The time is 17:30 (UTC) on May 24th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

Contents

  • 1 Headlines
    • 1.1 Major fire breaks out at Istanbul airport
    • 1.2 East Timor descends into further violence: Downer
    • 1.3 Former chaplain at Guantanamo tells about abuse and underage prisoners
    • 1.4 The Australia Institute identifies ideal sites for nuclear power stations
    • 1.5 Sir Edmund Hillary angry with mountaineers who left British climber to die
    • 1.6 Police retrieve body of hunter
    • 1.7 British sailor resumes around-the-world voyage after stop in Hawaii
  • 2 Closing statements