Wikinews:2006/August/3/Latest news
August 3 edit
- Fears raised of Iraq Civil War
- Ordinance in Chicago requiring "big box" stores to pay higher wages passes
- Hezbollah leader both threatens Tel Aviv and offers ceasefire
- Capitol Hill fries and toast French again
- FDA to move on approval of over-the-counter sale of "Plan B" birth control
- "No H5N1 virus" found in blood tests of suspected human Bird Flu cluster
- Citywide strike being discussed in Buffalo, N.Y.
- New Zealand policeman charged with drunk driving
August 2 edit
- Bombs kill several during Iraq football game
- Indonesian Health Ministry: Two new human clusters of Bird Flu suspected in Sumatra
- Father pays tribute to his son who died in Iraq
- Rotorua, New Zealand bans criminals from CBD
- Study at the University of Toronto says text messaging helps with grammar
- Man arrested for photographing unrelated arrest
- Israeli soldiers landing in Baalbek
August 1 edit
- Tropical storm Chris strengthens
- Israeli bombardment spills 35,000 tons of heavy fuel oil
- 2006 record heat wave moves across U.S. eastern seaboard
- Scientists crack age-old egg problem
- North and South Korean border guards exchange fire
- New Zealand suicide rate decreases
- Heat gets worse in Canada
- Fidel Castro temporarily hands power to his brother Raul
July 31 edit
- Security Council sets deadline over Iran nuclear program
- Mel Gibson makes anti-semitic statements while drunk
- 676,000 Canadian census forms unfilled countrywide
- Landis asks for additional test
- U.S. says Israel has agreed to suspend air strikes for 48 hours after deadly strike on Qana
- Obrador supporters block streets in Mexico City
- Israeli jets attack southern Lebanon despite partial halt to air strikes
- Lesbians lose High Court marriage bid
- New Zealand's new small change
July 30 edit
- Cassini photographs possible lakes on Saturn's moon, Titan
- ICRC: 28 bodies, 19 children, pulled from rubble after Israeli airstrike, Qana
- Gay teens assaulted and fined by police in Romania
- James Bond set at Pinewood Studios destroyed by fire
- Charles Kennedy rejects leadership allegations
- Australian PM mobbed by anti-Israel protesters