Tong,+Mary

 Feb 6th, 2010

Summary: An ancient tribe called Bo is now extinct. Bo is believed to be the first come to the Andaman Island. The language Bo is now an extinct Great Adamanese lanuage. Its located 850 miles off India's east coas in the Bay of Bengal, 65,000 years ago. Boa Sr, the last member of Bo died last week. She was about 85 years old. Her name means earth or land in Bo langage. Her husband died before she did and she doesnt have any kids. She once mentioned to the Times of London that at times, she felt isolated and lonely because she had no one to talk to in her own language. After her parents death, she was the last Bo speaker for 30 to 40 years. Throughout her life, she had a very good sense of humor and a great smile.

Sources: BERNAMA [] AOL [|htmlws-sb-w|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fworld%2Farticle%2Fboa-sr-last-member-of-bo-tribe-on-andaman-islands-dies%2F19346945]

COMPARE AND CONTRAST: AOL and Bernama both talked about Boa Sr death and the ancient tribe Bo. AOL provided us the information of how Bo collapsed and Bernama just focused on Bo and Boa Sr. Bernama mentioned the China's Xinhua News Agency.

OPINION: I feel sorry for Boa Sr for feeling lonely at times because she had no one to talk to in her own language. Also its our loss because now no one knows how to speak the language. We had loss an ancient language. But I wonder what happened to her family, relatives and the people of her tribe. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ January 25th 2010

Summary: Many Taiwanese approve the plans to ban smoking while walking a survey showed on Wednesday. The Taiwanese INstitute of Economic Research did a survey of over 1,000 people showed that about 58% of the residents oppose smoking while traveling on foot more than 84% are against smoking while driving. The E.P.A (Enviromental Protection Adminstaration) is still pending on the draft bill about banning people smoking while walking or riding any vehicles. Anyone who commits crime would be fine 6,000 Taiwan dollars which is equivalent to 188USD. Early in 2009, Taiwan banned smoking in all indoor public places.

SOURCES: ETAIWANNEEWS http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1154258&lang=eng_news&cate_img=49.jpg&cate_rss=news_Society_TAIWAN

YAHOO NEWS http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/100113/health/health_taiwan_smoking

COMPARE AND CONTRAST: the similarities between ETAIWANNEWS and YAHOO NEWS are they both talked about E.P.A. ( Enviromental Protection Adminstration). They both also talked about the fine of 6,000 in Taiwan dollars. The differences between these articles are ETAIWANNEWS has a different picture than YAHOO NEWS. ETAIWANNEWS mentioned the draft that will be submitted to the Legislative Yuan for review and maybe be it will establish in 2011. OPINION: I think this is a good idea because people can get second hand from others smoking outside on the streets or anywhere else. this would prevent people getting second hand. it would also make the enviroment better without the smoking all in the atmosphere. i am glad taiwan is going to ban smoking while walkng. hopefully Yuan will estbalish it.  

_ __JANUARY 25th 2010

SUMMARY: Experts and Buddhist monks say the tradition of burning paper money and joss sticks should be stopped because its a wasteful and superstitious. There's this girl name Le Thi Hoa who got all these material treasures for her father and she was planning to give it to him on his first death anniversary in smoke. She will be burning the treasures and its a myth that since he's down in hell, he would have money and treasures to guide him to heaven. Many monks across the country told THANH NIEN that the religion has never asked its adherents to do this but people kept the custom and burned paper money and joss sticks. Thich Thien My, the head of the Vien Giac Pagoda in the southern province of Dong Nai said " For the dead, its good enough that their family members commemorate them and pray for them". He also thinks there's no need to burn hell money and paper houses and cars to make the dead happy.

SOURCES : VIETNAM NEWS http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01TAL170609

THANH VIEN NEWS http://thanhniennews.com/features/?catid=10&newsid=54885

COMPARE AND CONTRAST: both articles talks about the issue about joss sticks and paper money. but it seems to me that thanh vien provided more information and it was better understanding then vietnam news. thanh vien had quotes from THich Thien My, the head of vien Giac Pagoda in the southern province of Dong Nai but Vietnam News had no quotes from anyone.

OPINION: i dont think the people would stop burning joss sticks, paper money, and etc because its been a tradition for over thousands of years. some people would protest it and some people wont.__

__DECEMBER 3RD.

SUMMARY:__ There was a suicide bomber dressed in women's clothes that killed 19 people including the three Somali government ministers. There was approximately 60 injuries at a graduation ceremony for medical students in Hotel Shamo on Thursday, said officials. The victims were two journalists, nine students and two doctors said a professor at Banadir University. The Sports Minister Suleman Olad Roble was also injured and now hospitalized in critical condition. There was a video of the graduation ceremony showed Dr. Osman Dufle speaking as the camera begins to shake from the blast. Dufle told journalists that he saw someone dressed in black moving through the crow before the explosion happened said to the Radio Mogadishu journalist. Shabelle Media was one of the two journalists that died, and who CNN regularly works with.

SOURCE: CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/12/03/somalia.attacks/index.html YAHOO NEWS: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091203/wl_africa_afp/somaliaunrest

COMPARE AND CONTRAST:   Both articles was published on the same day but different time. Yahoo News was much faster than CNN. There's a video clip on Yahoo News and i like Yahoo news better because it provided more information and it was easy to understand. The two articles both started out with suicide bomber.

OPINON: I dont really have any opinion on this. but im just wondering why did the person bombed the place? was he suppose to graduate too but something went wrong? its just unfair how a lot people got killed and injured. it was suppose to be a happy event but now its a disaster. I think the most innocent ones are the two journalists that died because i dont think theres any conflicts between the suicide bomber and the two journalists. the suicide bomber must had conflicts with someone in the graduation or something. i feel sorry for the victims though, mostly the parents. they were happy to see their kids graduating and bam, they died. November 27th

SUMMARY:  President Moussa Dadis Camara was shot by one of his aides and other soldiers in the capital Conakry, said a government spokesman. He also warned the aide respondsible would be facing a huge penalty. The person who attacked was his close aide named Aboubcar T. Diakite and he is found. Moussa Camara's conditions are still being verified and at the moment, it remains unknown. Few months ago, there was a lot of protesting before this incident happened. It was about how Camara handled the protest that happened in Guinea with about 157 deaths.    //SOURCE// BBC- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8394307.stm WORLD NEWS AUSTRALIA: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1145502/Guinea-leader-shot-and-wounded

COMPARE AND CONTRAST: The similar things about these two articles are the published date, both has a picture but they are different pictures. One shows a picture of Capt Moussa Dadis Camara took power in a bloodless coup last year and the other picture shows his spokesman. World News Australia provided much more information but BCC was much more clearer and easy to comprehend. WNA(world news australia) talked about City plunged into darkness, Few details given by officials, Gunfire in the capital, and about his condition of his injury. Both provide the same news about 157 deaths and how his condition is still unknown. Shows quotes from Cherif and warned the punishment will be harsh.

OPINION: i think Camara didnt deserve to get the shot because no one deserve to get shot. even though he didnt handled the protest right and caused 157 deaths, he still doesnt deserve to get shot. not everyone can handle a protest right. he has already been seized power eleven months ago. maybe if i knew more crmes he did then it would change my point of view a bit but i am still going to stick to no one deserves to get shot. 

November 20th

SUMMARY:  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal;">A Somali lady age 20 was stoned to death after admitting she had an affair with an unmarried 29 years old man said an Islamic militant judge. The woman was already divorced but her "affair" was judged as adultery in the eyes of Somalia's extremist interpretation of Sharia Law because she gave birth to a still born baby and it was found guilty of adultery. She was punished to be buried up to her waist in front of 200 people and being stoned to death and the man was punished with 100 lashes. She died on tuesday afternoon after being buried up to her waist then stoned to death. The stoning death situation is at least the fourth adultery in Somalia over the last year.

SOURCES: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1228956/Somali-woman-20-stoned-death-Islamic-militants-admitting-affair-boyfriend.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8366197.stm COMPARE AND CONTRAST: DailyMail shows a picture of the woman being buried near her waist posed by actors and BCC has a picture of two Islamists holding a gun. BCC provided more information and it was much more descriptive than DailyMail although DailyMail has a picture of the woman about to be stoned to death posed by actors but at least it gives us an idea. Both sources have similar information but BCC added "lenient" to their article. BCC was published on November 18th and DailyMail was published on November 19th. DailyMail mentioned "Islamic militant judge" but BCC says "A judge working for the militant group".

OPINION: I think this is really harsh and unreasonable just because your having another affair with another person and your punishment is being stoned by death just because of adultery. The punishment should have lighter, something not dealing with death. The man should have been stoned too with the woman not just 100 lashes, thats so unfair for the woman. I cant believe still today, people still get stoned and get buried, this reminds me of a story I read in Mr.Bihary's class, i forgot what was the title called but every year there would be a lottery on a specific date and whoever gets draw, they will get stoned by death. Stoning people to death should be stopped and no one should be stoned to death. There's no reason for anyone to be stoned to death no matter what they've done. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 108%; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal;"> NOVEMBER 14th

SUMMARY: There was landslide in Tanzania, four days of heavy rains caused 12 children killed and eight adults near Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania said the authorities on Friday. Out of the 12 children, five kids were under six. The rescue crews are searching the area for people reported missing said Kaganda. Most victims live in the Kilimanjaro region near the mountain by the same name and the mountain is the highest peak in africa. It's a major tourist attraction too. The U.N. officials had warned east africa about facing mudslides, crop destruction and waterborne diseases. In some east African countries, they've been water starved in the past couple years because of the results of floods.

SOURCES: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/13/tanzania.landslide/index.html http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLB060258

COMPARE AND CONTRAST: Reuters posted up their article on November 11th, 2009 but CNN posted up their article on November 13th, 2009. There are quotes on Reuters and both articles have different information. The only similar thing between these two articles are the number 20. I think Reuters provided more information than CNN because the information is descriptive but CNN talked about how U.N officials warned East Africa about mudslides and etc. There's a picture of Mount Kilimanjaro on CNN article and Reuters has nothing except words. The first paragraph of each source are similar but who said are different. Reuters mentioned a senior official said it on Wednesday but for CNN, authorities said it on Friday.

OPINION: I think this isn't really important. Even though children and adults were killed, but the amount of death wasn't high. They were warned by the U.N. officials about facing mudslides and landslides so they should have done some preparing. Hopefully East Africa will just have mudslides not hurricanes. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">

NOVEMBER 6TH

SUMMARY:
 * Malaria vaccine is being promised to be tested across Africa. Last week, top experts around the world were invited to Nairobi to attend to the largest malaria conference ever in four years. The last vaccine conference was held back in 2005. RTS-S is known as a malaria vaccine, designed primarily to fight malaria in Africa, but where 91% of children were killed by the parasite are found. In some areas of malaria, there is a seasonal threat. More than 800,000 people die each year from malaria, most of the peoples are kids under five.**


 * SOURCES:**
 * http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-11-03-voa36.cfm**
 * http://medilinkz.org/news/news2.asp?NewsID=29322**

Both sources have the same information. The only difference is the date was being published and the author. For VOA,(voice of america) there's a picture of a baby who's infected Malaria. Medilinkz has no pictures or author. At the bottom of the article, there's a link of VOA.
 * COMPARE AND CONTRAST:

OPINION: When I read about more than 800,000 people die each year just from Malaria, that was scary. The sad thing is most of the victims are kids under five. I wonder will Malaria be like swine flu since a lot people have died from it. I just hope they will figure out a vaccine to cure Malaria so people in Africa can be saved!**

SUMMARY: Raping has been a tool of war in the Democratic Republic in Congo. Over the past few years, the number of raped women have grown. In 1998, in Eastern Congo, nearly 200,000 girls and women have been raped. The condition of the women has caused great fear and serious condition. Starting in 2006, Congo passed a law criminalizing rape, the penalty will be somewhat five to twenty years. Most girls been raped around age 12, 13, and 14 years old, this incident rape have ruined their life.

SOURCES: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/24/amanpour.congo.rape.documentary/index.html http://national-express-malaysia.blogspot.com/2009/10/rape-weapon-of-war-in-congo-activists.html COMPARE AND CONTRAST: For CNN, there's a picture and a video about "Rape in the Congo." For national-express-malaysia blogspot, there wasn't a video but there's two pictures. CNN was much more better to understand. In both sources, they both provide us the same information and the only difference is the source is from one big news company, CNN and the other source is from a blogspot.

OPINION: I think this is really devastating. Girls and women being raped as a weapon because of war and this is outrageous. The protection in Congo is really poor and they should have more policemen patrolling often. I feel sorry for girls being raped and because of the rape, it ruined their life.