Fecher,+Micah

WIKI!!!! On october 2 this year pirates captured and held hostage 33 spanish fishermen off the coast of somalia by capturing their boat. The spanish government caught two pirates near this incident and are now holding them in madrid, the spanish Gov. is refusing to release the criminals as ransom for the boat. Spain is also calling to have the european union's help with this pirating problem.

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 * __Differences:__** Some of the major differences where the BBC news article had less of what actually happened and more about trying too get Europe's help. Also, the BBC news article had some like dumb parts to it like they had a quote that said "These are not romantic pirates which some may be led to imagine" i was wondering when i read that, who does think these are like the romantic pirates. Another thing is that NY Times article had it written that it was 33 sailors but the BBC article says that it was 36 sailors who were taken. I am not sure what this means but it is weird. I an overall judgement of these articles i would say that the BBC article was far superior to the NY Times article it had way more info on the whole thing not just what the article focused on and it had a lot more quotes, even if they were dumb. Even the page on the computer screen was laid out so that it looked nice and was easy to see and they had a picture while the other article had no picture and looked like a blob of words on the screen.


 * __Opinion:__** My opinion on this whole ordeal is that it is a worldwide issue and that people need to be helping out any way they can worldwide because there are pirates all over the world not just in Somalia and so something needs to be done about this as soon as possible because it seems far away now but someday it will get you or someone you know. If nobody stops it soon the waterways will be overrun with pirates and it will not be safe.

WIKI!!!! In the Congo there have been many wars over the last 100 years almost all of them pertaining to or fueled by the rich resources they have there. Instead of the country being very wealthy because of these resources the country is devastated and in poverty because of the greed of other countries and some rebel groups from the Congo. This still goes on today with people inside the country smuggling approximately 40 tons of gold annually witch is huge not to mention the Colton (the mineral used to make micro-chips) Silver, Diamonds, and other valuable resources that are making big bucks for the bad guys and nothing but poverty for the country.

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 * AllAfrica.com:** [] **

__Differences:__ One huge difference in the articles its that one of them has a video the other one doesn't even have a picture or any thing. Another thing is that one of the articles has a lot more quotes than thew other one, that is the All Africa article, witch i believe is very effective in an article because it not only shows they did a lot of research but it also shows that there are people that have the same opinions and ideas that you do rather than you being alone in an idea. Although the BBC article had fewer quotes than the other one i feel that it had quite a bit more info and it was laid out better so i would have to say that i think that the BBC article was better though it did not have as many quotes it still had enough and i would count the video as a big quote and as far as the rest of it goes the BBC one was far better. __Opinion:__ My opinion on all of this is that what the rebels are doing is just screwing their own country up and all they get for it is some money that they can only spend on guns to go fight for more money to buy more guns and so on. in other words they are destroying their whole country and thousands of peoples lives and they are hated world wide only to be killed in war. I can only conclude that whoever came up with this is an ignant son of a gun.

Wiki!! A woman in Sierra leone was barred from becoming chief of her village because she is a woman and she is now protesting and trying again in another part of the country. this has caused many to stand up to traditions like this one that are sexist. it has also caused many to be angry that anyone would even consider breaking these traditions because it has been their way of life for a long time, so huge conflict in the country is happening now because of this.

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 * Star Tribune:** []

__**Differences**__: in my opinion there are some pretty significant differences between these two articles, for one the BBC article has way more info on what is happening all around, in other words, the article is not only focused on one part of the conflict unlike the Star Tribune article that is focused only on one aspect of the situation. Another is that the BBC article has maps and pictures whereas the Star Tribune article has no pictures or maps at all. Overall I would say that the BBC article is better in quality and information.
 * __Opinion:__** ** I think that what the woman in the article is very brave and that it is a step forward for that country that she can even attempt to become someone with power or influence. I am glad to see this with that countries history of violence and non acceptance. Taken into account that this woman is risking her life for a cause that she believes in she is in my opinion among that of Martin Luther King Jr. or Mahatma Ghandi.

Wiki!! An al-Qaeda leader was killed in Yemen recently. The mans name was Abdullah Mehdar and he was the leader an al-Qaeda cell in yemen that had some conflicts with the government there leading up to this. This al-Qaeda cell also took responsibility for a failed bomb attack on a U.S. plane on December 25, 2009. The cell was made up of ten armed men and out of that three escaped the attacks from the military force there. ****Links: Aljazeera:** []


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 * __Differences:__** One of the differences between the two articles is, the Aljazeera article seemed to be put together way better and the other article was kind of unorganized. Another is that the Aljazeera article had lots of quotes and things and the Washington Post article had only one.
 * __Opinion:__** My opinion on this is that i think that the military force in yemen are making good progress in stopping al-Qaeda forces in their country and I am happy about that but I also think that they may at some point need some assistance from a more powerful force like another country.

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