April 19, 2003
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Hi kids,
 You know when I first heard someone say that time flies and you never get to know how years go by I thought how could grown-ups lose track of time. It...
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COVER STORY: Artificial Intelligence
 Probably everybody has heard of Artificial Intelligence (AI for short), but relatively few people have a really good idea of what the term really means. For most people, AI is associated...
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DEBATE: Why murder frogs?
 Go on ... mock me. I am used to it anyway but right now, I am desperate to voice my opinion about dissecting frogs. I am a pre-medical student and at the same time I am an animal rights activist.....
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OPINION CORNER: Where would you choose to live
If I had a choice I would live in the sky. The reason is that there would be less traffic and noise. There would be no smoke in the sky. From...
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COUNTRY HOPPING: Nigeria
 Official name: Federal Republic of NigeriaArea: 923,773 sq km Population: 106,409,000 Capital: Abuja Currency: Naira Official language: English...
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FEATURE: Earth Day 2003: make: Earth Day every day
 The official date of Earth Day is April 22. However, Earth Day events are often scheduled for the weekends before or after April 22....
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Focus on environment
Religious institutions around the world are going green and providing a push to the environmental movement, says a new report from the Worldwatch Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based research organization....
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Amir Khusraw: The multifaceted sufi
 You’d wonder what relevance would a classical poet and a court chronicler who died seven hundred years ago, have to us in these modern times. The words of Yousuf Saeed, a...
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A bizarre bazaar
 At first glance, the narrow, congested lanes of Urdu Bazaar resemble a chaotic marketplace right out of an Orientalist’s dream. But instead of horsemen and carriages, motorbikes, rickshaws and automobiles, along...
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STORY TIME: Autobiography of a horse
 Hi there! I am a horse. I’m sure all of you are familiar with me. As I have given most of you a ride on my back. Even though I bring...
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STORY TIME: The first flight
 I was sitting in my room enjoying the scenery outside my window. The morning breeze felt wonderful and the dew drops on the leaves and grass shone like crystals as the...
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STORY TIME: A gift for you
 A young woman was about to graduate from college. For many months she had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing her father could well afford it,...
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POETS CORNER
Attack on Iraq Iraq, once a country of peace The oil enriched land of Islam. USA regarded it As a terrorist nation under Saddaam....
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QUOTES
* Poetry is the language of the soul and silence is its song. — C.S.Pike * You want to be different from everybody yet stay within the borders of social acceptance. People are looking. — Bobby Douglas....
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SUPER SIS
Dear Super Sis, I am ten years old and am in class V. Now it’s time for me to decide if I want to stay in the Matric section or take up Cambridge. I’m a little confused regarding this issue....
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MAIL BOX
Special children Special children are those who are incapacitated in some way or the other. These children don’t usually get the attention they deserve and are left alone to lead miserable lives....
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MISCELLANEA
The children of the Kindergarten section of the Foundation Public School (Infant-l) have adopted the school pet animals and are responsible for them in every way...
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WEEKLY UPDATE
NEW DELHI: Birds can eat too many worms, paper kites can cripple them and even crows with cast-iron stomachs develop aches in the pollution-rife Indian capital. But help is always at hand ...
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MOVIE: Misery
 Stephen King is undoubtedly the master of intrigue and horror. The transfixing plot and the spontaneous unfolding of the panorama of events make all of King’s novels a treat to be...
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BOOK: Mary poppins opens the door
 One of the films that always topped my favourite movie list as a kid was Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews, who played the stern but the fantastic nanny to perfection....
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WEBSITE: Mazework
You love to play games and solve puzzles on the net, don’t you? To refresh your mind after a busy day, log on to www.MazeWorks.com. The website is clutter free and...
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ON AIR: Net ‘n’ tech
Net ‘n’ tech as the name suggests is a programme based on information about the latest technology. This programme is divided into four segments, which are, “web focus”, “Extreme play”, “fresh...
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