Wikinews:2006/May/18/Latest news
May 18 edit
- New Italian government proposes withdrawal of troops from Iraq
- Record typhoon Chanchu batters south China
- Canada extends Afghanistan military role for two more years
- Indian markets plummet: Sensex loses 826 points, Nifty down 246
- Nelson, NZ, man trying to sell leg online
- Dee Caffari on last stretch of round-the-world sailing challenge
- Cholera outbreak hits Angola
- NZ Finance Minister introduces 2006 budget
- Nepal Parliament passes resolution to curb King's power
- Australian rugby league club to have extra police at all NSW games
- FBI searching Michigan farm for clues in disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa
- Australian opposition expected to release workplace plan
May 17 edit
- Rescued Australian miners sign multi-million dollar media deal
- Mundine beats Green in super-middleweight WBA eliminator
- Culture of violence reported in central Australian Aboriginal communities
- Barcelona win Champions League
- College ice hockey could follow NHL and add second referee
- Apple releases Macbook
- US stocks plummet
- Verizon says customer phone records were not handed over to the NSA
- Pacific tests tsunami warning systems
- Half of Australian defence force's munitions of no use
- Hawaii to spend $4.9M on coqui frog eradication
- Department of Defense releases 9/11 video of plane hitting Pentagon
May 16 edit
- Trawler sinks in Foveaux Strait, three generations killed
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party proposes human rights bill for great apes
- Australia won't take back spent uranium
- Bi-directional Censorship from the Great Firewall of China
- Settlement returns billions to California schools funding
- New Zealand Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet employee named as Telecom mole
- Wuerl appointed Washington, D.C.'s new bishop
- 7.4 magnitude hits Pacific near New Zealand
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali leaves Dutch Parliament
- U.S. restores full diplomatic relations with Libya
- Man mistakenly interviewed live on BBC News 24
- Ex-Indian diplomat's passport revoked
- BellSouth denies phone records were handed over to the NSA
- Flooding ravages Northeastern United States
- UN releases 2006 list of "10 stories the world should hear more about"
- India postpones test-firing of Agni-III ballistic missile
- Australian man caught driving with no licence twice in one day
May 15 edit
- Mass evictions from Oakland's public housing
- Honolulu police shoot gunman in standoff
- Michigan woman kidnapped in 1976 found alive in Arizona
- Saddam Hussein's trial resumes, ex-Iraqi President formally charged
- Australian Mitchell Dean wins Honolulu Triathlon
- Wave of attacks strike policemen in Brazil
- Satellite phone subsidy to be extended in Australia
- Australian senator to oppose petrol deregulation
May 14 edit
- ISO adopts Open Document Format
- Greek soccer champions celebrate title win with Maradona
- Australian govt announces proposals for copyright update, allows private recording and transfer between media
- US continues to deny Red Cross access to all detainees
- Fitzgerald to announce new evidence against Libby
- Mohamed ElBaradei: Highly enriched uranium found in Iran is "of little significance"
- Alonso wins Spanish GP: fans are rejoicing
- Word 2007 will include blogging tools
- Prison riot breaks out in Haiti
- Bulls clinch position in Super 14 rugby semi-finals