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ABC Nightly News
Somalian Refugees Hit With Disease with Diane Sawyer
A famine in Somalia brings diseases with it, such as measles, which are spreading through groups of refugee children. We don’t have to worry about chronic spreading of diseases like measles in America, but Somalia has no supply of vaccinations, so it is a bigger threat there. Provided that Somalia has no real government, it is hard to give the children the treatment they need.
The article was interesting to me because I was surprised at how a disease can be so minor to citizens of American, and so devastating to people in a different part of the world. The most shocking piece of information was that children are dying from the measles when the treatment is so inexpensive and accessible here.
This article relates to what we are learning in Human Geography by showing a prime example of globalization. Somalia does not have a supply of measles vaccinations while America does. They also don’t have an ample supply of money to have treatments shipped in.
PRI The World
Living With The Permanent Threat Of Violence by Marco Werman
This broadcast is about the effects of terrorism in Northern Ireland, Russian, and Mexico and how violence is felt in the citizen’s everyday life. Ireland was the victim of many terrorist attacks, therefore security was greatly increased in the area and the city was even shut down at one point. Violence in Russia has caused citizens to live in a constant fearful state. Still today, Mexico struggles with its war on drugs. Within this month a casino was bombed in relation to drug trafficking.
Washington Post
Afghan militants dressed as women to smuggle weapons for Kabul attack
by Ernesto Londoño and Javed Hamdard
Terrorist in Kabul dressed as women to sneak into police headquarters, and to smuggle weapons for a Taliban attack. The attack was an attempt to put the government back in their place and frighten the general public. Police took the six gunners down within 20 hours of the first attack. Many see this attack as a failure and are unmoved by this attempted terrorist act.
NBC New York
The Poverty Crisis and New York by Gabe Pressman
With the new U.S. Census in, we’ve learned that 2.6 million more people are living in poverty this year. More statistics tell us that there is a new record of 38,000 people in shelters this year. With a recession and a very low job market, hopes of pulling America out of poverty aren’t looking good this year.
Los Angeles Times
Islamists take aim at Libya rebels' secular leaders by Patrick J. McDonnell
With the fall of Kadafi, rebels in Libya must now deal with issues that were pushed aside for decades by tyranny and dictatorship. A Islamist accuses Libya’s temporary prime minister of potentially becoming worse than Kadafi in regards to running the country. The council spokesman states that, everyone is working together to try their best to benefit Libya.
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