Category: News For Kids
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Olympic Torch reaches London
The Olympic flame has arrived in the host city into the Tower of London from a Royal Navy Sea King helicopter at the fitting time of 20:12 BST. “Dame Kelly Holmes – who won the 800m and 1500m gold medals in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games – became the capital’s first torchbearer as she carried…
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Rafael Nadal pulls out of Olympics 2012
Olympic gold medal winner in Beijing four years ago, Rafael Nadal has withdrew from the Olympic Games because of an injury. Nadal has has failed to recover from a nagging knee problem. This is shocking news for tennis fans all over the world. Nadal will also miss out on the honour of bearing his nation’s…
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Elections held for the 14th President of India
UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee is all set to be elected the 14th President of the country. Votes polled in the election held on Thursday will be counted on Sunday. The Hindu Reported. Given the strength of the parties in the presidential electoral college which have agreed to support Mr. Mukherjee, there is doubt about his…
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Chimpanzee Frenzy
Five chimpanzees ran freely around Hanover Zoo after they escaped their enclosure. Hanover Zoo is located in the city centre of Hanover, Germany and is visited frequently by local residents. A few days ago, the visitors were taken by surprise when they had a close encounter with chimpanzees that had escaped out of their enclosures by…
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Huge Iceberg formed in Greenland
Iceberg breaks off from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier. The new iceberg is nearly twice the size of Manhattan. In 2010 an ice island measuring 250 square km (100 square miles) broke off the same glacier. The calving of Glaciers – which means breaking of big chunk of ice from parent glacier, is a natural process, but…
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Sunita Williams, two other astronauts reach Space
Sunita Williams along with two other astronauts on Tuesday docked their Russian spacecraft at the International Space Station for a four-month stay. The two other astronauts are Russian Yuri Malenchenko and Japanese Akihiko Hoshide. When these three astronauts hatch, they will join current station residents Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineers Joe Acaba. ‘Hatching’ in space terms…
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Nelson Mandela – A Universal Hero
Nelson Mandela is a South African politician who served as the president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, first ever to be elected in a democratic selection. Before being elected as the president he was an anti-apartheid activist. Apartheid was a practice in South Africa where people of African race were not treated as equals…
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Greenest Olympics Ever
London Olymopics 2012 is all set to be the most environment friendly Olympics ever. Here is how the London Olympics authorities are going to make it possible. When the Games start on July 27, spectators will take public transport instead of each taking vehicle of their own. This will save fuel and pollution caused by thousands of…
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Endangered birds Spoon-billed sandpiper hatched in UK
Some of the world’s most endangered birds have hatched in Gloucestershire, UK. Their eggs were brought in from Russia. “A total of 20 spoon-billed sandpiper eggs were brought to the Slimbridge Wetlands Centre and so far 14 chicks have emerged.” BBC reports. There are only 200 birds left in open wild. Check out how the…
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Tornadoes hit Poland
A tornado is a violent rotating column of air that forms between a thunderstorm and the ground. The most violent tornadoes are capable of huge destruction with wind speeds of up to 300 mph. This speed gives them enough power to feed on large buildings, uproot trees and hurl vehicles hundreds of yards, whatever comes…
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Boxer Sushil to be India’s Flagbearer at Olympics Ceremony
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Sunday announced that wrestler Sushil Kumar, a bronze medallist at the Beijing Games, will be the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent at the upcoming London Olympics. Boxers Vijender Singh, Sushil and ace shooter Abhinav Singh Bindra were the names being considered to do the honors. All three of them had…
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Solar Storm hits Earth
Sun was in a very different mood yesterday. Seemed like it was a bit angry. Yesterday, The Sun sent strong solar flares of energy into the atmosphere. A solar flare is a violent blast that takes place within the Sun, releasing huge energies. A solar storm arrived on Saturday morning and will last through Sunday.…