Portal:Current events/2006 December 16
December 16, 2006 (Saturday)
- Time names "You" – contributors of user-generated content to websites such as YouTube and Wikipedia – as its Person of the Year. (Time) Archived 2013-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, (MSNBC).
- Christopher R. Hill, US Chief negotiator in the six-party talks concerning North Korea's nuclear program, announces plans to meet with North Korea prior to the resumption of the talks on Monday. (AFP via New Straits Times)
- Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas calls for early legislative elections to end the stalemate in creating a national unity government with the Hamas party. (CNN)
- Egyptian High Court rules that the members of the Baháʼí Faith in Egypt should not receive government Identification cards, thus removing their rights to health care, education, work and other basic rights. (IHT)