Life in Somalia's pirate town

Name: Dean

Date: 27/11/2008

Article# 8

From: BBC

Life in Somalia's pirate town

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7623329.stm

My reaction:

The news is about pirate problem in Africa, especially in the east Africa. That problem has distracted the local government.

First, the major reason due to that problem is the instability of the local government. Since there are different kinds of nations gathering in the same area, it would be easy to spark conflicts such as culture, language. Therefore, the majority race would exclude another minority one.
Second, as the situation has not been stable, some of the generals want to take advantage of it by disuniting people. Hence, they could expand their influence by force of arms. Finally, they battle with each other and make the situation more badly.

Third, because of the chaos in Somali leading to the poor economy, many fishermen and former Navy started to rob foreign ships. Then they found that it is a way to get more money as well as not work for the whole year. Thus, they continue to do so.

Eventually, some of the countries started to wipe out the pirate by sending warships. However, it is merely a stopgap measure. As they didn't get at the root: racial problem. If the government tries to be fairer to other nations in friendly manner, they may not resort to violence and settle with the conflicts.(203words)

Race to save world's rarest wolf

Name: Dean (49712059)

Article# 7

Date: 20/11/2008

From:BBC

Race to save world's rarest wolf

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7715693.stm

My reaction:

The news is about an Africa wolf-Ethiopia wolf that is becoming endanger species. The reason could be considered as two parts: Diseases and human's immigration.

First, since Africa had been explored by the European, what they brought were not only money and plants but also the diseases and pollution. Those people who started farming or pasturage, brought along the domestic dogs with them as a guild dog. However, the dog might carry a disease that merely be found among dogs: Rabies. The disease wildly spread over the area that the wolves had no antibody to protect against the virus. Eventually, the number of the wolves dramatically declined.

Second, this reason could relate to the former one. Because of the immigration, the natural balance was broken down as human had occupied the land and then dispensed the animals. When the pray became less, so did the wolves.

As a result, we have the responsibility for saving them. Thus, there is an organisation called Wild CRV-Wildlife Conservation Unit of Oxford University that raised a campaign which helps the animals by injecting vaccines. Therefore, it could solve the crisis temporally. They still have to track and find them out in such a large continent; that’s the problem which has confused them. (200 words)

'US strikes' on Pakistan villages

Name: Dean (49712059)

Article#6

Date: 6/11/2008

From: BBC

'US strikes' on Pakistan villages

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7702679.stm

My reaction:

The news is about the air strikes in a Pakistan village and caused more than 20 people killed.

First, there were two strikes. Both of the strikes caused 20 people died because of the manhunt to the terrorists. I think it was a tragedy. Those people died in the attack were only in the wrong place in the wrong time. On the other hand, the US military should take the responsibility for the tragedy. They were the one who ordered to fire. Although wanting to get rid of the militants, they should have collected more information attack instead of launching missiles at random. Anti-terrorism is not a reason or an excuse to start war. Moreover, soldiers came down to the tool of brutal massacre. Soldiers should protect citizens, not to slaughter the innocence. Should we consider our safety problem as we don’t know when we would be attacked by our “protector"-soldier.

Second, the US forces were hunting the militants when they cross the border of Pakistan. It seemed alright and reasonable, but they didn’t ask the entering permission of the Pakistani government. In my notion, that was obviously an incursion. That action offended a country’s territory right even though they were on mission. A term which refers to the action is hegemonism-an ism that a nation in aggressive expanding its influence over other countries. Because of having the most sophisticated weapons, the US forces can sweep away all over the world without any resistance.

As a result, I thought we should make good use of those sophisticated technology to benefit the world instead of destroying it. Eventually, Our world is getting better.(205 words)

Fish farming in Malawi's dustbowl

Name : Dean (49712059)

Reaction article # 5

Date : 30/10/2008

From : BBC

Fish farming in Malawi's dustbowl

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/76837478.stm)

My reaction:

The news is about fish farming in Malawi, an interior country in the south-east Africa. The locals bring up fish in dust bowl. This is the way that they make a living.

Firstly, it is a common phenomenon in Africa. Most people doesn’t have chance to study, they can’t apply any jobs in office. Therefore, what they apply for is labour-requiring work, such as farmer, fisherman or miner. Their work is much heavy and they earn not much. Moreover, the climate in Africa is abominable as the rainfall is very low. It is only in spring, so the agriculture is poor as well as the fish farming. If the weather is heavy, their effort will be in vain.

Secondly, despite the murky water, the fish are rich in nutrition, such as calcium, vitamin a and protein. They strengthen our immune system to prevent decease. The fish are nutrient because of the topography-dust bowl. It contains many minerals and plankton. Of cause the fish not only prowl also are fed by their owner. In addition, they would receive their harvest after six months, and then they can get over the dry season.

As a result, though living in such a poor environment, they could face it optimistically. Why do we make ourselves unhappy? We earn more money than they do. We don’t worry about the food. What makes us sad? Maybe the stress is from work or finance. Anyway, we should learn from them. (203 words)

Vaccine call for 'silent killer'

Name: Dean (49712059)
Reaction Article #4
Date: 23/10/2008 From:

BBC Vaccine call for 'silent killer'



My reaction :

The news is about a Bangladesh boy who suffered from a strange disease, but his family could not save him because of poverty. Unfortunately, the five-year-old boy died. In my opinion, poverty is one of the major factors of death. In some remote areas, the sufferers cannot afford any proper medical treatment or aids, so that they become weaker and weaker and died finally. They don’t die of sickness but poverty.
Why do I say that? Since medicine is expensive, most of the low-income families cannot buy it when their family members are sick. Besides that, some pharmacies or pharmaceutical factory may engross the market in order to make money. Why medicines come down to the money spinner to exploit the right of seeking help?
On the other hand, some tycoons would spend millions of dollars to hold a party. What they spend on are luxuries and extravagance. Why do they do that? Just for their happiness. What about those who suffering from hunger and sickness? Have those people been regarded by the rich?
Do the rich feel shameful or guilty while spending money? If they do care about the poor, why don’t they donate a part of their salaries for fund? So what I am going to say is donation. The rich may donate money or build medical teams to help the poor by providing free injection. That would increase the chance of survive. (210 words)

Closure call for tuna 'disgrace'

The news is about the disgracing of tuna. Tuna are being over-fished by fishermen around the Mediterranean Sea. This incident will trigger a wave of natural disaster. Firstly, we all know tuna are delicious and nutrient, everyone from different level of age loves them. Therefore, the demand which fish tuna rises. But if the situation is out of control, it will definitely destroy the food chain of sea life or even the whole balance of nature. Secondly, as we know the seriousness of the consequence, we must stop it. A report from ICCAT, which stands for The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas pointed out the solution. According to the report, the Mediterranean countries such as Spain, France, haven't stump down on illegal fishing as well as implement to monitor the proper arrangements of the fishing fleets. I agree to those opinion. Finally, I figure out two suggestions: Limiting the quantity of fishing fleet, so that increases the survival chance of fish. Moreover, providing an accurate area for fishing is also essential. As it offers a habitat for fish to breed and recover. As a result, although human being is the master of the world, we have to follow the rules of it by not destroying the environment.(207 words)

No rain in Spain

It's about a drought in Spain and it is the most serious one in Spain over the past decade. First, the problem which has caused by the disaster is controversy not only between region and region but also party to party. It makes the country face the separation of opinion. Moreover, the drought also affects the needs of agriculture. Because of the shortage of water supply, it could not support such a water consuming activity like farming or gardening. It will certainly damage the crops of agriculture. In addition, it makes not only Spain but also the world into a difficult situation. Second, the government has the solution that is transferring water from other rivers or countries. Third, Why the disaster happened? I think because of the climate change. As we know, the climate is changing dramatically, all natural disasters become extreme., so does the damage. Why the climate is changing? It is because of the global warming, as we continue using fossil fuel. And release CO2 that keep the sun heat stay, finally the average temperature rises 2-3 degree C. Eventually, The moral of the incident is that children in Spain start to save fresh water. Not only them but also us(205 words)