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1. We say: Yip, Yip Hooray!
Find out why we consider Yip Pin Xiu's Paralympic gold a more meaningful win than the table tennis Olympic silver. A salute to Yip, Laurentia Tan and the other Singaporean Paralympic athletes. Also, a side bar: "Disabled kids want to succeed like everyone else".

2. When chemistry is a blast
This month's pick of cool inventions - fireworks - shows us what happens when science and art come together. An easy-to-follow explanation of what produces the colours, sounds and movements of a fireworks display. Includes a table of metals and their colours when heated.

3. Fighter for fairness
How Navanethem Pillay who, despite growing up disadvantaged in segregated South Africa, became a lawyer and scored many firsts in her field. She is now the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The story also informs about former South African apartheid conditions and the importance of basic human rights.

4. Fitting in: You CAN be yourself!
This month's vignette is about a teenager, Deng, who dresses like his friends because he thinks he has to. A look at peer pressure to fit in and when it's even a good idea not to fit in with certain groups.

5. Enter here for the lost world of Xibalba
Archaeologists say they've found the ruins of a gateway to Xibalba, a legendary underground Mayan city. Side bar "Lost worlds: Fact or fiction?" is about emerging evidence about the City of Troy, Emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb and legends of Malay kings.

6. Asia on tour
The "Unforgettable Tour" of nine western cities by Bollywood superstars drew large crowds there. Likewise, Korean pop star Rain was a huge hit abroad. These and other Asian performers now have fans all over the world. At the same time, western superstars find it is worthwhile now to stopover in South East Asia (See Singapore: Concert Central story)

7. Big bucks rule EPL
Omar Chaudhuri looks at the impact that super-rich owners have on English football clubs. And, another option that Liverpool fans are pursuing: they hope to raise funds to buy FC shares, following FC Barcelona where fans own shares and the club is run by an elected board of directors.

1. We say: Yip, Yip Hooray!
Find out why we consider Yip Pin Xiu's Paralympic gold a more meaningful win than the table tennis Olympic silver. A salute to Yip, Laurentia Tan and the other Singaporean Paralympic athletes. Also, a side bar: "Disabled kids want to succeed like everyone else".

2. Row, Roz, Row!
Roz Savage is setting a world record by rowing across the world's largest ocean. Her mission: to get media attention in order to warn the world about ocean pollution. The story includes details about her rowboat and excerpts from her blog.

3. Enter here for the lost world of Xibalba
Archaeologists say they've found the ruins of a gateway to Xibalba, a legendary underground Mayan city. Side bar "Lost worlds: Fact or fiction?" is about emerging evidence about the City of Troy, Emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb and legends of Malay kings.

1. Big bucks rule EPL
Omar Chaudhuri looks at the impact that super-rich owners have on English football clubs. And, another option that Liverpool fans are pursuing: they hope to raise funds to buy FC shares, following FC Barcelona where fans own shares and the club is run by an elected board of directors.

This page was last updated on September 29th, 2008

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