The time is 18:00 (UTC) on July 10th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

Pakistan
A Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane crashed shortly after take-off in the eastern Pakistani city of Multan. The Police chief present at the location told Reuters that all 41 passengers and 4 crew members on board died in the crash.

United States
The U.S. military have charged four more soldiers with the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, Abeer Qasim Hamza al-Janabi, and the murder of her parents and sister.
New Zealand
Auckland Zoo otter Jin has been found alive.
Jin escaped from the Auckland Zoo almost a month ago by digging through two walls and scaling a 1.8 metre high barrier around her enclosure.

sports - rugby
The Argentina national rugby union team has qualified for the 2007 Rugby World Cup to take place in France next year, during October and November.

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