July 12, 2003 Welcome to Young World, our weekly magazine for young people. This page is updated every Saturday. For current issue Click here Hi kids! The monsoon rain has brought some respite from the heat. But at the same time it has brought innumerable problems with it — the ever-increasing power breakdowns, the overflowing sewage, outbreak... Cover Story: Joys and pains of teenage years Teenage years fill your life with the most unique colours”. This means that the experiences of teenage years are confined to these years only and cannot be enjoyed later in life. Entering your teens can be... A beacon of light Today in the evening my brother and I went for a drive to Seaview. We were having a nice ride when suddenly we decided to stop and enjoy the sunset and cold breeze. But as soon as we stopped our car, young kids selling stuff... Feature: Werewolf mythology Its yellow eyes glow in the dark as it silently treads forward, stalking the silent night. It crouches low, every muscle alert, every nerve alive ... watching its prey. Its movement,... Story Time: The lady who types your future Derek Martin, was 18 and wanted to be the best story teller in the whole world. He wanted to beat R.L Stine, Christopher Pike and all the other story tellers. So one day he decided to go to a lonely place where he could write a horror story.... Story Time: Two brothers Tim and Jim were identical twins. Tim was the innocent one and Jim the sly one. Their mother had died when they were three years old. Since then, the boys had... Story Time: The alien invasion It was a hot, summer day in Karachi. Everybody was up and about their business. Nobody knew what was going to happen later that day. Between 12:00 noon and 2:00pm, the... Places: Saddar — the lost grandeur A place forsaken. No, don’t make the mistake of viewing it as though this particular place has been abandoned, as this commercialized area has probably the highest number of visitors a... Personality: Still Superman: Christopher Reeve It was a tragic accident. The horse hesitated at a rail jump, pitching its rider forward. With his hands tangled in the horse’s bridle, he landed head first, fracturing the uppermost... Country Hopping: Qatar Qatar lies in the Middle East, occupying Qatar peninsula in the Arabian Gulf with Saudi Arabia towards its southwest and United Arab Emirates towards its south. The Hawar Islands, are a part of Qatar that is also claimed by Bahrain.... You need water Water is life; this truth has universally been acknowledged repeatedly by resear-chers and scientists. To remain fit and healthy, it’s important to drink sufficient amount of water every day. But the question is how much water do we need to take everyday? The latest study from researchers at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City concludes that the old standby of eight glasses... Book: Sherlock holmes is back Donald Thomas’s Sherlock Holmes and the Running Noose is a great attempt to bring Sherlock Holmes back to life. It contains six new tales of crime, murder, deception, deduction and horror... Movie: Finding nemo Bravo on another winner from the people who bought us Monsters, Toy Story and A Bug’s Life.... CD Review: Perfect dictionary Ever wished you had a talking dictionary to familiarize yourself with the proper pronunciation of a strange word? Well, now you can buy Perfect Dictionary 8 in one CD and enjoy... Web Site: Dumb laws This site is one that does not have to be taken seriously at all. Why? Didn’t you notice that dumb in the address? However, this is an extraordinary way of wasting your time, yet being able to learn something.... Miscellanea: For cultural understanding The standard of education, at least in the majority of private schools in Pakistan is comparable to that of most of the better schools anywhere in the West. However, the one... Weekly Update: Iranian twins die after operation fails SINGAPORE: Twin Iranian sisters joined at the head since birth 29 years ago died within hours of each other on Tuesday after surgeons in Singapore separated them in an operation they... The green alert! Trees have been associated with human beings since the very beginning. Adam and Eve lived in a garden but were forbidden to approach a specific tree for fear of expulsion from their heavenly abode. However, they were mislead by Satan and were ejected from paradise... Opinion Corner: Which is better ... pop or classical? I THINK pop music is better than classical. Pop music is thrilling and exciting. One feels refreshed while listening to it. I feel that classical music is usually liked by the... Health Line: Do you need dental braces? YOU might have noticed your friends and relatives in school or at a birthday party wearing steel wires in their mouth. Well they wear them for a good reason, and that... Quotes * Do only that which you believe and do not do any thing in which you do not believe. — Sir Syed Ahmad Khan * When wealth is lost nothing is lost, when health is lost something is lost... Quiz: Diseases 1. When a person suffers from jaundice, which part of his body is affected? 2. Goitre is caused due to the deficiency of which substance? 3. Insulin is prescribed for patients... Briefs: Harry Potter house up for sale LONDON: The house that played host to the loathsome Dursleys and their magical nephew in the Harry Potter movies is on the market, British newspapers reported.... Funny, isn’t it? BOY: May I hold your hand? GIRL: No thanks, it isn’t heavy.... Mail Box MOST television programmes on current affairs are presented in the English language. However, the ones which are in Urdu, thanks to the anchor and the participants, are turned into English programmes.... Poet''s Corner Shapes I am a circle round like a pie. I am a triangle, three sides have I. I am a square, my sides are four. I am a rectangle, shaped like a door....

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