Template:In the news/sandbox
- U.S. soldier Bradley Manning (pictured) is sentenced to 35 years in prison for releasing classified information to WikiLeaks.
- Flooding in northeastern China and eastern Russia kills at least 85 people.
- The CIA acknowledges its role in organizing the 1953 Iranian coup d'état for the first time.
- The World Championships in Athletics in Moscow conclude with Russia winning the most gold medals.
- Ecuador announces it will reopen Yasuni National Park to oil drilling, ending a six-year initiative aimed at protecting the rainforest.
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"In the news" mentions and links to entries of timely interest – encyclopedia articles that have been updated to reflect an important current event – rather than conventional news items. To prevent vandalism on the Main Page, it is a permanently protected template. See Wikipedia:In the news for more details.
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