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Names in the News Places in the News

(Pg2)Wan Zafirah ArshadAung Phone Naing

(Pg20)Michoacan, MexicoParicutin (village)

Words in the News

(Pg2)Negligent

ImprisonmentSecond-degree

burns

(Pg4)Endemic

Casualtiesnausea

(Pg20)Earth’s crustVolcanologist

Global warming

A few people were burnt after sitting on acid left on MRT seats

A 52-year old man has been arrested

Investigations currently ongoing

How does acid work? Can you find example of acids around you?

Man arrested over acid burn case

• More than 100 people infected this year

• Mosquito borne disease

• Symptoms similar to Dengue, but not fatal

• What is Chikungunya and what will a person suffering from it experience?

Dealing with chikungunya

• Touted as one of Singapore’s eeriest places

• Read the LRD to find out more about its history form 1926 to present day

• Can you locate it on a map?

Hospital’s bittersweet memories

• Parucutin volcano was ‘born’ on Feb 20, 1943

• Grew to 5 storeys tall in a week

• Reached a height of 336m in a year

• Destroyed everything within 25 km

• What is a volcano and how does it work?

The baby volcano

This week in History…In 1940, Britain's new prime minister, Winston Churchill, told Parliament: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."

Go back to where it all began…