The time is 17:30 (UTC) on August 15th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

Contents

  • 1 Headlines
    • 1.1 Tanker spills 1000s of tonnes of crude oil off Nicobar Islands
    • 1.2 Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon develops double pneumonia
    • 1.3 New Zealand Maori Queen dies
    • 1.4 Rae gains support in Canadian Liberal leadership race
    • 1.5 Heavy hailstorms leave Sydney appearing snowed in
    • 1.6 Australian company to make solar power with space technology
    • 1.7 Victoria, Australia – fuel theft on the increase
    • 1.8 New Zealand pilot selling uniform online
  • 2 Closing statements

[edit]