Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The two curren event [Humanities]

#1
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/14/somalia.piracy/index.html#cnnSTCText
Title: Pirate attack on Dutch ship thwarted by Russians

Who:
Capt. Pottengal Mukundan
What: A Dutch sip was attack by the Somali pirates when they were at the Gulf of Aden, and the Russian ship avoid it. The pirates fired two rocket-propelled grenades at the Dutch ship, but it there was no injuries. The Russians chased the pirates, but they still run away.
Where: Gulf of Aden
When: 14 January 2009
Significance: The Captain thinks the naval vessels must continue to respond robustly to these pirates.
Bias: Many ships were attack at the Gulf of Aden. and everyone blame on the Somali. Because they are largely lawless.
Maybe not all the crimes are done by the Somali, but based on the attack that happened before, people just think all the ship attack are from the Somali.

#2
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7810402.stm
Title: Island's new 'green' school opens
Who: Glyn Roberts
What: The school's electric mostly are through its solar roof tiles and wind turbine. They hope they can use this to protect the environment.

Where: Anglesey
When:
5 January 2009
Sinificance: They built the new Ysgol y Graig which located on a busy estate near the town center. And they think this could greatly reduce the number of cars delivering and collecting the children, improving road safety and leading to a significant drop in CO² exhaust emissions.
Bais: I don't think there is any bias....

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