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monkey lives on a diet of leaves, flowers and seeds, while pitcher plants with their sticky rims are waiting to trap unwary insects. One of the most amazing set


home of many strange animals including the blood skippers, who have large protruding eyes, able to look all round for predators, and the huge bearded pig. In mango swamp, the probiscus


indeed the third largest in the world, lies north of the equator, and has a population of two million, and a varied landscape. Baku National Park is the


ON a return visit to Clitheroe Naturalists’ Society, Marilyn Willwohi described the three- week trip she made to Borneo in 2003. Sarawak, the laigest island and


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EACH week pupils from Brookside Primary School in Clitheroe will be sharing their reviews of Disney’s magical The Wonderful World of Knowledge book collec­ tion - the first of which is free in this week’s Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. Let your favourite


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explain different parts of the dino­ saurs, as well as lots of funny cartoons of Disney characters which made me laugh.


bits of information using the sub head­ ings, the contents and the index. “If there were any words that I


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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, May 12,2011 11


New hurdle in custody fight


by Faiza Afzaal


A CLITHEROE chef has almost won cus­ tody of his brother, after the rest of his family were killed in a


works as a chef at Romero in Wellgate, is facing an appeal launched by dis­ tantly-related relatives in Pakistan, who want to keep Clitheroe boy seven- year-old Qasim Moham­ med Akbar away from Abid. As reported previously


car crash in Pakistan. But now Abid Ali, who


Mr Khan, who worked at Castle Cement for 30 years, were his wife, Riffit Rukhsana, daugh­ ters Aisha (eight), two- year-old Hajira and his


in The Clitheroe Adver­ tiser and Times, Clithe­ roe man Ali Akbar Khan (59) was driving when the family’s car ploughed into a parked truck near Faisalabad in the Punjab province. Also travelling with


TRAGEDY: Ali Akbar Khan, his wife, Riffit and his daughters Aisha and Hajira, who were kilied in the crash. Aiso pictured is Qasim. (s)


vor of the accident, which happened just into the New Year. Mr Khan’s son from his first marriage, Abid Ali, immediately flew out to Pakistan upon hearing the devastating


son, Qasim, who is a former pupil of Brookside Primary School. Qasim is the sole survi­


news and has remained in the country since fight­ ing to bring Qasim home. Although the father-of- four thought he had won, a judge has now made an order forbidding Abid from taking Qasim out of Pakistan. Speaking about the family’s ordeal, Clitheroe


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another decision is made. All this is taking a lot of time and we have not rec­ eived a lot of help from the British Government.” Abid has been in con­


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the custody battle, the family launched an appeal against the deci­ sion and, therefore, Abid is not allowed to fly back to England with Qasim. “He has to wait until


land and attended school here so he should return back to this country. The relatives in Pakistan don’t understand that Qasim has already been through enough. “Although Abid won


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