Wikinews:2006/August/13/Latest news
August 13 edit
- Most Tokyo power restored after blackout
- UK terror alert downgraded to "Severe"
- International AIDS conference begins in Toronto
- Forest fires continue to rage in Spain
- South Africa sets deadline in land transfer scheme
- Dead British soldier named
- Firefighters tackle industrial blaze in Manchester
- Australian government to introduce electronic Medicare rebates
- H5N1 bird flu confirmed in the Netherlands
August 12 edit
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