PEARL World Youth News site syndication. http://www.pearl.iearn.org/pearlnews Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:11 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.pearl.iearn.org/pearlnews/images/M_images/rss.png http://www.pearl.iearn.org/pearlnews PEARL World Youth News site syndication. http://www.pearl.iearn.org/pearlnews/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=93&Itemid=0 (content/view/96/36/) Lunar New Year: Forget the Valentine's Roses. Give them Rats! By Long Nguyen and Thuy Nguyen (Vietnam) Philippine High School Launches International Sanitation Program By Mark Robert Benson Baldo (Philippines) Red Flamboyant Campaign Connects Teens in Vietnam By Thuy Nguyen (Vietnam) http://www.pearl.iearn.org/pearlnews/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105&Itemid=37 PEARL Reporter Lorna Nickson-Brown (UK) interviewed Daria Snadowsky via e-mail about her debut novel, Anatomy of a Boyfriend How far is Anatomy of a Boyfriend based on your own teenage experiences/relationships? Although the page-to-page plot of Anatomy of a Boyfriend is fiction, I've personally experienced every emotional high and low Dom endures throughout the course of her relationship with Wes, and I don't think I could have written a word of the book had I not been there myself. When you're in a relationship with someone you care for and it's going great, there's nothing better. And when someone you care for stops caring for you, there's not much worse. http://www.pearl.iearn.org/pearlnews/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=100&Itemid=37 By Jenny Pilecki LONG BEACH, US – It was around 10 a.m. on June 15, 2007, when the starter's pistol echoed across the Cal State University, Long Beach, campus.With months of practice behind him, a 15-year-old boy flew down the runway towards the sand pit. Concentration painted on his face, his arms suddenly sprang out to the sides as he let out a victory cry of quack quack. His fearless laugh rang out and a smile blossomed across his face. He gathered speed, and suddenly, with a ferocious leap, bounded through the air and landed feet first in the sand.Arms up in triumph, he stepped out of his landing and headed towards his beaming coaches, exchanging high fives with them. His name is Tim Abel, and he is one of the many competitors at the Southern Section Special Olympics. http://www.pearl.iearn.org/pearlnews/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=39 Lauren Ficklen, USMost people know punk music as kids lacing up their Vans, spiking their hair and rocking out to Green Day and Blink 182. In addition to reputations for dark clothes and bad attitudes, “punks” are also known to be drug abusers and alcoholics. So is there another side to punk rockers? The answer is yes and these rockers are part of the Straight Edge or sXe movement. http://www.pearl.iearn.org/pearlnews/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=37 Masango Sone, CameroonAs you move past the streets in most cities of Cameroon during morning hours, you will find many children. Most of them are between the ages of eight and 15. They will be either carrying trays of fruits, clothing items and cigarettes or just begging for coins. You begin to wonder whether there are any schools and who attends them. http://www.pearl.iearn.org/pearlnews/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=37 By Kenza MollerSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Gaping trenches sliced into the asphalt on Maximo Gomez, one of Santo Domingo’s busiest streets, are evidence of a project begun last year to bring an underground subway system to Dominican Republic’s capital, to the disapproval of many Dominicans. “I think a metro would be a good thing, later on in the future,” says Tami Martinez, 46, a mother and director of a high school. “But at the moment there are too many other problems in the D.R. that need improving: the healthcare system, for example, and the education. Those are more important than a metro. http://www.pearl.iearn.org/pearlnews/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94&Itemid=36 By Fatima Tuz Zehra MUSCAT, Sultanate of Oman – When a group of 11th graders at the Bangladesh School Muscat made their way to an advanced chemistry exam on June 6, they had no idea they would not be able to go home for 24 hours, or that some students would have no homes left to return to. http://www.pearl.iearn.org/pearlnews/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=36 By Kenza MollerSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – A new law instated in Santo Domingo, the capital city of the Dominican Republic, by the executive branch in July last year has been causing quite a lot of friction and more than its fair share of confusion.Owners of bars and restaurants and partygoers are upset with the law, which changes drinking hours for the city. From Monday to Thursday, drinking establishments have to close at midnight. From Friday to Sunday, they are allowed to stay open only till 2 AM, as opposed to staying open all night long as they used to. The government states that this law was implemented to lower crime rates and reduce driving under the influence. http://www.pearl.iearn.org/pearlnews/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=36 Yaroslav Ovcharenko, UzbekistanAround two years ago, 11 Educational Internet Centers opened in schools in the Ferghana region. The program gives students, teachers and community members great opportunities for modern education, personal and professional growth through national and international internet projects, and distance learning courses, among other things. The program shows some amazing facts about how the Internet changes peoples’ lives and futures.