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=Tribal attack kills 76 in southern Sudan village=

76 lives were lost and 2,000 homes were burned in a recent southern Sudan bombing from ethnic fighting. About two dozen government security officers who were defending the capital also died according to Major General Kuol Diem Kuol. There were at least 46 people injured and another 1800 homeless. This tribal attack was part of the surge in violence in southern Sudan that has killed more than 2,000 people since 2008 and displaced another 250,000, according to the United Nations. Competition for food, cattle-rustling, and land are the things that are being blamed for the fighting and bloodshed. “One attack leads to another, resulting in a spiral of attack and counterattacks,’’ said Lise Grande. “The fact that these attacks are targeting civilians, mostly women and children, is a very disturbing trend.’’ Also, some analysts say the violence may have driven by rival political parties jockeying for control of the oil-rich region.

Sources: http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2009/09/22/tribal_attack_kills_76_in_southern_sudan_village/ http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-sudan-attack22-2009sep22,0,2344509.story

Both of the articles are exactly the same article with the same author. They also use the same quotes such as “One attack leads to another, resulting in a spiral of attack and counterattacks,’’ or “The fact that these attacks are targeting civilians, mostly women and children, is a very disturbing trend.’’ All in all these are exact articles posted in different locations.

I think that fighting over land,food, and cattle rustling shows how much of a crisis Southern Africa is in. This part of Africa obviously needs help with funding since food is being fought over and the land is probably fought over for farming uses. Sudan diffenetly needs help. _ =2 women in Sudan sentenced for wearing pants=

On October 23rd in Sudan, 2 women were sentenced to 20 lashes and $110 fine for wearing trousers. They were committing an act of indecency. This occurred weeks after a similar case sparked worldwide controversy. The punishments were postponed after filed appeals from the two women. They were ages 25 and 27 and both of them were Muslim. Many women activists complain that Sudan's public-order regulations are vague and give individual police officers undue latitude to determine what is considered decent clothing for women. Hussein was jailed in September after refusing to pay a fine for the same offense.

//**Sources**//: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-sudan23-2009oct23,0,1068241.story http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/23/sudan-women-sentenced-to_n_331794.html

A similarity between the articles are that they both said the two women were sentenced to 20 lashes and $110 fine. Another similarity is that they both talked about another woman sentenced because she wore trousers A difference is that the article from Huffingtonpost was shorter than the one from the la times. Another difference is that the article from Huffingtonpost did not include the ages of the two women and the la times article did.

I think that it's wrong for the women to be punished for wearing trousers. Also 20 lashes is a bit unusual for me. Why is it illegal to wear pants? Is this only in Sudan?
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11/12/09 =Tanzanian landslide kills 11 children, 9 adults=

In Tanzania, a landslide has killed 11 children and nine adults near Mt. Kilimanjaro. On Wednesday 5 more people are still missing after the deadly landslide. The ages of the children that died ranged between 3 to 11 years old. This deadly even occurred after a night of heavy rain. Many of the people that were killed were sleeping in their homes near the mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro. And the seasonal rains for Tanzania began just a few weeks ago.

1) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33878510/ns/world_news/#storyContinued 2) http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=9061842
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Comparisons:** //Article Number 1 and 2 are the same article.// The only difference I can spot is that the articles came from different websites. And a similarity is that they are by the Associated Press. Both of the articles are reliable because they both have Kilimanjaro Regional Commissioner Monica Mbega saying that The dead children were between the ages of 3 and 11.


 * Opinion: In my opinion this is a tragic event. The people that fell victims to the deadly landslide obviously did not deserve it but there is a question. Can you detect landslides with technology? Were the Tanzanian lacking that technology?

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__Somali pirates seize cargo ship__
__11/19/09

On November 11th pirates seized a cargo ship in the Indian Ocean. The ship contained 22 crew members in it. The African Seafarers’ Assistance Program, based in Kenya, identified the vessel as the Filitsa. It was sailing under a Marshall Islands flag and carrying chemicals to South Africa from Kuwait. A telephone interview with one of the pirates named Abdi said that the hijacking on Tuesday followed a clash the day before when international naval forces patrolling the Indian Ocean opened fire on three speedboats carrying pirates, hitting four men. He was not sure if the men were killed or wounded. He also said that the pirates that escaped are commanding the Filista and searching for their compatriots. On Wednesday, the European Union said that the crew on the vessel consisted 3 Greeks and 19 Filipinos.


 * Sources:**
 * 1)**http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/world/africa/12somalia.html?ref=africa
 * 2)**http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-pirates_12int.ART.State.Edition1.4b93102.html


 * Comparisons**: Article 1 had more details of the seizing of the cargo ship. For example, a pirate named Abdi was interveiwed about the hijacking. Article 2 gave little detail about the cargo jacking and it didn't have the part about Abdi talking about the hijacking so that was a missing piece but it gave some information about past and recent pirate attacks. Both articles talked about the name of the pirate ship, where the hijacking occurred, and what kind of people were in the Filista.

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 * Opinion**: //I think that pirates are evil human beings but they must have a reason for hijacking ships.// That reason is either because they are poor or they are just evil. I think it's wrong if they do it for fun because it's putting people's lives in danger. There should be more guards in the Indian Ocean.__

China issues a 21-day ultimatum to Nigeria
11/27/09

China has now given Nigeria 21 days to ultimatum to claim the remains of their people. The final date is on December 15th, if Nigeria doesn't claim the corpses, then they will be cremated according to Chinese laws. The Nigerians were reportedly to have died in China from several causes including illnesses, accidents, drowning, drugs and other unknown causes. There have been some lying there in China since 2006. Nigeria’s Mission in China said according to Leadership newspaper that all effort to contact family members of the deceased has failed. For the families that have been contacted about their dead reletives, they were not corporative in regarding on what to do with them. The Nigerian Foreign Affairs Ministry said they are calling on the general public and in particular members and family of the people that died in China to quickly contact the ministry (Consular and Immigration Services Division) to indicate how they wish to arrange to repatriate the remains of their loved ones for burial in Nigeria or, cremation by the Chinese.

//**2)**// //http://www.africalink.ch/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4499%3Achina-issues-a-21-day-ultimatum-to-nigeria&catid=47%3Ageneral-news&Itemid=57&lang=en//
 * Sources: 1)** //http://www.africanews.com/site/China_issues_a_21day_ultimatum_to_Nigeria/list_messages/28253//


 * Comparisons:** //First of all,// article 1 and article 2 were exactly the same article. The both had the same information like when is the final date to claim the corpses before the Chinese Cremates them. Also, they both said that some of the corpses have been lying in China since 2006. The only difference between them was that they were found in different places.


 * Opinion:** I think that's it's generous of China to offer Nigeria 21 days to claim their people because some of them have been there since 2006. Maybe this is just to make sure if some of the relatives of the corpses want to claim them, I'm surprised China has kept them for so long. So I think 21 days is more than enough for some decisions to be made.

=Suicide bomber hits Somali graduation, 22 dead= 12/3/09

On December 3rd, a suicide bomber dressed as a women attacked a graduation ceremony. The Bomber killed at least 22 people including medical students, doctors, and 3 government ministers. The three ministers killed in the blast were Qamar Aden Ali, the health minister and a British citizen; Ibrahim Hassan Adow, the minister for higher education and an American citizen, and Ahmed Abdullahi Wayel, the minister for education. "Today should have been a day of celebration — not mourning," said Somalia's ambassador to Kenya, Mohamed Ali Nur. "The hopes of many parents who eagerly awaited their sons' graduation were recklessly dashed, cutting short the lives of ambitious Somalis ." Gobdon said the attack was aimed "at the heart" of the Somali people and the government strongly condemned the act of terrorism."These were people celebrating the achievements of young people," he said. "They did not deserve this and those responsible will pay a heavy price." About 700 people were in the Shamo Hotel to watch the 43 medical, engineering and computer science students from Benadir University receive their diplomas until the suicide bomber crashed the party. The attack targeted one of Somalia's most important efforts to extricate itself from anarchy and violence, explaining the presence of so many top government officials. Journalists that were covering the event were only about a yard from where the bomb exploded. Twenty-two people were killed, along with the suicide bomber, Gelle said. The bomber "disguised himself as a woman, complete with a veil and a female's shoes," he said. There were no groups that claimed responsibility but suspicion fell upon Al-Shabab which controls much of the country and has carried out past suicide attacks.

1) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091203/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia 2) http://allafrica.com/stories/200912030640.html
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Comparisons:** //I think article 1 had a little better coverage of the story than article 2 because it has more information on the attack. The yahoo article gave background information on the// people that were killed and where the bombing happened which was in the Shamo Hotel. Although article 2 gave the town where the bombing happened. I think they have different quotes too. Article 1 said at least 22 people have died from the bombing and article 2 said close to 50 people were killed in the attack. Both articles talked about the bombing happening in the ceremonial graduation in a hotel.


 * //Opinion://** I think that this is a terrible thing to happen in an event that is supposed to be one of the happiest things in life...which is to graduate. But this isn't unexpected in a country like this where violence has been around for a while. I think the government should enforce more guards at events such as this event to prevent things like this from happening again.

=Somalia aid faces 'grave' crisis= 12/13/09

Somalia is facing a humanitarian crisis in 2010. The hijacking of International aid and a global recession are among factors behind a potentially "life-threatening" humanitarian funding crisis facing Somalia as aid funds dwindle, according to the United Nations' top envoy to Somalia. There are currently no funds for food, water, sanitation, health and other vital needs. If they fail to get at least 12 million dollars for the first quarter of 2010, people will die, children will die from this humanitarian crisis. "Time is precious so if we don't resolve this soon, the humanitarian consequences are very, very serious indeed," he added. "Time is running out."

//**Sources:** 2) All Africa http://allafrica.com/stories/200912090044.html**
 * 1)** **CNN**// **http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/12/08/un.somalia.funding/index.html


 * Comparisons**: //Both articles have basically the same information about the potential humanitarian crisis in Somalia. They both had a quote that said "Time is precious". Also they both said that "people will die and children will die" as a result of the humanitarian crisis, if it should occur. Both of the articles also said that the humanitarian sector is seeking $689 million for the whole of next year. A difference between the two articles is that they have different titles. The CNN title of the article is 'Somalia aid faces 'grave' crisis' while the All Africa article is titled 'Country Faces Humanitarian Crisis in 2010 With Aid Coffers Empty, UN Warns'. To me the CNN article's title was more eye catching because of the word grave because it put emphasis on the article. Another difference between the two articles is that the CNN article stated what the factors of the potential humanitarian crisis are which are global rescission and hijacking of international aid while All Africa's article did not state the cause of it, rather they said what things had no funding as a result of humanitarian crisis which is food, water, sanitation, and other vital needs. Also, All Africa's article has a picture and CNN's article doesn't.//


 * Opinion:** Somalia is obviously in trouble right now with money. The hijacking of international aid is defiantly not helping. I think they should find other ways of getting money. Borrowing money would be an option to put off the humanitarian crisis for a year if they borrow enough money from other countries that are willing to help. They could ask for donations too. The Somalian government should do everything in their power to fight off a potential humanitarian crisis because of they don't, people will die and children will die as a result of it. Time is really running short as year 2010 is coming up in less than a month. They should strengthen up security since terrorists are intercepting foreign aid from countries like the U.S which is responsible for a large chunk of assistance to Somalia.

=Togo head home as Africa Cup of Nations gets under way= 1/10/10

Summary: The Togo soccer team decided to head home to Angola via ariplane and withdraw from the Africa Cup of Nations after a deadly attack occurred on their team bus. Gunmen opened fire on the team bus shortly after it had crossed from the Republic of Congo into Cabinda. The gun attack killed three and injured eight people. The three people killed were an assistant coach, a press officer, and a bus driver. Togo's Prime Minister Gilbert Houngbo ordered the team to go home while the players on the team still wanted to play. He also said that it would be irresponsible for the Togolese authorities to allow them to play. Togo's captain said that they have to mourn the dead and they need to be at home to be able to do that. Striker Adebayor, who plays in the Premier League with Manchester City, had previously said the team thought that life should go on and they did not want to be seen as ruining the tournament. A player from the team said that people died for the tournament and they can't abandon them and leave like cowards. The government didn't agree with that idea though.

//**Sources: 1) Al Jazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/01/201011011151832860.html 2) BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8450529.stm

Comparisons:**//The basic information about the attack and what happened after are present in both articles. Both of the articles had pictures about increased security in the Cabidina province after the deadly attack. They also both talked about how the players wanted to stay and play to avenge their fallen teammates but the government didn't allow that. Another simalarity is that they both mention about increased security. The Al Jazeera article separated the information into four sections. The first section gave the general view of what happened and the other three sections gave more of a detailed explanation on the general view. The BBC article had every sentence separated from each other. The BBC article had the time the plane took off destined to while the Al Jazeera article didn't have that. The BBC article also goes in depth on how the players wanted to continue to play but the authorities said that they shouldn't while Al Jazeera had a little less on it. The Al Jazeera also gave Cabidina's view of what happened.


 * Opinion:** I don't really understand why the bus was attacked in the first place. The people that attacked the bus should be tried in court because the result of the attack killed 3 and injured 8 people. Also I agree with the players on wanting to continue to keep on playing because they came all the way out there just to lose three people and come back to mourn them. A player said people died for the tournament and they can't leave and be cowards. I agree with him because I'm sure the people that died would want them to continue to play. I understand why the government pulled them back because it might ruin the tournament because the teams might go easy on them and let them win because of what happened. But still, the other teams came so far to play in the tournament too so I'm sure that they won't go easy on Togo. I can't believe that the team was still sent home after the players said they wanted to play.

=**Internet Troubles in China**=


 * Summary:** On January 12th, hackers tried to hack Google by infiltrating it's software coding and the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. As a result of the attacks, Google threatened to discontinue their service in China and end all operations due to the cyber attacks. They also said that they're unwilling to follow China's censoring rules anymore. If Google decides to discontinue their service to China, then it would be awkward because a whole bunch of Chinese and foreign businesses depend on Google's services like using their e-mail. At the moment, Google currently has about one-third of China's search market. The great firewall of China controls 384 million users of what they can see and Google said they can no longer follow that. There's a rumor that Yahoo has alos been targeted by the hackers but that has not been confirmed.

1) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8471922.stm 2) http://asia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100125/tap-china-us-it-internet-google-8d4ea94.html
 * Sources:

Comparisons:** Both of the articles talked about the basic information about the hackings that were targeting Google. They also said something about how many web users were in China which is about 384 million. Another similarity is that they both talked about the censorship in the internet for China's web users. One difference between the articles were that the Yahoo article didn't have a picture of the Google or even a single picture while the BBC article had a picture of Google. The picture gave me a visual image of what was happening a little bit. The BBC article had less information than the Yahoo one. The Yahoo article had a lot of quotes from both sides of the problem and the BBC article only had one quote. Also, the Yahoo article mentioned what program was responsible for censoring searches in China while the BBC article didn't.


 * Opinion:** I have heard that China had hackers hacking an online game and affected the game so much that they had to do a roll back. I didn't know that there are hackers that are this smart and hack into Google. But I don't understand why they are doing this and risk getting severe consequences if there's any. Maybe they wanted some money from the hackings or identify theft. As for the censorship of certain things, I wonder why the Chinese government doesn't want people to know about those things. Like the he 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, something terrible must have happened. If the hacks continue then I agree with Google to pull out from China and discontinue their service there. Even if a lot of people rely on Google, it's not worth risking database breaches.

=**U.S announces $6.4 billion arms deal with Taiwan**=


 * Summary:** On Friday the U.S made a deal with Taiwan sending weapns worth $6.4 billion dollars even though China has strongly opposed of this and Beijing has warned the U.S to not make this deal. The deal included patriot missiles, Black Hawk helicopters, and communications equipment for Taiwan's F-16 fleet. The only thing that was not included in Taiwan's request were new fighter aircrafts. The Chinese government is angry about this because they have been trying to reunify Taiwan ever since the ending of the 1949 Civil War which forced them to flee to Taiwan. China has said that if Taiwan ever declares independence, they will invade. However, the U.S has said that it'll defend Taiwan if that ever happens. This deal has tensioned up the relationship between the U.S and China but an official said that they have a mature relationship and they can get through it.

1) http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/29/taiwan.arms/index.html?hpt=T1 2) http://asia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100130/tap-us-taiwan-china-military-weapons-beb1011.html
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Comparisons:** Both of these articles talked about what was in the deal between Taiwan and the U.S. They also mentioned about how strongly China warned the U.S to not go through this deal or there will be serious consequences. Another simalarity between the two articles is that they both mention the relationship between China and Taiwan and their past. Both had background information. This gives readers some information on why China opposed this deal so it's important that they mention it. A difference between the two articles is that the CNN one has a picture of a black hawk helicopter while Yahoo doesn't have any pictures. The picture could give the reader an insight of what was in the deal. Another difference is that the CNN article included how much money was spent on each weapon or aircraft sent to Taiwan while the Yahoo article didn't. Also the articles had different quotes.


 * Opinion:** I'm confused on why the U.S sent a $6.4 billion deal to Taiwan because I didn't see what the U.S got in return. If the U.S got nothing in return there is no reason to to this. The result of this deal angered the Chinese government and I think the U.S should stay out of the relationship between China and Taiwan. But I think that China should just let this slip by because it doesn't really affect them except the relationship between them and the U.S. Another thing is that the U.S is in debt right now and I have no idea where all of that money came from. I wonder why the U.S would defend Taiwan if China ever invades it, they should stay out of the way and avoid more conflicts. There is another conflict between the two countries already with internet censorship. I think something has got to change between the U.S and China.

=**Indian bomb at bakery kills at least 9 and injures others.**=


 * Summary:** Saturday's deadly bomb explosion killed 9 people and injured 57 other people. 1 foreigner was one of the 9 that was killed. The explosion occurred in a bakery when it was jammed packed. A waiter noticed an unattended package and tried to open it. When the waiter tried to open it the explosion occurred. The bombing is considered a terrorist attack because the bombing came from an unattended package. Nearby shops and buildings were heavily damaged with blood splattered all over them and limbs at places. The whole country is on high alert after the bombing.

1) **http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/02/2010213155016855188.html** 2) **http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100214/ap_on_re_as/as_india_explosion**
 * Sources:**


 * Comparisons:** Both of these articles mentioned how many people were killed and how many were injured as a result of the bomb explosion. They also mentioned that this bombing is the first since the attacks of Mumbai in November of 2008. Another simalarity is that they both said the attack may be a terrorist attack.These core pieces of information really help the reader understand the article better. A difference between these two articles is that the Al Jezeera's article has pictures on it while the Yahoo one does not. The pictures give me an insight of what happened and what the result looks like. Also the Yahoo article said how the explosion occurred which was by a waiter trying to open the unattended package. The Al Jezeera's article did not mention that a waiter tried to open the package but it did say that there was an unattended package. Another difference is that the Yahoo article talked about what happened to the buildings around the bakery as a result of the bombing which was blood and limbs splattered all over the place and the Al Jezeera article didn't mention that.


 * Opinion:** The bombing is a tragic event that occurred in India. I think it's a terrorist attack because the bomb was inside an unattended package and that's what I see all the time on the news where the police is very suspicious of something that's unattended like a box or package. They don't try and open it but destroy it with a robot. The waiter shouldn't have tried and opened it. I wonder why he tried to open it and if he though that it was suspicious. If I was the waiter I wouldn't have tried and opened it and call in the police to handle it.