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• 27 November 2020: Wikinews interviews Craig Farquharson, Liberal Democrat candidate for 2020 Groom by-election
• 27 November 2020: Wikinews interviews Sandra Jephcott, Sustainable Australia candidate for 2020 Groom by-election
• 26 November 2020: US federal agency announces plans to begin presidential transition process following Trump election loss
• 22 November 2020: Suspect in Kenosha, Wisconsin protester killings released from jail on US$2 million bond
• 17 November 2020: Violence breaks out in Washington, DC at pro-Trump protest
• 7 November 2020: Joe Biden projected US president-elect
• 7 November 2020: Turkish government stops search of survivors of Aegean Sea earthquake off Izmir
• 2 November 2020: On the campaign trail in the USA, October 2020
• 30 October 2020: Wikinews interviews Brian Carroll, American Solidarity Party presidential nominee
• 29 October 2020: Wikinews interviews Jo Jorgensen, U.S. Libertarian Party presidential nominee

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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

‘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

Wikinews from December 5, 2008 (More…)

• Lockerbie convict’s family among protesters for justice in Edinburgh
• University’s lion mascot out like a lamb after DUI
• Car bomb kills seventeen in Pakistan
• US November job losses reach 34-year high

Wikinews from December 5, 2007 (More…)

• “Dead” canoeist arrested after being missing for over 5 years
• BC design club president comments on Olympic mascots; sales brisk
• Study finds burning your food could cause some cancers
• Nine killed in Omaha, Nebraska mall shooting

Wikinews from December 5, 2006 (More…)

• Former Senator John Edwards takes major step towards running for U.S. president
• Chess champion is “Fritzed” by computer
• NASA unveils plans for moon base
• Prime Minister Blair flies to Washington

Wikinews from December 5, 2005 (More…)

• H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV visits Pakistan
• New bird flu outbreaks reported in Europe
• UN accuses US of wholesale rights violations in Iraq
• Business Briefs for December 5, 2005

Wikinews from December 5, 2004 (More…)

• Napster founder Shawn Fanning introduces new file-sharing project
• Police deactivate explosive device in Andalucía, Spain
• Thai government drops origami cranes as message of peace
• United States anti-drug efforts in Latin America criticized by WOLA report

• Biden to ask Americans to wear masks for 100 days on first day of presidency
• GitHub re-enables public access to youtube-dl after EFF sends a letter challenging the DMCA takedown
• Zara Kay tells Wikinews about her non-profit organisation Faithless Hijabi
• ‘Earth-based life can survive in hydrogen-rich atmospheres’: MIT professor Dr Seager tells Wikinews about her research on organisms thriving in oxygen-less environment
• Living with HIV during COVID-19: Wikinews talks to HIV-positive sex workers about how pandemic has affected their lives

• Kim Ng, the Miami Marlins’ new general manager, is the first female GM in MLB history
• Debenhams to go into administration
• Former US national security advisor Michael Flynn granted presidential pardon
• Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, leader of Iranian nuclear program, assassinated near Tehran

Original reporting First-hand journalism by Wikinews reporters (More…)

• On the campaign trail in the USA, October 2020
• On the campaign trail in the USA, September 2020
• On the campaign trail in the USA, August 2020

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