Wikinews:2006/December/4

• 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