By Dee Power Authors in their quest to get published can fall victim to scams. Here’s a few tips to help you avoid the traps. Online Matching Services and Email Blast Programs These services, for a fee, put your query letter, synopsis and first chapter online. Acquisition editors and literary agents then have the opportunity […]
Read MoreUN sponsored ceasefire in Israel-Lebanon begins
Monday, August 14, 2006 At 5:00 a.m. GMT, a UN sponsored ceasefire between the IDF and Hezbollah took effect. Outside of isolated small arms fire, both sides seem to be abiding by it. Although fighting took place until just minutes before the ceasefire, no air strikes or rocket attacks have been reported since. Israel has […]
Read MoreWikinews interviews former Salt Lake City mayor and 2012 presidential candidate Rocky Anderson
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Former Salt Lake City mayor and human rights activist Rocky Anderson took some time to discuss his 2012 U.S. presidential campaign and the newly-created Justice Party with Wikinews reporter William S. Saturn. Anderson served as mayor of Salt Lake City for eight years (2000–2008) as a member of the Democratic Party. […]
Read More200 candles: Chileans celebrate country’s Bicentennial
Saturday, September 18, 2010 Chile is celebrating its Bicentennial, with several events that have been organized by the government for almost a decade. It commemorates two hundred years since the First Government Junta of 1810 was formed, starting the Independence process, that ended in 1818 after Bernardo O’Higgins proclaimed it. The Bicentennial takes place on […]
Read MoreGerman president dissolves parliament; elections in September
Thursday, July 21, 2005 German president Horst Köhler announced today that he has dissolved the Bundestag after a motion of confidence by chancellor Gerhard Schröder deliberately failed on July 1st. He set the 18th of September 2005 as the date for early elections to the Bundestag. In a televised address Köhler stated that Germany is […]
Read MoreChoosing A Moissanite Diamond For Your Engagement Ring
By Victor Epand The terms “synthetic” and “simulated” are confused in the minds of most folks. Synthetic means a “REAL” diamond material but manmade. Simulated means a material that looks pretty much like a diamond but is made from something else. A “synthetic” diamond is actually diamond but is manmade in the deep secrets of […]
Read MoreWikinews interviews India’s first female Paralympic medalist Deepa Malik
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 Wikinews on Sunday interviewed Deepa Malik, India’s first female Paralympic medalist, who won the silver medal in the Women’s Shot Put F53 event finals, at the 2016 Summer Paralympics being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Malik lost the gold medal to Bahrain’s Fatema Nedham, who had the best throw 4.76 […]
Read MoreAustralians need bigger toilets
Tuesday, March 7, 2006 Standards Australia, the non-government standards setting organisation in Australia has indicated that it is reviewing the weight limit for toilet seats as they need to accommodate the “increasing size of humans”. Obesity levels have been rising for years in Australia. Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows that the percentage of Australian […]
Read More“Junk” foods may affect aggressive behaviour and school performance
Tuesday, October 4, 2005 Dr. Stephen Schoenthaler, a Professor of Criminal Justice at the California State University in Stanislaus, has long argued that there is a link between a healthy diet and decreased aggressive behaviour, as well as with increased IQ and school performance. Dr. Schoenthaler is well-known for a youth detention center study where […]
Read MoreInterview with Glen Stollery of ScienTOMogy.info
Wednesday, April 5, 2006 Glen Stollery is a New Zealand website developer who created the site ScienTOMogy.info in mid 2005. The site, which is a parody of Tom Cruise and his involvement with the Church of Scientology, became the centre of controversy when it was served with a number of cease and desist orders initiated […]
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