Chinn,+Gary

__Summary__ A Burma journalist is accussed of working illegally for foreign media organizations. As of now, his sentence is for 13 year in jail. His lawyer is attempting to show that he did not do anything illegal, but right now the journalist named Ngwe Soe Lin has been sentenced to prison by a military court in Burma. In 2009 there were 14 other reporters in Burma that were sentence to prison for doing the same thing as Ngwe Soe Lin. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8487179.stm http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/166875/burma-journalist-jailed-for-13-years__** I have heard a lot over the topic of journalists doing illegal things. I find this particular situation a little bit confusing, just as many of the other situations a have read about and heard about in the news. From what I have heard, journalists do not have very much freedom when it comes to working for different organizations or countries. 7 __Summary__ The football team of Togo was attacked by gunmen when their bus was driving from a training camp in the Republic of Congo to the venue in Cabinda City. Because of the injuries from this attack, the Tongo football team was forced to withdrawl from the tournament that they were playing in. They police have now captured two men who are accused of shooting at, and attacking the team and it's bus. These two men are said to be members of The Forces of Liberation of The State of Cabinda. This separist group threatens to strike again. __Sources http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/01/11/african.nations.cup.togo.arrest/index.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8451356.stm Sim/Dif__ Both of the articles clearly state that the police have captured two people that are suspected of doing this crime, and both articles say where this took place. They also both talked about the tournament that they were headed to, and the importance of that tournament. One difference between the two articles is that the BBC article says that two players and the bus driver were killed, while in the CNN article it does not. Also, the CNN article says that the captured men were members of the Forces of Liberation of The State of Cabinda, while the BBC article does not. __Opinion__ ** I think that this is a terrible thing to have happened, and I am sorry for the soccer team and it's country that must go through this. It is good that the police have captured a couple of men, but there must be more done about it. 6 Summary __Sources__ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8395191.stm** __Sim/Dif__ __Opinion__ 5 Summary __Sources__ http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/09/200991191146684575.html** __Sim/Dif__ __Opinion__ 4 There was a World Cup qualifier game between Algeria and Egypt. These two soccer teams are bitter rivals, so people were suspecting fights. But nobody thought that it would it would be this bad. Before the game, as the Algerian team bus rolled into town many Egyptians threw rocks at them. A couple players were injured, and unable to play in the game. Algeria still won, and will go on to play in the World Cup. This made the Egypt soccer fans even more mad, and in Egypt there was chaos and violence. The police had to get involved after many Algerians and Egyptians were injured, and many accusations were made. This violence over the soccer game happened across four countries in Africa. ** **__Sources__** http://www.africagoodnews.com/sport/algerians-celebrate-first-world-cup-berth-since-86.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8368446.stm __**Sim/Dif** Similarities-__ Both article are about the soccer game, and mention the violence that took place. They both also mention the importance of that game. __Differences-__ In the BBC article it peeks more about the violence that took place, and how the government is going to deal with it, in the other article it talked about the soccer game, and how great it was, and it only mentioned the violence twice. Also the BBC article is more centered around the Egyptians, and what they did, and the other article is more centered around Algeria. **__Opinion__** = =
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 * Both of the articles talk about people being sentenced to prison. In the BBC it was the people in 2009, and in the other article it talks about 2006-2008 prison sentences in Burma. Also, both of the articles do not have any quotes from Ngwe Soe Lin. Although they do both quote the man's lawyer. In the BBC article they show a map of what city this event took place in, while in the other article they have a street view of the Insein prison in Burma. **
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 * Lt. Diakite is accused of attempting to kill Captain Moussa Dadis Camara. He shot Camara once, and now Camara is being flown to Morocco. He is said to not have any bullet wounds, but that a bullet just grazed his head. He is not able to walk and talk, so officials say that they are not too concerned. Police have a road block set up now leading into Conarky. They are hoping to catch Lt. Diakite. Lt. Diakite is also accused of leading and commanding the troops that carried out the massacre. Also people insist that women got gang-raped by his soldiers, and 58 people were found dead. Camara was first popular after he came into power. This happened after many years of autocratic rule. He is still in power now.**
 * http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/shot-guinea-junta-chief-flown-to-morocco-20091205-kbe5.html
 * Both of the articles state that Camara is being flown to Morocco to get treatment as soon as possible. They also both say that two main roads that lead into Conarky are blocked by the police, who are trying to find Lt. Diakite. The last simmilarity is that both of these articles confirm that the injury to Camara was a bullet to the head. One difference between the two articles was that in the end of the BBC article it talked about Camara, and his history. While in the other article it talks more about what Lt. Diakite did. Another difference is that in the BBC article it says that the bullet just grazed Camara's head, and that he is doing fine. And the other article says that the bullet didn't straight hit him, but that it did leave a pretty deep wound.**
 * In my opinion, it is crazy the way Lt. Diakite shot Captain Camara, and the way he did it. I think that he really should be found by the police and that I will be interested to find out his motive for doing what he did. The one question I have is; Why did they need to fly him to a hospital in Morocco? Wasn't there a hospital somewhere around where he was shot?**
 * The past week in Uganda, riots broke out from supporters of the king, after news was heard that the government was attempting to stop him from attending a youth cultural ceremony in a district close to the capital city, Kampala. The protestors trampled through Kampala, setting fire to things and causing all sorts of trouble. The police were forced to respond to the violence. They used tear gas and guns with ammunition to fend off the protestors. As the police got control, the king agreed that he would postpone the ceremony for the moment.**
 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8260130.stm
 * Both of these articles are about the protesting of the event that took place. They both say that it took place in Kampala, Uganda. And they both say that the police got involved using tear gas and open fire, or guns. In the BBC article it says that there have been 20 people that have died, and in the other article it says 10 people have died. In the BBC article it starts talking about the king in the second portion of the article, but in the other article it talks about what happened during the protests in the second portion of the article.**
 * In my opinion, these civilians had no right to do this and cause harm to others. They should not have acted this way just because they did not believe in the actions that the government took towards this event. I believe that people have the right to protest, but to cause violence and damage in populated cities is inhumane.**
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 * In my opinion although that must be heartbreaking for the Egypt soccer fans to see their bitter rival get the last space in the World Cup and not be able to do anything about it, they shouldn't have done what they did. They need to accept what happened, and move on. I think that the Egyptian fans acted very immature over what happened, and next time need to show some sportsmanship. **

= = =3= A mine in Ghana, said to be illegal, collapsed on people who were working there. 15 people are thought to be dead, mostly women. The police are still trying to identify the dead. The police also say that more dead bodies may turn up after they are done clearing the area of where the mine collapsed. About 30 people worked there, and some escaped from getting smashed, but many other people did not.
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hKiycEOh0IxuLqAFttiI_Eqwf5lwD9BU1RUG0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8356343.stm
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Similarities- Both of the articles are about a gold mine collapsing, and they both say that 13 women have been found dead. Also, they both mentioned that it is the police that are investigating this right now. Differences- The BBC article talks about the women who were found dead, and the Google article states that 15 people have been fond dead, and that 13 of them were women. The BBC article says that the mine was privately owned, and the Google one said that it was an illegal mine. The BBC article contains quotes, and the Google article does not.

__**My Opinion**__ In my opinion this is a very sad event that took place, and I am sorry for the kids whose parents may have died. I think that the police need to investigate this further, and identify all of the people who died. I think that people need to pitch in and help out for the people who did survive, but have now lost their job, and source of money.

=**2**= The president who was elected last year was Mwai Kibaki. After hearing the results many people went crazy, they protested, they formed riots, and in the end a large number of people were dead. This violence and murder mostly took place in Kenya. Many people thought that the election was rigged, which led to all the chaos. Now the ICC has been asked to investigate further on this event and to try and find out who the people were that were involved in the murders.
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1- http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/05/kenya-election-violence-tribunal 2-http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/119/article_5766.asp
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-Similarities: In both of these articles, they both stated that the ICC is looking at this situation, and may decide to start an investigation on it. They also both stated who are thought to be guilty of the fraud in the election. They said that members/officials of the government are so far suspects in this situation. -Differences: The "guardian" article centers around what actually happened a year ago, and then a little bit about the ICC. The other article is all about what the ICC will be investigating. If you were to read this article by itself, you might not even get what exactly happened, and who was involved.

In my opinion I think that it would be great for the ICC to investigate further into this situation. I think that what happened with the riots and the murders is terrible, and I strongly support the ICC investigating it. I also think that the people who are responsible for the crimes that were commited after the election need to be caught and the ICC has the best chance of doing so.
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=**1**= For the last 7 months there has been a terribly dry drought. This event is taking place in and around Kenya, and it has affected many of the residents of Kenya, along with all of the animals that inhabit that area. This drought started last April. The days before April was the last time that kenya had gotten a decent amount of rain. Many animals have been left to die in this very dry season, and sadly humans have also. A man who works with elephants, and is in the business of saving and taking care of them, says that there hasn't been a single proper wet season for three years in Kenya. A drought is when a certain area gets none, or close to no rainfall for a long while. And that is exactly what is happening here in Kenya. The people and animals living in this part of Africa are constantly searching for water, but the landscape of Kenya shows no water, and the sky shows no rain. Look around, and everything is dry.  1-http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8267165.stm 2-http://www.sos-usa.org/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/Drought-Kenya.aspx?et_cid=2&et_lid=1398&et_sub=africa%20news&gclid=CIH40d--450CFSn6agodcQg-LA
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-Similarities: Both of the articles are on the same subject- the Kenyan drought, they both mention the shortage of water, and they both talk about how food is hard to find in some places, also they mention the physical landscape of Kenya. The titles have the same meaning, just in different words. -Differences: The BBC article talks more about all of the animals getting affected by the drought, and the SOS Press article (second article) talks more about the people in Kenya being affected. The second article mentions the affect the drought is having on tourism, but the BBC article sticks to talking about the animals in Kenya.

- In my opinion this drought is a terrible thing, and I truly feel sorry for those people and animals who have to live through it and suffer. I think that it is very unfortinate for the people in Kenya, and that hopefully this drought will soon end, and the children will be able to dance outside with the refreshing rainfall dripping down their face. But until then, I feel that we should all feel sympathy for those who are suffering. - I think that both of these articles did a good job on stating the subject and talking about it in depth. The only problem between the two that I found was that the BBC article talks only about the animals, and how the drought is affecting them, and the SOS Press article talks only about the people. They should both have mentioned how the drought is affecting the people and the animals.