November 16, 2002 Welcome to Young World, our weekly magazine for young people. This page is updated every Saturday. For current issue Click here Hi kids! So what’s going on these days besides fasting and Eid shopping? Yes, I know you people spend the whole month of Ramzan shopping for Eid, but let’s put shopping behind to... Cover Story: Time For A Change! If for a whole week you have been eating an omelette or a boiled egg for breakfast, how about a bowl of corn flakes this Saturday? Try it, your taste buds... DEAR DIARY: Unjustly punished If a child makes a mistake and is fairly punished, he tries his level best to avoid the same thing from happening again in order to avoid the punishment. However, if... FEATURE: World Heritage and UNESCO Did you know that Venice (Italy), the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) and the terraced rice paddies in the mountains of the Philippines belong to all the world’s people wherever they live? These places have a special value for humanity either... STORY TIME: Famished yet fulfilled Harvey Lane looked as deserted as it possibly could. As far as his vigilant eyes could see, there was no one in sight. Small one-storey houses stood peacefully to the left side and a low brick wall separated the lane from the adjoining park on the right.... STORY TIME: The mystery of the lost sweaters It is not necessary to massage oil in your head every night, to drink lassi instead of milk, to eat parathas instead of toast or to wear sweaters when winter has not yet started. But all this became necessary after.... STORY TIME: My story Help! Somebody! Anybody! Help...! I am shouting. I am yelling. I am shreiking. But does anyone listen? I am panicking, running, going nuts but does anybody notice? All my friends are... COUNTRY HOPPING: Luxembourg A landlocked country in Western Europe, it is bounded north and west by Belgium, east by Germany, and south by France. Although a small country, Luxembourg occupies an important position in Western Europe, being a founding... MOVIE: Tweety’s high flying adventure Tweety takes off in his very first movie! Everyone’s favorite canary Tweety goes around the world in 80 looney laugh-packed days. The far-flung frolic begins when Granny places a wager with... MUSIC: Scorpion King I knew even before the movie was released that the soundtrack was going to be much better than the movie itself and I was right! The album is explosive! The track listing reads like a who’s who of the metal genre, with brand-new chart toppers including... WEB SITE: Oriland.com Do you enjoy making boats, ships and aero planes out of paper and playing battleships with them? Well, I guess everyone loves Origami! The site www.oriland.com is an amazing one. It... CD REVIEW: Explore the world The CD, Atlas of the World, with all its multimedia options and information, is a good traveller’s guide in the 3D world. So which way would you prefer to travel? The... MISCELLANEA: War against narcotics Narconon is a voluntary American anti narcotics organization busy in educating the young about the dangers of narcotics. Geoffrey Barton, Narconon’s Chief Representative, recently visited Pakistan to hold informative lectures at... Records — broken and unbroken The Guinness Book of World Records, doesn’t need an introduction as everyone knows what it is, or has heard of it, or has tried to get into it. It’s considered to be the authority on all sorts of world records. Updated and published every year, it lists world records... OPINION CORNER: Becoming better citizens OUR city can do with a lot of help. There are no big tasks just small things which can contribute towards making a big difference. Just like many small drops of water contribute towards making an ocean.... EARTH A LIVE: Focus on environment WTC related cough More than 90 per cent of the New York City Fire Department rescue workers who responded to the collapse of the World Trade Center last September 11 have developed a severe cough... Weekly Update: Churchill’s ghost lives on LONDON: A ghostly reminder of British wartime leader Winston Churchill’s ample figure goes on display in London next month when his famous siren suit, still moulded to the shape of his generous waistline, is sold at auction. Churchill himself designed the all-in-one boiler suit of pinstriped grey wool so he could be comfortable but authoritative during the... HEALTH LINE: Signs of good nutrition * The person whose nutrition is good presents an appearance of good health. * The body weight is in good proportion to his age, height and built. * The skin is clear, smooth, soft, slightly moist and somewhat pink in the cheeks...... Super Sis Dear Super Sis! I’ve got two major problems: 1) I can’t eat, sleep, watch TV, and even study, because of Enrique Iglesias! I’m one of his biggest fans! He’s driving me crazy! I love him more than... Interesting facts • There are only four words in the English language which end in “-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. • No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. • The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing..... Quotes * Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.— Albert Einstein * A student by definition doesn’t know what he or she doesn’t know.— Michael Gorman.... QUIZ: All about Dinosaurs 1. About 225 million years ago, dinosaurs appeared on earth and ruled over it for the next 160 million years before they became extinct. Sir Richard Owen, a famous British anatomist,... Briefs A handout picture released on November 11 shows dinosaur tracks that were discovered earlier this year in western Switzerland. The tracks are being documented for the first time, using 3D Cyrax... Laugh it ff! Father: How did your friend lose finger his left hand? Son: He put them in the horse’s mouth. Father: And then what happened?... Mail Box THIS is a reply to Sara Ahmed‘s letter about aptitude tests (YW, October 26). Many have suffered the same misery as your sister. Getting admissions in any professional college is a tough job and professions such as medicine require.... Poet''s Corner The holy month Listen, all of you who believe If you’ve messed up, please retrieve With the sighting of the holy moon Ramzan begins with full bloom...

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