Category: News For Kids
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Messi to play for Barcelona untill 2018
Lionel Messi, extended his deal with the Spanish club FC Barcelona. According to the new contract, Messi will play for Barcelona until 2018. Messi, originally from Argentina, has already scored 90 goals in 2012. He was recently in the news for breaking German great Gerd Mueller’s 40-year-old record for scoring most goals in a year. Mueller had…
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Crash Landing On The Moon
Do you know how two NASA spacecraft ended their lunar missions? By crashing into the moon. The satellites named Ebb and Flow had been orbiting the Moon since a year and had collected valuable information for the scientists. Maria Zuber from the project found it very difficult to say bye. The last signal from the satellites was received at around 10.30pm last…
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England’s Historic Win in India
England on Monday won the Test series against India. Out of four test matches played between India and England, England won two, lost one and the last one was a draw. England won the series by 2-1. It was a momentous day for England as they won a series in India after a gap of…
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Japan votes for Shinzo Abe
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) under the leadership of Shinzo Abe has won the Japanese elections. The party, had ruled Japan for almost 50 years until 2009. Now it has come to power again with a lanslide victory. Mr. Shinzo Abe is all set to become the new Japanese Prime Minister. He was also Japan’s Prime Minister between 2006 and 2007. The current…
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Japan all set for the Change of Guard
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) under the leadership of Shinzo Abe is all set to win the Japanese election. The party, had ruled Japan for almost 50 years until 2009. Now it is most likely to come to power again. If that happens, Mr Abe is most likely to become the new Japanese Prime Minister. He was Japan’s Prime Minister between…
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Will the World End in 2012?
Is it true that the world is ending in 2012? This is how it all started. Sumerians who lived in ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) believed that a planet named Nibiru existed. They predicted that Nibiru would hit Earth, and that will be the doomsday. The initial prediction was for May 2003. Well 2003 came and went,…
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When Mount Everest was not Everest?
Yes, it is true! NASA, the US Space company had recently posted a picture of Mount Everest that was taken by Yuri Malenchenko from ISS. There was only one problem, it wasn’t the picture of Everest. It was actually a mountain named Saser Muztagh, in the Karakoram Range of the Kashmir region of India. A…
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Nile Like River Found on Titan
There is only one other place other than Earth that has stable liquid on its surface. For Earth, it is water, and for Titan it is hydrocarbons (chemicals like ethane and methane). A smaller version of the Nile River has been spotted on the largest moon of Saturn by ESA’s Cassini spacecraft. The river flows for more…
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Amazon Trees To Beat Global Warming
Global Warming that is a threat for everyone. It will not be able to effect some species of trees in the Amazon. Researcher have shown that these trees can survive the warmer temperatures. However, the severe drought conditions and forest fires will still remain a problem for the forests in Amazon. The scientists have drawn these conclusions based on…
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Never Published Fairy Tale Discovered
Do you know who H.C Andersen was? He was the author of the famous fairy tales like The Ugly Duckling, Emperor’s New Clothes, Thumblina and the Little Mermaid. Recently, a fairy tale titled ‘Tallow Candle’, hand written by Andersen, has been found at the bottom of a box in the National Archives,near the Danish writer’s home city. It was…
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How Old is The Cheese?
We do not know when exactly we started to make cheese. Now, there is some evidence that cheese has been here for almost 7,000 years. There are pieces of pottery discovered near a river in Poland. These vessels have little holes poked in them like a modern day strainer. Scientists have concluded that they were used…
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North Korea Launches Rocket, upsets Neighbours
North Korea successfuly launched a long-range missile. It insists that the launch was not a banned inter-continental missile test, but only a mission to place a scientific satellite in orbit. However, neighbouring countries Japan and South Korea along with The US are fearful that the launch is being used as cover for testing long range ballistic missiles. Long…