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=**__Indonesia president defends bank bailout ministers__**= The Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono defended two ministers after parliament voted for a criminal probe into them over a bank bailout. The president said Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati had records of competence and integrity.They spent 720 million dollars of state money to bail out Bank Century in 2008. The two ministers deny any wrongdoing.
 * __Week 11:__** March 5, 2010
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@http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8548811.stm @http://www.sfexaminer.com/world/indonesian-parliament-votes-for-criminal-investigation-into-bank-bailout-controversy-86323417.html
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The BBC News article and sfexaminer article has many similarities and differences. Both the articles include that Thursday was the day that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono defended the two ministers. Both the articles also have the same amount for a vote which is 325 legislators who voted in favor of a criminal probe. They both even mention the 2008 Bank Century bail out. A difference between these two is that BBC News said that 720 million dollars was used for the bail out while sfexaminer's article said 715 million. Another difference is that BBC News said "government insists the bailout protected Indonesia from the global financial crisis", and sfexaminer's article didn't have anything about that. BBC's article even had pictures in theirs unlike sfexaminer's article.
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__**Opinion:**__ Like before, I think BBC New's article was better than sfexaminer. I liked sfexaminer's article though because they made their article easier to understand. I don't really know what to say about this, but its kind of nice of the Indonesian President to defend 2 ministers. It's also a good thing he did that because the bailout had necessarily prevented a systemic meltdown of the country's financial system amid the global economic crisis.

=**__Toyota boss to go before US Congress over recall__**= __**Synopsis:**__ The global president of Toyota will testify to US politicians next week about the car maker's giant global recall programme. Akio Toyoda is looking forward to talking with US Congress and the American people. He is due to appear before congressional committee next week on Wednesday.
 * __Week 11:__** February 21, 2010

@http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8523125.stm @http://english.aljazeera.net/business/2010/02/201021934811778642.html
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__**Similarities and Differences:**__ There were many differences and similarities in these two articles. A similarity between the two articles is that they both had a picture of Akio Toyoda. Another similarity between the two articles is that they both had the same quote that Akio Toyoda said which was looking "forward to speaking directly with Congress and the American people". A difference between the two articles is that BBC's article mentioned how Toyota has been criticised in the US for being too slow in both starting and implementing the recalls and Aljazeera's article did not. Another difference between the two articles is that Aljazeera's article had information like "According to US safety regulators up to 34 crash deaths have been blamed on unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles since 2000", while BBC's article did not mention this fact.

I liked BBC New's article more than Al Jazeera's article because BBC had a list of Toyota's recalls and Al Jazeera's didnt. BBC also had more information compared to Al Jazeera. My opinion is that Toyota should have less recalls so that they wouldn't have to go through meeting with US Congress again. =__Dalai Lama to meet Obama in US despite China anger__= Despite objections from China, the Dalai Lama meets with United State's President Barack Obama at the White House. China warned the meeting will undermine relations since they view the Dalai Lama as a separatist. The US has downplayed China's concerns and is keeping formalities low-key.
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 * __Week 10:__** February 12, 2010
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@http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8520542.stm @http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/02/20102332635635962.html
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__**Similarities and Differences:**__ Both these articles are different and similar in many ways. A similarity between the two is that they both mentioned how the US rejected China from President Obama from meeting the Dalai Lama. Another similarity between the two articles is that they both talk about China's cyber attacks. They also even had information about US and China tensions. A difference between the two is that BBC's article had paragraphs about sensitive issues while Aljazeera's article did not. Aljazeera's article had a quote from Bill Burton saying " the president told China leaders during his trip last year that he would meet with the Dalai Lama, and he intends to do so", and BBC's article did not have this quote.

These articles were both pretty good, but i thought BBC New's article had more information and facts compared to Al Jazeera's article. I think China is wrong for thinking Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama a separatist. It's just my opinion and what are their reasons for thinking the Dalai Lama a separatist. I also think its kind of bad to have bad US and China relations in the future because China is a big country and we get a lot of things from China. I'm sure all of you have noticed the "MADE IN CHINA" labels on your everyday items.
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__Vietnam democracy activist jailed__
Week 9- January 29, 20010 Pham Thanh Nghien was found guilty on charges of spreading propaganda against the state. Shes an author and democracy activist who has been sentenced to jail for four years after a trial that lasted half the day.Nghien is the 14th democracy activist to face charges in Vietnam in the last three months. The hearing was on Friday in the northern port city of Haiphong. It was closed to Western media and diplomats who were usually allowed to watch. Nghien was also given three years probation.

__**Sources:**__ @http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/01/201012952639939714.html @http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8486647.stm

__**Similarities and Differences:**__ There were many similarities and differences. A similarity between Aljazeera's and BBC's article is that they both mention that Pham Thanh Nghien was arrested on September 2008. Another similarity between these two articles is how they both mention trial being closed to Western media and diplomats. One difference between the two is that Aljazeera's article has a picture of Pham Thanh Nghien and BBC's article has a picture of the map of Vietnam. Also, Aljazeera's article said "has been sentenced to four years in jail after a trial lasting half a day" while BBC's article said "has been jailed for four years in Vietnam". Another difference is that Aljazeera's article gives more names and information on the four activists jailed last week while BBC's article just mentions a sentence about the four activists jailed last week.

__**Opinion:**__ I thought Aljazeera had the better article compared to BBC. I mean common they had an actual picture of Pham Thanh Nghien while BBC had a map of Vietnam. They had similar information, but I noticed Aljazeera having more infomaton than BBC's article. My opinion on the situation is that I really think Vietnam should really go easy on the sentences their making. It's not like these people are doing crimes or anything else of the matter.

__Govt will survive red-shirt protests__
Week 8- January 22, 2010 Democrats in Thailand believe the red-shirt movement and also the Pheu Thai Party may not be able to topple the government. The party meeting was told that the red shirts and Pheu Thai Party would collaborate to step pressure for House dissolution as soon as possible. They are doing this so that the former prime minister  Thaksin Shinawatra could return to the country. The party meeting believes the plan would fail.

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__**Similarities and Differences:**__ There were many similarities and difference between the two articles. A similarity between both these articles is that they both had the same first sentence which is " The Democrats believe the red-shirt movement and Pheu Thai Party would not be able to topple the government, spokesman Buranaj Smutharaks said on Saturday". Now that I looked at both carefully, t hey both also have same sentences. The Nation's article had alot more information compared to Asia News Network's article. A difference between them is Asian News Network had 2 words less than The Nation's article's title. The Nation mentioned about the MPs while Asia News Network did not. The Nation's article also talked about how the government would use schemes like poor's debts to loan sharks into the banking system and extended the period of money return to the Village Funds from 12 to 24 months and increase the funds according to village's sizes while Asia News Network did not mention any of this.

__**Opinion:**__ My opinion on these articles is that they were boring and should have included more information about the situation. I especially think Asia News Network should have had more info because The Nation's article had a alot more. I found that The Nation had the better article since they had more names, quotes, and even background information on the red-shirt protests. I really think the party meeting is right about how the red-shirt movement and Pheu Thai Party is going to fail. I agree and think this because I'm pretty sure it's really hard to topple the Thailand government.