September 09, 2006
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 The teenager was trembling with shock and grief. In broad daylight, the poor boy had been robbed of the cellphone that he cherished so much. He had never thought it could happen to him....
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Cover story: Pluto demoted!
 Science is self-correcting. After years of wrangling and a week of bitter debate, the International Astronomical Union voted on a sweeping reclassification of the solar system...
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REVIEWS: Chronicles of Narnia
 Imagine being small once again. Imagine having an equally small friend. And then imagine a large old house with secret walls and dark attics that are off-limits to you....
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Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah: Father of the nation
 Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah was born on December 25, 1876 at Wazir Mansion, Karachi, and was the first of seven children of Jinnahbhai Poonja, a prosperous merchant....
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The babysitter’s narrow escape
 It all happened a long time ago. My mom was to go shopping with one of my aunts and I, being the eldest in the family, was supposed to babysit all the kids....
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An unforgettable lesson
 When Noman turned 17 and passed his matric exams with an “A” grade, he started asking his parents to buy him a motorbike. Noman belonged to a decent middle-class family who...
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Goodbye, Crocodile Hunter!
 ‘I don’t believe it. The Crocodile Hunter cannot be dead!’ These were my grandmother’s words when she first heard the news on Animal Planet. It really was unbelievable: Steve ‘been there, done that’ Irwin was really no more in this world....
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Teenage life
 Dear Diary, Last month I celebrated my 13th birthday. It was so much fun. I am happy because now my elder sisters and brothers won''t call me a ''baby'' anymore...
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You think you have an attitude?
 Ever been totally sickened and literally deplored by boys and girls who''d do just about anything to be a part of the elite, most sought after, idolised, known as ‘the popular...
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Effective shopping
 Going out shopping? Wait! You might not know, but it''s more than just getting dressed up, driving the car and hence, reaching the shopping mall. You need to know some tactics before you shop....
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Experience is a good teacher
 Everybody wants to see the whole world in their lifetime. I like visiting every place my parents go. Even if it is in the city I live in....
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For a better cause
 Concern for Children Trust (CFC) is a non-profit, non-government organisation that was established in 1997. Its aim is to build models for sustainable development for children in at-risk populations....
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News update
‘World''s fattest man’ to be operated on in Italy: ROME: A Mexican weighing 550 kilos and thought to be the fattest man in the world is to have his bodyweight surgically reduced in Italy, one of his surgeons told the Ansa news agency on Tuesday...
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Super sis
 Dear Super Sis, I am a 16-year-old girl and I will be joining a co-education college soon. I studied in a co-education institution when I was 11 years old. I’m very worried about studying with boys...
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In the news
 1) Steve Irwin, known worldwide as the ‘Crocodile Hunter’, died on September 4, when a stingray he was swimming with for a new TV programme on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef stabbed him with its poisonous barb....
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Poets’ corner
 The catThe cat caught a rat Rat was dark black It has two eyes and a long tail...
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Mailbox
 Transportation, inflation, shelter, encroachment, contaminated water, unemployment and health and education are some of the problems faced by the people in our country....
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Quotes
 The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity, I truly feel that there are as many ways of loving as there are people in the world and as there are days in the life of those people....
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