The time is 18:00 (UTC) on August 22nd, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.
Contents
- 1 Headlines
- 1.1 Russian jet with 170 aboard crashes in Ukraine
- 1.2 Violence in Congo after first round election results are announced
- 1.3 Bomb scare on China-Australia flight
- 1.4 Romanian oil company claims Iranian troops have seized one of its rigs
- 1.5 9 charged in US and Canada over plot to arm Tamil Tigers
- 1.6 Scottish Socialist Party to split as Sheridan launches new party
- 1.7 New Zealand man sentenced to life in prison for murder
- 2 Closing statements