Wikinews:2008/November/5
- Barack Obama elected 44th President of the United States
- Children of smokers more likely to go hungry, according to study
- GNU project releases new version of license to allow Wikimedia projects to switch to Creative Commons license
- American author Michael Crichton dies at age 66
- Colombian army general resigns over civilian deaths
- Japan's Air Self-Defense chief fired over essay on wartime history