Wikinews:2012/January
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- Nationalised bank Northern Rock sold to Virgin Money
- UK's Commission on Assisted Dying to recommend law change
- On the campaign trail, December 2011
- Wikinews holds Reform Party USA presidential candidates forum
- Two Syrian journalists killed around New Year's Day
- 31 die in Mexico jail violence
- Indiana Democrats block session to halt labor bill
- New York firebomb suspect arraigned
- US government expands definition of rape to include men
- Six die in Nigeria church shooting
- Japan Airlines to relist shares
- Inquiry ordered into video of US troops urinating on Taliban fighters
- Valuable paintings stolen from Greek gallery
- Mitt Romney wins the 2012 New Hampshire Republican primary
- Russian spacecraft Phobos-Grunt falls in Pacific Ocean
- Dozens killed, injured after blast hits Shias in Punjab, Pakistan
- Online retailer Zappos.com hit by hackers
- Wikipedia, Reddit in 'blackout' against SOPA, PROTECT IP laws
- Woman gives birth on New Jersey PATH train
- Jon Huntsman ends U.S. presidential campaign, endorses Mitt Romney
- Salman Rushdie may not attend literature festival in India following widespread protests
- Meteorites in Morocco found to be from Mars
- Wikinews interviews Sue Gardner on Wikipedia blackout
- India and China to develop friendly relations
- Rick Perry withdraws from U.S. presidential race, endorses Gingrich
- US government, music industry websites taken offline in web attack
- Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi to contest in by-election
- US singer Etta James dies aged 73
- First Czech Winter Olympics champion Jiří Raška dies at age 70
- Gujarat high court refutes Modi's objection to Lokyukta's appointment
- China to run low-cost maglevs by next year
- Indian MP demands arrest of writers reading banned novel at literature festival
- U.S. presidential candidate Newt Gingrich wins South Carolina primary
- Penn State student blog inaccurately reports death of Joe Paterno
- Self-immolating law grad dies in Morocco
- Wikinews Shorts: January 24, 2012
- Russia leases submarine K-152 Nerpa to India for ten years
- One year on: Egyptians mark anniversary of protests that toppled Mubarak
- Geoffrey Rush named 2012 Australian of the Year
- 'Davos man' versus 'Camp Igloo'; 42nd World Economic Forum convenes in Swiss alps
- Wikinews Shorts: January 26, 2012
- Queensland state Premier announces March 24 election date
- Report indicates Texas state parks still suffering following worst drought on record
- Wikinews Shorts: January 27, 2012
- British courts give green light for assisted dying case
- New York police confirm cocaine shipment seizure at UN Headquarters
- Herman Cain endorses Newt Gingrich for US president
- Twitter to allow censorship of posts on a country by country basis