from 1 July 2006 ), specialises in automotive, building and construction, manufacturing and engineering, and electrical / electronic studies for students throughout Queensland.

Roughly $ 1. 8 billion was spent on such construction in 2006, according to the national statistical service.

After being placed on the list of endangered World Heritage Sites in 2006, the city lost the title in June 2009, due to the construction of the Waldschlößchenbrücke, making it only the second ever World Heritage Site to be removed from the register.

After being placed on the list of endangered World Heritage Sites in 2006, the city had its status as world heritage site formally removed in June 2009, for the wilful breach of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, due to the construction of a highway bridge across the valley within 2 km of the historic centre.

In October 2006, demolition work started in preparation for construction on the site.

After years of speculation that the Yankees would build a new ballpark to replace Yankee Stadium, construction on a new facility began on August 16, 2006 with a groundbreaking ceremony across the street in Macombs Dam Park, the site of the new stadium.

* The eastern seafront skyline of Bari had, until spring 2006, been dominated by the monsterous apartment complex known as Punta Perotti – a creation of the Matarrese construction empire.

Since 1999, the Headmaster has been Dr John Marincowitz, who commissioned the new Martin swimming pool, opened in 2006, Shearly Hall, opened in 2009, and a digital library which is currently in construction.

A referendum, which took place on 2006 in Las Condes, over the construction of a mall was noteworthy for being the first instance in Chilean history where electronic voting machines were used.

Also in 2006, a multi-building luxury condominium called Riverwalk completed construction of its first buildings.

The country has also embarked ( as of 2006 ) in the construction of a new East-West highway.

More construction work began in 2006 on the same section of by-pass by Bennett's development company on a much-debated piece of land on the town's fringe known as The Foldgate.

In 2006, the City of Dixon finished construction on a train station near downtown Dixon.

In 2006 ACM began recognizing two additional membership grades.

The BBC News at Ten began simulcasting on the channel on 30 January 2006 as part of the Ten O ' Clock Newshour, followed by extended sport and business news updates.

Nigeria began to withdraw its forces, comprising some 3, 000 troops, beginning 1 August 2006, and a ceremony on 14 August marked the formal handover of the northern part of the peninsula.

In 2006 Young established the Lulu Blooker Prize, a book prize for books that began as blogs.

It reached a partial trade agreement with India in 2005 and began negotiations for a full-fledged FTA with India in 2006.

Sirius Canada in fact initially chose not to air Stern based on the possibility of a future issue with the CRTC, although the company reversed its decision and began offering Howard Stern in 2006.

In March 2006, Djibouti held its first regional elections and began implementing a decentralization plan.

In 2006 and 2007 he began having new difficulties which made drawing a very slow and tedious process for him, even more so than normally.

What began as a programme of marginal acts has become the largest arts festival in the world, with 1867 different shows being staged in 2006, in 261 venues.

A 2006 exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum displayed graffiti as an art form that began in New York's outer boroughs and reached great heights in the early ' 80s with the work of Crash, Lee, Daze, Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

In 2006, the United States Mint began production of the American Buffalo gold bullion coin with a purity of 99. 99 %.

Trams began carrying the passengers on the 1 July 2006 but during the first weeks there were many technical difficulties.

Starting with the 2006 season, the Texans wear all-white for their home opener and the team began to wear an all-blue combination for home games vs. the Indianapolis Colts.

Hezbollah alongside with some other groups began the 2006 – 2008 Lebanese political protests in opposition to the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.

On December 1, 2006, these groups began the 2006 – 2008 Lebanese political protests, a series of protests and sit-ins in opposition to the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.

The conflict began on July 12, 2006 when Hezbollah militants fired rockets at Israeli border towns as a diversion for an anti-tank missile attack on two armored Humvees patrolling the Israeli side of the border fence, killing three, injuring two, and seizing two Israeli soldiers.

By 2006, the Hummer began to be exported and sold through importers and distributors in 33 countries.

On October 10, 2006, GM began producing the Hummer H3 at its Port Elizabeth plant in South Africa for international markets.

In June 2006, prompted by a letter from Gary J. Aguirre, the Senate Judiciary Committee began an investigation into the links between hedge funds and independent analysts.

In late 2006, the FDA began forcing the recall of many of these formulations due to reports of deaths in infants and children under the age of six.

Many commentators on the Iraq War began, by the end of 2006, to refer to this violent escalation as a civil war.

* 2006 – Witnesses report seeing a bottlenose whale swimming in the River Thames, the first time the species had been seen in the Thames since records began in 1913.

The Kenya Ranger Strike Force initiative began in 2006 with a request from KMOD ; creation of KRSF highlighted extensively in KMOD White Paper on Military Cooperation for 2011-2016.