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Who am I?
Names in the News Places in the News
Ashvin Sivakumar (pg6)(pg20)
Grand CanyonArizona
United States
Changi Airport (pf16)
Words in the News
(Pg4)notoriousSwelled
dwindledscavenged
(Pg16)trafficking
environmentnarcotics
(Pg19)Labour
(pregnancy)Caesarean
sectionMidwife
Gynecologist
Prisoners-of-War (POWs) were jailed in Changi Prison during Japanese Occupation
Cramped living conditions Lack of food and medicine Diseases spread readily How did the inmates stay
positive?
A prison’s harrowing history
• K-9 unit has over 80 narcotic detector dogs
• Involved in sniffing out human, firearms and drug trafficking
• Find out about a day in the life of a k-9 officer and his detector dog
Sniffing out illegal drugs (pg16)
• An obstetrician helps a pregnant woman with the birth of her baby
• Read on to find out more about the scope of their job.
How’s the baby, doc? (pg19)
• Soil erosion occurs when water washes over stone and wears it away
• One result is the Grand Canyon in Arizona, US
• A popular tourist destination
• Go online to search for more pictures about its beauty
Gorgeous gorge (pg20)
This week in History…First loch ness sighting claimed
Go back to where it all began…