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In an attempt to break the world record for "The Largest Barbeque in the World", Uruguay one of South America's smallest countries hosted the world's biggest barbeque party last Sunday....

Who would have known that the elephant, one of the world's largest and most powerful animals, would also have the dexterity (agility) to hold a paintbrush and paint? It turns out that most elephants have an innate ability to draw and often doodle on the floor with a stick or pebble. A little fine-tuning of these skills has resulted in amazing paintings, which are sold to help conservation of elephants....

The inaugural World Photography Awards competition sponsored by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. is currently underway. The competition whose to aim is recognize the world's best photographers, both amateurs and professionals, attracted entries from over 25,000 amateurs and over 44,000 professionals....

In previous issues of DOGONews,we have brought you fun and easy to learn multiplication tricks from glad2teach.co.uk. Now here's a fun and easy way to solve long division questions......in less than six seconds of course! You are sure to impress your teachers and friends....

This Fall, DreamWorks Pictures and director Steven Spielberg willl start the production of the first of three movies based on Belgium's swashbuckling comic book hero Tintin. While relatively unknown in North America, the comic book series which has sold over 200 million copies worldwide and been translated into 50 different languages, continues to be popular in Europe, 70 years after they were first published....

Hope you all had fun watching the slimy Nickelodeon Kids Choice 2008 awards on Saturday. We sure did. Now it's time for us to announce the DOGONews contest winners. We were very impressed with your predictions - Most of you got were able to correctly predict three of the six categories. Without further ado, the winners of the first of many DOGONews contests are........................

Next time you eat your frosted flakes, be sure to examine them - two sisters from Chesapeake, Virginia did and found a flake that resembled the State of Illinois, USA. They put if up for sale on Internet auction site Ebay - and you will not believe how much they sold it for!...

The 21st Nickelodeon Kids Choice 2008 Awards is an annual awards show that honors the year's biggest television, movie and music acts, as voted by the kids who watch the Nickelodeon Channel. This year the awards presentation will be on Saturday March 29th. THE DOGONEWS CHALLENGE Predict who you think will win in each of the six key categories (outlined below), and tell us why you think DOGONews is the best kids news site, to be eligible for one of three amazing prizes. Read on for full details....

Last week we brought you the story of Petra the black swan, which had finally left her swan-shaped white boat and was busy building a nest with a "real" white swan. Well folks, looks like that romance didn't last too long....