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- Australia win first 2006-07 Ashes Test
- Wikipedia again blocked in China
- Western New York prepares for winter storm
- Marine Corps F-18 crashes in California
- Sri Lanka Defence Secretary escapes suicide attack
- "Super typhoon" triggers fatal mudslides in Philippines
- U.S. warns of al Qaeda threat to stock trading and banking websites
- Great white sharks to be protected in New Zealand
- China loosens press restrictions
- England in a good position after day two of Adelaide test match
- CNet Reporter James Kim, family missing
- Stephen Hawking believes going to other planets is necessary for human survival
- Dion wins Canadian Liberal leadership on fourth ballot
- Hezbollah-led protestors stage Beirut sit-in
- Dion leads Ignatieff heading into final ballot of Canadian Liberal vote
- Cuba asks to re-open negotiations with United States
- Canadian Liberal vote heads to third ballot
- Taiwan President's daughter-in-law back in Taiwan for birth
- Warlords gang-rape a woman in Badakhshan province of Afghanistan
- An account of the Esperanza Fire from an animal rescuer
- USA tracks information on travelers
- Ignatieff tops first ballot in Canadian Liberal convention
- Genetically modified seeds got into New Zealand
- UCLA defeats USC, ends Trojans' BCS title hopes
- Taliban claim: Helicopter in Afghanistan shot down
- Rumsfeld memo recognizes need for 'major adjustment' in Iraq
- Philippine typhoon toll may hit 1,000
- Former Chilean President Pinochet suffers heart attack
- Chief of Fijian military claims that he is in control of Fiji
- Ed Stelmach elected new Alberta premier
- Russia wins Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
- Rudd replaces Beazley as Australian opposition leader
- Kofi Annan: Iraq situation much worse than civil war
- Ignatieff, Rae say they'll run in next Canadian election
- Venezuela's Hugo Chavez re-elected
- Blair to announce plans for UK nuclear defence today
- Fiji Military Coup possibly underway
- Turkish passports will soon use RFID chips
- New Zealander fired for checking background information on girlfriends
- 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
- BSE Sensex hits all-time high of 14,000
- Australia wins dramatic second Ashes Test
- Clinton meetings fuel speculation over presidential bid
- New Zealand runs low on 20 cent coins
- Iraq Study Group Report: Iraq could be on a slide towards chaos
- Body of James Kim found in U.S. wilderness; wife and children survived
- US Senate confirms Robert Gates as new Secretary of Defense
- France24 non-stop news channel on air today
- Australian MPs suggest Australia and New Zealand unification
- Texas Tech coach may move to University of Miami
- Apple launches iTunes in New Zealand
- Opponents: New Zealand government sneaks bill into House to avoid public backlash
- Tornado strikes London, injuring six
- Woman burning her flatulence causes emergency landing on American Airlines flight
- NASA: Signs of liquid water found on surface of Mars
- Same-sex marriage reaffirmed in Canada
- Factory explodes in Milwaukee, USA
- Two prisoners fall unconscious while being transported in New Zealand
- Bush reacts to the Iraq Study Report
- Fiji suspended from Commonwealth
- Boil water advisory lifted in Vancouver
- Two Buffalo, New York police officers shot while on duty
- New Zealand National party: "TVNZ must explain coup threat coverage"
- STS-116 launch scrubbed
- Customer says Verizon confuses dollars and cents
- Gallup poll: Islamophobia prevalent in United States
- Cuban leader Fidel Castro congratulates Hugo Chavez
- Listeners call for tattooing of Muslims in America, supporting comedy skit
- Radiation that killed ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko found in Germany
- Six-Party talks to resume on North Korea's nuclear program
- Carter: Race relations in Palestine are worse than apartheid
- African refugees allege forced labour by Turkish police
- Taco Bell pulls green onions from all U.S. and Canadian stores
- Egyptian Muslim theologians change course on female circumcision
- US House of Representatives passes India nuclear bill
- Fiji loses rights to host World Netball Championships next year
- Rice offers to talk with Iran and Syria
- Planets Jupiter, Mercury and Mars line up, visible to naked eye
- Japan opposes resumption of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program
- Home Secretary says about 30 major conspiracies threaten UK this Christmas
- New Ishaqi controversy set off by US air raid
- Canadian jazz star Diana Krall gives birth to twin boys
- Discovery launches after scrubbed attempt
- New Zealand minister calls for ban on using mobile phones while driving
- Russia considering libel suits over reporting on Litvinenko
- Sun Unveils Java 6.0
- 4 year-old suspended from kindergarten in Texas, US
- US Congress may re-establish the Luxury Tax
- British computer scientist's new "nullity" idea provokes reaction from mathematicians
- Discovery docks with International Space Station
- Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk receives Nobel Prize
- Kucinich to run for U.S. president
- Kofi Annan appeals for cooperation and leadership from USA
- Samuels Jewelers to be acquired by a DTC sightholder
- Fizzy drinks out of New Zealand schools from 2009
- Canadian Liberals show strong lead, says poll
- Former Chilean dictator Pinochet dies at 91
- International response to demolition of Hare Krishna property in Kazakhstan
- Eritrea declares its coastline a protected area
- Student commits suicide at school near Philadelphia, U.S.A.
- Convicted sex offenders in US targeted for on-line identity registration
- Australian Labor Party leader urges supporters to "take a cold shower" over poll results
- New Zealand ex-politician gives valedictory speech
- Male models win The Amazing Race
- U.S. Senator Tim Johnson hospitalized
- The results of the Antiquorum's auction of vintage and modern timepieces
- New Zealand local loop unbundled
- World War II veteran regains use of second eye after freak accident
- Stephen Hawking concludes visit to Israel and Palestine
- Canadians may elect Senate
- Actor Peter Boyle dies at age 71
- Fictional documentary about Flemish independence causes consternation in Belgium
- Yahoo!7 creates joint venture with Xtra
- Regazzoni dies in road accident
- Five prostitutes found dead in U.K. brings fears of "Ipswich Ripper"
- Four dead, more than a million in U.S. without power after Pacific Northwest storm
- Court of Appeal upholds Ontario's talks with Caledonia
- South Korea says North Korea will test more nuclear bombs
- Ed Stelmach sworn in as new Alberta premier
- Toronto team-led research on Type 1 Diabetes 'groundbreaking'
- Rally organizer arrested in Caledonia, Ontario
- All executions suspended in Florida after error
- Camel sacrificed at major Turkish airport
- Gilchrist scores second fastest Test century
- HP France in trouble due to alleged monopolist behavior
- Allegations New Zealand prison guards accept bribes from prisoners
- Time magazine's 2006 Person of the Year is "you"
- Red Cresent workers kidnapped as Blair visits Iraq
- Melbourne Victory clinch A-League premiership
- Indian Army celebrates Victory Day on 35th Anniversary of Bangladeshi Liberation
- Scientist: Sulfur remedy for greenhouse effect backed by data
- Man arrested over prostitutes' murders in Great Britain
- Emergency declared in US state of Washington, eight additional casualties, many still without power
- Four shot in restaurant in Alabama, US
- Airplane crashes into flats in South Africa
- Minimum wage to be increased in New Zealand
- Australia reclaim Ashes in Perth
- E-Passport cloned in five minutes
- Wikinews interviews Florence Devouard, chair of the Wikimedia Foundation
- New Jersey gives $270 million to Stem Cell Research Center
- Part of major road in Sweden collapses in landslide
- Canada's environment minister may be replaced
- New Zealand's worst behaved politicians list released
- Denver airport shutdown as blizzard hits Colorado
- Turkmenistan President Niyazov dies of heart condition
- Search for climbers on US mountain ends; two presumed dead
- JK Rowling announces seventh Harry Potter title
- Greek minister's statement causes political tension
- Turkish minister says 'camel wasn't enough'
- Rolling Stone prints story based on Wikipedia vandalism
- Travel chaos as fog descends on United Kingdom
- Minimum purchasing age of fireworks raised in New Zealand
- Authors question CIA redaction of NYT Op-Ed on Iran policy
- Republican aide fired for trying to hire hackers to raise his GPA
- Global Orgasm for Peace anti-war demonstration held yesterday
- Microsoft extends warranty for all Xbox 360s
- New Zealand secures hosting rights of World Netball Championships in 2007
- Ethiopian fighter jets attack Somalian towns
- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales to start wiki-based search engine
- Video clip from YouTube used to track down suspected murderer
- Iran dismisses United Nations resolution imposing sanctions
- Inhabited tropical island lost to rising seas
- Analysis reveals that New York City tunnels are susceptible to attacks
- Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Osmani killed in airstrike
- Colombian terrorists own 42 aircraft
- Appeals court confirms death penalty for Saddam Hussein
- Gasoline pipeline explosion in Nigeria kills hundreds
- Saddam Hussein to be hanged in 30 days
- Oil spill reported in Gulf of Mexico
- Strong earthquake strikes off the coast of Taiwan
- Polar bears reviewed to become "threatened" species
- Canadian gold-medalist arrested, charged with kidnapping
- Former U.S. President Gerald Ford dies, aged 93
- 68 pieces of luggage found behind Texas pet store
- European telescope searches for planets
- Iranian president sends letter to Pope Benedict XVI
- Blair flight overshoots runway
- Surgeon declares that Fidel Castro does not have cancer
- Iran parliament to review compliance with IAEA standards
- Cindy Klassen named Canada's female athlete of the year
- Russian spy deported out of Canada
- Italian MP starts thirst and hunger strike to protest Saddam execution
- Former U.S. Senator John Edwards announces candidacy for U.S. President
- FDA backs clone meat
- Islamist militia driven out of Mogadishu, vow to keep fighting
- Ice shelf breaks free in Canadian Arctic
- Donald Trump reacts to 'Pimp' comments
- Custody of Saddam Hussein given to Iraq, to be executed 'today or tomorrow'
- High definition anti-piracy DRM possibly hacked
- Train collides with bus in Mexico
- Sydney FC to lose competition points
- New Zealand doctor starts smoking in protest
- Hepatitis scare at New Zealand McDonald's restaurant
- Saddam Hussein executed by hanging
- Putin's critic dismisses Kremlin's accusations in Litvinenko's case as 'science fiction'
- Explosion hits Madrid Airport's terminal 4
- Christmas Island preparing for New Year
- Reasons for Litvinenko's conversion to Islam revealed