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Kids Kurrents Jan 26-30, 2009

Feb 02, 2009

What’s happening in the world this week – with a Kidzworld spin! News and events for February 26-January 30, 2009.

  • Sunken Treasure: A shipwreck thought to have gold worth hundreds of millions of dollars on board has been found in the U.K.’s English Channel.

  • Killer Explosion: More than 100 people have been killed in Kenya in Africa after a truck carrying fuel exploded.

  • Heat Wave: Parts of Australia are used to hot weather, but recent temperatures have been soaring and causing chaos across the country.

  • Iraqi Ink: Saturday, January 31 was an important day in Iraq as people voted for local councils.
  • Wax Obama: Barack Obama's wax replica took office in several European capitals this week.

  • Flight Flip People watching a small plane land at an airport in Colombia, South America got a surprise when it came to a halt in a pretty unusual way.

  • Super Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers won their sixth Super Bowl title with a late touchdown in a thrilling 27-23 win over Arizona.

  • Award Picks We’re sticking our necks out and attempting to predict the 2009 Oscar and Grammy winners.

  • Otter Mail A mailman who rescued a baby otter on a Scottish roadside took her on a 350 km tour in his mailbag!

  • Dear Dish-It I am crushing on this boy but I don’t know if he likes me back. What should I do to find out if he likes me back?

  • If you didn't catch last week's edition of Kids Kurrents, check it out here!


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