jueves, 12 de marzo de 2009

**Teenage Gunman Kills 15 at School in Germany**


*Who?
-A teenage gunman, 17 years old.

*Where?
-WINNENDEN, Germany.

*When?
-March 11th, 2009

*What?
-A teenage gunman killed 15 people, most of them female, on Wednesday in a rampage that began at a school near Stuttgart in southern Germany and ended in a nearby town, where he then killed himself after the police wounded him.

*Why?
-Tim Kretschmer was a 17 year old boy who graduated last year. As the news say, last year he broke off a round of psychological counseling for depression.
Then when they investigated what was the cause of the murder, they find out, that Tim used to play violent games and see violent videos. A phsycologist said that watching those videos where a path for violence. And then, they find out that he used a gun that was his father´s.
Other people say, that he was a normal kid, that could not hurt anyone, but apperances are not always true.

**5 cases**
-In 1927, in Maine, a school board official blew up a school, killing 44 people.

-In 2002, in Eastern Germany, a gunman killed 16 people befeore killing himself at a school in Ertfurt.

-In January 30, 2007 in Nickel Mines, a milk delivery-truck driver, lined up 10 girls in a one-room schoolhouse and opened fire, then he shoot them with a gun humself so that they die.

-In april 16, 2007 in Virginia Tech, shooting left 33 students dead, they where in a dorm and in the classroom building when they where killed.

-In December 12, 2007, six people shot after exiting a schoolbus in Las Vegas, there was a bully kids fight, and the guys where shot when they arrived from the fieldtrip.

martes, 3 de marzo de 2009

News 3

**Russian Welcomes Letter From Obama**
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/washington/04russia.html?_r=2&hp

Who?
*Russia welcomes Obama

Where?
*Moscow, Russia

When?
*March 3, 2009

What?
*The Russian president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, said Tuesday that Russia was open to United States overtures on its proposed missile defense plan, but dismissed the notion of a deal in which the United States would shelve the plan in exchange for Russia’s help on Iran.

Why?
*To help Iran. they will have a meeting

News Analysis

1. Who is Robert Mugabe? How long has he been in power? How popular is he?
*Zimbabwe President, he has been in power for 28 years. Now he has a bad image because he has made very bad things to the country, but before he was like a hero.

2. Who is Morgan Tsvangirai? Which is/ has been his political role?
*He is Zimbabwe´s Prime minister, he has been a key in the opposite side of the president.

3. What happened during last year's elections? Which was the outcome?
*The main candidates were: Mugabe and Tsvangirai , and first Tsvangirai was way ahead from Mugabe, but at the end, Mugabe won.
4. Whis is the economic situation in Zimbabwe? How do the people feel about this?
*Now a day, their economic is collapsing. People are starting to act worried, and they stopped the economic activities and they have abandoned the early marketing.

5. What do you think about the celebrations and the lavish party?
*That they spend a lot of money in a party. They should use the money to do other things because of the crisis.

Based only on the article below, define a conflict.
a) Give the conflict a name and explain why you think it is a conflict.
*The economy is Collapsed, it is a conflict because people are loosing their jobs and the crisis is increasing.

b) Who is involved and why?
*Population in Zimbabwe, because they are loosing jobs, and their economy is gettting down.

c) Explain in detail why the conflict has happened.
*The problem is that the president has been in power for 28 years, making the country have problems.

d) Give a timeline of events (at least 5) related to the conflict.
*Jan 8th : Cholera cases reported.
*Feb 10: Cholera spreading from Zimbabwe to South America.
*Feb 21: President´s Birthday #85.
*February 28: Mungabe spent 250 000 in his clebration
*March 1: appealed to the international community to help Zimbabwe's crippled economy.

e) How do you think this conflict can be solved and why?
*To take out Mungabe from the goverment, because he has made a lot of bad things to the country.