[Archive 2008-05-26] Wikinews Shorts: May 26, 2008

Historical archive — originally published 2008-05-26. This report records what was known on that date. It is not current news; subsequent events may have changed the situation. Wikinews closed in May 2026.

23 people have died after a bus and a truck collided in Iran's Hamedan province on a road to Tehran yesterday. The crash comes two months after 22 students died when their bus had a fiery crash with a fuel tanker in Southwest Iran. Iran's roads have one of the world's worst safety records due to poor maintenance, reckless driving and inadequate police attention.

No-one was injured after a fire broke out in Myanmar's embassy in Thailand, but the second floor was completely destroyed, as were sections of the roof, leaving the building unable to supply the visas many aid workers are still waiting for after Cyclone Nargis hit the country. The fire is said to have been caused by an electrical fault.

18-year old actor Rob Knox, who will appear as Marcus Belby in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, to be released in the US and UK in November, was stabbed to death trying to protect his 16-year old brother from two men in a bar in Sidcup, London, England.

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