February 7, 2004
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Hi kids!
 Wasn’t it fun to have almost a week off from school? I hope the teachers didn’t give much homework for this vacation and you had ample time to enjoy your Eid...
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COVER STORY: Tasty, isn’t it?
 As soon as Atta returned from college that day, he shouted, “Madiha, Madiha where are you?”...
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DEAR DIARY: An impasse
 I was captivated in an impasse; my parents said that it was not necessary to go for it while my teacher said that you must. I was like a rope being tugged at both ends during a tug of war game....
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PUBLIC SPEAKING: Me? ... Speak in front of a group?
 As you stand up to walk towards the podium, you feel your legs turning into rubber, shaking uncontrollably; your palms all sweaty and sticky; your throat dry; and suddenly your mind...
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The world and Pakistan through maps: India prior to partition
 The British traders were interested in having trade relations with the traders of undivided India. They came to the subcontinent during the 17th century and established East India Company, which eventually...
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FEATURE: How does a Nuclear Bomb work?
 Nature has got millions of secrets in even the smallest and unimaginable things existing in the universe and scientists revealed many of them in the initial years of the twentieth century....
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Floppy diskette
 Personal computer performs various functions for you. It writes and reads data, make spreadsheets, create beautiful images and saves your favourite pictures. To save your pictures and written work the computer...
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What is quicksand?
Planning a picnic on the beach? Whoopee! What fun it is to spend a day out in the sun, sitting on the sand and looking at the sparkling, deep, blue-green ocean....
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STORY TIME: To be proud of...
 “I hate this car!” 10-year-old Brian looked out of the window into the rain gloomily. They were standing in the side lane for about half an hour now. Dad had called...
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STORY TIME: The three brothers
Once upon a time, there lived three brothers. Their names were: Wealth, Knowledge, and Honour. They did not know that each contained the power to help. Their father was very old....
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STORY TIME: The mysterious statue
 The Greek statue was certainly a fine piece of work, and it looked captivating on the showcase in the drawing room. My uncle had brought the Greek statue for my mother...
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MISCELLANEA
 Our school recently took us to IDA-RIEU, a school for special people. Honestly I didn’t want to go and considered the visit a waste of time but now I consider myself to be really lucky...
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WEEKLY UPDATE
MEXICO CITY: The cold spell that has hit central Mexico this winter has destroyed 10 per cent of the 100 million Monarch butterflies that migrate to this country from Canada every year, a Mexican nature preserve official said on Tuesday....
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POETS’ CORNER
Peace Peace is a thing we always want But nobody gives us in real I hate people who don’t give us peace...
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QUOTES
* He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. — Winston Churchill * When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not. — Mark Twain....
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MAIL BOX
To drive a car in Karachi is considered a very difficult task because the roads are badly damaged. The bad condition of roads is just one menace that we face, lack of parking space is another problem....
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Easy and difficult
Easy to get a place in someone’s address book. Difficult to get a place in someone’s heart.....
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SUPER SIS
I think UNESCO and UNICEF rely on donations and charity for their relief work, and I also think they have artists who donate their work....
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BOOK: Invaders in the vegetable patch
 The story Invaders in the vegetable patch written by Paul Shipton is really an interesting tale. The story revolves around three young children — Tom, Eddie and Cathy....
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MOVIE: the cat in the hat
 Mike Myers stars in the title role of Dr Suess in The Cat in the Hat. The film is an adaptation of the much acclaimed literary classic that came out in...
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