Wikinews:2006/August/17/Latest news
- David Witt, father-in-law of Floyd Landis, commits suicide
- Dutch sheep contaminated by bluetongue
- Hollywood notables condemn Hamas and Hezbollah
- Federal judge rules warrantless wiretaps illegal
- US Airport evacuated in 'liquid bomb' scare
- Overnight battle for Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula
- Indonesian health officials investigating possible human to human transmission of H5N1 Bird Flu virus
- Man confesses to 1996 murder of JonBenet Ramsey
- Liverpool's elected officials call in the Police
- House fire in Buffalo, N.Y. leaves two families homeless
- New Zealand army Unimog crash leaves one solider dead
- Body of missing New Zealand student found
- Three Mexican fishermen spend 9 months at sea
- UK seeks pardon for executed World War I soldiers
- Astronomers to vote on potential new planets
- Google launches free city wide Wi-Fi in Mountain View, California
- Arrest made in JonBenet Ramsey murder case
- Fire in Amherstburg, Ontario dies down
- United Airlines Flight 923 makes emergency landing at Logan International Airport
- Four Lotto 649 winners share jackpot
- New Zealand 'Boobs on Bikes' parade approved
- 6 Canadian soldiers injured in Afghan attack
- Experiment on frozen sperm raises hopes of "restoring" extinct mammals
- Ex-President Gerald Ford admitted to Mayo Clinic
- New drug for smoking cessation is under investigation
- AIDS Conference: Clinton and Gates defend Bush program
- Israel pulling back from Lebanon
- Dell recalls potentially incendiary laptop batteries
- CBC looks for Winnipeg news program host
- Tanker spills 1000s of tonnes of crude oil off Nicobar Islands
- Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon develops double pneumonia
- Rae gains support in Canadian Liberal leadership race
- Australian company to make solar power with space technology
- Victoria, Australia - fuel theft on the increase
- Heavy hailstorms leave Sydney appearing snowed in
- New Zealand Maori Queen dies
- New Zealand pilot selling uniform online
- Two Fox News journalists kidnapped in Gaza
- Suspected low pathogenic H5N1 Bird Flu virus found in the United States
- Economist reports Saudi oil production can continue unabated
- Toronto AIDS conference opens without Canadian Prime Minister
- Controversial blog Liverpool Evil Cabal closes
- Australian government announces measures to reduce fuel costs
- British soldier released after serving 12 years of life sentence for Cyprus killing
- PepsiCo names Nooyi CEO as Reinemund retires
- Wellington, New Zealand university student missing
- Erroneous newspaper report garners publicity for Moon landing tapes
- Virginia incumbent, Senator George Allen, accused of racism by Democratic hopeful
- Nigeria hands over disputed area to Cameroon
- Fire interrupts TNA wrestling PPV; one worker hurt
- Speculation grows in race to succeed Kofi Annan
- Tamil Tigers say Sri Lanka's government bombed orphanage
- Ariel Sharon's condition worsens
- Court date "as needed" for lawsuit against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal
- Colombo land mine explosion kills seven
- Fresh pictures of Castro and Chavez shown in Cuban media
- UN sponsored ceasefire in Israel-Lebanon begins
- 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