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 @c used for news about the upcoming release; see CG 10.2
 
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released!  @emph{August 24, 2012}
+
+We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
+LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
+highest-quality sheet music possible.  It brings the aesthetics of
+traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
+
+Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
+main stable version. A few major improvements are: 
+
+@itemize
+@item
+Support for kievan square notation
+@item
+User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
+@item
+Music functions have become quite more versatile 
+@end itemize
+
+A full list of new features is given in:
+
+@example
+@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
+@end example
+
+Happy music typesetting!  LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
+
+Main development team:
+
+Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
+Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
+John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
+Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
+Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
+Jan Warchoł
+
+Programming contributors:
+
+Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
+Mark Hohl, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
+Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
+Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
+
+Documentation contributors:
+
+James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
+
+Bug squad:
+
+Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
+James Lowe
+
+Support:
+
+Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
+
+Translation contributors:
+
+Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada 
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released!  @emph{August 11, 2012}
+
+We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
+With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
+upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
+
+All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
+quality of the upcoming stable release.  If you discover any
+problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
+
+New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
+on the website section about @ref{Development}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
 
 @newsItem
 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released!  @emph{August 02, 2012}
@@ -39,32 +119,3 @@ LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
 warmly encouraged!
 
 @newsEnd
-
-
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn  @emph{July 11, 2012}
-
-We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
-is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release.  However, please
-continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
-more regressions as soon as possible.  If you discover any
-problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
-
-@newsEnd
-
-
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released!  @emph{July 4, 2012}
-
-LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
-the upcoming 2.16 stable release.  All users are invited to
-experiment with this version.  New features since 2.14.2 are
-listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
-@ref{Development}.
-
-There are no known Critical issues with this release.  If no
-Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
-on 18 July 2012.  If you discover any problems, please send us
-@ref{Bug reports}.
-
-@newsEnd