Wikinews Shorts: May 7, 2007
A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, May 7, 2007. A 30 meter section of a gas pipeline in Luka (near Kiev) in Ukraine has…
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Red Hat to move focus away from CentOS in favour of Stream; CentOS team discuss implications with Wikinews
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Judges rule patrons may sue nude bars for lap-dance overcharges
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Wikinews interviews candidate for New York City mayor Vitaly Filipchenko
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed in airstrike
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RU486 Abortion pill hearings begin in Australia
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