The Rocna obtained the highest averaged holding power in SAIL magazine's comparison testing in 2006 and the highest " ultimate holding capacity " in Practical Boat Owner's testing in August 2011.

* 2006 – Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.

After suggestions of selling Jaguar Cars, Land Rover or Volvo Cars, Ford appointed UBS AG to sell all or part of Aston Martin by auction and announced the fact in August 2006.

At a meeting in August 2006 with members of the Rwanda Patriotic Front, Wu Guanzheng, of the Communist Party of China, confirmed the intention of the People's Republic of China to fund a study into the feasibility of constructing a railway connecting at Isaka with the existing Tanzanian railway network, and running via Kigali in Rwanda through to Burundi.

In August 2006, cases of bluetongue were found in the Netherlands, then Belgium, Germany, and Luxembourg.

* Powell, Michael, " Boston's Big Dig Awash in Troubles ", Washington Post, 2004-11-19, Retrieved on August 9, 2006.

* ScienceDaily: Physicist Discovers Exotic Superconductivity ( University of Arizona ) August 17, 2006

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.

* BBC News report on handover, 8 August 2006

On 11 August 2006, Chad and Sudan resumed relations at the behest of Libyan president Muammar al-Gaddafi.

Taiwan broke off relations with Chad on August 5, 2006 ( hours before a scheduled official visit by Premier Su Tseng-chang ) and Chad formally recognized the PRC on August 6.

Continuing the coalition's free-trade strategy, in August 2006 President Bachelet promulgated a free trade agreement with the People's Republic of China ( signed under the previous administration of Ricardo Lagos ), the first Chinese free-trade agreement with a Latin American nation ; similar deals with Japan and India were promulgated in August 2007.

Unemployment finally dipped to 7. 8 % in 2006, and continued to fall in 2007, averaging 6. 8 % monthly ( up to August ).

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After it was shown that at least one such body was larger than Pluto, on August 24, 2006 the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) reclassified Pluto, grouping it with two similarly sized " dwarf planets " rather than with the eight " classical planets ".

Following the takeover of English football club Aston Villa by MBNA Chairman Randy Lerner in August 2006 and as of September 19, 2006, General Krulak joined the board of Aston Villa as non-executive director, where he quickly earned the approval of the fans by taking the time to post on various Aston Villa messageboards.

That was the origin of a fight between the two parts from 20 – 22 August 2006 in the streets of the capital, Kinshasa.

* Cole, Alan, " Simplicity for the Sophisticated: ReReading the Daode Jing for the Polemics of Ease and Innocence ," in History of Religions, August 2006, pp. 1 – 49

Bomber operations ceased from Diego Garcia on 15 August 2006.

The 2006 " Days of Syn " was on 26 – 28 August ( UK August Bank Holiday weekend ) and featured a talk on Dr. Syn at the Anglican church at 6: 30 p. m. On Sunday at 3 p. m. there was a church service where Dr. Syn and the cast appeared in period costume.

* 9 August 1965-The Malaysian Parliament votes to expel Singapore from the Federation ; Singapore becomes independent after separating from Malaysia.

* August 11 – Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian Islamist terrorist ( d. 2009 )

** The Indonesian and Malaysian governments declare that the Indonesian Confrontation is over ( a treaty is signed on August 11 ).

The clash of personalities between PAP leader Lee Kuan Yew and Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman resulted in a crisis and led to the latter expelling Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia in August 1965.

On 18 August 2011, Malaysian businessman Tony Fernandes was unveiled as the majority shareholder after having bought out Ecclestone's then-66 % stake in the club for a rumoured fee of around ₤ 35 million, while the Mittal Family retained their 33 % stake.

In August 1997, a Dornier 228 owned by Royal Brunei Airlines but operated and maintained by Malaysian regional carrier Hornbill Airways, carrying 19 passengers to Miri, crashed into high ground near Miri airport.

In November 2010, Carrefour sold its Thailand operations and kept its Malaysian and Singaporean stores. In 26 August 2012, Carrefour announced shutting all of its outlets in Singapore before the end of the 2012 year.

The newer version of the album, entitled Sugar & Spice: The Perfect Edition, was released on August 5, 2009, containing new remixes and a new song titled " Wish You Were Here " featuring Malaysian artist Che ' Nelle.

This formed the basis for the Conference of Rulers that was created later on under Article 38 of the Malaysian Constitution on August 27, 1957.

As expected, independence was declared by the Tunku in Merdeka Stadium on August 31, 1957, marking a transition into a new era of Malayan and Malaysian politics.

Labuan IBFC ’ s position is further enhanced by the launch of the Malaysian International Islamic Finance Centre initiative in August 2006.

After Singapore became independent from Malaysia on 9 August 1965, the paper became more focused on the island leading to the creation of the New Straits Times for Malaysian readers.

In August 2006, the Singapore Institute of International Affairs wrote that Malaysia politician Khairy Jamaluddin " played the race card " by stirring up the Malays and the Chinese Malaysian community.

Sultan Ismail launched the Rukun Negara, the Malaysian declaration of national philosophy on 31 August 1970.

In August 2009, Greenpeace claimed that Fonterra was implicated in the destruction of Indonesian and Malaysian rainforests, causing deaths of orangutans and increased global greenhouse gas emissions.

Following Caramu, Nikki teamed up with fellow Malaysian singer, Yanie, and both featured in Ning Baizura's August single release, Drama.

Singapore left the Federation on 9 August 1965, but the High Court in Singapore remained part of the Malaysian judicial system until the Supreme Court of Singapore was reintroduced in 1969: see Law of Singapore.

Rio Tinto announced in August 2007 that they had signed a deal with Malaysian conglomerate Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad ( CMSB ) to build an aluminium smelter.

PETRONAS, short for Petroliam Nasional Berhad, is a Malaysian oil and gas company that was founded on August 17, 1974.

This was effected by the signing of the Independence of Singapore Agreement of 7 August 1965 by Singapore and Malaysia, and the changes consequent to the Agreement were implemented by two Malaysian Acts, the Constitution and Malaysia ( Singapore Amendment ) Act 1965 and the Constitution ( Amendment ) Act 1966 ; and by two Singapore Acts, the Constitution ( Amendment ) Act 1965 and the Republic of Singapore Independence Act 1965.

As of August 2011, Justice Heydon had increased his dissent rate to 47. 6 %, dissenting most notably in the Plaintiff M70 / 2011 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship ( the Malaysian asylum seeker swap case ) and Wainohu v New South Wales ( the NSW " bikie laws " case ).

The Proton Waja is a saloon car designed in-house by Malaysian automotive company, Proton, first released in August 2000.

On 13 August 2007 ACCA and the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants ( MICPA ) signed an MRA that provided a route for members to join the other body.

Such issues catalysed the impending secession: On 7 August 1965, Tunku Abdul Rahman announced to the Malaysian Parliament in Kuala Lumpur that the Parliament should vote yes on the resolution to have Singapore to leave the Federation, choosing to " sever all ties with a State Government that showed no measure of loyalty to its Central Government " as opposed to the undesirable method of suppressing the PAP for its actions.