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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.

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Huckabee, Obama win Iowa caucuses/Results TSA cuts US airport security screening personnel/Brief Reports surface that Bush will install Bones brother to head up Plame inquiry/Brief ABC News anchor Peter Jennings dies at 67/Brief Robin Cook dead after collapsing/Brief Helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 17/Brief TEST PAGE:Self-publish yesterday Space Shuttle Discovery STS-114 landing postponed for weather/Brief Space Shuttle Discovery landing cancelled for today/Brief Norway and Denmark conducting observation flights over Belarus and Russia/Brief OhmyNews forum discusses experiences in citizen journalism/Brief Archaeologists find 1.8M-year-old Homo erectus skull/Brief Wal-Mart heir John Walton killed in plane crash/Brief Test article for dev use Football: Kežman goes to Madrid/Brief Russian submarine rescued by Royal Navy/Brief Market Data/^MXX Sandbox:Howie test 1 Rwandan businessmen sentenced for War Crimes/Brief Kurmanbek Bakiev sworn in as president of Kyrgyzstan/Brief U.S. Marines accused of assaulting Australian freed by U.S. military court/Brief Julian McGauran makes rude gesture to Australian Senate/Brief Lukashenko accuses foreign donators of ideological expansion/Brief Maciej Zurawski accepts Celtic's offer/Brief Paul Winchell, voice of Tigger, Gargamel, dead at 82/Brief Actor John Fiedler, voice of Piglet and "Bob Newhart" regular, dead at 80/Brief Bodies found at crash site of US helicopter in Afghanistan/Brief Israeli soldier convicted in killing of British activist in Gaza Strip/Brief New Zealand's South Island and southern North Island struck by storms/Brief Babies on U.S. no-fly lists holding up passengers/Brief Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court rules against file swapping companies/Brief Main Page Lite Larson B ice-shelf collapse reveals exotic organisms isolated for 10,000 years/Brief Brazil wins Confederations Cup/Brief Plane carrying 160 crashes in Venezuela/Brief France secures site for 10 billion euro nuclear fusion research project/Brief Shelby Foote, 88, noted historian and author, dies/Brief Undercover investigation into protests planned for July's G8 summit/Brief Many still believe myths associated with cancer, reports American Cancer Society study/Brief Australian Foreign Affairs Minister denies knowledge of Guantanamo abuse allegations/brief US helicopter with 17 on board believed to have been shot down in Afghanistan/Brief TEST PAGE:Self-publish today Sharapova knocked out of Wimbledon 2005 in semi-final/Brief Cypriot plane with 121 on board crashes in Greece, no passengers survive/Brief 2007 A-Sun Tournament 2007 Patriot League Tournament 2007 Big Sky Tournament 2007 SWAC Tournament 2007 Mid-Con Tournament 2007 NEC Tournament 2007 Southland Tournament 2007 Big South Tournament 2007 OVC Tournament Lemoine Suggests: investigations from a Wikimedia Foundation news leak/Email Sue Gardner Jan 5, 2008 4:15 AM News briefs:June 5 and 6, 2010 2007 WCC Tournament 2007 MAAC Tournament 2007 MWC Tournament 2007 Big Ten 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Navy launches autonomous drone from aircraft carrier Goodluck Jonathan declares state of emergency Police identify suspect in New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting Tornado hits North Texas, multiple fatalities Articles published recently 22 May 2013: Same-sex marriage passes third reading in House of Commons 21 May 2013: Report finds Canberra and Northern Territory have most expensive cocaine in Australia 19 May 2013: Noosa defeat University in Sunshine Coast Rugby Union round nine 19 May 2013: White House releases Benghazi emails 18 May 2013: Kangaroo injures Australian politician 14 May 2013: Australian Treasurer hands down budget, announces two years of deficits Refresh this page Lead article 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 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