Wikinews:2006/August/11/Latest news
August 11 edit
- UN officials push for humanitarian access in Lebanon
- Australian immigration amendments may have difficulty passing in the Senate
- Green Party refines 'Buy Kiwi Made' scheme
- U.S. issues warning of terrorist attacks in India
- 7-Eleven acquires Chicago-based White Hen chain
- Typhoon Saomai batters China
- Police in Britain uncover suspected terrorist plot
- Controversial Liverpool 'Evil Cabal' blog is legal
- Colombian reporter slain in home
- Chavez equates Israel invasion of Lebanon and occupation of Palestine with Nazi oppression of Jews
August 10 edit
- Londoner hit by train, Underground closed at Marble Arch Station
- Kim Gevaert wins women's 100m final at European athletics championships
- War Crimes Act amendments to indemnify retroactively
- Google to warn users about "bad" websites
- Senior Chinese official executed for spying for Taiwan
- New Zealand Maori angry over US tattoo kit
- Israel pushes further into Lebanon
August 9 edit
- Edinburgh Fringe festival begins
- Hearing testimony; U.S. soldiers took turns raping 14 year old Iraqi girl before killing her
- Coca-Cola and Pepsi face ban in Indian states
- US base in Nuristan, Afghanistan attacked
- Arrests over phone-tap of British royal family
- British soldier dies in Afghanistan
- Lieberman loses to Lamont in Connecticut primary
- Fire at New Zealand hospital destroys laundry
- Brothers found guilty of killing schoolboy
August 8 edit
- Fredrik Ljungberg named captain of Swedish football team
- US box office breakouts for August 8, 2006
- Australia's 15th census to be held tonight
- 19 killed in Baghdad blast
- Talks continue over UN resolution on Lebanon war
- Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones sacked after "terrorist" comment
- Christchurch, New Zealand floods causes havoc
- Effort to end monkey-ing around on Delhi's subway
- Colombia's Uribe sworn in to second term as president
- Police seize $1 million worth of cannabis in southwestern Sydney
August 7 edit
- Strong earthquake hits near Vanuatu
- Study says dogs can smell lung and breast cancer
- Canadians are contacting PM Stephen Harper about the war in Afghanistan
- Lebanon: UN resolution won't end conflict
- 5th Canadian soldier in a week killed in Afghanistan
- Rare photograph of Florence Nightingale on display
- Israeli air strike killed one, not 40, in village; Lebanese PM says
- Newsletter from Australian council causes confusion over by-election
- British soldier killed in Afghanistan named
- 190 dead in Ethiopia floods
- Oil prices rise after Alaskan field shuts down
- TVNZ allowed to show Rainbow Warrior court footage