Hi kids!
Happy New Year to you all! Though it’s a bit late, as the year is four days old today, but this is the first issue of this year and it’s never...
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COVER STORY: Looking back at 2002
January
1st: Twelve EU states adopt the Euro as a single currency.
9th: Dr Asad Abbas performed the first ever successful graft of plastic cornea in Pakistan.....
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DEAR DIARY: For my own good
Today I broke up with the last friend I had left. The reason being the same as before. Because I refuse to get involved in the ‘cool’ stuff they indulge in. I just can’t help it....
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What is snow?
The cold season is here. And this means winter time. Winter usually conjures up visions of snow. Everywhere you look, everything is covered in a thick blanket of snow. Imagine the...
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FEATURE: In quest of happiness
There is an old story about a certain king who wanted to be really happy. Feeling unhappy he decided that he would go anywhere and do anything to acquire happiness. Accordingly,...
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Peripheral devices and system boards
In 1992 after winning the cricket World, Cup Imran Khan said, “Our win is the result of team effort”. Do you know what is meant by team effort? It is the...
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Spreading the fragrance
While passing through the Teen Hatti bridge one is greeted with the soothing, intoxicating, refreshing fragrance of roses, which gives respite from the polluted and chaotic atmosphere of the place suggesting...
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COUNTRY HOPPING: Malta
Official name: Republic of Malta
Area: 320 sq km
Population: 384,000
Capital: Valletta...
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STORY TIME: The truth is out there... but where?
I turned off the TV just as my favourite TV show The X- files ended. I am a big fan of David Duchovny. As I was daydreaming about him, I heard...
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STORY TIME: An important lesson
It was a cool breezy morning. Everyone in Lahore was on their roofs and terraces flying all kinds of colourful kites. The Basant festival was in full swing. Everybody was in...
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STORY TIME: The real treasure
Haseeb was one of the problem creators of his class. He was not interested in his studies at all. He was very disobedient. All he did was tease the other students...
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POETS CORNER
Revenge
You took my possessions from time to time
You took everything, which was mine
You took my heart
You took my soul...
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QUOTES
* Some folks make you feel at home. Others make you wish you were.
— Arnold H. Glasow
* Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate into four pieces and then eat just one piece.
— Judith Viorst....
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MAIL BOX
This is in response to the letter, ‘Career choice’ by Ifrah K. Ghauri (YW Dec. 28). Ifrah believes that our parents should allow us to choose the career of our choice....
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MISCELLANEA
Existing tensions between Pakistan and India pose a serious threat to the future of children on either side. The minds of the young should be devoid of things such as hate, enemies and war....
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SUPER SIS
My school is a highly reputed one. Generally its policy has been to improve the standard of education and well being of the students....
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WEEKLY UPDATE
BRISBANE: Lienne Schellekens, an 18-year-old Dutch tourist, was attacked by a shark, which she described as a hammerhead shark, while she was snorkelling off the Australian coast....
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BOOK: Encyclopedia of IQ Tests
Some people find jumble words entertaining while some enjoy pointing the odd one out. A lot are good at mind teasers and find it entertaining to calculate their IQ levels. The...
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MOVIE: Maid in Manhattan
The Cinderella story gets yet another makeover in Maid in Manhattan. Jennifer Lopez plays Marisa Ventura, a determined single mother who is working at making a better life for her young...
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MUSIC: Yeh Dil Aapka Huwa
Most Lollywood movie soundtracks are not appealing at all. But the soundtrack of the latest super hit movie ‘Yeh dil aapka hua’ is a pleasant surprise. Not only is the music...
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WEBSITE: Space Voyager
Are you fascinated by Astrology? Do you ever wonder how the planets move about in our galaxy and why the stars twinkle in the sky? Do you ever marvel at the...
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GAME TALK: Lost In Time
‘Bugs and bunny lost in time’ is a superb game for all those who love funny stuff. The game has Mr Rabbit sitting in a flying machine that takes him to...
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