Wikinews:2006/September/4/Latest news
September 4[edit]
- Crocodile Hunter's Steve Irwin dies at 44
- Egypt - Rail accident claims five lives
- Canadian soldiers killed, wounded by U.S. A-10 Thunderbolts' "friendly fire"
- Sri Lankan government announces first significant gain into rebel-held territory
- India's Enforcement Directorate issues notice to Natwar Singh
- Somalia - Peace deal signed to unite government and Islamists
- Two-thousand traffic fines laid in Ontario this weekend
- EU and Iranian leaders to meet over nuclear row
- Turkey - Two more killed in PKK-related bombings
- Russian President Putin visits Greece to discuss energy issues
- Tropical Depression Six Shows Signs of Organization
- Kofi Annan to appoint secret mediator for Israeli soldier release negotiations
- New Zealand recycles old computers for free
- Chicago apartment fire kills six children
- Suicide bomber kills British soldier in Afghanistan
- Bomb attack in Iraq kills two British soldiers
- Gunman kills and injures tourists in Jordanian capital
- Israel offers peace treaty with Lebanon
- Over 1000 illegal immigrants arrived at Canary Isles this weekend
- Former South African apartheid regime's police minister repents
- American tennis player Andre Agassi retires
September 3[edit]
- Two-day NATO offensive sees 80 captured, over 200 fatalities
- Second in command of al-Qaeda in Iraq in custody
- 14 Indian, Pakistani pilgrims killed in Iraq
- Al-Qaeda releases new videotape
September 2[edit]
- Football: England beat Andorra in their first Euro 2008 qualifier
- New Democrat MP disagrees with Layton's call to withdraw from Afghanistan
- 41st Jerry Lewis telethon to run Sunday, Monday
- "Low pathogenic" H5N1 Bird Flu virus found in wild ducks in Maryland and Pennsylvania
- European Union gives Iran two more weeks to comply with UN resolution
- Former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon moved out of ICU
- Mexican presidential address stopped by protests
- Wikinews interview with America's Got Talent finalists At Last
- NATO plane crashes in southern Afghanistan, killing 14 British troops
- South Africa end All Blacks' 15-game winning streak
- Ghana bans gay and lesbian conference
September 1[edit]
- Basketball: Greece beats the United States, 101-95 on semi-final
- Gene therapy trial for skin cancer cures two terminal patients
- Sources: State Department official source of Plame leak
- Mario Lopez favored to win Dancing with the Stars
- IMF proposes quota increases for China, South Korea, Mexico and Turkey
- Clinical study supports pollen tablets as hay fever treatment
- Plane crash in Iran kills 80
- Man arrested on suspicion of family murders in Greater Manchester, England
- Tropical depression Ernesto hits Carolina's coast in U.S.
- Scugog flag controversy comes to an end
- User-generated search engine "Jatalla" launched
- Shiv Shankar Menon to take over as India's new Foreign Secretary
- Super high speed internet launched in New Zealand
August 31[edit]
- Kids TV star Lunar Jim to tour malls in Canada
- Annan demands Hezbollah free abducted soldiers and Israel lift blockade
- Pilot dies as Dutch F-16 fighter jet crashes in Afghanistan
- Space shuttle Atlantis set to launch on September 6
- Portuguese troops leave for Lebanon in October
- Edvard Munch's The Scream and Madonna found
- Canadian union upset over Scugog councilor lowering flag
- Hard shoulder gets the soft treatment on British motorways
- New UK donor laws may reduce organ shortages
- Plane carrying arms to Nepal detained in Gujarat
- Bull kills New Zealand man
- Astronomers witness supernova
- FBI most-wanted fugitive, polygamist Warren Jeffs, arrested
- Wikinews interview with America's Got Talent finalists Celtic Spring