Wikinews:2010/December
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- Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner dies aged 87
- Latest 'CableGate' disclosures hint at US diplomatic tactics in Spain and beyond
- FIFA announce Russia to host 2018 World Cup, Qatar to host 2022 World Cup
- Pentagon 'don't ask don't tell' poll shows support for repeal
- Prime Minister of Vanuatu ousted in vote of no confidence
- Interpol orders arrest of Wikileaks founder to face rape charges
- 'Critical safety issue' with A380 engines
- British warship HMS Invincible put up for auction online
- U.S. Army revives next-generation Ground Combat Vehicle program
- Alassane Ouattara 'wins' Ivory Coast presidential election
- British government scraps planned rules on pay equality
- 'Completely irresponsible' woman called emergency services to report theft of snowman
- Much of inland New South Wales, Australia affected by flooding
- UK Parliament to vote on tuition fee rise on Thursday
- Contestant seriously injured during live German game show
- Mayor of Pitcairn Islands charged with possessing child porn
- Blast kills seven in China
- One dead after car and truck crash in North Lincolnshire, England
- Man found dead after Stockholm explosion
- UK petrol prices rise to record 121.76p
- British soap opera Coronation Street celebrates 50 years on air
- US suspects North Korea and Burma participating in 'covert military' activities
- Virginia man arrested for plotting to bomb Washington DC metro
- Gunman shoots during board meeting in Florida, then kills self
- Fire kills six in Baltimore, United States
- Body undiscovered for a decade found in Pichilemu, Chile
- Police officer and community support officer stabbed in west London, England
- Home destroyed by fire in Geneva, Florida
- Many unaccounted for in Christmas Island boat incident
- Julian Assange held while Sweden appeals bail
- Jimmie Johnson named 2010 Driver of the Year
- Vietnam fishing vessel sinks in South China Sea, 27 missing
- Expedition 26 crew blast off to space station
- Border agent killed in Arizona, four in custody
- Mark Zuckerberg named 2010 Time Person of the Year
- Wikileaks founder Julian Assange granted bail, set free
- UK Royal Mail announces record 5p increase in stamp prices
- Australian Federal Police say Wikileaks committed no crime
- North Korea warns of 'self-defensive blows,' nuclear war, if military exercises take place
- UN convoy attacked by gunman in Ivory Coast as peacekeeping forces ordered to leave country
- Don Van Vliet, best known as 'Captain Beefheart', dies aged 69
- Fifteen people killed in Philippines hotel fire
- Major snow disruption in Britain; Wikinews reports from affected village
- Alexander Lukashenko re-elected for the 4th time as President of Belarus
- BBC Foreign correspondent Brian Hanrahan dies aged 61
- South Korea and US hold joint exercises; North does not retaliate
- Stella English wins sixth series of UK's The Apprentice
- Two founding members of Paramore leave band
- Scottish Premier League: Kilmarnock defeat Hibernian 2 - 1
- Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev win UK Strictly Come Dancing
- Oil pipeline explosion kills 27 in central Mexico
- UN says it won't leave Ivory Coast
- 'Unacceptable' and 'without foundation': Poland rejects Russian air crash report
- British Business Secretary Cable stripped of powers after 'totally unacceptable and inappropriate' comments
- 7.4 earthquake strikes Bonin Islands in Japan
- UN probing allegations US is 'torturing' soldier over leaks
- Two embassies in Rome, Italy hit by bomb attack
- Berlusconi proposes January elections if government fails to gain parliamentary majority
- China prepared to support eurozone countries hit by financial crisis
- Alaska Supreme Court rules in Senate election challenge
- Obama signs landmark law overturning 'don't ask, don't tell'
- French citizens told to leave Ivory Coast as UN warns of civil war
- Skype apologises after service goes down for hours
- North Korea prepared for 'sacred' nuclear war with South
- Australian rules football: Bairnsdale join Gippsland League, will play first game in Warragul
- Fifty injured, five critically, as coach overturns in Norwich, England
- U.S. vice president Joe Biden says positive consensus on same-sex marriage is 'inevitable'
- Scottish politician going to jail after perjury conviction
- Over 200 skiers trapped as lift breaks at Maine resort
- Gunman dies, police officer injured after stand-off ends in West Yorkshire, England
- December blizzard slams Northeastern United States
- Boat sinks off New Jersey coast, killing one
- 'Very serious': Chinese government releases corruption report
- US pool player Wade Crane dies in car accident age 66
- Sergei Sidorsky replaced as Belarusian prime minister