Paris hotel fire kills 22
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National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment
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Wikinews Shorts: November 13, 2008
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SpaceX scrubs Falcon I rocket launch
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Culture of creativity features at Furnal Equinox 2018
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U.S. warns of al Qaeda threat to stock trading and banking websites
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Wikinews interviews Stephen Murphy about the upcoming by-election in the Higgins electorate of the Australian parliament
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DiCaprio finally wins Oscar for Best Actor
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Smoke from massive warehouse fire in Buffalo, New York USA can be seen 40 miles away
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China overtakes Germany as world’s biggest exporter
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