news_do_notification       Sends notifications for specified news item. 
news_items_archive       Immediately gives all news items in list id_list a status of archived as of ANSI date in when, i.e. 
news_items_delete       Deletes all news items with news_id in id_list. 
news_items_make_permanent       Immediately gives all news items in list id_list a status of permanently published. 
news_notification_get_url       Get package URL from package_id. 
news_pretty_status       Given the publish status of a news items return a localization human readable sentence for the status. 
news_util_get_url       Get package URL from package_id. 

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