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• 21 December 2020: Prime Minister of Slovakia Igor Matovi? tests positive for COVID-19
• 18 December 2020: Gregory Kurtzer discusses plans for Rocky Linux with Wikinews as Red Hat announces moving focus away from CentOS
• 15 December 2020: Conservative groups hold rally in Washington D.C. claiming U.S. elections were stolen from President Trump
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• 26 November 2020: US federal agency announces plans to begin presidential transition process following Trump election loss
• 22 November 2020: Suspect in Kenosha, Wisconsin protester killings released from jail on US$2 million bond
• 17 November 2020: Violence breaks out in Washington, DC at pro-Trump protest
• 7 November 2020: Joe Biden projected US president-elect

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International row after Spielberg quits 2008 Beijing Olympics

The U.S. film director stepped down as artistic adviser saying that China, which has close links to the Sudanese government, should do more to address the Darfur situation. » Full story

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Wikinews talks with America’s Next Top Model’s first Puerto Rican winner, Jaslene Gonzalez, about her childhood, what makes her a strong individual, and what television show her abuela would want her to go on. This is also the first time one of our interviews can also be read in Spanish at Wikinoticias. » Full story

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• Former Belgian Chairman of the Senate Frank Swaelen dies at 77
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• Authors question CIA redaction of NYT Op-Ed on Iran policy
• Republican aide fired for trying to hire hackers to raise his GPA
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• Microsoft extends warranty for all Xbox 360s

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• Azeri passenger plane crashes
• U.S. soldier may be charged in shooting of Italian agent
• Canadian Conservatives vow to defend Arctic sovereignty
• Kaczy?ski takes the office of Polish president

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• Former Indian PM Narasimha Rao passes away

• Wikinews 2020: An ‘Original reporting’ year in review
• Walmart sued by US Justice Department over alleged roll in opioid crisis
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• GitHub re-enables public access to youtube-dl after EFF sends a letter challenging the DMCA takedown
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• DASQ “From Minimal To Techno”
• US president elect Biden to ask people wear masks for 100 days on first day of presidency
• Zara Kay tells Wikinews about her non-profit organisation Faithless Hijabi

• US Energy Department confirms a major breach
• U.S. FDA advisory committee votes to grant Emergency Use Authorization to Moderna coronavirus vaccine
• Half-Life: Alyx wins Best VR/AR category at The Game Awards
• Primality testing finished for Mersenne number after stalling for months
• 37 coaches banned from esports following bug abuse
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• Debenhams to go into administration
• Margaret Keenan receives coronavirus
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