Art of letter writing ‘dying out’
The traditional art of letter writing is fast dying out among today’s technologically savvy children who prefer emails and text messages to communicate, a new survey has revealed.
According to the survey, one in 10 children between the ages of seven and 14 has never written a letter in their life while one in four youngsters admit they have not written one letter in the past year. In fact, youngsters admitted that their preferred method of communication is to write an email or post a message on a social networking website like Facebook or Orkut.
The poll of 1,188 youngsters, commissioned by charity World Vision for its National Letter Writing Day, also found children are less likely to write letters as they get older. Only about eight per cent of 14-year-olds said they had written a letter in the previous week, compared with more than a quarter of seven-year-olds, British tabloid the Daily Express reported.
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Hezbollah mobilises troops for Israel drill
Beirut : Hezbollah mobilised thousands of militants in southern Lebanon on Friday in response to week-long Israeli defence exercises due to kick off on Sunday, an official from the Shia militia group said.
“The Hezbollah fighters have (been instructed) to be completely ready to confront Israeli manoeuvres on Sunday,” Nabil Qaouk said.
“Thousands of our fighters will not go to the polls (for municipal elections on Sunday) and will be prepared from today” for any eventuality, he added.
“In the event of any new attack on Lebanon, the Israelis will not find anywhere in Palestine to hide,” he said. Israel and Hezbollah fought a month-long war in 2006. —AFP
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