Contents 1 Wikinews News Brief January 04, 2008 23:35 UTC 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Israeli troops kill 9 in Gaza 1.3 Georgian President faces election challenge 1.4 US unemployment hits two-year high 1.5 Israel plans crackdown on West Bank settlement outposts 1.6 Transaven Airlines plane carrying 14 people crashes off Venezuelan coast 1.7 Sportswriter Milt Dunnell…
Psychiatrist Dr. Jerald Block tells Wikinews about addiction to the Internet
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 Dr. Jerald Block is a psychiatrist based in Portland, Oregon, United States. Dr. Block has attracted some media attention due to one theory of his – the idea that Internet addiction can be viewed as a distinct mental condition. In an interview with Wikinews, Dr. Block discusses this theory, including what…
Latest trial of the One Laptop Per Child running in India; Uruguay orders 100,000 machines
Thursday, November 8, 2007 India is the latest of the countries where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) experiment has started. Children from the village of Khairat were given the opportunity to learn how to use the XO laptop. During the last year XO was distributed to children from Arahuay in Peru, Ban Samkha in…
Panasonic Exhaust Fans Information
Read An Opinion On: Newcastle Scaffolding By Kimberly Quang As energy costs continue to rise, the builders of homes and commercial structures are finding ways to make buildings more energy efficient by making them essentially airtight, or as close as possible. While this is an excellent way to maintain the interior climate of buildings in…
Indian Government gives green signal to community radio
Sunday, October 22, 2006 The Group of Ministers (GoM) set up by the union government has given the thumbs-up for community radio stations to operate in India. The GoM has proposed that universities, registered trusts, civil society bodies and NGOs be allowed to run such stations. It has also proposed a single window clearance system…
A Car Glass Company Is Available To Help
Read An Opinion On: Carrington Products byAlma Abell If there is a broken windshield on the family car, there is a good chance that this is at the top of the priority list. After all, this is somewhat of a nuisance. Not to mention, it is definitely an eyesore. Rather than dealing with a broken…
News briefs:August 27, 2006
The time is 18:00 (UTC) on August 27th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Many dead after jet crashes in Kentucky 1.2 Canadian soldiers kill Afghan police officer 1.3 British soldier shot and killed in southern Afghanistan 1.4 Deadline to release Muslim prisoners passes, journalists released 1.5 Guantanamo inmate…
Study claims to show difference between male and female brains
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 Michael Gurian, psychologist and author of “What Could He Be Thinking?“, has claimed to identify approximately one hundred structural differences between male and female brains in a recent study. Gurian comments: “Men, because we tend to compartmentalize our communication into a smaller part of the brain, we tend to be better…
New Zealand school children put fight videos on YouTube
Friday, October 27, 2006 Approximately seven videos showing school children beating their peers have been put on the Google-owned video service, YouTube. The videos are recorded using cellphone cameras from students at Auckland Grammar School, Tauranga Boys’ College and Saint Kentigern College and other unidentified schools, according to New Zealand newspaper, The Press. Auckland Grammar…
Homeless To Hopeful
Read An Opinion On: Website Www.Safetyandmobility.Com.Au By Todd A. Smith Where do you go when there is nowhere to turn? What do you do when all of the material possessions you valued so much suddenly disappear? Many of us go through life oblivious to the challenges that our fellow man faces on a daily basis….