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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikinews.org/wiki/Viquinot%C3%ADcies:Escriviu_un_article" title="Viquinotícies:Escriviu un article – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquinotícies:Escriviu un article" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikizpr%C3%A1vy:Jak_napsat_zpr%C3%A1vu" title="Wikizprávy:Jak napsat zprávu – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikizprávy:Jak napsat zprávu" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikinews.org/wiki/Hilfe:Erste_Schritte" title="Hilfe:Erste Schritte – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hilfe:Erste Schritte" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikinews.org/wiki/Helpo:Kiel_skribi_artikolon" title="Helpo:Kiel skribi artikolon – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Helpo:Kiel skribi artikolon" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikinews.org/wiki/Ayuda:Escribir_un_art%C3%ADculo" title="Ayuda:Escribir un artículo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ayuda:Escribir un artículo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a 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