Wikinews:2008/November/5

• Barack Obama elected 44th President of the United States
• Children of smokers more likely to go hungry, according to study
• GNU project releases new version of license to allow Wikimedia projects to switch to Creative Commons license
• American author Michael Crichton dies at age 66
• Colombian army general resigns over civilian deaths
• Japan's Air Self-Defense chief fired over essay on wartime history