May 14, 2005
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Hi kids!
The heat is rising, with the temperature soaring this week to 40ºC in Karachi. Lucky are those who live in the cooler areas of the country or can manage to go some hill station to beat the heat. But most of us have our work to take care of and the vacations have not yet begun. And even during the vacations, everyone cannot leave their homes.... 
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COVER STORY: How words affect our lives?
 God created the universe by saying a single word kun (be it so) and the whole universe came into existence. Since then words have been blessed with the power to perform uncountable feats....
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DEAR DIARY: Memorable days
 Dear Diary, One year of college life passed so quickly it seems the time is flying... Fortunately or unfortunately I got admission in a college which is regarded the most strict college of the city....
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If I were to run a school canteen...
 You would have seen the aunty or uncle in your school canteen selling mouth watering sweets or fresh hot pizza, just taken out from the microwave to the screaming and yelling students....
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STORY TIME: When wishes come true...
 One day as Komal was coming back from school she heard a whimpering noise behind a bush. Curiously she marched towards it and found a fairy crying. She asked kindly, “Oh, why are you so sad?’...
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STORY TIME: The lost treasure
 Aslam was very fond of sports. He liked to play tennis and squash but most of all he liked to ride his bicycle. He kept it in perfect shape, cleaning it every now and then, oiling it and making sure that it stayed perfect. He liked to race with his friends....
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What?
 The late September afternoon sun was warm through the glass and it had made her feel drowsy. She fell on her bed, forming fresh patterns on the patch-work quilt. She was half sitting, half lying with her back propped up by several pillows. There was a window farther down — past the floor of the bed...
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A Trip to Beijing
 Allah has blessed this world with countless enchanting sites. You can find them all around the globe. Apart from natural sceneries, you can also find man-made masterpieces that are also blessed by Allah Al-Mighty to mankind. Since I visited Beijing, China, I would like to share the tour with Young World readers....
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SOCIETY: Jigsaw of crime
 A half-naked, hungry boy, thinking of no other way to fill his belly but to steal a piece of bread to fill his belly, steals the loaf. Has he committed a crime? Or is a muscular man, desperately wanting to enjoy the comforts of life robs a poor man of his precious amount, a criminal? According to law both have done a wrong...
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FEATURE: Steps to good writing
 When people contemplate about composing an article for a magazine or newspaper, many tend to try and adopt an individual approach towards writing, so as to stand out in the world of “journalism”. Someone once corrected me when I used the term “journalism”, saying that...
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Games for the blind
 Now it is universally accepted that playing games is as important as receiving an education. A number of sports are considered virtually essential to maintain good health. There are many types of games, which can be divided into two main groups — outdoor games and indoor games....
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Children’s storywriter
 You must have read many stories by Mehroz Iqbal, but did you ever really know who Mehroz was? Most of you must have thought another girl who is fond of writing Well, today as we publish yet another article by our most cherished writer we decided to reveal the real person behind Mehroz....
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COMPUTERS: Online games that last forever...
Take that…and that and that….and Awww! Rats. He destroyed my fort again. Sigh! Those damn tanks of his. Just wait till I get my artillery guns and then as soon as those tanks come within sight…BANG! Oh! Hi guys and girls. Sorry I’m just a little depressed right now. I’m depressed because my buddy in Australia...
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PERSONALITY: The mastermind behind www: Tim Berners Lee
 Tim Berners Lee; does the name ring a bell? Probably not. What about the World Wide Web? Everyone knows what that is. What’s the analogy, you may ask? Why, Tim Berners is to WWW,...
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SMILE — THE SIGN OF LIFE
 According to the dictionary the word ‘smile’ is “an expression on your face in which your mouth turns upwards to show that you are happy.” But if you come to think of it, smile is not just a mere expression...
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WEEKLY UPDATE: Catapult plant is world record-breaker
PARIS: A tiny Canadian shrub is the quickest-moving thing in the plant world, using a catapult mechanism to eject its pollen at a speed hundreds of times faster than a launched rocket, scientists have found. The plant, bunchberry dogwood (Cornus canadensis),...
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MAIL BOX
Media has always had a towering influence on today’s generation but now it’s getting out of control. I mean it seems as if it has a mind of its own. Children are now really getting out of hands, being rude, insolent and vulgar.
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POETS’ CORNER
Witch, witch! where do you fly?, Under the clouds and over the sky!, Witch, witch! What do you eat? Little black apples from the Hurricane Street. Witch, witch! What do you drink? Vineger blacking and good red ink....
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BOOK: learning your alphabet
 Well if you thought ‘lust’ means something else, it also stands for ‘Leaking Underground Storage Tanks’. ILW stands for Industrial Liquid Waste; and the term ‘quaternary’ means a period in earth’s history that experienced some drastic climactic changes....
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MOVIE: osama
 The film is based on a true story. A 12-year-old girl and her mother in Afghanistan become jobless after the Taliban closed the hospital where they used to work. Talibans had also forbidden the women to leave their houses without a male companion....
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