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http://www.youngzine.org/
Youngzine is a new online magazine that brings current events to school age children in a simple and unbiased manner with the appropriate context.
It is American, but on one day I accessed it, of the headlines of the day two were worldwide, one American, the other picture was of America, but would apply worldwide. This proved to be the case on other occasions as well.
All feature length articles in Youngzine are written by the editors after extensive research. The team is introduced. None, I believe, are experts in any subject, but all seemed fairly unbiased and had children, hence were in tune with what they want and need.
Current events are used to connect concepts children learn in classrooms to events happening around the world. Children are encouraged to form their own opinions. All videos and pictures on the site are suitable for children. It advertises itself as a family friendly site and I saw no evidence to indicate otherwise.
It is 'Safe surf rated'. It does state in terms of usage that it will point to other sites, but accepts no responsibility for those, which is standard.
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