NewsBites for Kidz Oct 27- Nov 2 2003
The World Food Program (WFP) is warning that it may be forced to cut food aid to North Korea unless international donations increase. (photo: WFP) Voa News http://www.kidshello.com/ --------------------
Thu Oct 30, 6:34 AM ET North Korean children eat a lunch of soyabean curd, seaweed and donated rice at a government-run orphanage in Pyongsong city, South Pyongan province, October 13, 2003. The United Nations (news - web sites) World Food Programme has warned that more than half of its 6.5 million beneficiaries in North Korea (news - web sites) face a suspension of rations owing to a downturn in contributions for its emergency operation in the country. Picture taken October 13, 2003. REUTERS/WFP/Gerald Bourke/Handout http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031030/ids_photos_wl/r2662294614.jpg -----------------------------------
Hundreds of children in Portugal stayed up beyond the witching hour this weekend to snap up the latest adventures of Harry Potter, the teenage wizard first dreamt up while his creator was living in the country(Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty images )...Australian Broadcasting Corporation http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s975294.htm ------------------------------------
SAT for four-year-olds? Teachers raise ruckus Educators say standardised achievement test imposed by the US governmentis meaningless for such young children http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/world/story/0,4386,217438,00.html? ---------------------------
Children and adults from La Pinata, dressed in traditional clothing, perform during a Day of the Dead ceremony at the Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003. The ceremony is a Mexican tradition that honors loved ones who passed away. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki) AP - Nov 02 6:40 PM http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031102/480/bx10411022338 --------------------------
Fri Oct 31, 3:08 PM ET Masks of 'T'antawawas' (children's bread) are shown in a popular market of La Paz, October 31, 2003. Andean people started to prepare offerings to give their dead relatives next Sunday. The offering contains all of the things the deceased liked during their life, such as fruits, food, breads, drinks, etc. REUTERS/David Mercado ------------------------------------
Sean P. Diddy Combs, right, cheers on children participating in a youth fun run Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003 at Central Park in New York. Combs had just finished a light workout in preparation for Sunday's New York City Marathon. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031101/482/nyjj10411012042 ---------------------------------
Sean 'P.Diddy' Combs crosses the finish line of the New York City Marathon, Sunday, Nov.2, 2003.Running on a bum right knee and just two months of training, hip-hop entrepreneur Combs completed the marathon in 4 hours, 14 minutes, 54 seconds. He also raised $2 million for children, double the amount he planned. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) AP - Nov 02 5:41 PM http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031102/482/xnyr30411022239 ----------------------------------------
Mon Oct 27, 4:49 PM ET Michelle Trinidad strums the guitar during the Little Kids Rock class at P.S. 176 on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2003, in the Bronx borough of New York. Little Kids Rock, started by a New Jersey schoolteacher, brings together professional musicians and school children in New York, Newark, N.J., Memphis and San Francisco. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031027/480/nyr10210272148 -------------------------------------------------
English writer Joanne Kathleen Rowling chats with a group of children. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling was the highest female earner in Britain during the year to September, earning eight times more than Queen Elizabeth II , according to a newspaper survey.(AFP/File/Miguel Riopa) AFP/File - Nov 02 7:52 AM http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031102/241/5qtwo.html ----------------------------------------
Chief minister of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (news - web sites) Mufti Mohamad Sayeed (R) listens to a song performed by a group of Kashmiri Hindu children who fled the region in 1989 in Srinagar. Sayeed has marked one year in power with the state seemingly divided over the performance of his "healing touch" policy.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031102/241/5qrfg.html -----------------------------
Children show their art done in a workshop with Cuban artist Diago as part of the Isaroko Project which combines art with social work in central Havana, November 1, 2003. Every two years local and international artists gather in Havana for the 8th Biennale of Contemporary Art of Havana. REUTERS/Claudia Daut http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031102/ids_photos_en/r3578516586.jpg -----------------------------
Sun Oct 26, 9:39 AM ET Thousands of children, dressed as witches and ghosts, and their parents crowd along a Tokyo street during a Halloween parade, October 26, 2003. Japan does not usually celebrate Halloween, but in Aoyama, known as a fashion mecca, the parade started twenty years ago with mostly non-Japanese children taking part and Japanese youngsters watching the costume parade. REUTERS/Eriko Sugita http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031026/ids_photos_en/r2824950241.jpg -----------------------------
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All Saints Day : Slovak children light candles to their deceased friends, relatives and ancesters at the city cemetery of Liptovsky Mikulas on All Saints Day. (AFP/Joe Klamar) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031101/241/5qpt1.html ----------------------------
Indian school children use computers during the five-day IT.COM 2003 information technology exhibition and conference in Bangalore, capital of the southern state of Karnataka, November 1, 2003. Thousands of children are taught the basic computer use at the fair, which has 300 companies participating. REUTERS/Jagdeesh N V http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031101/ids_photos_wl/r1602413707.jpg -----------------------------
Madison Hudson, 5, works at a computer Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003, in a lab at Parkers Chapel School near El Dorado, Ark. Figures from a new Education Department analysis of computer and Internet use by children and adolescents in 2001 show kindergartners are becoming more plugged in: One out of four 5-year-olds uses the Internet (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031029/480/ny81610291842 -----------------------------
Sat Nov 1, 7:51 AM ET Two boys play a mobile-phone game. Parents in Britain worrried about the whereabouts of their children can breathe more easily, thanks to a new system that can locate them in some cases to within 50 yards via their mobile phones.(AFP/File/Peter Parks) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031101/241/5qlne.html -----------------------------
Sat Nov 1, 7:06 AM ET Muslim children listen to a sermon during a religious workshop at a mosque in Jakarta, November 1, 2003. Many mosques and schools offer one-month religious workshop for school kids and adults during the holy month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Supri http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031101/ids_photos_wl/r3075338777.jpg -----------------------
Palestinian children wait in line to receive food donated from the Islamic endowment authority 'Waqf,' in the old city of the West Bank city of Hebron during Ramadan, October 28, 2003. About 800 hundred Palestinian families benefit daily from the relief food. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031028/ids_photos_wl/r2407725142.jpg -----------------------------
Catherine Li, left, talks with her daughters Zoe, 4 and Zenna, 2, at the toy giveaway at St. Gregory's Church in the Scripps Ranch area of San Diego Friday Oct. 31, 2003. Zoe, who recently celebrated her birthday, told her mother she wanted to give all her new toys to the children who were victims of the fire. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031031/480/lji10310312010 -----------------------------
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At camp : Palestinian refugee children play at Haifa Camp, sponsored by the United Nations (news - web sites) High Commission for Refugees in east Baghdad. (AFP/Laura Boushnak) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031031/241/5qc34.html -----------------------------
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School children hold placards of China's first astronaut Yang Liwei, as he arrives at Hong Kong airport, October 31, 2003. Yang, who became China's first man in space this month, was greeted by top government officials and scores of flag-waving schoolchildren at the airport before being whisked off to a dinner reception hosted by leader Tung Chee-hwa. Photo by Kin Cheung/Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031031/ids_photos_wl/r689297841.jpg -----------------------------
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This photo from the Children's Medical Center of Dallas shows Egyptian formerly conjoined twins Mohamed Ibrahim (L) and Ahmed Ibrahim (R) viewing each other for the first time since their separation, with their father Mohamed Ibrahim and mother Sabah Abou Al Wafa(AFP/HO-CMC) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/031027/241/5owlu.html -----------------------------
