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The Newsroom is the hub of operations of Wikinews; a place to see what articles are being written and what you can do to help write them, connect with the Wikinews community or find the tools and resources you need to write for Wikinews. Additionally, new users can also find some Help.

Articles in development US proposed ceasefire in Lebanon pending Israeli response 2024 ARPS Conference ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Deif over alleged war crimes US sanctions Israeli settler group and settlement outposts over West Bank violence Kurdistan Russia launches new missile on Ukraine Main Page/PrintEd Russia shoots possible intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine Congo Green Party Newcastle Trinity College Yorkshire Sussex ICC George Bush Baja California Liberal Party Crystal Palace Hyderabad Cleveland Citizens Party House of Commons Pepe White House Australian ABC News The Daily Telegraph Roma Eid Foreign Office Ghent Liberal Democrats Coke Baath Party Georgia Cambridge Trump IPCC Wikinews interviews specialists on China, Iran, Russia support for al-Assad/fr American Civil War TEST PAGE:Self-publish yesterday TEST PAGE:Self-publish today Test article for dev use Japanese motorcylist Shoya Tomizawa dies aged 19 after crash in San Marino Plane crashes into office block in Austin, Texas/suicide note Main Page Lite Huckabee, Obama win Iowa caucuses/Results Ontario Votes 2007 Taliban resurgent in Pakistan on enforcement of Sharia law/Interview archive 2007 National Invitation Tournament Brackets 2007 Patriot League Tournament 2007 SWAC Tournament 2007 NEC Tournament 2007 Southland Tournament 2007 WCC Tournament 2007 MWC Tournament 2007 Pac-10 Tournament 2007 WAC Tournament 2007 SEC Tournament 2007 MEAC Tournament 2007 Sun Belt Tournament 2007 A-Sun Tournament 2007 Big Sky Tournament 2007 Mid-Con Tournament 2007 Big South Tournament 2007 OVC Tournament 2007 MAAC Tournament 2007 Big Ten Tournament 2007 Big West Tournament 2007 MVC Tournament 2007 C-USA Tournament 2007 Big 12 Tournament 2007 America East Tournament 2007 Horizon League Tournament 2007 A-10 Tournament 2007 Big East Tournament 2007 CAA Tournament 2007 Southern Tournament 2007 ACC Tournament 2007 MAC Tournament In depth: XM and Sirius merger Football New Zealand's South Island and southern North Island struck by storms/Brief Australian Foreign Affairs Minister denies knowledge of Guantanamo abuse allegations/brief Archaeologists find 1.8M-year-old Homo erectus skull/Brief Helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 17/Brief Plane carrying 160 crashes in Venezuela/Brief TSA cuts US airport security screening personnel/Brief Kurmanbek Bakiev sworn in as president of Kyrgyzstan/Brief Julian McGauran makes rude gesture to Australian Senate/Brief Reports surface that Bush will install Bones brother to head up Plame inquiry/Brief ABC News anchor Peter Jennings dies at 67/Brief Space Shuttle Discovery STS-114 landing postponed for weather/Brief Space Shuttle Discovery landing cancelled for today/Brief Robin Cook dead after collapsing/Brief Russian submarine rescued by Royal Navy/Brief Larson B ice-shelf collapse reveals exotic organisms isolated for 10,000 years/Brief Market Data/^MXX Flash floods hit Australia's eastern coast/Brief OhmyNews forum discusses experiences in citizen journalism/Brief Football: Kežman goes to Madrid/Brief Rwandan businessmen sentenced for War Crimes/Brief Bodies found at crash site of US helicopter in Afghanistan/Brief Brazil wins Confederations Cup/Brief Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announces cooperation between KDE Group and Wikimedia/Brief Undercover investigation into protests planned for July's G8 summit/Brief Sharapova knocked out of Wimbledon 2005 in semi-final/Brief Norway and Denmark conducting observation flights over Belarus and Russia/Brief Wal-Mart heir John Walton killed in plane crash/Brief Lukashenko accuses foreign donators of ideological expansion/Brief Maciej Zurawski accepts Celtic's offer/Brief France secures site for 10 billion euro nuclear fusion research project/Brief Shelby Foote, 88, noted historian and author, dies/Brief US helicopter with 17 on board believed to have been shot down in Afghanistan/Brief U.S. Marines accused of assaulting Australian freed by U.S. military court/Brief Actor John Fiedler, voice of Piglet and "Bob Newhart" regular, dead at 80/Brief Israeli soldier convicted in killing of British activist in Gaza Strip/Brief Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court rules against file swapping companies/Brief Lemoine Suggests: investigations from a Wikimedia Foundation news leak/Email Sue Gardner Jan 5, 2008 4:15 AM Lemoine Suggests: investigations from a Wikimedia Foundation news leak/Email Sue Gardner January 7, 2008 7:53:44 PM PST Korea Gendarmerie Amazon Another test article for the devs Hockey Scientology protest group celebrates founder's birthday worldwide/Coordination America Wikisource Paul Winchell, voice of Tigger, Gargamel, dead at 82/Brief Punjab Musharraf Delhi Victoria Tripoli Ba'ath Party Belfast Saint Petersburg St. Petersburg Danish SEC AI Shropshire New York PA Sarkozy Taliban Obama WP:AWB/T West Midlands Articles in dispute Abdulrahmon Adebare Qomorudeen Jado combs The First Developer Preview of Android 16 India’s 2019 Crime Investigation Statistics Reveal Trends in Case Backlogs and Clearance Rates Wikimedia foundation Unveils A'Ibom Network to Empower Local Content and Language Digitization Man drives car into crowd of people, killing 35 in southern China Russia possibly sending incendiary objects onto US and Canada planes, say Wall Street Journal Japan's oldest Princess Yuriko the Princess Mikasa dies Person hit by train, Boston and New Haven Prison riot in Ecuador, at least 17 killed Articles published recently 20 November 2024: Princess Yuriko of Mikasa, Japan's oldest royal family member, dies at 101 12 November 2024: Trump wins 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, securing 312 electoral votes and all swing states 7 November 2024: Smithsonian National Zoo euthanizes elderly Asian elephant 4 November 2024: Kemi Badenoch becomes new leader of UK's Conservative Party 4 November 2024: Lancet release yearly Countdown report raising alarm of increase in heat caused deaths 3 November 2024: Russian court fines Google more money than the world's entire GDP Refresh this page Lead article Shooting reported on campus at Northern Illinois University Seven dead in campus shooting at Northern Illinois University Seven dead in campus shooting at Northern Illinois University image credit -  edit this » Update Start a new article See Wikinews:Naming conventions/style guidelines for writing headlines; and the list of newly created articles first.

Collaboration requests Post new request Wikinews:Story preparation Story preparation Prepare Standard obituary Tropical Storm X forms over Y Images and media Gallery of new files Wikinews Audio and Print edition Problem Images International row after Spielberg quits 2008 Beijing Olympics The U.S. film director stepped down as artistic adviser saying that China, which has close links to the Sudanese government, should do more to address the Darfur situation.  » Full story » Update Featured Story 'Top Model' winner Jaslene Gonzalez on her career and being a Latina role model Wikinews talks with America's Next Top Model's first Puerto Rican winner, Jaslene Gonzalez, about her childhood, what makes her a strong individual, and what television show her abuela would want her to go on. This is also the first time one of our interviews can also be read in Spanish at Wikinoticias.  » Full story » Update

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