Thursday, November 29, 2018 On November 17 and November 18, Wikinews attended the 2018 Bangalore Comicbook Convention, in Karnataka, India. Beginning on Saturday morning, the ComicCon continued till Sunday. Organised by ComicCon India, who organised Comic Con in Hyderabad in October, this event was held at Karnataka Trade Promotion Organisation (KTPO)’s convention hall. Wikinews spoke…
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Mutated strain of H1N1 virus detected in US and Norway
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Sherlock Holmes The Transcendentalist Bohemian
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Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
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Canadian National Exhibition takes place in Toronto
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Aung San Suu Kyi leaves house arrest to meet with government official
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