Wikinews:2006/May/16/Latest news
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
May 13[edit]
- Full text of Ahmadinejad's letter to Bush made available online
- More SKY TV problems, NZ
- Liverpool win an exciting FA Cup final
- Merapi roars, compulsory evacuation ordered
- Native Hawaiian sovereignty bill to be debated in U.S. Senate in June
May 12[edit]
- Palestinians get interim aid
- Jihadis still work online
- Calls for corporate tax reform in Australia goes unheeded
- Oil pipeline explodes in Nigeria; 200 feared dead
- USA Today reports NSA obtained call logs from communications companies
- Judge suspends California High School Exit Exam requirement
- Exiled Chagos islanders win right to return home
- Israeli gasoline supplier to Palestinians cuts supply
- Giorgio Napolitano elected Italian president
- Australian emergency telephone service lost in Southern NSW, ACT