Britain marked the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana's death on August 31 with a royal memorial service. Diana's sons Prince William and Prince Harry, her ex-husband Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth II marked the tragedy with a solemn service in London. Also, 500 guests, including Prime Minister Gordon Brown and pop singer Elton John, participated in the memorial service. Elton John sang "Candle in the Wind" at Diana's funeral 10 years ago. But Charles' second wife Camilla didn't attend the service. The princess was killed in a car accident in Paris on August 31, 1997. She was 36 years old. Even 10 years after her death, people in Britain still remember her and miss her. Diana was called the "people's princess." Her fans still tie flowers and cards to the gates of Kensington Palace, where she lived before she died. Diana's death created an unusual
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A British newspaper reported on August 18 that J.K. Rowling is now writing a new novel. The author is famous for her successful Harry Potter series. Her seven Harry Potter books have sold more than 335 million copies worldwide. Recently, some people saw her at cafes in Scotland, and they said she was writing a story. As many people already know, Rowling wrote the first boy wizard book at cafes in Scotland. Back then, she was very poor. So she had to write her books at cafes to save on the heating bill at home. But after the huge success of her books, she became the richest woman in England. Now, she is even richer
Do you know who the oldest person in the world is? That’s Yone Minagawa from Japan, who became the world’s oldest person earlier this year. Sadly, however, she died last Tuesday at a nursing home in southwestern Japan. She was 114 years old! Minagawa had 4 sons and a daughter. And she raised them on her own by selling flowers and vegetables. Also, she had 7 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren! What’s more amazing is that she lived longer than
There are many beautiful animals and plants living on Earth. Sadly, however, many of them have become extinct. This means we can’t see them in the world anymore. Recently, China said the Yangtze River dolphin is now almost certainly extinct. Chinese scientists said it is the first dolphin that humans drove to extinction. An international team of scientists searched for the dolphin for six weeks. But the researchers failed to find the dolphin. The Yangtze River dolphin of China has long been recognized as one of the world’s most rare mammal species. ＂It’s a historic species, more than 20 million years old, that survived through the most amazing kinds of changes in
Don’t you think seals are cute and lovely? I’m sure many of you agree with me. But sadly, many seals are being killed in Canada. People kill them to eat their meat and use their oil and skin. Canada’s commercial seal hunt is the largest killing of marine mammals in the world. More than a million seals have been killed in the past three years. And 95 percent of the seals killed were less than 12 weeks of age. Some of them were just 12 days old. Many people say it’s wrong to hunt baby seals, and it is our duty to protect and care for them. Recently, U.S. government asked Canada to stop killing baby seals. ＂I oppose the cruel practice of killing hundreds of thousands of young seals. There is no real good reason to let this needless killing continue.
On July 23, Iran’s police announced their new plans to control its people’s dressing and hairstyles in Tehran. As an Islamic country, Iran has very strict rules about people’s clothes and hairstyles. Women in Iran always have to cover their heads and bodies with long cloths. They can’t even show their hair to other people. However, in recent years, many young women are trying to express their fashion sense. Some of them show off their bare ankles and cool hairstyles beneath their headscarves. Also, many young men in Iran have Western hairstyles. The police said they will place police cars all over the capital city to warn people with un-Islamic dress. ＂We will act against those who have Western-style haircuts and clothing. The new plan will increase security in our society,＂the Tehran police head of information Mehdi Ahmadi said. If the police officers find people
Did you know that playing Internet games too much can be very bad for your health? These days, many teens in China are addicted to online games. So the Chinese government decided to limit the number of hours teenagers spend online playing games. From July 16, Chinese Internet gaming companies must install a program that needs users to enter their ID card numbers. After three hours, players under 18 are encouraged to stop and do some exercise. If they stay on more than five hours, they lose all points earned in the game. The program is part of a government campaign to combat teens’ Internet gaming addiction. According to the Chinese newspaper National Business Daily, about 10 percent of China’s more than 30 million Internet gamers are teenagers. Playing computer games is very fun. It can also help you ease your stress. But you have to remember that gaming addiction hurts
Do you remember what happened on September 11, 2001? Terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York City and killed many innocent people. Terrorists are everywhere and they are trying to hurt other people to get what they want. Recently, the U.S. government said that the risk of an attack is increasing this summer. It said a terrorist group called al-Qaida is training terrorists in Afghanistan in recent months. Also, Osama bin Laden is believed to be hiding in the mountain area, preparing to attack the U.S. again this summer. ＂Summertime seems to be appealing to them. I’m sure that terrorists are regrouping,＂one government official said. ＂The threat coming out of Afghanistan is very real,＂he added. Al-Qaida has shown an interest in summertime attacks. For example, last summer, they tried to use liquid explosives to take down
A 10-year-old Nepalese girl, who was considered a goddess, lost her job and title of living goddess after she traveled overseas. Sajani Shakya lost her title of ＂Kumari＂or living goddess because she broke tradition by leaving the country. Kumaris are forbidden to ever leave their home country of Nepal. Sajani is one of several Kumaris in her country. Ishbel Whitaker, who made a documentary of Sajani, said she was shocked and saddened by the news. ＂The rule of not being able to leave the country was never a rule before. Nobody ever said the Kumari can’t travel,＂she said by telephone from London. Living goddesses are worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists. The girls are selected between the ages of 2 and 4 after going throug
Recently, a school principal named Marion Bolden in New Jersey, U.S. was asked to apologize to a gay student for blacking-out a picture from his school yearbook. Andre Jackson, 18, paid 150 dollars to have his pictures in his high school yearbook. The page had many pictures, but one of them was of Jackson kissing his boyfriend. The principal thought this was inappropriate for school, and had the yearbook staff black-out the picture of the two boys kissing. Jackson said that it was unfair because many boys and girls have pictures of them kissing their boyfriends and girlfriends. After a day, Ms. Bolden said she felt bad about censoring Jackson’s picture and apologized to him. She said two yearbooks; one
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