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Pham Thanh Nghien a thirty-two year old author and democracy activist who criticesed vietnams communist government was jailed. The activist was sentenced to four years in prison and Nghien was also sentenced to three years under house arres She was charged because of spreading propaganda against the state.Nghien had posted two banners at her home and posted pictures of her protest online. She is the fifteenth Vietnamese democracy activist to face charges in the past three months. Nghien was given an award by US Human Rights Watch in 2008 for her pro-democracy activism, but later faced charges under Section 88 of the penal, which criminalizes peacful dissent.
 * __Vietnam jails democracy activist__**

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I think both articles had good information. The BBC was very helpful in understanding this event as well as the Sydney Morning Herald article. Both provided equally good information. Althought the SMH article seemed shorter and more condensed.

I do not think that Pham Nghien should have been jailed for speaking her mind. Its not fair that they dont have the freedom of speech or the ability to have a different opinion. I'm suprised that she was the fiftteenth Vietnamese democracy activist to be charged in the past three months. Four years of jail time and three years under house arrest is a rather a harsh punnishment for someone who was just trying to share her views and opinions. I think that some of the laws should be changed and people should get the right to choose. I think that in the future these activist should not be jailed or given such a harsh punnishment. Overall I dont agree with the choices made by the Vietnamese government.

1/29/10

Kenya government sued over Guantanamo Bay detension The familyof a man who is being held at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay is suing Kenyas government. They are suing the government for 30 million. The papers which were filed at Nairobis High Court say that a man named Abdul Malik was wrongfully held and tortured after being arrested in the 2002 attack on an Israeli hotel. The family says he was not involved and there is no evidence. The case is due in court on January 14 of next year.

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I like the BBC article which had the information formatted in a manor that was easy to comprehend. The NY post articel was a little hard to understand. The bbc article had a picture had a picture which showed the scene after the hotel was attacked in 2002. The NY post article had no pictures and the article was a little too short. The NY Post talks about President Obama and Guantanamo Bay instead of focusing more on the main idea.

My opinion on this event is that the family is not cooperating. I do not think that this should be taken this seriously, that the government is being sued. If Abdul Mallik admitted to the involvement in the attack then that should be enough evidence. Yet, knowing the tortures that the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay experience I think that there is a possibility that the government traumatized him so much that they made him believe he actually was involved in the attack. I think that this case is a really hard one since there is not that much evidence from which to make a big decision off of. When dealing with Guantanamo Bay there is no knowing how they made the victims change their minds. Hopefully the court will make a good decision. The amount of money which the family is asking for is absurd. My favorite article of the two was the BBC, once again. It provided good information in an easy to understand manner. The NY Post article was not as good as I expected.

12/11/09

Swine flu has officially hit a Tanzania diamond mine. Authorities have told about 3,000 of the workers at the mine to stay at home because of the swine flu. Yet, the miners refused to do so. About 3,000 people earn their living from the mine, which opened a year ago. The miners angered by the request to leave did not accept this request. The first swine flu case recorded in Tanzania was last July. Swine flu has killed 7, 826 people around the world this year. Regional commissioner Abbas Kandoro paid a visit to the mine earlier with armed guards.His reasons were to see what the situation was and see possible solutions. Schools and buisnesses have already been shut down.
 * __Tanzania swine flu crackdown at diamond mine__**

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The picture shared by both articles is one showing Tanzania and its location in Africa. The BBC was more of a summary in the sense that it actually had paragraphs while the Flu Trackers had more of a bullet point sort of showing of information. To me both were clear and pretty much had the same information. BBC had more percentages and numbers. The Flu trackers was easy to comprehend because it was in sort of a bullet point sort of style.
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Both articles were reasonable. The flu trackers could have had more information and could have been in a better format. I do not feel that 3,000 miners who earn their living by mining should be removed from the mines. If they are not in that much danger they should still be aloud to be able to work in order to make their living. I understand that Schools were shut down, but do not think that the diamond mine workers should be kept at home unless they are in the path of any danger or risk.
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12/1/09

__**The World Health Organization changes HIV ' drug advice'**__ The new advice given is said to be the most " up -to-date" information available and will cut infection rates and save lives, The negative affect is the increase in prices and time. This will mean there are many more people needing treatment. The estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS is currently 33.4 million. There are many demands that the organization is giving. For the first time, the WHO is wanting babies and breastfeeding mothers to be given drugs to prevent the transmission of the disease. Despite the progress in the past such as the decline in prices, less than half of those needing treatment are currently receiving it. THe Who has given the estimation that since the effective drugs have become available in 1996, abour 2.9 million people have been saved.

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Both of the articles provide all the information needed to comprehend the event. The Triumph Newspaper did a good job explaining the event. Yet, the BBC did a little better in making it more easy to comprehend. The BBC even included a picture of the HIV drug while the Triumph article provided no such pictures.
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__**Opinion**__ As usual my favorite was the BBC. I am happy they are coming up with new ideas and advices to better the AIDS and HIV situation. The only thing which might be a disatvantage is the high pricing and time it will take. It's suprising that out of the 33.4 million infected only half are receiving treatment. Hopefully the new advice will better the situation.

11/27/09

__**Zimbabwe troops 'leaving Marange diamond field''**__ Zimbabwe says it's pulling soldiers out of a diamond field int the country's east. The soldiers are being withdrawn due to alleged abuses to the mine workers. Mines minister Obert Mpofu says Zimbabwe had complied with ninety percent of demands made by the " trade watchdog" the Kimberly process. There is proof that two hundred people were killed at the Marange field. Instead of giving a suspension it was given the deadline of June 2010 to reform. The government denies all the actions and deaths which are backed up by evidence. The seventy member Kimberly Process group agreed to compromise to a diamond deal in Namibia at a meeting some time at the beginning of this month. Instead of adopting the plan, Zimbabwe made the plan to have an independent inspector leaving the fields.

[] (BBC) []( Nehandaradio)
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Both articles provide enough information to fully understand the event. BBC, as always provided the best view on this event in an easy to understand manner. The BBC article included a picture of people working at a mine. The other article provided two pictures one of soldiers and one of a couple of people at a mine. Both articles are a good length, not too short or long.
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The article which I felt did the best job of explaining was the BBC. My opinion on this event is that Zimbabwe is doing the right thing in pulling soldiers from the fields. I think that ZImbabwe should have taken this action long ago and not waited for two hundred people to die! I'm dissapointed and suprised with the Kimberly Process knowing it is such a big mining coorperation group ,yet making such poor desisions. I can't believe that the Kimberely process said that Zimbabwe complied with ninety percent of demands, when two hundred people were killed in the process. In a previous article I researched titled " Zimbabwe escapes diamond sales ban" ( bottom of page) it talked about how the government did not take any actions after the deaths of the two hundred people. I'm glad that finally some actions are being taken.
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11/19/09

According to the officials Ghanas worst mining disaster occured on Tuesday. About thirty people were working at that time. At least fifteen of those people working in the illegal gold mine in Western Ghana were killed when the mine collapsed. Thirteen of those who died were women. The police are looking into the possibility of criminal negligence charges but the owner of the mine was already killed in the accident. Many say that the safety measures are poor or nonexistent. The police fears more bodies will be uncovered.
 * __Women die Ghana mine collapse__**

[|**http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8356343.stm**] (BBC) [|**http://www.africanseer.com/news/17744-Women-die-Ghana-mine-collapse.html**] ( AfricanSeer)
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The BBC article provided more overall information on the accident while the African seer only provided information on how many people were killed. Both of the articles had pictures. The BBC contains a picture of some women at a mine while the African Seer has a picture of the mine,not showing any people. As always the BBC was longer than the other article read. It provided information on what might occur in the future with this accident.
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The BBC I felt summarized the accident in more depth than the African seer. I would have liked it if the African seer had more information on what might occur in the future. I feel that the government should take more action. The mining accident probably would not have occured if the government would have been involved because they probably would have checked for any hazards before sending thirty people! This will hopefully be a wake up call for the government.
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11/12/09

Zimbabwe has escaped the suspension of diamond sales. The claims filed are that the police and military commited human rights abuses in the Marange diamond mine fields, considered the richest in the world. The Kimberly Process of the 70 international members diamond trade body has agreed to give Zimbabwe more time to reform its mining practices. Although it was found that two hundred people died last year at a diamond field believed to be the causes of soldiers, the government denies all actions. Human Rights Watch recently urged SADC leaders to press Zanu-PF to end what is called "ongoing human rights abuses."
 * __Zimbabwe escapes diamond sales ban__**

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Both of these articles are fairly long. The articles share the same picture of President Mugabe. The BBC article has one picture instead of two which shows a diamond mine, the caption says "It is alleged widespread human rights abuses took place in Marange." The Rocket News article talks more about the government and this event while the BBC talks more about the claims and proof. For exampe when it talked about the deaths of the two hundred people in BBC and in Rocket News when it had a paragraph titled **‘Unreliable partner.'**
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I think both of the articles summarized the event pretty well. The BBC was a little more in detail and covered every aspect of the situation. The Rocket News article would have been better if there was a little more info on the cases and things that happend in the mines. I do not approve of the escaped suspension. I think the two hundred deaths should be enough evidence to halt the production. I feel that the suspension should be active after all those people died. Hopefully this warning should help them understand and reform their mining practices.
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11/5/09