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CHICAGO (AP) — Swallowing button batteries can be fatal or cause serious harm, and research suggests that severe injuries in children, though relatively scarce, are on the rise.
The dangers are highlighted in a new medical report about 10 cases at a ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — Giving young women an education resulted in saving the lives of more than 4 million children worldwide in 2009, a new study says.
American researchers analysed 915 censuses and surveys from 175 countries tracking education, economic gro...
DATE: Sep 23, 2010
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What defines a true hero? The 12-part weekly series which starts today in Young Observer explores the heroism of a group of men who at a time of widespread bigotry and racism, put their lives on the line in the name of democracy.
"The Harlem Hellfigh...
DATE: Sep 23, 2010
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) — Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has lent her voice to "Sesame Street" for the first time, as an animated "O" chatting with guests "Otto the Orangutan" and "Ophelia the Octopus".
Producers of the award-winning TV show for p...
DATE: Sep 23, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) — British children's weekly pocket money has fallen to a seven-year low, in a sign parents are still cutting back on non-essential spending even as the country emerges from recession, a survey showed.
Halifax, part of Lloyds Ba...
DATE: Sep 23, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is taking to the nation's airwaves once again, this time to tell America's schoolchildren that nothing is beyond their reach as long as they dream big, work hard and focus on learning.
Obama was making that po...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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Young Observer
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NEW YORK (AP) — Coming two weeks after Election Day, a book from President Barack Obama for some of the nation's non-voters: inspirational stories for children about American pioneers.
"Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters" is a tribute to 13 gro...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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Young Observer
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An assembly as glittering as any to be found in the royal courts of Europe gathered in the grounds of Camden on Saturday afternoon. Fairies, fairy godmothers, princesses and even a few princes turned out in their finery at the invitation of the Maste...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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Young Observer
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Whilst many Bermudian teenagers may have wandered aimlessly through the summer, not quite sure what to do, 18 young women travelled with a purpose, fostering the aims of Girl Guides throughout the world: making friends, learning new skills and having...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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Young Observer
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"It was a really great experience. I highly recommend it," declared Chloe Brookes of her month at Pembroke College, Oxford this summer.
The 16-year-old IB student was enrolled in the Oxbridge Academic Programmes which had been recommended by her coll...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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