Wikinews:2006/August/1/Latest news
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
July 29[edit]
- Hezbollah leader alleges prior Israeli-US planning of current conflict
- Gunman kills one, injures five in Seattle Jewish Federation
- All Blacks retain Bledisloe Cup
- Campaigning ends in landmark Congo elections