The time is 19:00 (UTC) on August 6th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.
Contents
- 1 Headlines
- 1.1 Lebanon fighting escalates as ceasefire looms
- 1.2 Syrian minister rejects proposed U.N. resolution
- 1.3 British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan
- 1.4 Canadian held in China faces execution
- 1.5 Iran bans Shirin Ebadi-led human rights group
- 1.6 I’m staying for at least a year: Blair
- 1.7 Participant claims drug trial gave him cancer
- 1.8 Vaccine targets obesity in rats
- 1.9 Reuters retracts image; suspends employee due to threat
- 1.10 American cyclist Floyd Landis tested positive for excessive levels of testosterone in second test
- 1.11 Jenson Button wins 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix
- 1.12 Day 1 report of Wikimania 2006
- 2 Closing statements