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This article is about how on thursday in Afghanistan a suicide bomber attacked a U.S. base (camp pheonix). It was not clear how the bomber got onto the base but around 9pm in the "sleeping area" of the base, the bomb was detonated. this bomb killed five U.S soldiers. The extent of the damahe is still unclear. Specifically the attack took place on a U.S base in eastern Afghanistans paktia province just south of Kabul. Earlier several ISAF and US officers were killed in an explosian but it is unknown wether this explosian was a suicide bomb. We also do not know who the suicide bomber was though we do know that the were wearing an Afghan border police uniform. the bomb was detonated in a car packed with explosives. I think the US government shoud figure out who has been bombing our bases in Afghanistan considering all the current attacks. i founf this article interesting because it shows a bit of insight into the war in afghanistan that has been affecting so mant people. The CNN article and the nation.com articles were very different. the nation.com article talked about the type of bomb and people injured were as the CNN article was very blunt and did not have very much informantion. A big difference i found in the two articles was that the CNN article stated that the bombing was in the camp and the nation.com article said the atttack was near the camp. This gives me the assumption that maye the information the press has been given is not as reliable as it could be. I think there is probably more to this story. [|**http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/11/afghanistan.suicide.attack/index.html**] [|**http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/International/27-Jan-2010/Suicide-bomber-strikes-near-US-base-in-Kabul**] synopsis-** This article is about how in Moscow Russias fifth-generation Sukhoi fighter jet was tested. The testing took pplace in far east Russia on January 29th 2010. The test flight lasted a succesful 47 minutes. This fighter jet is the first Russian jet created based on stealth technology. Its called T-50 and military experts see it as the Russian answer to the American F-35 and F-22 jets. T-50 can fly in all weather, it has the ability to use a take-off strip of just 300-400 metres, its got capacity for sustained supersonic flight which includes repeated in-flight refuelling. It has advanced avionics, and finally it can unleash simultaneous attacks on air and ground targets. The jets will be delivered in 2013 to the Russian Air Forces and they will start mass production of these planes in 2015. The BBC article talked more about T-50 and what it can do. i found the BBC article had all the information the CNN article had and more. Both articles had a picture of Y-50 but the BBC articles picture was of the jet in flight and CNN had a picture of the jet on the ground. [] [] synopsis-** This artice is about how in Nepal around 200 former maoist child soldiers were discharged on January 7th 2010. These soldiers where discharged after 3 years in camps. The soldiers where from the Peaples liberation Army (PLA). These 200 some soldiers are only the beginning. By mid-febuary around 3,000 young disqualified Maoist ex-combatants are to be released. A third of these soldiers are female. The soldiers are being released from seven camps across Nepal. The releassed soldiers might not be minors anymore but at the time of the conflict the Maoists and Nepalese state all 3000 of these soldiers where under 18. The conflict did not end until 2006 when ceasefire and peace process came into the picture. The oneworld.net article is less vague then the un.org article. The oneworld.net article used specific numbers while the un.com article did not. Also the un.org article talked about all the soldiers while the oneworld.net article was about the minors in the war. i think its good that after years in war camps these soldiers are finally being released. [] [] synopsis-** This article is about Sanyu Nakyeyune, a 14 year old girl in Uganda. When she was ten years old both her parrents died from AIDS and she was lest with no money water, or electricity. She had to raise her two younger siblings on her own. She would find wood from the forrest so she could make fires and she would collect water from streams. one of her siblings was still a baby and needed milk so Sanyu worked in people gardens so she could afford the milk. Sanyu said that all she could do was pray that someone would rescue her. Lucky for Sanyu, LEAD Uganda came to her rescue. They accepted her into one of their schools and are saving her from the horrors of raising a family at fourteen. LEAD Uganda saves hundreds of children affected by poverty, AIDS, and war every year. Now Sanyu attends boarding school and dreams of becoming a doctor. she said she was motivated to go to school because "when you are out there not studying it's useless". Sanyu is teaching people to be strong and brave like she had to be when AIDS stole the lives of her parrents. AIDS couses and estimated 15 million children to be orphaned every year. In honor of world AIDS day Sanyu went to New York to speak.
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I liked the CNN article better (the second one listed under sources) because it had the same information the CNN (the first one listed under sources) article had and then some. This article was more straightforward and told us that she was marking world AIDS day. []
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__synopsis-__** This article is about how South Africas president has stated that his goverment will be majorly expanding the testing and treatment for HIV/AIDS virus. This virus aflicts around 5.7 million people in South Africa. Jacob Zuma (south Afrcas president) has nammed it a new era in the struggle against HIV/AIDS in South Africa. In South Africa it is estimated that about 1,000 people die per day from the HIV/AIDS. 1,000 people fall new victims by being infected each day as well. Around 10 percent of the total population of South Africa is infected by this awful virus. As for young women and pregnant women the infection percentage reaches up to 32 percent. mr. Zuma has said that by next year every child under the age of 1 who has HIV/AIDS will recieve treatment. with erlier treatment you can live longer with AIDS/HIV so women with Teburculosis and HIV wil be recieving erlier treatment. in addition to inhancing treatment for HIV/AIDS president Zuma announced a campaign for AIDS prevention. he says that preventing HIV/AIDS is the most powerful thing South Africa can do in order to stop new infections from occuring. In order to prevent more people from being affected by this virus has arranged to have his media celebrities and himself get tested for HIV/AIDS. he tells people to practice safe sex, get testeted, and to take responsibility of the health of themselves and their loved ones. I liked the VOA (africagoodnews.com) article more because it had a frendlier approach and made the reader feel more attached to what they where reading whereas the earthtimes article was mainly facts and figures. obviousely HIV/AIDS is a very seriose virus and needs to be taken care of. it has not affected anyone in my family but i still understand the global effect. [|**http://www.africagoodnews.com/health/sa-president-announces-expansion-of-hivaids-testing-treatment.html**] [|**http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/297213,zuma-announces-dramatic-scale-up-in-aids-treatment.html**]
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synopsis-__ This article is about how there are at about 10,000 albinos hiding in south africa. These ablinos are hiding because they fear that their body parts are going to be sold to witchdoctors. The albinos body parts are belived to have special powers. These supposed powers have created fear in the population of Tanzania and Burundi. attackers will chop of and pluck out the limbs and organs of albinos and sell them to dealers who in turn sell them to witchdoctors. The witchdoctors want the albinos limbs and such because they are believed by some to bring wealth and good luck. Police are trying to protect the albinos but say it is proving difficult. Lucca Haule has said that most of the attacks against albinos are made in rural areas where there are not as many police. He also said that police are trying to map out these places but its hard because of lack of resources. In early november a man was sentenced to death for the killing of an albino and so far seven people have been sentenced to death due to the killing of over 50 albinos. Dozens more people are waiting for trial. Selling a complete dismembered set of albio body parts can be sold for up to $75,000 making the desire to attack greater. Mary Owido has said she does not feel comfortable going out because people talk about how certain limbs could be sold for certain amounts and it scares her. she only feels safe at home with her husband and children or at work. The MSNBC article tells more from the albino's point of view whereas the CNN article is more from the police point of view. the MSNBC has more information regarding specific albinos and the CNN article has more typical information like places and numbers. [] []
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synopsis- This article is about how after the worst drought in a decade towns in somalia are now completly flooded. After this drought there was heavy rain for four days resulting in the floods. the town of El-waq is submerged causing locals to head for higher ground. Almost 15,000 residents have been displaced already. on october 28th a Alaso Gurhan, a resident of El-waq, stated that "Most of the town is under water, with people moving to higher ground around the town". Civil society activists have reported that hundreds of livestock have died due to heavy rains. Because so many people have been moved to higher ground there is not much high ground left in the country so people have started to build trenchs in an attempt to get rid of the water. Shelter material is now greatly needed. I liked the UN article better because it had more information regarding amounts of people being moved and i feel like they made this seem more important than the oneworld article did. obviousely this flood is a crisis and i feel that the UN did a better job of showing that. [] []
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this article is about how on october 22nd swaziland is close to becoming the second countr in the southern african developement comunity (SADC) to be completely rid of malaria. Malaria is the cause for the death of around one million people per year. most of these people live in sub-Saharan Africa. If the SADC manages to rid the country of malaria for three years then they will be declared a malaria-free zone and awarded a certificate of elimination. the SADC's plan to eliminate Malaria covers Swaziland, South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia. the SADC's plan to rid these countries of malaria is a malaria elimination program thats main goal is to rid the region of malaria. My opinion is that both of these articles told pretty much the same information. they have similar word choice and neither article contains any info that wasnt in the other. [] ** [|**http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44387**]
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