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//AU Imposes Sanctions on Guinea//
The articles were about the follow up of the Guinean abuse and killing. It stated on Tuesday, the European Union said it was imposing an arms embargo, assets freezes and travel bans on junta leaders. Camara is supposed to stand down and not taking part in the elections, but the junta leader is hinting that he might take part. The people are still staying in their houses for a second day and people are still mad. The people say that their was around 150 deaths, women raped and many were injured. However the government says that only 56 people died and 937 were injured. The U.S. has restricted the people involved in the killing from entering America. the International pressure in Guinea has also increased since the killing.

//Sources Aljazeera - http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/10/20091029204557521520.html IOL - http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_West%20Africa&set_id=1&click_id=86&art_id=nw20091029222933977C587079

Both of these sources talks about how the EU is putting restrictions on the people involved in the killing. they both use this quotes "On Tuesday, the European Union said it was imposing an arms embargo, assets freezes and travel bans on junta leaders." The titles were also the same for both of these articles. In Aljazeera there was a photo,but there was no photos in the IOL. The IOL stated that 157 people were killed, 1,200, and women were raped by uniformed men, but in Aljazeera they only said that around 150 were killed and many were injured. Aljazeera explains more on what happened to the women "Security forces of taking dozens of women from a stadium and driving them in military vehicles to villas where they were raped by uniformed men over several days." Aljazeera also had a more detailed location for the crimes.

I think that the people involved should be punished to the full extent. Also, Camara should not take part in the elections, because he is an evil man. He does not deserve to have a chance at being elected at all. The actions being taken right now is a good path to start, but i fear that more people might be killed so Camara can make his "point". I also think that the government in Guinea right at the moment is so corrupted and if that is not fixed then the people are doomed to a very sad life, for as long as these people have power.//

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Africa trial for malaria vaccine
//In this article scientist and doctors are doing tests on the people of Africa. These are tests that coincides with Malaria ( a very deadly disease). The tests are to help scientist come up with a vaccine that can actually work. when the tests prove to be positive it will help millions of people. The good thing is that when the testings are done then in around five years the vaccine will come out helping 50-55 percent of the kids. Prices of the vaccine will be reasonable and it won't be so high that people who need it can't afford it.//

Sources

//Aljazeera- http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/11/200911341029993119.html EurekAlert- http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-11/bc-wlm110209.php

Both articles talk about the testings and trials that will and are going underway at the moment. They both used the same quotes and both had somewhat the same type of information. However EurekAlert had a longer article than Aljazeera. On the other hand only Aljazeera had photos, the photos were related to the subject with people at the doctors and mosquitoes.

I like how people are doing this kinda of research to help out communities. They should keep doing what they are doing and as promised keep the price at a reasonable price. They shouldn't just do their trials on just kids, because the vaccine might not be enough for an adult body.//

3 //A judge who jailed pirates and some anti-government believers has been shot dead in Bossaso, a port in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region. He was shot in the head and chest area by masked men. The part is that he was shot on Wednesday, right after he left the mosque. The Aware (his name) has jailed quite a few pirates and he was found in Puntland which is a base for many of the pirates that Aware has jailed.// ||
 * **Judge shot dead in Somalia**

SOURCE Aljazeera- http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/11/20091112125358501502.html IOL- http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20091112122143431C712659#more

in general both of these articles were pretty short in length and both had the same overall view. Aljazeera described where Aware was shot and part of the reason why. In IOL they described that the security has attained 3 suspects that might have been involved in the killing. Both talk about where he was before the shooting and the date of the shooting.

To me this killing is kind of an irony, because he works as part of a court in the area of high crimes. The place is the base of the place of pirates jailed by Aware. This is a terrible event, but also this could have been seen before hand.

**//Ogaden: Seven Ethiopian towns taken//**
The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) attacked the southeastern Somali region and said to reclaim several towns from military forces. The group was formed in 1984 and they are fighting to protect the independence of the somali people. They cared for injured civilians that were hurt by the government. Thousands of ONLF troops took part in a fight that resulted on teo days of heavy fighting. The enemy troops (Ethiopian) were killed and their hardware taken or destroyed. The ONLF said its forces entered the towns of Obolka, Hamaro, Higlaaley, Yucub, Galadiid, Boodhaano and Gunogabo - where government forces had deployed troops and positioned military hardware.

//SOURCE// Ajazeera- http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/11/200911147164555146.html Home of the Revolutionary Left- http://www.revleft.com/vb/ogaden-seven-ethiopian-t122405/index.html?s=c59dc8412952005a26d9ee845b9914d2&amp;t=122405

Both articles used the same wuotes and had only one picture of the map. The revolutionary Left was about 98% quotes, but Aljazeera had a lot more writing. Besides that things were pretty much the same.

I think that if this group is fighting for the people and not hurting them then it's ok. There is no mention of them using child soldiers and no mention of them hurting the people, but i'm sure that they are. If they keep this up however the people might really have some independence.


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//Kenya violence inquiry sought//
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There was a request brought up to the ICC to investigate the suspected crimes against humanity in Kenya. These crimes were committed after the news that there was an election won by fraud. Moreno-Ocampo is the man who is investigating and looking for the ring leader to this crime. So far no one has been caught. The crimes happened in 2007.

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Aljazeera- http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/11/2009112612559577802.html HRW- http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/11/26/icc-prosecutor-seeks-ok-kenya-inquiry

In Aljazeera it said that at least 13,000 people died, but in HRW it said that 12,000 people died and caused 600,000 to flee their homes. Both articles have similar quotes and both have basic information. However Aljazeera has only basic information and HRW has more in depth info. Aljazeera does not have background information, but HRW does.

I think that these people should be caught, but since the crime happened so long ago it will be an extreme challenge to catch those involved. Further more so many people were involved that it was be insanely hard to catch EVERY single person. It's a good attempt to try this and i commend those who are really trying.

Soldiers 'shoot at Guinea leader'
President Moussa Dadis Camara was shot by one of his aides. He is not dead and his conditions are unknown at this point. Gun fire was heard near a radio station at around 22:00 gmt time. The person who attacked was Camara's close aide his name is Aboubacar Toumba Diakite. Diakite has been found. There was a lot of protesting going on before the shooting and they were about the way Camara handled the protest that happended in Guinea where there was about 157 deaths. The junta leader has been taken for medical attention by a neighboring country. Even though he was shot people still want him to be tried for the crimes he has done.

//SOURCE Aljazeera-// http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/12/2009123202550699975.html BBC- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8394307.stm

The first section of both these articles were pretty much the same. They both had the same quotes and the same information. The difference is that Aljazeera talks about the division between Camara and Diakite and how this happened 11 months ago when Camara led the military coup for power. Aljazeera stated that 150 people were killed and BBC stated that 157 people were kille, there were 7 more deaths in BBC. BBC has no mentions of the ICC and Aljazeera does, Aljazeera's mention of the ICC is talking about the ICC researcing into the protest crackdown and seeing if there was any crime.

I think that Camara deserved what he got, it was him who led the crackdown for the protest. He didn't do anything about his men raping the women and using unneccesary actions. Why didn't the neighboring country keep thier noses out of this one? If he does live i hope that the ICC does find a crime to charge him with so there wouldn't be another incident like this one. My only regret is that he didn't die from the wound.

Guinean assassination suspect held
Mohamed Camara was a suspect in the attempted assassination of Guinea's military ruler Moussa Dadis Camara. Mohamed was brought back with handcuffs on Monday. The reason he was suspected is that he was in charged of security at the T.V. station where Moussa was shot. He was caught trying ro escape the country and into Sierra Leone which furthe added evidence to why he was suspected. It is not called an assassination because Moussa did not die from his head shot, the bullet grazed his head. However the wound lodged a piece of bone into his brain. the good thing is that Moussa was still able to answer when he was asked a question. He was operated on at a military hospital in Morocco, but as to when he's going to get better is still uknown at this point. People are still looking for the would-be assassin Aboubacar Toumba Diakite.

Source Aljazeera- http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/12/2009127174043768442.html BBC- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8398220.stm

OPINION I think that finding a person involved in the crime will make it a lot easier to find the actual criminal. The only concern i have is with the person in power down how are his people going to react to this? He is a military leader and even with a person to take over for now what is the chances for another well planned out coup to happen? I think that there's is going to some revenge done to the shooter. Things are going to be really chaotic if Moussa isn't in his office and well in a week. I know it is harsh to say things like that, but the country has gone through things like this many times before and they should be expecting it by now.

COMPARISON The first major difference is the titles Aljazeera writes "Guinean assassination suspect held" and BBC writes "Guinea strongman 'favourable' after head surgery" the Aljazeera one has a more positive feeling to, because some one was apprehended. The BBC's title has a positive feel to it too, because of the word Favourable with the marks on them making it stand out. Another difference is that Aljazeera has no mention of the protest that had 157 deaths that took place a while back. BBC has no mention of the arrest of Mohamed Camara which shows that he wasn't not a big role in this crime. Aljazeera had information about the bone lodged into Moussa's head, but BBC still states that his injuries are still unknown. The only information that both articles had was that Diakite is the top suspect and that he is still on the run to this day.

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=Deadly blast hits Afghan market=

16 civilians were killed in a crowded market located in the province of Uruzgan in Afghanistan when a suicide bomber decided it was time to die. There was also 13 people who were injured as well. The bomber was spotted by a guard of the money market then the bomber just blew up. Adults were not the only ones found dead three children have also been found in the wreckage. The explosion also did damage to the stores around the area. In a seperate attack of a neighboring provine helmand a police officer and five cilvilians were also killed. this was in one of the most violent provinces of the region. At the time no one is going to stand up for these attcks and admit to them, but both bore the marks of a taliban attack. Ironically, the attcks happened after the U.N. released a report saying that 67 percent of all the deaths were caused by taliban attcks.

COMPARISON AND CONTRAST

Both of the artcles had the same title and a rough map of the area. In both articles there is a mention of the market in Uruzgan and the kiling in helmand. The two articles also states the deaths of not only the adults, but of the children. Also, it is stated that the shops were damaged in the explosion. The two aggreed that the bombing in the market place has a death toll of at a minimum of 16, and injured people estimated atleast 13. The difference is that BBC said that atleast 21 people died in the bombing, but Aljazeera only stated that 16 people have lost their lives in the attack. Another major difference is that Aljazeera does not mention the killing o0f any insurgents in Helmand, but BBC has stated that 40 insurgents have been taken down in a battle between them and the U.S. "There have been casualties on bhttp://ihshistoryclass.wikispaces.com/Vo%2C+AnthonyVoth sides of the fight, but accurate numbers could not be confirmed as the fighting is ongoing," this a quote that BBC included, but their is no mention of it in Aljazeera.

I think this shows that BBC is tying to shine a dark light over this war. They might be trying to rack numbers in double dgits above twenty just to show the cost in human resources the war plows through on a daily basis. If BBC's numbers are indeed accuratae then Ajazeera might be playing it safe and not trying to show a heavy cost of this war. At the same time they have double digit numbers, but not as high to show that people are indeed dying.

OPINION

I think that all of this suicide bombing is a cruel tactic. Indeed as a tactic it does make the people fear the taliban, but in return the taliban are showing that they still need baby sitting. This is a prime example of a threat to America, there is still a group of people willing to sacrifice their lives to hurt the lives of others. No matter how hard we try if we do not take down this road block called the "Taliban" then it may never be safe to let them roam free in their own playground.

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Activists sentenced in Vietnam
4 men were sentenced from five to 16 years in prison for plotting to over throw the government and turn it into a democratic country. The four men were in a one day trial in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. For plotting this the government believed that they should have received the death penalty over the years in prison. The arrest of the men happened a year ago and they were arrested along with a former army officer (he only received five and a half years in prison for subversion). The case didn't not allow international press in, but people were allowed to see the trial via video. These men had already formed a new constitution, found out that they were trying to convert communist areas into democracy, and all of this was through non-violence. The violation was a serious violation of national security and the government wanted to make a serious example out of them.

COMPARISON AND CONTRAST The biggest difference was the title Aljazeera's title was Activist Sentenced in Vietnam and BBC wrote Vietnam's New Breed of Dissidents the titles gave off too different vibes. BBC talked more about one of the four men by the name of Dinh and how he was a good man. BBC's information was more of a history including the beliefs of these men, where they received their education, and how they felt about their government. Some common facts that both Aljazeera and BBC gave was that the trial was indeed in one day. Also, both of the sources included how the trial did not let the press of the outside world in. Another common information is that there was indeed four men who were arrested for plotting to over throw the communist government.

I think that BBC was trying to show that what these men did was a good thing. They dared to go against a government that took over the country with a war that every one feared. BBC wanted people to know that even though it was an attempt or plot to overthrow the government it was to restore peace and let people forget the horrible past so that the future generation would be able to live free. Aljazeera's way of putting things made it sound like a non-violent crime that should be punished. The titles are a clear example of what each source thinks about the topic and how biased that article will turn out.

OPINION I think that it was sad that these men were caught. Personally i don't like it when a government is being caused to go unstable, but this was an attempt to make Vietnam a democratic state. The government was clearly scared of these men if they really thought that to show what might happen to the next people to try and question their power was execution. i think that since the northern half is mostly communist and the southern half wants to stride for democracy then the country should make like Korea and spit into two countries.

SOURCE ALJAZEERA http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/01/2010120115337427629.html BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8471723.stm

=10= =N Korea issues warning to South=

South Korea stated that if there was any sign of North Korea planning a nuclear attack that the south would launch a pre-emptive strike. This means that South Korea will attack the North if any signs of an attack is given. The North also has a response and that is if they were to be attacked then the attack means war and the North will target major sites in the south and destroy them. The two countries go back and forth saying if one attacks then the other will bring the heat to the kitchen. One thing they have in common is that both seem to ne scared of a nuclear attack and they use that as the main basis of their reasoning for a couter attack. The Six-Party talk is trying to bring back North Korea, but so far the North does not want to join. Compromising talks are not working and the North still refuses to return.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

Both articles state that the south will indeed loaunch a pre-emptive attack if they see any visible signs of the north planning a nuclear attack. In the two articles there was mention of the North taking military actions if there was an attack made on them. There were many differences the titles were the most noticeable contrast BBC " North Korea responds angrily to South's talk of strike" Aljazeera "N Korea issues warning to South". Another contrast was that the Aljazera article had alot more quotes like "It would be too late and the damage would be too big if, in the case of a North Korean nuclear attack, we had to cope with the attack." and "We would have to strike right away if we detected a clear intention to attack [South Korea] with nuclear weapons," Kim told a Seoul forum on Wednesday. BBC lacked these quotes and did not give any signs of mentioning it into their article.

SOURCE BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8477348.stm ALJAZEERA http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/01/2010124682384908.html

OPINION I think that there are signs of a great war that is about to happen and this war consist weapons of masss destruction. Personally i thik that North Korea's army is way to strong for the South and if the North was to declare war the south would be destroyed in a matter of months. People should really have peace talks with the country before something bad happens and we are left trying to fight a whole nation who was raised to fight from birth.

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=China shuts down training website for hackers=

China has shut down a business that trained people to hack. The business was giving people Trojan Horses (a virus that enables the user to go into a computer from an outside computer) for a fee. There were arrest made on people who hacked into email accounts on Google's Gmail. The company made up to 1 million dollars in membership fees and had over 100,000 members using the free service. The Chinese government has said that they back up on the censorship laws and says that they do not condone hacking. As to say that the hackings came from china isn't as easy as it sounds, by cyber expert James Mulvenon hackers have so many accounts, addresses, and names that it is almost impossible to pin out where exactly the hackers point of origin was.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA-http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/02/20102844217976262.html BBC-http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8503637.stm

COMPARING AND CONTRAST Both articles had a mentioning of the attacks made by Chinese hackers attacking Google. They also state that the government has denied the involvements and they back it up with the censorship laws. Also, they both have the fact that this company makes up to 1 million dollars in membership fees and they have 170,000 people signed up for the free membership. The fact about the Wuhan daily news was the same from both articles. Also, the mentioning of the trojan horse being available was in both articles. The different thing was the title BBC had China shuts down training website for hackers and Aljazeera's was China pulls plug on hacker website. Another difference between the two is that BBC used all of the article to address the problem between China and their people hacking the major company and Aljazeera used the article to address the whole hacking problem. The last different was that BBC did not use the quote from the cyber expert James Mulvenon about not being able to track the position of origin, Aljazeera on the other hand did.

OPINION In my opinion China's censoring is the biggest thing to blame. If China did not censor their information then their people wouldn't have to learn how to hack to get any information from the outside world. However if the hacking was from china then they should take responsibility and apologize to Google. Also, Google has all of the rights in the world to blame China. Other than that if China does know the hackings are from their people than they should fix it and stop their problems.

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=Thailand to deport arms jet crew= Five men were arrested December 12 of last year, on the charges of smuggling weapons from North Korea the final destination of the weapons even today is still unclear. Thai officials have dropped the charges saying that giving these men a trial in Thailand does not benefit Thailand in any way, although the home countries of the men will give them a trial. The five men were crew members four of the men were from Kazakhstan and one was from Belarus. Ac ting on an intelligence tip off Thai custom inspectors found that the plane was loaded with 35 tonnes of weapons. The weapons consisted of missiles, rockets, and grenades. Since June of last year North Korea was banned exporting any arms except for light weapons. People believe that the arms were headed for Iran, but that is only a guess and the true destination once again was unknown. In recent years exporting arms to the middle east and any one who is willing to pay has become one of North Korea's major incomes.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST. Both the articles shared these two quotes: "The trial here will not benefit Thailand, so we have decided to drop the charges. "Their countries of origin want to try the men in their home countries." Another thing that both articles shared was the fact that there were 5 men 4 from Kazakhstan and the other one from Belarus. The last thing that both sources shared was the fact that the weapons were indeed from North Korea and that North Korea made most of their incomes through exporting arms. The first difference between the two articles were the titles BBC: Thailand drops North Korea weapons charges and Aljazeera: Thailand to deport arms jet crew. Another difference was that Aljazeera stated that there was 35 tonnes of weapons found, BBC said only 30 tonnes of weapons were found. That is a 5 ton difference or 10,000 pounds, the amount of weapons found may not be 30 or 35 tonnes. BBC does not mention that the weapons could have been for Iran instead they just say that the destination for the weapons remain unknown.

SOURCES: BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8509833.stm Aljazeera: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/02/201021173448710477.html

OPINION In my opinion that's just insane. These men were able to carry any where from 30 to 35 tonnes of explosive weapons on a plane. What would have happened if they were not caught and there cargo of weapons actually made it to their desired destination. What would have happened if there was a malfunction and all of the missiles, rockets, and grenades were to have exploded in Thailand? People would have lost theirs lives, things like this are unacceptable and North Korea is very smart. Even though they hae been banned to export any kind of arms except for light arms they seem to have been able to make this a way for high income. I'm not saying that i agree with this method, but by banning them they are able to raise their prices and even more countries who shop the black market are able to get a hold of these weapons.

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=Malaysia to extradite foreign terror suspects=

9 men who were arrested on terror charges last month will be extradited from Malaysia. These men were held in the ISA which allows them to be detained for an indefinite time with out trial. The men are from Jordan, Syria, Nigeria, and Yemen. There were 50 people arrested at first but only 10 were kept back at the ISA (one was from Malaysia). The names of the men were not released and the terror group they work for was also not released this was due to the fact that the government was unsure. There was a rights group that demanded the government provide evidence for the arrest thinking that there might be something else behind the arrest. The Malaysian government has to ensure that these men will be safe upon their return home.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST. Both articles confirm that there was 10 men who were kept under the ISA when the rest were released. They both agreed that the arrest was under terror charges and that since they were in the ISA they were detained for an indefinite time without a trial. they were all attending a religious class near the capital, Kuala Lumpur, on 21 January. Also, they were members of the regional militant Islamist group, Jemaah Islamiah. Other than that nothing else was similar between the two. The titles of the article was different BBC:Malaysia to extradite foreign terror suspects and arabnews:Malaysia to extradite 9 foreign terror suspect. Another thing that was different was that BBC said 50 men were captured and the Arabnews said that 40 men were captured. Only Arabnews states that these men might be working with Al-Queda.

SOURCE: BBC:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8521418.stm Arabnews:http://arabnews.com/world/article19048.ece

OPINION I think that it's a good thing that these men are being tried in their home countries. The thing is that why were the rest of them released before being tried? Everyone who was arrested might have been part of a terrorist group and letting them go gives them the freedom to fight. The way the activist groups are acting and making dumb questions is exactly that it's dumb these men if they really are working with a terrorist group then having a reason to keep them detained isn't an issue. They way the government handled the situation was nor bad at all, they did what was needed to stop terrorism and i hope that there won't be future problems for the country.

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=Thailand invokes emergency laws before rally= Thailand has approved a special law allowing the use of more stringent security measures ahead of major anti-government protests authorities fear could spark widespread unrest. The cabinet passed the Internal Security Act on Tuesday. The Act lets security forces broad their powers to impose curfews, set up check points, and restrict the movement of protesters. The new law starts this Thursday and lasts all the way into March 23, in Bangkok and parts of the surrounding provinces. Based on the information many groups of protesters may attempt to use violent means. Larry Jagan, an analyst on Southeast Asian, told Al Jazeera that a real fear of the government are the groups that are not under any control from the Red Shirts. They might start and do something really stupid.

SOURCE: BBC:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8557069.stm AL JAZEERA:http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/03/20103975356247771.html

COMPARE AND CONTRAST. Both sources indicate that the beginning of the law in on March 11 which is this Thursday and the end of the law is on March 23. From both articles the protesters were mainly supporters of the former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a military coup in 2006. On both articles the prime minister had canceled a trip to Australia. The quotes on both sources however were completely different. On BBC it had this quote "In fact, the situation in the next few years might indicate that in fact political differences have actually widened over the past year," Mr Korn said, and no where in Al jazeera was that quote mentioned. In Al jazeera there was this quote "These groups may do something silly during the demonstrations, and there have been reports of at least 20 hand grenades gone missing from the army barracks," he said. The quotes show that BBC is leaning towards a more pro the protest. Al jazeera's quote has a negative view on the protest since they include 20 grenades that can possibly take away lives.

OPINION In my opinion i think that the government is doing the right thing in protecting their prime minister. There should be no reason at all to put the life of the people in danger, By the way it sounds if these protesters really are gonna go ahead and use violence to take care of the problem then i think that they can not see what they might end up doing. by the report 20 grenades went missing and if the protesters really did take it then more than 20 people are going to lose their lives to an unworthy cause. This is the reason why some governments have an unstable command, there is too much hate when one leader takes control. Since everyone has a different way of thinking and the only way to get rid of someone you hate is to start violent rallies then the country will never really be stabled.