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Wikinews:Featured articles

From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!

Here are a few "best of" Wikinews articles, chosen by the community. See the Featured Article Candidates page for nominations and discussions of candidate articles for this page.

[] Criteria

Featured articles should, at a minimum:

Be formatted correctly
Have pictures
Be well-written - see the Wikinews:Style guide
Cover the news event comprehensively without rambling

In addition, we should try to choose articles that were worked on by several ors, to highlight the collaborative nature of Wikinews. We should also make an effort to find the best examples of original reporting: scoops exclusive to Wikinews, extensive coverage, and excellent research.

[] Current featured articles

22 October 2008: 2008-09 Wikipedia for Schools goes online
10 October 2008: Global markets plunge
21 May 2008: UK minor faces charges for calling Scientology 'cult' at protest
16 May 2008: Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds
23 April 2008: Pope Benedict XVI visit to the United States begins
18 April 2008: YouTube accounts of Scientology critics suspended
13 April 2008: Wikinews interviews team behind the 2,000th featured Wikipedia article
26 March 2008: Popular soap opera 'The Young and the Restless' celebrates 35 years on the air
3 December 2007: Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics
30 September 2007: Interview with gay marriage movement founder Evan Wolfson
2 August 2007: Highway bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses
29 June 2007: Chris Benoit mystery or confesses: claims "terrible coincidence"
14 May 2007: Smoke from massive warehouse fire in Buffalo, New York USA can be seen 40 miles away
6 May 2007: Kenya Airways jet with at least 114 on board crashes
12 April 2007: Violence in Uganda over forest clearing proposal
22 March 2007: Mass wedding held against racism in Belgium
8 March 2007: DUP and Sinn Féin make gains in Northern Ireland Assembly election
6 March 2007: Broken stormwater drain led to Guatemala sinkhole
23 February 2007: Virgin Train crashes in England
7 February 2007: Furry fans flock to Further Confusion 2007
3 November 2006: U.S. military tribunal law faces first court challenge
13 February 2006: New South Wales set to adopt harsher anti-cannabis laws
8 February 2006: Wikinews investigates Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff members
13 January 2006: Distributed computing to get "interstellar project"
12 December 2005: Major explosions at UK oil depot
19 November 2005: Australian man to be executed in Singapore
11 July 2005: Pope John Paul II dies
8 July 2005: Coordinated terrorist attack hits London
2 July 2005: Entrepreneur's RFID chip implant to open doors, start car

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