International Herald Journal: Facebook Web site looks to register young voters
--"Facebook, the social networking Web site with 9.5 million users, now features a Rock the Vote page to target potential voters. The Facebook site ranks No. 7 for U.S. Internet traffic and its users are largely college-aged."

allAfrica.com: Angola: Youth council web site launched today
--"The National Youth Council (CNJ) launches this Wednesday, in Luanda, its web site with the electronic address www.cnj.angoladigital.net."

The Hindu: 100-member Indian youth team to visit China
--"The delegation, comprising youth from Panchayati Raj institutions, sports academies, scholars of Chinese studies, social workers, folk and cultural artists and entrepreneurs, will be visiting China from October 8 to 17, according to an official release here today."

Yahoo News: Irony Tsunami: Bush proclaimed Monday 'Child Health Day'
--"From our you've-got-to-be-kidding-me file, we discover that, slipping quietly by yesterday, was Child Health Day 2006, which was officially designated by George W. Bush on September 28."

White House.gov: Child Health Day, 2006 A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Proprietress calls for early child educators' training
--"The Federal Government has been called upon to urgently create a specialised higher institution for the training of early childhood educators, if the Universal Basic Education (UBE) is to succeed."

Louisville Courier Journal: Book cites Children’s Academy of New Albany
--"Maeroff writes approvingly of the academy’s decision to focus on pre-kindergarten through grade three, and to get all students reading at or above grade level by the time they finish the third grade."

Village Voice: Game theory: Designers transform New York into a giant adult playground
--""When we played games as kids," recalls McLellan, "everybody played. Sometimes it would go on for days all over the neighborhood. This is like a big-city version of that. I like the fact that, even as adults, we can agree to a set of rules and play together.""