Wikinews:2012/August
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- Wikinews interviews Brenton Clutterbuck
- Sitcom star Roseanne Barr chosen as presidential nominee of Peace and Freedom Party
- Cities across Texas increase efforts to combat mosquitos
- Romney taps U.S. congressman Paul Ryan as presidential running mate
- Reform Party of the United States nominates fitness model Andre Barnett for president
- Students from Liceo María Luisa Bombal of Rancagua, Chile detained after taking control of school
- US Marine Corps blame deadly Morocco Osprey plane crash on pilots
- Multiple planes perform aerial spraying over greater Dallas, Texas in effort to combat mosquitoes
- Pressure mounts on US Senate candidate Todd Akin to withdraw after controversial rape comments
- Greg Smith named as Australia's 2012 Paralympic Games flag-bearer
- Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi dies at 57
- Four people shot in parking lot of Wal-Mart store north of Austin, Texas
- South African farm worker gets life for Terre'Blanche murder
- 1964 Australian Paralympic medalist Trevor French dies
- Algerian 2012 Paralympic coaches express optimism
- New research shows over 400 languages originated in Turkey
- US astronaut Neil Armstrong dies
- 2012 Paralympic Village occupied by competitors as nations ready for the Games
- Wikinews finds citizens' feelings, actions throughout Texas regarding West Nile virus threat vary greatly
- Australians make Paralympic Village uniquely their own
- Athletes prepare for 2012 Summer Paralympics at the Paralympic Fitness Centre
- Tropical Storm Isaac creates worries across US gulf states
- Preparedness for 2012 Paralympic Games differs between National Paralympic Committees
- IPC criticizes US Paralympic coverage
- International Paralympic Committee holds first press conference
- Maria Lourdes Sereno becomes the first female Philippine Chief Justice
- 2012 makes five Paralympic Games for Côte d'Ivoire
- Mitt Romney officially nominated at Republican National Convention
- Paralympic cyclists test out the London Velodrome
- Vanuatu sends lone Paralympian to London
- Colombian President announces peace talks with FARC rebels
- Turkey men's wheelchair basketball team practices ahead of 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Canadians express optimism regarding medal potential at 2012 Summer Paralympics
- South Korean men's national goalball team defeats Algeria 4-3
- Australia wins its first medal of the Paralympics with shooting bronze
- Australian shooters start their 2012 Paralympic campaign
- Egyptian President Morsi makes state visit to China
- Micronesia left behind by the Paralympic movement
- Wikinews interviews Oceania Paralympic Committee President Paul Bird
- Kate Lundy watches Australian women qualify for the women's R2-10m air rifle final
- Great Britain's Powell loses to Germany's Matthias Krieger in judo event at 2012 Paralympics
- Day two of Paralympic judo underway in London
- Judo round of sixteen underway at London 2012 Summer Paralympics
- United States's Cynthia Paige Simon loses to Spain in women's 57kg judo quarter finals
- Ukraine beats Great Britain women's sitting volleyball in straight sets at 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Egyptian President Morsi backs Syrian rebels in speech
- Frank Ponta inducted into the Paralympic Hall of Fame
- Australia and South Africa men's national wheelchair basketball teams play in their 2012 Paralympics opener
- Brazil women's national wheelchair basketball team loses first game in its 2012 Paralympic campaign