Monday, October 27, 2008
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Girls Aloud have shot straight to the top of the charts with their new single The Promise.
The girl band entered the charts at number one, ending Pink's three-week reign at the top.
The song was taken from their fifth album, called Out of Control, and is the band's 19th single.
Meanwhile, last year's X Factor winner Leon Jackson's single Don't Call This Love slipped out of the top 10 to number 11.
Friday, October 24, 2008
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US Election cyberspace battle
John McCain's team have been posting videos criticising Barack Obama and his ideas.
 They're battling it out in cyberspace! |
They've also set up an Obama-themed social network for where his supporters can get organised and donate money towards his campaign.
It seems to be working, because he's already raised more than any other politician EVER.
But is the battling for the hearts and minds of Americans going too far?
Thursday, October 23, 2008
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If your school lessons don't already include classes about growing up, how your body changes, relationships and having babies, they soon will.
At the moment, if you live in England your school decides how much they tell you about growing up and at what age.
Now the government wants to make sure that everyone learns the same stuff.
Lessons will start when you're five and over the years teach you more about the differences between boys and girls and what happens when you get older.
It's hoped that introducing the lessons in schools across England will help to reduce the number of teenage mums.
At the moment, more teenagers have babies in the UK than in any other country in Europe.
Lessons about the facts of life are already taught in Northern Ireland and Wales, but in Scotland it's still up to the schools.
But not everyone's happy about the lessons. Some people think it should be up to your mum and dad to talk to you about this kind of stuff.
And you could get slightly different lessons if you go to a religious school.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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Under Maryland Street, Ties to African Past
ARTIFACT An X-ray, a photograph and a schematic drawing of a clay “bundle” filled with about 300 pieces of metal and a stone axe. The object dates to 1700 and differs from religious caches previously found in Maryland.
Over the years of exploring the old houses and streets of Annapolis, Md., archaeologists have uncovered a trove of artifacts of early American slave culture. Among them are humble remains connected with religious practices, which bear the stamp of the slaves’ West African heritage.
Early in the 18th century, as they were being baptized, African-Americans clung to “spirit practices” in rituals of healing and the invocation of ancestral and supernatural powers. Sometimes called black magic, these occult rites would persist in America in modified form, later, as voodoo and hoodoo.
University of Maryland archaeologists have discovered in Annapolis what they say is one of the earliest examples of traditional African religious artifacts in North America. It is a clay “bundle,” roughly the size and shape of a football, filled with about 300 pieces of metal and a stone axe, whose blade sticks out of the clay, pointing skyward.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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A Winner for Treasury? Time Will Tell
Henry M. Paulson Jr., left; Ben S. Bernanke, center; and Timothy F. Geithner, of the New York Federal Reserve.
The Treasury Department will make substantial profits on its investments in banks under the bailout program announced Tuesday — if the banks return to health within a few years. If not, the government could end up breaking even, or perhaps even lose money.
In a number of ways, Washington’s proposal comes with fewer strings attached than the rescue plans in European countries. That would seem to place the American government at a disadvantage, but Washington could benefit if that relative leniency helps banks recover quickly and provides a big profit on the equity stake it is receiving.
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Wildfires raging in California
Huge wildfires are causing chaos in California, in America.
So far, two people have died and about 12,000 others have had to leave their homes as the flames tear through neighbourhoods north of Los Angeles.
More than 1,000 firefighters are battling to put out the blazes, but officials say strong winds are fanning the flames, making it really difficult.
The man in charge of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has declared a state of emergency in two of its counties.
Wildfires are a big problem in southern California between October and February.
That's because warm, desert winds blow into the area drying out plants and making it easier for fires to start and spread quickly.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Which is more dense—a stack of 5 NT coins or a stack of 20 NT coins?
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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When you're out shopping with your mates it's always good to bag a bargain.
But are you always getting the genuine article?
Across Europe there's been a big increase in the number of fake goods on the market.
Newsround's Ricky's been investigating.Who: market why:they wanna earn money what:fake items that it's real brend. How: fake
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Polly the African pancake tortoise is recovering at Bristol Zoo, after having an hour-long operation to save her life.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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There are fresh fears that Europe's biggest glacier is melting fast, and could disappear within 100 years.
Vatnajokull in Iceland covers 8,000 square kilometres, and at its deepest point is more than 900 metres thick.
But experts say it's melting at a rate of a metre a year, because of rising temperatures and reduced snow fall.
They've warned that all of the country's glaciers are melting, and that rising sea levels could cause bad floods in other parts of the world.Who: Europe Glacier Why: Global Warming How: global warming What: Melting
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A Championship footballer's been sent to jail for more than seven years after admitting causing the deaths of two young brothers in a motorway crash.
The court heard former Plymouth Argyle goalie Luke McCormick had been driving too fast and "like an idiot" before the accident in Staffordshire on 7 June.
His Range Rover crashed into another car, killing Arron Peak, 10, and his eight-year-old brother Ben.
The 25-year-old also admitted he'd been drinking alcohol before the crash.Friday, October 3, 2008
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There are 54 counties and around 831 million people live there - that's around 13% of the world's population.
Many different languages are spoken by the people of Africa, and there are also lots of different tribes.
Around 40% of Africans are Christians, 40% are Muslim and 20% follow other religions.
Africa is one of the world's poorest continents and over one in three Africans live on less than 55 pence a day.Who: African What: They are poor How: Africans live on less than 55 pence a day.
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