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=Two soldiers gunned down in Afghanistan= Two United States soldiers were shot dead in Afghanistan. It has emerged that the soldiers were shot by a afghan interpreter. A Nato official said that the translator shot the two soldiers before other soldiers killed the translator. Local authorities say that the translator wasn't happy about how much he was getting paid and he wasn't happy about how the American soldiers were treating him. In the same area of Afghanistan, 4 soldiers died in a air strike. It was a air attack shootout between American and Afghan troops while the Afghan troops were guarding a main road. Nato has announced that they will be running an investigation into the air strike, and the deaths of the soldiers. It looks like the two incidents had nothing to do with each other.

Sources: Article 1: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Afghanistan-Two-US-Soldiers-Shot-Dead-By-Translator-As-Four-Afghan-Soldiers-Are-Killed-By-Airstrike/Article/201001415538854?lpos=World_News_Second_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15538854_Afghanistan%3A_Two_US_Soldiers_Shot_Dead_By_Translator_As_Four_Afghan_Soldiers_Are_Killed_By_Airstrike Article 2: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8489131.stm

Comparing and Contrasting: The BBC article had less quotes than the other article. They both covered the two events in the same place. BBC seemed to focus more on the translator shooting the soldiers, but the other article seemed to focus on the air strike between American and Afghan soldiers. BBC had no quotes for the air strike part of the article, while the other article had 3 or 4 quotes. BBC had 2 quotes for the shootings, but the other article had none. They both talked about how Nato was going to take action and start an investigation.

My Opinion: I think that this is terrible because you hear about soldiers dying every day. I think that it is even more wrong because the person that shot the soldiers was suppost to be translating for them. We don't know if the American soldiers treated the translator bad and that is what led up to this. If the soldiers were treating the translator bad i think that they could be at fault for their deaths, but i think that the translator took it to far. . I think the Air attack was bad but that the problem with starting wars and fighting. I think that the violence in Afghanistan and other middle east countries has to stop or else it will be hard to stop later.

=Guinea rounds up suspects= Suspects who tried to kill Guinea's Junta Leader Moussa Dadis Camara are being hunted down and arrested. He is being trated in a hospital in Morroco after he was shot. Some of the suspects got shot and killed while they we getting rounded up. Over 60 people are being held. Lt Diakite, head of the presidential guard, carried out the attack on Camara. He has not been caught yet.

Sources: Article 1: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8402129.stm Article 2: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/12/20091210175750706642.html

Comparing an Contrasting: These 2 articles have similar information but the bbc article was easier to understand. It also had more information on the attack, and it also talked more about what led up to the shooting. The aljazeera article had less of a summary and more abut these two backgrounds

My Opinion: I think that it was terrible that Lt Diakite shot Moussa Dadis Camara. I think that police or military or whoever is going after him need to catch him and bring him to justice for the actions he took. I also wonder why the took him all the way to Morroco to get to a hospital. If there wasnt one closer i think that they need to build one for peoples safety. = = =Blast kills 19 in Somalia= A male dressed in woman's clothes killed 3 member of the Somalian Government. The suicide bomber bombed a medical school graduation ceremony in the city Mogadishu. African Union who is leading a peacekeeping mission in Somalia is listing the death toll at 19. A group has not claimed responsibility for the bombings yet. The united nations is saying that this is an act of terrorism against people who are trying to build a steady peaceful community and country for Somalia. The president thinks that it was the work of the Islamist militants al-Shabab., but the have not confirmed.

Sources: Article 1: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8394389.stm Article 2: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/12/03/somalia.attacks/index.html

Comparing and Contrasting: These two articles had a lot of information. The Cnn article was longer and had more quotes. The BBC article had less quotes but more helpful information about who did the bombings. They both summarized the event in the same way, and both had similar info.

My Opinion: I think that this was a horrific act by a terrorist group that didnt care about the lives that they were taken. It shocked me that they would do it at a medical school graduation where the students and professors that were killed had worked hard, to just be killed like that. I hoe that someone can hold somebody responsible for these acts and bring them to justice.

=Sunken boat in Congo leaves 73 dead= A boat on a lake on the western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo due to some bad weather. The Red Cross from Congo said that there were about close to 270 people on the boat that survived. They think that there are more people that got caught inside the sunken vessel. Those 73 bodies that they have found have shown up by washing up on the shore, while there are searches being done to try to find more bodies.

Sources: Article 1:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8384441.stm Article 2:http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1128/breaking31.htm

Comparing and contrasting: These two articles were short. There weren't many quotes in the two articles. There were about two quotes in each, both which were similar. They were both kind of a quick summary, and they both were sayng that there have been problems on Congo's river before. For the most part i think that they were very similar.

My opinion: I think that it was an unfortunate event that happened. I think that they need to fix up the overcrowding that is on the waterway at once because that is what has been happening in Congo. This happened to lack of matinence on the vessel/boat that they were on when it sunk. They have to fix it up because if there is going to be 300+ people on a vessel it might be smart ot fix it up so it can survive some bad weather.

=Captain of hijacked tanker dies= The captain of a Virgin Islands ship that was captured outside of Seychelles. The captain was injured when Somali pirates shot him when they took over the ship. The attack came just days after the Somali pirates let a Spanish ship go after holding them for over 6 months.

Sources: Article 1:http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/11/20091118123246749247.html Article2:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8366097.stm

Comparing and contrasting: These two articles were very similar. Article 1 was shorter than Article 2 but they both didnt have that many quotes. When they did they had quotes from some of the Somali pirates, one names Mohammad.

My opinion: for months now i have been hearing about these Somali pirates capturing ships and asking for huge ransoms. I think that these pirates have to be stopped before they cause bigger problems. I wonder were or if anyone has tried to stop these pirates because they are very dangerous.

= = =Nigerian soccer star Stephen Worgu sentenced= Nigerian soccer star Stephen Worgu who currently plays for a Sudanese team has been senteced to drinking and driving and will be flogged and fined. Alcohol is illegal in northern Sudan where it is highly Muslim. He will be fined 50 pounds for that, and drinking while driving will cost him another 200 pounds. He will also be lashed 40 times. Worgu had had trouble adapting to life in Sudan fro different culture, different language, and different religion. He has dreams of going to Europe but this case could slow his transition to Europe down.

Sources Article 1 : http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8355246.stm Article2 : http://www.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/11/12/football.sudan.stephen.worgu/index.html?eref=rss_latest&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_latest+%28RSS%3A+Most+Recent%29

Comparing and contrasting: Both of these articles had more of a summary of the incident and they had a lot of background information about the soccer star. The BBC article had more quotes and it seemed like he had done interviews with him about his troubled life in Sudan.

Opinion : My opinion on this article is that I thought it was a little harsh to hand down a punishment for drinking alcohol, but it was banned. What i dont think is harsh is he only got an $80 fine (USD) for drinking and driving. I think that he was stupid to do it because he could have ended his life, career and many others life's. He should e fined more in my opinion. What surprised me about this article was that he is going to get lashed 40 times.

= = = = = = = = = = = = =Kenyan suspects will be tried= Luis Moreno-Ocampo of the ICC (International Criminal Court) told the President and the Prime Minister of Kenya that he will proceed with the trials of perpetrators of violence that left 1000-1300 people dead and left 300,000 homeless and forced out of their houses. The fighting occurred in 2007 after an election, which left many people without homes. It started when the main opposition candidate had questioned the results of the election. The election and violence had put Kenya in some of the worst violence the country has seen. This has messed up the image that Kenya is stable in the region.

Sources Article 1 : http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/05/kenya.icc.trials/index.html Article 2 : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8344125.stm

Comparing and Contrasting: Article 1 had more of a story and explained it better, Article 2 was more like a quick summary. in Article 1 it said that 1000 people had died, but in Article 2 it said that there was 1300 people left dead. Article 2 listed how many people were homeless or had been forced out of there houses, but the other article didn't mention it. Article 1 had more quotes in it but the other article had some of the same quotes for the quotes that it did have

My opinion: I think that it is good that the suspects are getting tried. they not only killed 1000-1300 people,but they also left 300,000 homeless and running from the conflict and violence. They left Kenya looking like a bad country and cause lots of violence and the election. I think that these 10 suspects should get the maximum of what they could get. = = =Zimbabwe denies U.N investigator= A U.N. investigator of torture was denied entry into Zimbabwe. Manfred Nowak found out that his mission had been canceled after his flight landed in Johannesburg, South Africa. This comes after tension between the president and the prime minister. They formed a power-sharing deal after a presidential election which cause many months of controversy. One of the main disputes is that an official is facing charges of possession of weapons for sabotage, banditry, and terrorism. U.N. officials said they might have to go back llater.

Sources : Article 1 : http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/29/zimbabwe.un.expert/index.html Article 2 : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8329984.stm

Comparing and Contrasting: The two Articles were more different than they were similar. Article 1 had more of a summary type thing to it and it summarized what had happened before and leading up to this. There were more quotes in article 2 than there were in article 1, but i understood Article 1 better.

My Opinion: I think that the situation in zimbabwe is bad enough, like the economy and the selfishness of the president. Getting help would be great for Zimbabwe, they could use the help of the U.N. because at one point the were a good economy. I think that the president and the government of Zimbabwe is to blame and they should let the U.N. help.