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Happiest European children in Netherlands, Britain ranks low |
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Friday, 01 May 2009 08:40 |
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LONDON: The happiest children in Europe are in the Netherlands and Scandinavia but Britain is among the worst places to grow up, according to new British research published Tuesday.
A league table of young people's well-being places the Netherlands top of 29 European states, followed by Sweden and Norway, while Britain comes in at a lowly 24th. The table, focusing on youngsters aged up to 19, was compiled by researchers at York University in northern England for the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) using data mainly from 2006.
The researchers assessed the countries using 43 separate criteria, ranging from infant mortality and obesity to factors such as poverty and housing.
Germany was eighth, France was 15th and Britain was ranked only above Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta. |
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Unda Pakru in World Guinness Record |
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Friday, 01 May 2009 08:42 |
Another mallu name is been added to the World Guinness Record .The darling of mayalam film Mr.Ajaya Kumar who loves to be known as ‘Unda Pakru’ with a height of 2 foot 5 inches walked into the Guinness book as world’s smallest adult actor.
The actor who received many awards for his acting in the Malayalam movie |
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