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 […]
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Jersey child abuse case ‘was not covered up’
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Former Scottish Conservatives leader Annabel Goldie to stand down as MSP
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French workers use threats in compensation demand
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