diff --git a/p/download/en-body b/p/download/en-body
index bda2cd34..24ac3754 100644
--- a/p/download/en-body
+++ b/p/download/en-body
@@ -161,10 +161,10 @@
    <?php frame1("width=100%");?>
    <div class="main"><p><b><a href=
      "http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/wiki/User_Guide">Enlightenment</a> </b><em>
-     0.17.0-alpha2</em></p><p>
+     0.17.0-alpha3</em></p><p>
      The Window Manager and Desktop Shell. </p><p align=right><?php blinkdl("i/dl.png", 
      "DOWNLOAD ENLIGHTENMENT", 
-     "http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/enlightenment-0.17.0-alpha2.tar.gz"
+     "http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/enlightenment-0.17.0-alpha3.tar.gz"
    );?></p></div>
    <?php frame2();?>
    
diff --git a/p/news/en/20121116-150000 b/p/news/en/20121116-150000
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9c70d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/p/news/en/20121116-150000
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+New E17 <b>Release</b>: ALPHA3
+Mike Blumenkrantz (zmike)
+michael.blumenkrantz@gmail.com
+
+<p>
+Despite being only three days since the last alpha release,
+we've still got quite a few changes.<br>
+Here's a list of them:
+<li>Translation updates</li>
+<li>First-run wizard should now be more reliable at detecting applications</li>
+<li>Default theme now much more complete</li>
+<li>Mixer volume changing actions should no longer disappear</li>
+<li>Text file previews no longer contain trailing garbage</li>
+<li>Window geometry prior to maximization is now remembered across restarts</li>
+<li>Pulseaudio mixer should now disconnect properly when necessary</li>
+<li>Filemanager will no longer cause data to be lost when moving directories to other devices</li>
+<li>Window list menu items will now abbreviate properly</li>
+<li>Some menus (such as the Favorite Apps menu) will now place themselves more optimally</li>
+<li>Favorite Apps menu now preloads on startup to decrease time taken to display it</li>
+<li>Filemanager tab completion works again</li>
+<li>Mouse cursor will no longer be stuck in text mode when dragging out of an entry</li>
+<li>Wizard no longer attempts to set dummy keyboard layouts which can override manual layouts</li>
+<li>Wizard now sorts keyboard layouts alphabetically</li>
+<li>"Application Theme" settings panel renamed to "GTK Application Theme"</li>
+</p>
+
+<p><ul>
+
+<li>E17 ALPHA3 - 79398
+[<a href="http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/enlightenment-0.17.0-alpha3.tar.gz">GZ</a>]
+[<a href="http://download.enlightenment.org/releases/enlightenment-0.17.0-alpha3.tar.bz2">BZ2</a>]
+</li>
+
+</ul></p>
+<!-- cut -->