16.06.2006 - Sony's PlayStation 3 goes on sale
Orders for Sony's PlayStation 3 are being taken despite the console not being launched until November
16.06.2006 - French PM keen to privatise GDF
France's Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin is keen to privatize Gaz de France, even as he faces internal party opposition.
16.06.2006 - US deficit eases as oil steadies
The US current account deficit narrows to $208.7bn in the first quarter, helped by steadier oil prices.
16.06.2006 - Algerian terror suspect deported
An Algerian man considered a risk to national security has been deported from Britain, the Home Office says.
16.06.2006 - 'One dead' in Gaza missile strike
At least one Palestinian is killed and two others hurt in an Israeli air strike in Gaza, Palestinians say.
16.06.2006 - Somalis protest at foreign troops
16.06.2006 - Ivorian militias fail to disband
16.06.2006 - Live: Mexico 0-0 Angola
16.06.2006 - Hamas criticises EU aid proposals
16.06.2006 - UN agrees Taylor trial transfer
16.06.2006 - Jury told of 'plane hijack plot'
16.06.2006 - Pakistan journalist found killed
16.06.2006 - Russia sees July WTO entry
16.06.2006 - Call to free Nigeria TV presenter
16.06.2006 - Live: US Open
16.06.2006 - Tennis: Henman into semis
16.06.2006 - World Cup panel: Second games
16.06.2006 - Google listens to screen routine
16.06.2006 - Legend Newman plans final movie
16.06.2006 - Whaling meeting set for key shift
16.06.2006 - Graduates 'in arrears' with loans
16.06.2006 - GPs opting out of childhood jabs
16.06.2006 - Major NHS IT upgrade hit by delay
16.06.2006 - New UK power station to be built
16.06.2006 - Ben's murderers jailed for life
16.06.2006 - Electric therapy trial for heroin
16.06.2006 - 75-year-old was murdered - police
16.06.2006 - Man held in backpacker inquiry
16.06.2006 - Maoists to join Nepal government
16.06.2006 - EU endorses Palestinian aid plan
16.06.2006 - Leaders chart future for Europe
16.06.2006 - Gates to end daily Microsoft role
16.06.2006 - East Timor rebels begin to disarm
16.06.2006 - Argentina thrash Serbia
16.06.2006 - Anger over Menezes probe delay
16.06.2006 - Brown 'should hold snap election'
16.06.2006 - Charles Haughey laid to rest
16.06.2006 - One night stand stalker is jailed
16.06.2006 - Amnesty nets 17,700 weapons
16.06.2006 - S Africa marking Soweto uprising
16.06.2006 - Jury told of 'terror hijack plot'
16.06.2006 - 'Shoe bomber' hits Baghdad mosque
16.06.2006 - Men jailed for gay barman murder
16.06.2006 - Jan Langos, former dissident and post-1989 Czechoslovak Interior Minister,dies in an automobile accident
16.06.2006 - Slovaks hold early elections - centre-left leading opinion polls
16.06.2006 - Stem cell research in Hungary
16.06.2006 - Hospices in Slovenia - breaking the taboos around death
16.06.2006 - Slovakia struggles with ethics in a health system undergoing rapid change
16.06.2006 - Poland's abortion dilemma
16.06.2006 - Fears for Chad's fleeing refugees
16.06.2006 - Non-smokers breathing cleaner air, but for how long?
16.06.2006 - China fossils fill out bird story
16.06.2006 - Knife amnesty nets 17,700 weapons
16.06.2006 - US probes Iraqi prisoner deaths
16.06.2006 - Holland v Ivory Coast
16.06.2006 - Roof closed for Argentina match
16.06.2006 - Airbus head defends stock sale
16.06.2006 - Report reveals global slum crisis
16.06.2006 - Action urged to protect deep seas
16.06.2006 - World Cup is rapped over sponsors
16.06.2006 - Diabetes 'serious pregnancy risk'
16.06.2006 - The 150th anniversary of the Glassmaking School in Kamenicky Senov
16.06.2006 - Hefty rise in US indecency fines
16.06.2006 - Slovenia clear to adopt the euro
16.06.2006 - World stock markets easing fears
16.06.2006 - Man arrested over missing Briton
16.06.2006 - Rolling Stones tour 'going ahead'
16.06.2006 - Public not funding NHS IT delays
16.06.2006 - Deal on Palestinian aid 'close'
16.06.2006 - Baghdad mosque blast 'kills six'
16.06.2006 - GM workers take retirement deal
16.06.2006 - India names Tharoor for UN
16.06.2006 - State funeral for ex-Irish leader
16.06.2006 - EU leaders to focus on expansion
16.06.2006 - 'Many killed' in Afghan fighting
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16.06.2006 - Nighttime flights 'boost warming'
16.06.2006 - East Timor rebels agree to disarm
16.06.2006 - Group decider excites Ljungberg
16.06.2006 - Ecuador revel in historic triumph
16.06.2006 - Owen prepared to sit on the bench
16.06.2006 - Iran welcomes nuclear proposals
16.06.2006 - Tom Cruise tops star power list
16.06.2006 - NGOs in new plea for Java funds
16.06.2006 - China tries NY Times researcher
16.06.2006 - Nepal's PM and rebel leader meet
16.06.2006 - Leaders 'ignore public' on whales
16.06.2006 - Key shift looms at whaling meet
16.06.2006 - S Lanka air force steps up raids
16.06.2006 - NHS IT upgrade set for criticism
16.06.2006 - Taylor trial could move to Hague
16.06.2006 - Golf: Montgomerie leads US Open
16.06.2006 - World stock markets are soaring
16.06.2006 - S Africa to mark Soweto uprising
16.06.2006 - Poverty 'driving' benefit fraud
16.06.2006 - UN group backs Somalia government
16.06.2006 - Cup deters German shoppers
16.06.2006 - Bush warns against protectionism