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Synopsis: Since June, people living next to the Firestone Natural Rubber Company’s plantation in Harbel says that their drinking water has been polluted and are not able to drink it anymore because of the rubber company. It is destroying people's health and also killing lives. Residents of the town of Kpanyarh complained they've been developing rashes and it has become harder to feed their families because all the fish have died from the pollution. After receiving many complaints the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent a team of environmental experts to the site. “It was established that many creeks are polluted and they could no longer be used by the local people,” said EPA Director Jerome Nyenkan about Kpanyarh residents’ situation. Finally, water samples were taken from the creeks and sent to American University of Beirut in Lebanon for testing. After three months of investigation the tests confirmed high levels of orthophosphate.
 * __10*30*09-#1__**

Compare & Contrast: Similarities between the articles is that they both mention the rubber company and where the situation is taking place. Differences between the articles is that IRIN Africa focuses more on the people and how it is effecting them. While BBC News focuses more on the creek itself and the water pollution.

Sources: BBC News; []​ IRIN Africa; []

Opinion: I think that the EPA should've took action on the situation a long time ago, because of the situation going on for awhile and no one was doing anything about it peoples lives were lost and other diseases could've been passed on.

Synopsis: Africa is undergoing a Malaria vaccine test involving 16,000 children. The vaccine is called Mosquirix. The efficiency of the vaccine is between 30-55%. This disease has killed about one million people each year especially under the age of five
 * __11*6*09-#2__**

Sources: China Daily; [] Aljazeera; []

Compare & Contrast: The two titles are very similar, "World's Largest Malaria Vaccine Trial Underway In Africa" and "Africa Trial For Malaria Vaccine". Also they use the same statistics such as saying the efficiancy of the vaccine is between 30-50%. Differences between the story is that Aljazeera had a picture while China Daily didnt. China Daily was much longer because they throughly explaining the tests and how they're going to work.

Opinion: I like how people are helping out others in other countries. Also i hope that they keep the price on the vacination low so everyone can afford it. The thing that i wonder is why are they just testing it on children? i mean, i guess because they are more at risk but then adult are still at risk also so i think they should run the test on adults too.

Synopsis: Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because of insufficient nutrition. More than 90% of those children live in either Africa or Asia. Many children under the age of 5 is undernourished. Undernourished children will preform less well in school which can lead to doing less as an adult. It can also affect their health in adult life, they are more likely to suffer from chronic diseases such as hear disease or diabetes. Nutrition supplement programs have helped deliver vitamin A and iodized salt to vulnerable children. Also, mothers are being urged to breat-feed their children for at least the first six months to provied antibodies and nutrients. Sources: CNN; [] Seattle Times; [] Opinion: I think that it's sad that mostly children are having this problem.
 * 11*13*09-#3**

Synopsis: 10 years ago, giraffes in West Africa was on the verge to extinction now the population is rising again inhabiting new habitats.
 * 11*20*09-#4**

Sources: Seattle Times; [] BBC News; []

Compare & Contrast: Differences between the two articles is that the one from BBC is titled "Niger's giraffes stage a comeback" while Seattle Times is titled "W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback". Also the article from seattle time expands more on the subject and talks about caputuring giraffes.

Opinion: I am happy that the population of giraffes is going back up, now people in the future may be able to see one in real life. Hopefully the local people living by where the giraffe's habitat will refrain from capturing them or killing them.

Synopsis: A 20 year old woman in Somali was stoned to death for committing what a judge said was adultery. The women had an affair with a 29 year old unmarried man. Under Sharia law, anyone who has ever been married - even a divorcee - who has an affair is liable to be found guilty of adultery, punishable by stoning to death. The women was burried up to her waist and eventually stoned to death. Her unmarried boyfriend was given 100 lashes as his punishment.
 * 11*27*09-#5**

Sources: BBC News; [] Al Jazeera; []

Compare & Contrast: Similarities between the two articles is that they both contained the same information just organized differently. For example, they both talked about the women being stoned to death and burried up to her waiste & the man being given 100 lashes as his punishment. Also, they both mention other people who were accused of adultery. One different is that the titales of the articles are different for instance BBC news is called "Somali woman stoned for adultery" and Al Jazeera is called "Somali woman stoned to death" Another difference is that Al Jazeera had quotes from Mohamed Abdullahi and BBC news had no quotes.

Opinion: I think that they didnt have to stone the women to death because she is divorced and the man is unmarried, i dont understand what is wrong with that. Plus, its their personal business they shouldnt be butting in.

Synopsis: Two boats sank on the lake West Democratic Republic of Congo due to bad weather they had. They had about 276 survivors and 73 deaths. But there are still missing people, but they do not know how many. They also discovered bodies floating at the edge of the lake. Despite the almost non-existing roads on the Congo because of the rich soil, travel is often limited to aircraft and boats. these accidents mostly happen because of the overload, lack of life jackets.
 * 12*4*09-#6**

Sources: The Sydney Morning Herald; [] Al Jazeera; []

Opinion: I think thatr they should build more roads so these accidents will decrease. Also, they should stop overloading the boats because they are just making things worse by making it heavier and easier to sink.

__Synopsis:__ On Saturday ngiht, a man in Hong Kong has been arrested for throwing acid filled bottles at people along the streets. 30 people were injured in this attack and has terrorised the entire city. Out of the 30 people that have been injured it includes, nine tourist and a seven year old child. Later on they decided the man was innocent and had no part in the crime, therfore setting him free of the charges. Also along with that, another culprit has been arrested and has been described as a chinese man in his 30's when police officers found him on top of a building. But the truth is he was hiding from another accusation.
 * January 29, 2010**

1. Al Jazeera: [] 2. CNN News: []
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 * __Similarities and Differences:__** The similarities between Al Jazeera and CNN are they both have similar titles, both of them are saying that the acid attacker is at large. Also, they both have the main points of the story and describe it really well and they both describe it in similar ways. Lastyly, they both show pictures of the crime scene and it really helps for people to understand what's happening because it helps a lot to have a visual.Some differences between the two articles are CNN describe what happened after when Al Jazeera just ended it by saying the police captured a men in suspect and let the other one go becuase they figured out that it wasnt. Also CNN gave a more indepth explaination then Al Jazeera and mentioned what happened after when the police changed their minds and so on.


 * __Opinion:__** I thought that this problem was really stupid and why would someone want to throw acid into a busy street and harm a lot of people, it's kind of worthless to do so and you know bad things would happen if you do it. Also i thought that the police were kind of stupid because they thought this person was the person that did it, but after all that person wasn't it and they let them go. Like you never know what could have happened, but it's good that the police are trying really hard to find that person and try to stop the violence that have terrorised a lot of people.