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The online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, has published its 10 millionth article. The 10 millionth Wikipedia article is "Nicholas Hilliard" in the Hungarian Wikipedia, according to a press release from Wikimedia Foundation head of communications Jay Walsh. The Wikimedia Foundation operates Wikipedia editions in 253 languages. The largest single language is English, which has 2.3 million articles. The official total count reached 10 million on Thursday, March 27, at 00:07 UTC. In the press release, Wikimedia founder Jimmy Wales was quoted as sayin

Wikinews has obtained a copy of a classified memo from the Commander of US forces in western Iraq, Major General John Kelly. The document, which was obtained via Wikileaks, features Kelly describing Fallujah city jail as a jail with "unbelievable over crowding, total lack of anything approaching even minimal levels of hygiene for human beings, no food, little water," and "no ventilation." Kelly said in the memo that he was told that one of the reasons for the poor conditions is the fact that "there is zero support from the government for any

Prominent Iraqi Shi'a cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has told followers, the Mahdi Army militia, to stop fighting Iraqi and coalition forces and to cooperate with them. This comes after six days of fierce fighting in Iraq's southern city of Basra, Baghdad and other Shi'a areas that has left over 240 to 250 dead. The statement and offer came from al-Sadr's headquarters in Najaf. In the statement Sadr said, "Because of the religious responsibility, and to stop Iraqi blood being shed, and to maintain the unity of Iraq and to put an end to this sedition

On March 28, the jury in charge of selecting the location of Wikimania 2009 announced that the annual conference will be held in the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the Argentine Republic. According to a an official mailing list post from Wikimedia Volunteer Coordinator Cary Bass, Phoebe Ayers, and James Forrester made on behalf of the jury, Buenos Aires was chosen because of the "strong, organized team" behind the bid, the "detailed budget proposal and planning schedule," the "significant number of sponsors already lined up," "relaxed vi

There were 8 games played in the National Hockey League on March 29, 2008. Game summaries Ottawa Senators @ Boston Bruins Per Johan Axelsson broke a scoreless tie 4:24 into the second period for the Bruins. Marco Sturm scored a power play goal a few minutes later to put Boston up by two goals. Shane Hnidy added a shorthanded goal early in the third period, and David Krejci scored to make it 4-0 with under a minute left in regulation. Tim Thomas made 34 saves and earned his third shutout of the season. Dallas Stars @ Los Angeles Kings

Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), released premature election results on Sunday, which claim a large victory for their presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai against incumbent Robert Mugabe. MDC leaders said the unofficial tally, based on one-third of the election returns, shows Tsvangirai with 67% of the vote. The results were posted on the doors of polling stations, and then sent to party officials by text messaging. MDC Secretary General Tendai Biti said, "Barring a miracle, Mugabe can't win." Th

The 32nd round of the English Premiership took place this past weekend with both the battles for the league title and the battle against relegation still raging on. The fate of one team has been sealed for the rest of the season as Derby County has been mathematically guaranteed relegation, setting a new league record for earliest relegation. At the top of the table, nothing changed this week as Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Liverpool all won. Full Results Saturday, March 29 Derby County FC 2 - 2 Fulham FC The bottom two teams in th

Around 240 demonstrators in the Chilean capital of Santiago were detained Friday after anti-government protests held against the country's education system and increasingly free market policies. The annual protests, organized by the Revolutionary Left Movement, were held on the eve of the Day of the Youth Combatant. The day commemorates the deaths of Eduardo and Rafael Vergara, brothers who were assassinated on March 29, 1985 under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The protesters, many of whom were students, reportedly threw rocks into Sa

The Wikileaks website, which publishes sensitive and censored material submitted by anonymous contributors, has experienced unprecedented levels of Internet traffic today through public interest. This interest has caused the website's servers to be unable to meet the demand of over 164 gigabytes of download traffic within twenty-four hours, leading the site to be temporarily inaccessible. The film Fitna, directed and produced by Dutch politician Geert Wilders, has caused controversy for its presentation of Wilders' negative view of Islam as b

British pop star Leona Lewis has broken Billboard records in the United States to become the first female British pop star to reach a number one spot on the music charts in over 20 years and became the third solo British artist ever to reach the top charts. Lewis made the number one spot with her new hit single Bleeding Love. According to Billboard.com her single ranks number one in the top 100, the pop 100 and hottest digital songs. "I'm so excited to be able to spend some time in the US and showcase my music to everyone here. Its been a dre

Individuals and organisations around the world announced their support for the environment by turning off lights and electrical appliances between 8 and 9 pm for Earth Hour 2008. In the city of origin, Sydney, Australia, the end of Earth Hour was celebrated with a fireworks show. Although many cities were not officially covered by Earth Hour, people from regions including Bristol, United Kingdom will turn off their lights for the event. Danish royal palaces went dark at the queen's command. One of these people told Wikinews that "it [Earth Hou

Substitute Lukas Podolski scored a late equalizer to claim his 1st goal of the Bundesliga season against Nürnberg. This was Lukas Podolski's first-ever goal as a substitute in the Bundesliga Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld made 3 changes to the side which beat Leverkusen last weekend, all of them enforced. Daniel van Buyten replaced Martin Demichelis, Andreas Ottl replaced Mark van Bommel, who was serving a suspension, and Christian Lell replaced Hamit Altintop who is out injured with fractured metatarsus. Hitzfeld experimented with pref