November 6, 2004
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 The youngster didn’t seem happy. She had been asked by her mom to carry out some chores. The girl wanted to finish the book she had borrowed from the library. ...
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COVER STORY: Life without siblings
 As I sat on a bench, under a tree, sunlight streamed through the dancing canopy of leaves above my head. What I saw on the ground before me were complex, moving,...
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The poet of Islam
 Mohammad Iqbal was born on November 9, 1877 (Zul-Qada 3, 1294AH), in Sialkot. At the time of Iqbal’s birth, his father owned a small but profitable business. He specialized in making...
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So you want to be a teacher
 After our parents, teachers are perhaps the most important people to influence our lives. It is through them that we learn to see the world, through them that we gain the...
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How to be famous?
 Becoming famous is something that almost everybody dreams of. Fame means to seek attention or to be widely known, when you walk around a corner people look at you and talk...
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History of the Teddy Bear
 The Teddy Bear. We all love it! But have you ever wondered just how the teddy bear came into being? How did the idea come in and how was it included...
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Cultural heritage: a personalized perspective
 I want to be an archaeologist... did that notion ever come up to you when opting for careers. Not to me at least until I took up the anthropology course. Frankly...
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Turpakai, Gullalai, brotherly sisters of varied tastes
 It is no less than a miracle that two Pakhtun girls from a typical Pakhtun society hailing from a backward and a rigid tribal set-up come into the arena of sports...
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STORY TIME: My Strange Elderly Neighbour
 I always hated my summer vacations as I used to get very bored. But when she came in my life, life changed....
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STORYTIME: Stupenzal
 Fernand Rainne set out to seek his fortune in the art of fighting. Travelling after a long time of eighteen years, he came to the city of Baghdad. It was there,...
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STORY TIME: Neither father nor brother, only money makes the greedy happy
 There lived an old man, very learned and intelligent; he was also very wealthy possessing loads of dollars in cash and real estate in abundance. Still he would never sit idle....
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MISCELLANEA: First Science Olympiad
 The first series of the Divisional Science Olympiad jointly organized by Intel Pakistan Cooperation and Second Science Education Projects, Punjab Education Department was opened in Lahore, at the Children Library Complex....
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WEEKLY UPDATE: British MPs decline to ban smacking children
LONDON: British members of parliament on Tuesday voted down a move to totally ban the smacking of children....
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QUIZ: US presidents
1) Who was the first US president to die while in office? 2) Besides Jimmy Carter, who were the two American presidents to have received the Nobel Peace Prizes? ...
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RIDDLES
* What are the three types of keys which can’t be put in the pockets? Donkey, Monkey, Turkey...
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POETS’ CORNER
Ramazan moon wait for the little crescent in the sky to appear and show its light Shine out among the stars tonight The month of Ramazan will come in...
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QUOTES
* When ever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. — Heinrich Heine * Nature arms each man with some faculties which enable him to do easily some feat impossible to any other. —RalphWaldo Emerson....
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MAIL BOX
Problems of education Education plays a vital role in the progress of a nation. But still we neglect education, especially in the government sector....
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SUPER SIS
Dear super sis, I am facing an acute dandruff problem. I’ve tried anti dandruff shampoos and oils but they do not seem to work. I also have many small pimples on my face which leave marks....
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BOOK: an explosion of information
 The Paramount Children’s Encyclopedia is an explosion of information about almost every topic under the sun. In 468+ pages, all sorts of information on various subjects have been compiled for children...
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MOVIE: Van helsing
 A monster movie together with its adventurous kick; Van Helsing manages to enthral the audience right till the end with its unpredictable twists and its wonderful special effects. Featuring the traditional...
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WEBSITE: PBS kids
www.pbskids.org is an excellent place for kids to hang out, being both educational and fun at the same time. There are more than 15 sites to it: Arthur, Barney, Berenstain...
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