Entry 17

Bus Crashes and Burns in Mexico, killing at least 36

The Associated Press

In Mexico a passenger bus slammed into a broken down truck which caused it to burst into flames with the people inside. This killed at least 36 people on Sunday morning in southern Mexico. Official say the 4 people survived the crash which happen after midnight in the southern state of Veracruz. The people on the bus were business people travelling from Villahermosa in Tobasco State to Mexico City. The victims were burned to death alive inside the bus.  Bus crashes cause hundreds of deaths in Mexico each year. 

It is the bus drivers fault for the crash of the bus. Even though the bus hit a tractor trailer it was parked on the side of the road and the driver should have been able to avoid the tractor trailer. I am very sorry for the families if the people who died in the crashes. Things like these should not happen and there should be more precautions. 

Entry 16

Chileans flee from burning port city after 2,000 homes destroyed

Graciala Ibanez and Marianela Jarroud

After two days of trying to control the blaze Chilean fire fighters that have killed 12 people, injured 500, destroyed 2,000 homes and have forced 10,000 people to leave the dense hills where they live. They thought the fires had been contained after 24 hours but started up again after the winds picked up and started to spread the fires to different neighbourhoods. Having no fire hydrants it was very difficult for fire fighters to bring water to the fires and often had to watch neighbours hoods burn. 20 air planes and helicopters we deployed to drop water a hot spots but even with that they could no completely put out the fire. The fire began in a forested ravine next to ramshackle housing and quickly spread because of the wooden housing.

I am very sorry for the people who live in Chile and I hope that the fire goes out as quickly as possible. I hope that something like this doesn't happen again. I think that the Chilean government should invest in some better way of fighting fires in the neighbour hoods where they are likely going to start. This stuff does happen and I want the people to not give up. 

 

Entry 15

Blast at Nigerian bus station kills scores

Associated Press

In Abuja, Nigeria a large explosion tore through a local bus station during the morning rush hour. The explosion killed at least 71 people and wounded 124. This marked the largest terrorist attack ever to hit Abuja. President Goodluck Jonathan visited the horrifying scene and blamed the Boko Haram responsible for the attack on the bus station. The Boko Haram is an Islamic extremist group that operates in Northern Nigeria and has been threatening to attack the capital. Authorities thought that the bomb was either planted in the ground or hidden in a car. The blast destroyed 16 luxury buses and 24 minibuses and cars. 

The Boko Haram organization has done some truly terrible things to the people of Nigeria. The Nigerian police have to get ride of them from their country before they become even more deadly then they are already. Doing this to innocent civilians is truly despicable. The government has to do something about the problem before more lives are lost.

Entry 14

Man suspected of cannibalism arrested in Pakistan; police say he and brother are repeat offenders

Associated Press

In Islamabad police arrested a man on Monday who is suspected of being a cannibal. Body parts had been found in his house including a skull of a small child. The man's neighbours had complained about a foul smell coming from his house which gave the police a reason to mount a raid on his house. The police believe that the man and his brother had been digging up graves in a nearby graveyard where people had seen the men lurking. The body parts that were found appeared to be a skull of the child but are sending them in for further testing. The police are looking for the man's brother. The man had just recently been let out of jail after dehumanizing a body. In Pakistan there is no law against cannibalism. Many cooked human body parts were found in the brothers homes and are now sentences to 2 years in prison. 

It is truly unthinkable that two people could even think about eating another human being even if they had already passed away. I think that sending them away for 2 years is not long enough and they should have been given life sentences for their crimes. Eating another person is beyond imaginable and it should not be allowed anywhere. 

Entry 13

Over 500 DNA tests demanded from French high school staff and students after student rape

Lori Hinnant

The French authorities are taking DNA tests of male students and faculty. They are testing 527 including boys as young as 14 years of age. They are looking for the boys who recently raped a girl on the campus.

The Fenelon-Notre Dame high school in western France began testing on Monday. Investigators are using all of their resources to find the rapist of this young girl for September 30 when the girl was raped in a dark bathroom of the school. Many rapists have been found using this method like in the small town in Wee Waa Australia and Narborough England 

I think that it is good the authorities are taking such extravagant actions towards finding the rapist of the young woman. I cannot even imagine what would have been going through her mind while it was happening and having this done to help prevent something like this to happen again is very pleasing. I hope that the rapist is found and gets what he deserves.  

Entry 12

Video of cellblock police assault against Toronto man made public

  Jennifer Pagliaro

Recently a video capturing four Toronto police officers assaulting a man while he is in a cell block. The video had been kept a secret but is now out for the public to see. When Justice Donna Hackett found out that the four police officers had lied about the attack on Curtis Young she knew that there were two videos crucial to finding out the truth.
Curtis Young arrived at a police station in Scarborough after being picked from sleeping in a bus stop drunk and possessing a bag of marijuana. In the video at the police station Young is complaining about his swollen eye and how they had punched him in the face. Which was ignored by the judge in court. The officers brought him into a holding cell where they were on top of him for 7 minutes and when they get of Young is on the ground motionless. Later paramedics arrived on the scene to access Young.

It is truly awful that officers think that they have the right to do this. The suspect was doing nothing to provoke the officers to begin attacking them but they decided to do any way. Police these days have too much power over civilians which leads to violence similar to this. 

Entry #11 February 28th

Egyptian army’s claim to have found AIDS cure draws ridicule

Maggie Micheal 

The Toronto Star

Cairo, Egypt's military leaders are facing ridicule after the chief army engineer said that they had a "miraculous" set of devices that can detect, cure AIDS, hepatitis and or viruses. The claim of this was dismissed by experts who called it "shocking to scientists" by the presidents science adviser. This has struck a blow to Egypt's well managed image. 

Saying that you have to cure to AIDS and not having anything to back it up is truly insulting to the people who have it. Many people have been diagnosed with AIDS and are eager to get ride of it. Giving people false hope is very is dishonourable. People with AIDS suffer terribly.