Pages that list <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monthly_events%2C_2006">interesting events over months or years</a> (more wikipedia-suited stuff than wikinews):

<ul>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:2006_in_science">science</a>
    <ul>
    <li>Earth-impact events from asteroids: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torino_Scale">Torino</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palermo_Technical_Impact_Hazard_Scale">Palermo</a>
    <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_artificial_satellites_and_space_probes">Artificial satellites and space probes</a>
    </ul>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disasters#2000s">disasters</a>
    <ul>
    <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents#2006">rail</a>
    <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_road_accidents#2006">road</a>
    </ul>
<li>violence
    <ul>
    <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist_attack#2006">terrorist attacks</a>
    <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_2003%E2%80%93current">conflicts/wars between states</a>
    </ul>
</ul>