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Wikinews:Featured articles
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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
10 November 2009: Creator of website satirizing Glenn Beck on winning domain name case
8 November 2009: China offers Africa financial aid including $10 billion in loans
5 November 2009: Thirteen dead, several wounded in Fort Hood, Texas shooting
2 November 2009: Karzai declared winner of Afghan elections, runoff polls cancelled
1 November 2009: Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah withdraws from elections
29 October 2009: AFL provides insufficient support for European leagues: Germany
19 October 2009: Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones
19 October 2009: US free speech lawyer Marc Randazza discusses Glenn Beck parody
20 August 2009: Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi released on compassionate grounds
14 July 2009: U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images
29 April 2009: Swine flu outbreaks appear globally; WHO raises pandemic alert level to 5
14 March 2009: US, UK investigators seek 777 engine redesign to stop repeat of London jet crash
2 February 2009: Eurovision '82 winner Nicole talks about 'Ein bißchen Frieden', her success and the Contest today
22 November 2008: US Nazi leader talks about Barack Obama, the economy and more
22 October 2008: 2008-09 Wikipedia for Schools goes online
10 October 2008: Global markets plunge
18 July 2008: Searching for asteroids, extraterrestrial life a little more rocky: Budget cuts threaten to close Arecibo, world's largest radio telescope
8 July 2008: Philippines ferry disaster: ship owner sues over toxic cargo; recovery deadline set & more
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
12 March 2008: One year on: IFALPA's representative to ICAO, pilot and lawyer on ongoing prosecution of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 pilot
9 January 2008: Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel
3 December 2007: Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics
8 November 2007: Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore
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
14 October 2006: "Friday the 13" Buffalo, New York snow storm in pictures
16 March 2006: Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal threatened by possible lawsuit
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
25 October 2005: Anniversary of Tak Bai incident marked with lawsuits
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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