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Japanese carmarkers; Honda has said to expand the global recall of cars due to the concern of faulty airbags that have been connected to many injuries that happened lately. This includes 378,000 cars in the U.S and 41,000 in Canada and has said to have affected more than 8 million cars. It has also added cars to Japan, Australia, and elsewhere in Asia making the numbers go higher. The defective airbags are deployed with too much pressure and can cause injuries to the person. It has already lead to 11 injuries and 1 fatalllity. The recall includes the covers models made in 2001 and 2002 of the Honda Accord, Civic, TL, CR-V, Odyssey, Pilot and CL in North America and the Inspire, Saber and Lagreat models sold in Japan. The company has said that it would work on the airbag situation.======

Al Jazeera News: [] BBC News: []
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 * __Similarities and Differences:__** Some similarities between both articles is that they both explain the problem really good all the details are in there to undestand what the main problem is, who is affected and how they are affected and what steps the company is making to solve the problem so it doesn't happen or continue any longer.Lastly, they both used pictures in their articles. Some differences between each artcile is that they both have the information in different places inside the text some may be in the first pragraph and then the same information in the article may be in the 4th or last paragraph and so on. Also they both used different pictures for their article and it helps because you get to see different prespectives of the problem through pictures.


 * __Opinion:__** I think this was a realy big mistake because they are a really big company for making cars and especially if we get our cars the most from them, shouldn't we be able to trust them that they'll do a good job or making our driving safe and not more dangerous to us? I also think that they are somewhat stupid because they should have done test drives and inspections to make sure that the car is completly save, but not all cars are fully safe . But still they shouldn't have let this happen and it makes them look bad because we might not get any cars from them anymore or we'll doubt if their cars are so and less people would buy them because of this insident.

**__Missle Tests:__**
South Koreans reoorted that North Korea has declared a naval exculsion zone, off its west coast, stating that they might be testing missle launches in the area. The naval exclusion zone is near a West Coast that there was a short naval clash with North and South Korea ships in November. This missle testing zone could mean that they are doing military exercises. North Korea and South Korea have had knots between eachother. In 1950-1953, the Korean War was ended by having truce with both parts of Korea but not with a peace treaty.

Al Jazeera: [] New York Times: []
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 * __Similarities and Differences:__** Some similarities they had were about the basics of the problem and that was pretty much it. The differences the they had were major. New York Times told more about the problem and how they both tie to each other and their past so that the problem now makes sense. New York Times gave an more in depth explanation and more about the problem, how many people were killed the last time something happened and now what they are doing to change those results. While Aljazeera just gave a brief explanation about it and that was pretty much it


 * __Opinion:__** I think this problem goes both ways, like there taking precautions so the mistakes they made last time doesn't happen again, but i believe they might happen again because you can never make the mistake go away and when you want it to, it happens without knowing. But i also think it's good there talking it out and working things out and seeing what they can do so no mistakes go, and people won't die like the other problem they had before.

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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.======

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.

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On Monday, military leaders have rejected a proposal from West Africa for more troops in the country to protect people as political crisis deepens even more. A spokeperson of the military goverment has said, if any troops were to come without any permission from the goverment would be a declaration of war and as an attack on the authority of state and it's territory. The group included people from the U.S, African and European Union has announced for a call to protect the country, it has also said to hold legislative and presidential elections to hold quickly as possible. Problems have been piling up between military leader of Guinea; Moussa Dadis Camara and Aboubacar Sidiki Diakite; a former aide over a cruel crackdown on anti-goverment protesters that happened in September. Camara has said that his troops were responsible for the shooting because they got out of hand authorities also blamed Diakite for the massacre that has killed more than 150 people. Camara was shot in the head due to an assasination attempt when he tried arresting Diakite for being head of security. But officials has blamed Diake for the shooting.======

1. Al Jazeera: [] 2. Africa News: []
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 * __Similarities and Differences:__** Some similarities between these two articles are they both describe the problem between the two main problems and groups. There were a lot of differences between these two articles. Africa News had different facts and had a different point of view and what Camara did during this problem. While Al Jazeera told everything that happened in a brief yet informative way while Africa News just told one side of the story or parts of both and put them together so it wasn't that inormative. Both articles also used different quotes to show their proofs.


 * __Opinion:__** I think there are both wrong and right things about this story/problem because i think it was good that they didn't invite even more people into the war that they are having, but at the same time they need people to help protect people from certain things and especially war. Also i think that there are a lot problems going on in Africa about politics and different group and leaders that run those groups. I think that if they tried to work things out or atleast try not to fight, maybe Africa's goverment, economy, and so on would be better off and would finally come together as a country and rebuild what they have destroyed because of wars in the past and present.

December 11, 2009- **Number Seven:**

 * __Junta Leader is Arrested For Trying To Kill Camera:__**

Guinea's president Camera was flown to Morocoo for madiacal treatment after he was shot during an assasination attempt that occured nearly after a year he managed to get power over a coup. Junta spokesperson Idrissa Cherif has said that over the last week more than 60 assasination attempts have occured over the last week. Other reports say that troops are torchuring and killing people and residents who are living in the capital (Conkary) are living in fear because of the assasination attempts. Rights group say that after Camera has been shot in the head should step down for his power.

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 * __Similarities and Differences:__** Some similarities between both articles are they both stated who was being shot or who was going to be assasinated. Both articles told what the situation was and how it was affecting people around the capital. Some differences between each article was that BBC news used quote to tell what people thought about the problem and how it was affecting them. But NY Daily News didn't use any quotes from any officials or anything like that, but then again they wrote a long article with details in it so you wouldn't get lost and understand what was going on in the problem.


 * __Opinion:__** I think more than 60 assasinatino attempts was way over the top because if you want a person to step down from power, maybe you should just wait until the next election or wait till they do something wrong and then complain to people and maybe they could do something about it or try to help you get through it. But i think it was a wrong decision to try to kill someone in order to get someone out of power. I thinkt he Rights Group was right to tell Camera to step down from power because if he still kept in power, sooner or later he would actually get killed or get worse than he is now, after all being shot in the head. But then again, if he chooses not to or trys to find a way to convice people that he should stay as power maybe he should listen to the people and try to change the things that he is doing wrong and try to fix them before it too late or he gets hurt or possbly killed like he did this time.

December 4, 2009- **Number Six:**

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On sunday November 29, 2009, two link barges(boats) sank on the lake int he West Democratic Republic of Congo. Due to the unauthorized use of the boat, DR Congo's Reg Cross had said to sank due to the bad weather that they had on Wednesday. They had 272-276 survivors and 73 deaths becuase of this accident. But still they are still missing some people, but they do not know how many because there was no ship's manifest. 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. Lastly, accidents mostly happen because of the overload, lack of maintence and safety issues.======

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 * __Similarities and Differences:__** Some similarities that both article had were they both described how the problem happened and how the Red Cross helped with the problem. Some differences were that T.S.M.H times had a different number of death rates then Al Jazeera did. Also, they described different information. Like T.S.M.H mostly had quotes and such when Al Jazeera had facts and less quotes. Also Al Jazeera had a picture while T.S.M.H didn't have a picture.======

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 * __Opinion:__** I think that they should try to rebuild the roads as much as possibly because their just leaving the roads with minerals in them making them harder to walk or even pull things over, maybe if they put osmething over it to to help the soil they could use those roads instead of over filling boats and other transportation methods they had. Therefore causing less deaths because of boats sinking and having more and more people die the next time it happens .======

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The World Health Oraganization and the Joint Un Programme has said that HIV/Aids(UNAIDS) has estimated that the infection has infected 33.4 million people worldwide. The number of people that have been infected has increased to 33.4 from 33 becuase fewer people are dying form HIV. But luckily the number of new infections has dropped. While Sub-Africa has by far the highest rate of infections. But has fallen 15% in the past years. In Botswana, where treatement has been 80% covered, Aid realted deaths has fallen more then 50% in the past five years and parents and other people are living longer becuase of the treatments and care they provide to help the infection.======

1. BBC News: [] 2. Seattle TIme News: []
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 * __Similarites and Differences:__** A similarity of both articles were that they both has the same facts about the problem in Sub-Africa and also around the world. Some differences between both articles are that seattle times didn't describe how it affected people, they only talked about what is being done or what is on the way of being done to help the millions of people who have HIV. Also, seattle times used quotes from the doctors and people who worked with UNAIDS had to say, while BBC explain how it affected people especially children and how the organizations are trying to help. BBC didn't really tlak about how the people working the organizations are helping, they didn't really go into depth about it, they just sorta stated it and moved on.


 * __Opinion:__** I think it's good for the World Health Organization to step in and help with this big problem becuase in the past people have died from getting UNIAIDS and so on. Also, it affects children and families becuase children would loose their parents becuase they had died from having HIV. But since they stepped in and help make treatments and so on, it has brought the death rate of each country down, now fewer people are dying and im glad that organizations are trying really hard to keep the death rates down in each country and trying to help with the struggles.

November 20, 2009- **Number Four**; Due to strict interpretation of Islamic war, a 20 year old women was stoned to death near Wajid infront of a crowd of 200 people on Tuesday afternoon. The 20 year old women has been accused of having an sex with 29 year old man.She also been divorced and found guilty of adultery. She also gave brith to a child. The 20 year old women was taken to the public grounds where she was buried up to her waist. The judge "Sheikh Ibrahim Abdirahan" said that the boyfriend was given 100 lashes also. Due to the laws, an unmarried person who has sex before he/she is married is given 100 lashes. It also says that if a person has an affair thats been married is liable for adultery and has to be stoned to death.
 * __Women In Somalia Is Stoned To Death:__**

1.AlJazeera:news: [] 2. BBC News: []
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 * __Similarities and Differences:__** The similarites between of my sources was they both gave pictures about how enforceful the laws were. Also they basically told the story the same way by using some of the same statements in the first paragraph and second. The differences between each article was the picture captions for Al Jazeera their picture caption was " Somlias ulema and muftis say al-Shabab has no judical framework in roder to carry out stoning [AP]. While BBC was " The Islamist want to impse a stict version of Sharia on Somalia." The last differnce between the articles is that BBC showed a picture of a map that showed where this crime happened while Al Jazeera didn't.


 * __Opinion:__**I don't think people should get stoned for this type of crime. It's not needed because people in the U.S have sex before their even married or after they have a divorce. I thought it was over the top because you can't control the lives of people, people should be able to do what they want, considering the other laws they have. But it was harsh for them to bury the 20 year old women up to her waist, I think she should haev been buried all the way or properly instead of what they did.

November 13, 2009- **Number Three;**

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On Novermber 10, 2009, an illegal mine in the town of Dompoase, one of the continents largest exporters of gold, collapsed killing 15 people, 13 of them were women. But there were 30 people working in the mine. Some people have escaped unharmed. The officials has described it as the country's worst mining disaster. Police fear that there may be even more bodies will be reconvered from the collapsed mine. Police Chief Kojo Antiwi Tabi has said that safety measures are poor and nonexistence. Police are looking into the possibility of criminal negligence. But the owner of the mine was killed along with the 13 women.======

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 * __Similarities and Differences:__** The similarities of BBC News and Seattle Times is that they both tell the same story. They both give the same information about the mine collapsing and 13 women were killed. Some differences between BBC News and Seattle Times News is, The Seattle times gives a brief description of the case while BBC gives a full lenth explanation and quotes to support each idea they bring up. Also they give you a picture of what the mine looked like with the caption of "Many people dig in pits hoping to strike some of Ghana's large gold reserves.======

I think that illegal mines are a bad idea because people are just greedy and taking everything from the mine leaving nothing and pretty soon when we use up all the gold as a resource theres not going to be anymore left. Also, i think that having no safety measures is really bad. People could get hurt or do stupid stuff that causes people'e lives to be in danger. I also think that they shouldn't have private mines because when something happens nobody knows except for later on, and no one is able to watch out for something bad that's going to happen, for instence this situation. People weren't watching or being careful and caused half of the workers to die because of this tragic.
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November 5, 2009- **Number Two**;

**__Trials For Malaria Vaccines__**:
SInce 2003, Scientists in Africa have begun trials for the Malaria Vaccine that could save lives on the continent and around the world for millions of people, if it is successful. The trial is known as the biggest clinical trial, envolving seven nations and some 16,000 children with the testing. Since 2003 over 5,000 kids have been envolved with the trials. The Malaria diseases is known to kill millions of people each year, mostly it affects children 5 and younger, while only about 40% are at risk in the world's population of poorest countries. Mosquirix is the first shot to make it to the final stage and is going to be discussed with 1,500 malaria specialists. Results show that the vaccine can limit of getting the diseases, which saves millions of lives in Africa. The GlaxoSmithKline is responsible for the trials and to find a reasonable price for those people who need the vaccines.

1. AL Jazeera News: [] 2. The Seattle Times: []
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The similarities between the Al Jazeera and Seattle Times is that they both discuss the topic about Malaria Vaccine and how it affects millions of people in Africa. Finally, Al Jazeera and Seattle Times both mention the word "Africa and Malaria" in their titles. The differences between Al Jazeera and Seattle Times is, Al Jazeera uses pictures to help show there explanation of their article. For instance, the first picture has what the mosquito looks like with the caption of ,"The malaria parasite transmitted by mosqutoes kills one million people each year [EPA]". While the second picture has a bunch of women in a clinic holding their childs with the caption of "Children are amoung the most at risk from malaria [AFD]". Lastly, The Seattle Times talks about actual stories from people in Africa and used more quotes than Al Jazeera did. Al Jazeera basically summarized the main points while The Seattle Times went more into depth and got stories from people and Africa and used more quotes.
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**Opinion**:
I think the vaccine would help millions of people because this is a deadly disease and it causes million of people, mostly children to die from it, and now that they have found a possibly vaccine for it that helps prevent 50% chance of getting it, its good because now those millions of children are not that high of a risk of getting Malaria. I also think that it's a good idea to make cost arrangements for the vaccine because people in Africa and poorer countries barely have enough money to pay for the vaccine, so it's fair to them because there mainly getting the diseases.

October 30, 2009**-Number One**;
 * __Liberia & Firestone Rubber Plantation Company Pollution:__**

On June 4, 2009, three months into the investigation , Firestone Rubber Plantation Company south-east of Monrovia has been accused of polluting and contaminating creeks with a high levels of orthophosphate for tens of thousands of villagers living near it. Residents living around plantation are complaining that the pollution is destroying there health, ruining there neighborhoods, even killing residents and causing residents to develop skin rashes if they use the water. After testing water samples had been sent to American University of Beruit located in Lebanon and had confirmed the water samples had high levels of orthophosphate, Firestone Rubber Plantation Company still denies the harmful affects its causing to residents.

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Both articles describe the problem dealing with the pollution from Firestone Rubber Plantation Company. Also, both articles state "pollution and Liberia" in there title. Some differences between each article are the titles used. For BBC they used "Firestone in Liberia 'pollution' while Irin used "LIBERIA: Community demands answers on rubber pollution." Irin gave a more depth explanation about the situation and gave more quotes to help explain how there statements followed through, while BBC gave a brief explanation about the problem dealing with the pollution. Each article used different pictures and captions for there article. BBC used a man working at the plantation with the caption "Rubber is an important source of revenue for Liberia". Irin News used a picture of the plantation with the caption "Firestone Rubber Plantation 45km southeast of Monrovia."
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I disagree with the response Firestone Rubber Plantation Company is giving towards the residents living near the plantation. I think Firestone should try and resolve the problem or cut down on the pollution it's plantation is giving, because pretty soon the water is going to get so contaminated residents living near it won't have any water or food left at all, then the pollution would rise into the air and cause even more pollution for the whole town. I think tey should stop denying the fact that there aren't high levels of orthophosphate, when the university tested and confirmed there was.
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