1. Moving elephants is a jumbo job [pgs 1, 10]
The inspiring story of how (and why) over a 100 African elephants were taken from the Majete Wildlife Reserve to the Liwonde National Park in Malawi over a two year period.

2. Rescued! After a daring helicopter stunt, a leader is freed at last. [pgs 6 - 7]
Read about how Ingrid Betancourt became a respected leader in Columbia, why she was kidnapped and held hostage by the rebel army FARC, how she survived and, finally, was rescued.

3. Captured! Mass murderer changed his identity, but he could not hide forever. [pgs 8-9]
Disguised as a harmless doctor, the brutal war criminal Radovan Karadzic hoodwinked authorities for over ten years. He’s been caught at last. He will face the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

4. Danger: Real or fluff? [pgs 12-13]
We selected a scene each from five movies - The Dark Knight; I Not Stupid; The Incredibles; Toy Story; and The Lost World: Jurassic Park – and asked two Singapore Home Team officers to comment on the accuracy of the scenes. Their reality checks will help readers to get the facts right about emergencies.

5. They are packed. They are coming. [pg 14]
All about the Singapore Biennale during which, for five weeks, Singapore will be invaded by the creations of some of the world’s most exciting modern artists. On the next page [pg 15], Acting out the ideas of a great Singaporean is about the late playwright Kuo Pao Kun and how students are exploring his plays.

6. Here they come! [pgs 18 - 19]
With Singapore’s first ever Formula 1 race in September, these two pages capture something of the excitement. Also, a guide to what it’s all about: the circuit, drivers, constructors, flags, pit stop and, of course, money.

7. Mylie: 15 and on top of the world [pg 20]
Teen performer Mylie Cyrus (Hannah Montana) shot to stardom very quickly. Madonna took a little longer but we salute her for staying on top (Madonna: 50 and still fighting, pgs 21-22). Unlike these two, tennis star Rafael Nadal prefers minimal fanfare (New tennis Number One is a quiet sort of hero, pg 23). What matters is that all three are able to continue to be themselves despite fame and fortune.

8. The science of squashing music [pgs 22-23]
Your students know the MP3 as the invention that rocked the music world by enabling hundreds of songs to be stored in small devices. We take readers inside an MP3 player to give a step-by-step explanation of how it works.

This page was last updated on September 8th, 2008.

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