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2006
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This article is about the year 2006. For the album, see 2006 (album).
2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2006th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 6th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade.
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2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.[1]