December 11, 2004 Welcome to Young World, our weekly magazine for young people. This page is updated every Saturday. For current issue Click here Hi Kids! While reading your articles, especially those sent via email, we are noticing both with interest and alarm a change in the language used and the style of writing. The change began... COVER STORY: Help build a safer world Since 1992, International Children’s Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) is celebrated throughout the world on the second Sunday of December every year. Thousands of children celebrate the day which is a joint... Youth as active participants Children and young people in Pakistan are coming together to break the silence around the threat of HIV/AIDS to the country. The National Aids Control Programme (NACP) with the support from... Let’s help one another A team of good-hearted youngsters from the International School, Defence showed exemplary benevolence recently, by pooling in their pocked money, collecting donations from friends, stores and distributed it among the 100... Tic tic toc on the tower Karachi in 1797 was a village known as ‘Krokala Krotchey’ but with the passage of time the name of the place was changed many times. It was called ‘Kalachi’, ‘Kurrachee’ and... Fingers that talk We have set up our castle’s communications systems (email) via which we can now talk with and stay in touch with our allies (friends and family). But now I’m starting to... Meena — The littlest role model She may be just a tiny tot but she is a girl with a mission. Meena can move mountains and while doing so she offers children, specially the girl child of... DEAR DIARY: Where are we heading? As far as I believe, we came into this world to make the most of our qualities, for our good and the good of our fellow beings. In fact, man, the most eminent of all created things, was sent to this Earth to ponder; to think... From the Diary of a Palestinian Girl “Dunya, wake up! The soldiers have taken away Najla’s father. We must go and help them.” That is the way my day starts. My name is Dunya. I am an ordinary... STORY TIME: I belong... “Junaid could you please come here right now?” my mother’s voice came from the kitchen. “Coming mom,” I said, getting out of my bed. I trudged towards the kitchen. I was tired and wanted to get away from all the hassles of my monotonous routine.... STORY TIME: My greatest success I was almost excellent in everything, but (probably) my only weakness was reading a novel. Perhaps you may think that I am joking, well, I’m not. I only used to read... STORY TIME: girls saved the day It was a fine summer morning. Anam and Sana who were next-door neighbours and very good friends, decided to go out. At ten o’ clock after having breakfast they headed towards... MISCELLANEA: The legend: Cadet College Hassan Abdal Even though the town is not as well-known, Hassan Abdal holds a character of its own. It is not clear how the town got its name but a reference is usually... WEEKLY UPDATE LOS ANGELES: People who run a chronic sleep deficit appear to be at increased risk for piling on the pounds, according to two studies released on Monday that flash out the association between sleep duration and weight gain.... Animal facts Dinosaurs probably lived to be between 75 to 300 years of age. * Skunks can shoot their bad-smelling spray only about two yards, but you can smell it up to two and a half miles away..... QUOTES * It is a good thing to learn caution by the misfortunes of others. —-Syrus * How poor are they that have no patience!What would did ever heal but by degree. —-Shakespeare.... MAIL BOX Girls are always girls THIS is in response to Filza Naveed’s “Girls are girls, boys are boys” (YW November 20). No doubt that our young generation is getting spoiled, rapidly, and I highly appreciate Filza’s criticism... SUPER SIS Dear Super Sis, I am a student of class VIII. There is a girl in my class whom I like but I don’t have the guts to tell her. Please help me!... POETS’ CORNER Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys! They like to play with toys Specially with a gun They think it’s really a fun... BOOK: The sherlock holmes companion Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are undoubtedly the most famous characters in English detective fiction. A lot has been written about them by different writers after Doyle’s... MOVIE: A Cinderella story A Cinderella Story (as the name indicates) is based on the all-time favourite fairy-tale Cinderella. The flick is a modernized version of the much-liked classic tale.... WEBSITE: Pakfellows.com Do you miss your ex-classmates and want to contact them? Here is a chance for you to do so. Log on to www.pakfellows.com. Here you can locate ex-students of different schools,... MUSIC: salakhain It is now largely accepted that the success of a Lollywood movie is gauged by the success of its music score. Every Lollywood hit has a swirling and melodious music score... GAME TALK: Pain killer The trend of mindless vigorous action inspired by the predecessors of 3D action continues with Painkiller. Yet another title which involves pelting of dull-witted monsters with torrents of ammunitions as they...

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