16-year-old gunned down in doorway of his home

A young 16-year-old boy, named Keyon Cambell was gunned-down at his doorway as he went to warm up his mom’s car. As Keyon Cambell opened the door, he was shot, and Keyon stumbled back inside and collapsed in the hallway around 1:20 a.m. yesterday. This incident took place at a townhouse complex on Empringham Dr. in the Morningside and Sheppard Aves. area. As Keyon’s mother and aunt rushed to the door to attempt CPR until the ambulance arrived. Shortly after taken to the hospital, Keyon was pronounced dead. Just a year ago, Campbell was featured in the documentary EMPz for Life, which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival. Campbell is the 80th homicide in Toronto and half of the 80 homicides was a shooting death. Toronto is on track to break the 1991 record of 89 homicides in a year. Det. Hank Idsinga explained to the media that “Keyon Campbell was a young, 16-year-old boy, a bright student, employed, and an avid basketball player.” As police spent the whole day yesterday looking for evidence, they found that the shots appear to have been fired from a northerly direction. Tracks left in the snow indicate the suspect initially fled the scene on foot. Everyone around the neighborhood commented that Keyon was a good guy, he never caused any trouble, even though police knew Keyon, but it’s not because he had done crime, it’s just because he lives around the neighborhood.
I think this is horrifying news to everyone that lives in Toronto, even in Ontario. This scary incident tells us the dangerous society that we live in. A young 16-year-old boy was shot while walking out of the door; this scars me because now, every time I open my door, I am thinking, it could be my last. We’ve got to understand that this incident happened in Toronto, one of the wealthiest and safest cities in the world, and 80 homicide had happened in this year. This is a very important issue, young, innocent kids who has a bright future are being killed. Local police must pay more attention about what goes on in the streets; cop cars should roam around neighborhoods frequently to try to reduce the number of homicides that happen each year. If the other 79 homicides didn’t bring attention to the local governments, then I hope this is a wake up call to local governments that they must change the rules and pay more attention to neighborhoods.

Kids' Christmas party funds stolen

Yesterday morning, at 7:08 A.M, there was a robbery at Hunter's Horn Pub and Restaurant in Whitby. For the last few months, everyone that ate at the pub had donated money towards the salvation army to help kids and families to have a Christmas party and receive presents. The party is scheduled at 11 A.M on December 16th. The community had gathered nearly $8,000, plus another $2000 collected from two golf tournaments in pennies, dimes and nickels so that the restaurant could host its second annual Christmas party for needy children in the area. Last night, when the burglar broke into the store, the thieve(s) stole a large 5-gallon water container nearly full of cash donations. The store owner, Cindy Bawdick and Thomas Picco received a call from the police at 7:08 A.M yesterday. Police told the store owners that it was a planned robbery, the thieves came in from the side door of the restaurant, which faced one of the busiest streets of the city. The 5-gallon water container was attached to a pillar with a bicycle lock. The Dec. 16 party will go ahead for 32 needy kids from 3 to 13, on a list supplied by the Salvation Army. The children were invited with their families. Picco and his wife Cindy is committed to the cause, there is no way that they are going to cancel the event. Picco explained, “He didn't break my window. He tried to break the hearts of the kids who need our attention." Upon hearing the bad news, customers at the pub had already started to donate again, but it will be tough to re-raise $10,000 in two weeks. However, Picco and Cindy is dedicated to hosting this party of the kids in need.
I think this thieve is very inconsiderate and selfish. Stealing money which had been donated to innocent kids for Christmas is just gutless. This news just tells us about the world we live in, we live in a very nasty, selfish and greedy world, where no-one pays attention to anything that is happening around them. I hope the police will do everything in their power to catch this thieve and return the donated money to Picco for him to throw the kids a Christmas party and give out presents. This issue warns us that we must start to care about everything around us, we must not just let things slip by us and not do anything about it.

Boys, 8 and 9, charged with rape

An alleged attack on a 11 years old girl that happened on last Thursday was reported by the mother yesterday. Two boys, ages 8 and 9 were held today in a detention centre on charges of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old girl near a suburban apartment complex. Furthur more, Acworth police Capt. Wayne Dennard told the reporters that the two kids are also charged with rape, kidnapping, false imprisonment and sexual assault. They are schedualed for juvenile court this afternoon, and the police aren't willing to release the name of these two because of their age. Not only did they rape the girl, one boy also threatened to hit the girl with a rock. Though the boys are being charged; however, the farther of the 8 year old boy believe that his son was falsely accused and had not had sex with the girl. He said, and I quote, "In order to save her hide, she tried to blame it on rape." The farther believe that no violence had occoured and the farther believe that the kids were all playing together, biking or throwing balls around the apartment complex's parking lot. Everyone was surprised to hear this because the people involved are at such a young age, espicially the Acworth police. They said their department has never before investigated allegations of rape where all the parties were this young. This investigation is far from over, police will continue to investigate further into this case.
I tink this is a very serious issue that should be brought to our attention. I feel that the parents aren't careful enough with watching over thier child, allowing them to experience with the world when they don't even the the sense to understand what is right and what is wrong. When kids are exposed to the media such as music videos and violent movies, they develope a mind of violence, and they begin to think it is right to hurt others. This leads to rape, murder and violence within the young community. I think this inncident should really be a wake up for all the parents out there, to be responsible for their child, and if they see the child walking on the wrong track, they should do everything in their power to bring them back on to the right track. I think this will be able to control the amount of criminal offences that occured in young people and this will also bring safety to others around the child

Police kill unarmed man who was holding hairbrush

Last night in New York, an officer shot and killed an 18-year-old man who was believed to be armed. Today, follownig an investigation, it was found that the man was only carrying a hairbrush. This man’s name was Khiel Coppin and he was a son of a mother who called 911 following the shot. Police confirmed that Coppin was was yelling “I’ve got a gun, I’ve got a gun”. The incident happened after officers had arrived at the mother’s apartment, and when the teen refused to stop as he approched the police with a black object in his hand hidden under his shirt, the cops then fired 20 shots at the teen, killing him. Andre Wildman, who is a neighbor told the reportersm, and I qoute "The boy didn't have no gun, he had a brush on him”. Other neighbours such as Wayne Holder, suggest that police should be required to see a weapon before opening fire on a suspect. Neighbours commented on the shooting by saying “Police don’t even have to see it, if they think you got a weapon, you’re going to get shot”. When Coppion arrived at hospital, he was pronouce dead. There will be a full police investigation wheather Coppin was mentally illed or wheather his mom have tried hospitalizing Coppin before Monday. It seems there are two completely different stories about the shooting. Bystanders all agree that police started shooting Coppin because they wanted to. But, on the other hand, police told reporters that they were threaten with a man carrying a dangerous weapon.
I think this is a very serious issue, police are shooting citizens who aren’t harmful. I don’t think police had any right to open fire at this young man, he was carrying a hairbrush, that doesn’t even come close to be seen as a “dangerous” weapon. I personally think that police are just using this as an excuse for the shooting. If our justice system and people that uphold our justice system are liars and dangerous people themesevlesm, then we are facing a very serious problem. Police must be 100% sure that the man was carrying a weapon before open firing because it’s just unfair to the young man, the police basically committed mudering because they had killed a innocent citizen.

Charities organization needs a new image

Imagine Canada, one of the oldest and biggest charity groups in Canada has been around for a long time, however, the general public isn't recognizing the charity group for its efforts with sophisticated philosophizing, conferences and etc. This is because this group isn't making themselves visible for the public to see and notice, this is why a new image was called on, on October 22nd, within the Imagine Canada Charity organization to advance it's mission which is to promote public giving and volunteer contribution ... to the community". The organization propose that Imagine Canada should change it's name into something less esoteric and academic, such as the Bureau of Certified Charities. It also suggest to issue a "Seal of Certification". This means that donators can ask a charity for its "BCC Seal registration number" when considering of donating which also draws attention in the eyes of the public. I think putting a new image over the organization will definitely help to improve advertisement of the organization and improve the recongnization of the general public. This will help to increase donations from a wide-range of donators and also, with the Seal of Certification, it will benefit the organization as well as the donators, therefore, attracting more donators to donate for Imagine Canada. I have strong beliefs that Imagine Canada will quickly be recognized in the eyes of the public after the new image is put in!

Pakistan turmoil may raise risks of Canada's Afghan mission: MacKay

Defence minister for Canada, Peter MacKay told reporters that the growing uncertainty in Pakistan can send refugees into Afghanistan, which therefore, increasing the risk of facing Canadian Soldiers. MacKay criticized Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's proclamation of a state of emergency rule and suspension of the country's constitution on Saturday. However, Musharraf retaliated by saying that the action was taken to curb extremism. MacKay told reporters on Saturday and I quote, “We see this very much as a step in the wrong direction, and We certainly condemn the move away from the democratic principles, respect for rule of law."Since the release of this new law on Saturday, 1,500 people have been arrersted in Pakistan, including opposition leaders and activists. 350 of the 1500 people were lawyers arrested while protesting Musharraf's actions at courts across the country Monday morning. Peter MacKay told reporters that significant turmoil in Pakistan could cause a flood of unemployed, angry people returning to their homeland where these people would become prey for Taliban recruiters. The thing that MacKay is currently most worried about is the number of recruits Tabliban can draw from the refugee camps just inside the border of Pakistan. Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier has sent a "strong statement" to Pakistan, so has the U.S and Britain and other Western countries.
I think the President Musharraf’s decision on a state of emergency rule and the suspoension of the country’s constitution is a amature decision which has not been carefully thought about. Placing this rule will ultimatley anger Pakistan citizens who are living in refugee camps just inside the border of Pakistan and these citizens can become easy targets for Tabliban to recruit. This causes problems and brings danger to Canadian soldiers who are patrolling the neighbouring country, Afghnastan. Also, as the world is advancing and changing their government into a democratic government, and the suspend from constitution will be a upset to the economy of the country, as well as to the people of Pakistan. As stats shows, over the period of 3 days, more than 1500 people has retaliated against this rediculious rule, and I hope President Musharraf come to his senses before his government gets over thrown.

Daughters Call 911 On Speeding Dad

On Saturday night, a man named Robert Montoya, who is 52 was arrested for drunk driving with three young passengers trapped in the vehicle, and two of the three passengers were his own children. With desperation and fear in hand, one of the daughter was left with no other choice but to dial 911 for help. Before calling for help, the daughter had said to his dad: "Dad slow down, you're driving 90, Dad slow down, Dad pull over!" When the girls pledged the dad to slow down and pull over, not only did he not stop, he drove even faster. After the arrest, police found out the Montoya had five previous DWI arrests. During custody, he was charged with one more count of DWI and three counts of abandonment or abuse of a child.
I think the daughter had done the right thing, though many other children wouldn't or can't do the same to their dad. I hope this action taken by the girl will be drilled into Montoya's head and make him realize what's important. It's very dangerous to get behind the wheels drunk, it puts other drivers in danger, let alone his children. Though some parents might seem old, but they're still not mature enough to handle the responsibilities of being a parent and knowing what's important. I hope this will be a wake up call for Montoya and for all the other parents in the world who still don't know their priorities.

China's Communist party unveils new team

It seems like China is sticking to the same president as the last five years. Hu Jintao won a second consecutive five-year term in office, as China's Communist party chief today. With a new era, comes a new lineup that features potential successors, but yet, it could invite a divisive battle to succeed him. During this new era, Hu’s signature policy programme is to help the poor and saw the retirement of a key rival. I quote “We are fully aware of our difficult tasks and great responsibilities," Hu said as he introduced the new nine-man Politburo standing committee, the party's most powerful body. Hu’s ability to manage his policy and making it happen will determine how united the party is in dealing with tension over the yawning gap between the rich and poor in the country. However, if he does manage to stick to his policy and goal, he will be able to turn his attention and money on health, education and other services which had beed negelacted in the headlong drive for economic suceess and growth.
I am shocked by the outcome of the election, yet happy of the result. Hu Jintao has been a great chief of China, and has led China to the glory road, from my own opinion. China is developing and spending quickly and with the same leader in office helps because there won’t be much changes made and growth of China can progress at the same speed. I support Hu’s policy towards helping the poor and decrease the gap between the rich and the poor because it can really affect China’s economy in the future. If Hu can manage this big tension, he will be favored by the majority of the people of China and he will have more time on his hands to imporve health care and education in China which are also crucial for the growth of China. I believe Hu Jintao and his new team will continue to lead China into prosperity and wealth!

Children find body of a child in a suitcase in a park in Australia

On Wednesday, a report came in from Sydney, Australia informing us that a group of 10 children between the age of 10 to 12 that was playing in a park which is surrounded by houses and is a spot for picnics, walking and cycling. on Wednesday, picked up a suitcase which was floating in a pond, and found the body of a youngster inside. Immediately, police divers searched the pond and found potential witnesses for clues to who the youngster was and how he died. Detective Chief Inspector Gary Clark told reporters that identifying the body was difficult because it had been in the water for some time. But officials were sure that the boy was between the age of 5-10 years old. A forensic examination of the body would start on Thursday.

After reading this article, the first question that come to my mind is “how could anyone be sick enough to do this?”. I think this is a sad, scary and serious issue happening in our world. Upon finding the youngster, no one was even able to identify him, and everyone in the world is saying how we need to protect the young and old but it’s all talk, and talk is weak. A child who possibly didn’t even live to the age of 10 was killed in a briefcase, does he deserve it? NO! He has just as much right to live as anybody else in the world, and this tells me how much the world really cares about others. I think us, humans, must wake up and noticed the real danger instead of fighting some dumb war in Iraq!

Hitler's globe going up for auction

This article about auctioning Hitler’s valuable objects such as his globe came in this morning. When Hitler died in World War II, soldiers who survived the war had looted his private residence, even stripping the leather from Hitler’s furniture. Nearly everything of value was taken by soldiers, except for the fuehrer's globe! John Barsamian, now 91 is the owner/holder of this precious item. When he found this precious item he was a 28 year old chief warrant and he had kept it for more than 60 years since the war in his home in Oakland, and now, he is putting this artefact up for sell. Hitler’s Globe isn’t the only valuable object he found after the war, he also found all the military paperwork that allowed him to bring it back to the United States, including a certificate that reads "1 Global Map, German, Hitler's Eagle Nest." John Barsamian found the globe in May 1945 in Berghof, which is the home of Hitler in the Bavarian Alps town of Berchtesgaden. John didn’t want anyone to know about the globe, therefore, he only told his close friends who mentioned it. He told the reporter that “Hardly anyone knew I had it”. But after beating cancer and burying his wife, Viola in 2004, he is ready to give up the globe and let the world know about it. The globe is expected to have a value of $15,000 to $20,000 during the auction.
I think this is very cool to know that someone still has valuable items from the war, especially if it belongs to Hitler. Being able to possess an item for such a long time is quite impressive, considering it’s from the war time. I think we are quite fortunate to know that people like John is willing to share precious items such as this globe to the world instead of keeping it a secret and end up losing a important piece of historical item forever. This is a very important piece of historical item and people can learn a lot from this globe. Though I have never seen this globe, so I wouldn’t know the condition of the globe, but, I still think that this globe should be worth more for the amount of historical information that this globe contains; we never know, but this globe may allow us to learn more about Hitler, and his tactics used during the war. Anyhow, I think who ever buys this globe during the auction should feel honoured and proud and should try his best to keep the globe in the best condition possible.

More lead found in Chinese-made toys

Today afternoon, a report came in from the associated press, recalling that more than half-million Chinese-made products have more than the stated amount of led in them, including "Pirates of the Caribbean" and Baby Einstein toys, because they contain dangerous levels of lead. These are just a few toys among the 555,200 products recalled, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday afternoon. Toys and products that contain large amount of led are imported and sold by Toys “R” Us Inc. and also, variety of wooden toys and products sold by KB toys Inc. Even aluminums water bottles, imported and sold by the sports authority Inc. Energizer Canada Inc. told reporters that the leather strap attached to the medallion squeeze light contained paint with lead levels exceeding the amount prescribed by Canadian regulations. Energizer Canada Inc. said that about 10,500 lights were distributed in Canada. These products were assembled in China between July 2006 and May 2007 and were sold at retail stores at the beginning of September. Under current U.S. regulations, children's products found to have more than 0.06 per cent lead accessible to users are subject to a recall. The recall also included cups shaped like Frankenstein's head with high levels of lead in their surface paint which can be dangerous when a person drinks out of the cup. Even products that aren’t for kids contain high level of lead in them, including bookmarks, and journals with lead-tainted surface point. The number of highly toxic lead products included in the recall is shocking: About 79,000 "Pirates of the Caribbean" medallion squeeze lights, imported by the Eveready Battery Co; About 15,000 Totally Me! Funky Room Decor Sets, manufactured by Hong Kong-based CKI Toys and imported by Toys "R" Us Inc; About 10,000 wooden Pull-Along Alphabet & Math Blocks wagons, Pull-Along Learning Blocks wagons imported by KB toys Inc; About 63,000 green, plastic cups shaped like Frankenstein's head, imported by Dollar General Merchandising Inc; About 192,000 key chains imported by Dollar General Merchandising Inc; About 150,000 bookmarks and journals, imported by Antioch Publishing; About 11,200 Alpine Design aluminium water bottles imported by The Sports Authority Inc.
I personally think this is a very big problem for Canada. With products that contain high levels of lead in them can harm not only children, but even adults with health problems. Young child are very weak inside and has no defence with germs and toxic materials, especially when young infants like to suck, or bite on lego blocks, or toys. Consuming large amount of lead can endanger kids, causing problems to the kid, internally. With Canada being one of the best countries to live in, I think it’s about time that Canada bring up their standards for security with the products being imported into the country. We all know that most of our products, rather it’s toys, cups, or bags, mostly are imported from China, and if China is doing a bad job making products, then it becomes a huge problem for Canada and will have a negative impact in the market for Canada. The foreign trade association of Canada should also warned their world trading partners, especially China to make healthy, non-toxic products.

Troops kill Afghan civilian

Yesterday in Kandahar, a Canadian soldier “'accidentally'” fired a single round on a motorcycle. A Afghan man was killed and the young passenger in the car was seriously injured, which was immediately taken to the Afghan national police to the hospital in Kandahar City. Right after the shot, the Canadian convoy stopped immediately to perform rescue and provide aid. It was made clear that the shot was not caused by enemy in sight. The patrol experienced an equipment malfunction, which resulted in an accidental discharge from a weapon system. The young boy who was injured during the shot was transferred to the military hospital at Kandahar Airfield, where he underwent surgery. After the accident, there was some conflict in the information told by the military and the boy's family. The military said the man who was shot was around 35 with a 8 years-old young boy in the passenger seat, but t. Large red signs on the front of all military vehicles warn drivers to keep away. he family said that the two people in the car were brothers, one was 18 or 19 and the other was 12. No is sure of the age of the two injured citizens yet, but a full investigation will be taking place. It is said that Canadian military will be meeting with the victim’s family soon. Civilian casualties have been a source of scathing Afghan criticism for foreign troops. Public announcement and large red signs on the front of all military vehicles all warn drivers to keep away and stay in a fair distance towards military vehicles. If a civilian vehicle gets too close to military vehicles who are patrolling the city streets, the military vehicle will sound off a warming alarm, and if the civilian vehicle continues to advance, the military vehicle will shoot warning shots in to the sky.
Danger and fear is common in anyone, including citizens, even a soldier when entering a foreign country, let alone to patrol the city streets. Though the shot that was "accidentally" fired yesterday, it still caused a great amount of conflict between the military and the citizens of Afghan. I think this accident should've never happened because no matter what the military says, it's still their responsibilities to keep their weapons under good condition and should know everything about their weapon. Reports say that it was because of weapon malfunction; well, if the soldier had check the weapon before-hand, no citizen of Afghan would be killed or injured. The more "accident" shots that come out of a soldiers gun, the more tension it will create between foreign military and the citizens of Afghan, and sooner or later, there will be rebellion from the citizens. Watching out for suicide bombers can be supported, but rounds being fired through weapon malfunctioning is not an excuse and I think it is not fair to the citizens of Afghan to walk or drive on the streets with fear and danger always at the back of their mind.

Town torn over 'confession' by accused killer arsonist, 10

On Monday, October 1st, in the morning, a 1o-year-old boy from a small town of Ohio was charged with arson and murder in the deaths of his mother and four others, when he set blaze the duplex that he was living in on September the 16th. He; however, was able to escape the fire with out any injuries. The boy's attorny David Rohrer, told Darke County Juvenile Court Judge Michael McClurg on Monday morning. Sadly, during the fire, his mother, Chanan Palmer; his half-sister Kaysha, 8, and three children of Christy Winans: Kayla Winans, 6; Je'Shawn Davis, 5; and Jasmine Davis, 3 weren't able to escape the fire, which led to the death of these innicient people. The duplex became a raging inferno within five minutes. Winans' mother, Sabrina Jones, screamed at the boy's supporters outside the court on Monday by saying, "My grandkids didn't even see the ago of 10." William Zink described the boy's situation to the public, he told the reporters that the boy was overcomming difficulties when his step-farther past away with the sickness of AIDS. Zink also said that the boy had no bed to sleep on, he was sleeping on a couch in the duplex. The charges has been passed on, the boy will now be under house arrest and staying with grandmother Tammy Reed. The judge had no intention in altering the charges of the boy which are: one juvenile count of arson and five counts of murder. The arson count carries a minimum of one to three years in detention. The murder counts could keep the boy in custody until age 21.
I think this is a horrible thing to happen to any family, because it's devestating, espicially to the Winans family. It's a horrific thing to lose all three of your children, espicially when it was a 10-year-old boy who set the fire. She can't possibly do anything more to the boy than what it has already been done. On top of this, having three dozen of people waiting outside the court, showing support to the boy, I can understand the frusteration that is going on within the Winanas family. Sepetmber 16th was a horrible day for the small town of Ohio, with all excuses set aside, 4 innicent people were killed, and three of them being small children who hasn't even reach the age of 10 yet. Issues like this should never happen, even though the boy is only 10, he is still old enough to understand, and even he doesn't, his family should guide him and prevent events like this from happening. This issue tells that world that no matter where we come from or what we are doing, we should be looking out for each other, guiding one another from walking off to different tracks, this can bring danger into our society and community!

Second stabbing near school

Yesterday in late afternoon, around 3:30 p.m, a 16-year-old boy was stabbed and serious damaged after a second stabbing near a Toronto high school. The boy from Mother Teresa high school was found laying on the pavement with drenching blood, and was immediatly taken to the hospital, but the boy had non-life-threatening stab wounds to his chest, luckily. This 16 year-old victim just transferred to Mother Teresa last month. A group of teens were found at the scence but refused to talk to the police about the stabbing. Residents around the area told reporters that they didn't find this inccident to be surprising. A man told the reporter that these incidents have been going on for years, and these kids make the town-house residents look bad by bringing the problems to the townhouse area. Cris Bobadilla, who graduated from the high school seven years ago told the reporter that fifteen years ago, anyone can ride a bike late at night and don't have to be scared or worried. Yesterday's stabbing happen to be just in front of Bobadilla's home. This area has been a very messy place with fights always going on and people wanting to stab each other, mostly because people snitches on someone else.
From my personal opinion, I think that our world is turning into a scary one, kids have been manipulated by the media and the public. Before, kids were never thought to be a threat to anyone or anything, but now, teens like us are threatenting others and stabbing others because of someone snitched on a teacher or police. We've also got to keep in mind that we are talking about Canada, a free and safe country, haven from danger, and yet, we still have kids in Toronto our age, stabbing even shooting at others. We must wake up and get out of comfortable life and start changing the world, starting from small things such as schools such as Mother Teresa, because if we don't take action, our comfortable life will soon become a nightmare!

Tens of thousands march through Yangon

Last night, which was Asia's Monday, in Yangoon, Mynanmer's, tens of thousands of anti-government citizens took action to march against the government. This was the largest protest in almost 2 decads. There was about 10,000 monks in the protest, joined by thousands of students and other citizens, to form a total population of at least 30,000 to 100,000. The reason this protest had happened was because in August, when the government decided to double the gas price which had shocked the people of Mynanmer's. The last time Yangon witnessed such a large gathering was in 1988. Military crack down on the event as the same time, killing 3,000 protesters. Protesters fears that the government is about to crack down the event once again, but the government of Mynanmer is underpressure from China to avoid the crackdown. The reason China is putting pressure to avoid the crackdown is because China is a big supporter for the junta as the world knows, and allowing this crackdown would not have a good impression on China as they are the host for next year's olympic games. Other protesters are afraid that the military will use force soon, but Aung Naing Oo, a former student leader told CBC that as the protesters continue to march through the streets, there will be fewer options for the military. Even local celeberties such as actor Kyaw Thu and comedian Zargana had given support to the protesters on Monday. Celeberties provided the protesters with food and water. Kyaw Thu told reporters that they are also buddhist, and they will do everything they can to take care of the protesters as the protesters are doing alot on behalf of the people of Mynamer.

Though I don't think protesting would have a good reflection on the country; however, I totally support the protest of the monks agains the government. The government are inconsiderate, inresponsible and unreasonable for rasing the fuel price. This puts more pressure on the citizens in order to afford a car and pay the fuel price. The purpose of rasing the gas price was to make more money for the government and I think that is really wrong, espicially when controlling a country. If I was a citizen of Mynamer, I would join personally join the protest against the government without a doubt. With presure from China to avoid crack down, I think this protest will work and convince the government to lower the gas price, if not, the protest should continue to go on until the government is willing to stop being greedy and work towards benefits for the people and citizens of Mynamer.

Tricks to help you eat healthfully on the road

About 10 days ago, a report on helping business travelers to eat healthily while travelling. Business travelers are often too busy to care about what they eat and drink. This is not a good idea, doesn't matter how busy you are, your body is the most important thing, but business travelers don't see this. Business travelers are often eating fast food, catching a cheeseburger to go, in order to make a meeting, or catch a flight. Doing this once or twice isn't a bad thing, but if eating cheeseburgers daily, you will suffer from the amount of sugar and fats. Expert Susan Levin says that everyone should try to say as hydrated as possible and eat as much fibre as possible. Experts understand that sometimes, travelers can get really busy and forget about nutrition, that's why Susan suggests that travelers plan ahead of time; to bring home made food. Expert Susan says in order to stay healthy and hydrated, travelers must eat a lot of high-fibre, and low fat food like fruit and vegetables. When going on flights, she suggest to pack pita bread, nuts and dried fruit because it's efficient and easy to carry on the plane. For travelers that are driving, the opportunity to eat healthy meals becomes easier, packing tons of water and stopping once in a while to grab fresh fruit in order to stay hydrated and prevent from eating food containing fats and sugar. Report says that even eating outside in dinner restaurants can be unhealthy because of the fat and sugar in the meal. Experts says that in order to prevent this from happening, order food like grilled chicken, or vegetables. These meals all contain low-fats, high-fibre and low-calories. The report is also saying that now, even fast food restaurants has healthy food like salad, fresh fruit and vegetables or grilled chicken. So, there is no excuse not to maintain a healthy body while traveling on business trips.
I think that this is a great suggestion and tips to give to business travelers. Because these business man are so into making money, they look at their body as a second priority, which is wrong. I know because my father is also a business man and he is always gone early in the morning and return late at night, though he is eating good meals outside, he still isn't aware of the amount of fat and sugar he is consuming. A long-term cycle like this can bring the bodies energy level down, also, increasing weight on the body. The increase in the amount of sugar and fat consumed, can lead to the disease diabetes. Though, more and more people are paying attention to this issue, there are still many out there who aren’t receiving the message. My suggestion for travelers is to really take care of themselves and watch out for the junk food and try to avoid eating it if you can!

Oldest man, 112, wants to live forever

Earlier today, the world's oldest man marked his 112th birthday in south-western Japan. He told reporters and well-wishers that he wants to live and have an infinite birthdays. This man was Tomoji Tanabe, and he was born on September 18th, in 1895. He took the title "Oldest man" when Emiliano Mercado Del Toro, of Puerto Rico past away last January, who was 115 and held the title of "the Oldest man" before he past away. For being the world's oldest man, Tomoji Tanabe received a certificate from the Guinness world records, verifying him as the oldest man in the world. This man was also congratulated and received a bouquet from the major of Miyakonojo City in Miyazaki, which is the place Tanabe lives in. Tomoji is in good health and condition, he still drinks milk everyday and take no alcohol or smoking. The number of people aged 100 and over has almost quadrupled in the past 10 years in Japan.
From my personal opinion, I think this that Japan is becoming a very strong country, rapidly. As the world progresses every day, so is Japan individually. As you can see from statistics, Japan’s health rate has goon up by a lot over the past 10 years. This is telling us that Japan is becoming a dominant country in the world. Having the world’s oldest person living in Japan promotes a great deal of living condition in Japan and this could be a pull factor as for immigration and have more skilled workers to come into Japan. Japan was always a strong country with good living conditions, but with world’s oldest living in Japan, provides a bonus for promoting the country as a whole and Japan is not far from being a dominant country in the future.

China to cut back on executions

On Friday, Septermber 14th, an report came in from a reporter, informing us that Beijing China, has ended a 23-year-old practice which allowed execution to be made through provincial courts in China. The government of China has ordered judges to use death penalties lighter if the criminal cooperates with authorities. China’s death punishment and execution is more than the rest of the world combined. Quote- "Capital punishment should only be given to an extremely small number of serious offenders.” This was said on the Supreme court’s web site. This new order was sent out to provincial courts on Wednesday. When a criminal is put on death sentence, usually, the criminal should get a two-year reprieve which is a penalty that often commuted to life when execution-criminals behave well in jail. Death sentence in China is usually given out to economic, nonviolent and political crimes. An example of Economic capital punishment in China can be on Tuesday, when a former official of the Agriculture bank of China was executed because he took bribes and embezzling bank funds of 15 million yuan ($2 million U.S). About 80% of the world’s capital punishment comes from China. Now, the capital punishment in China requires the approval of the Supreme People’s Court to approve all death sentences.
Upon reading this issue, I think China should stick with the old law for capital punishment because there’s too much crime going on in China, and having mercy upon serious criminals can lead to prison break, or the criminals can influence other criminals who aren’t as bad while in jail. I understand that there might be mistakes from capital punishment, like having the wrong prove for the criminal but if it’s the only way to run the country in a orderly fashion, then it must be done. If China follows the new law for capital punishment, it will take a very long time for each criminal to be convicted. Because China is a very populated place, the government cannot be democratic or even come close to democratic because this will slow down the process of passing on laws or punishments. I was born in China, and I have seen the number of crimes committed and it’s quite scary to see people being robbed, killed, or raped. So I think in order to keep the Chinese citizen under control and have the country run smoothly, China must switch back to the old law regarding capital punishment to control the amount of crimes that goes on in China!

Police officer killed, 3 others wounded

It is truly a nice day, the sky is blue and the clouds are white. But this isn't the case down in Miami, U.S.A. Earlier today in Miami, four Miami-Dade County, Florida, police was were shot during a traffic stop. One of the four police officers died after trying to rescue him, the other 3 were just injured by gun shots. Later, witnesses identifed the suspect to be Shawn Sherwin Labeet. He is 25 years old and he is considered to be dangerous and armed. The Miami-Dade County police said that the suspect was a crazy driver and when the police try to stop him, he fired a rapid high-power rifle and later, witnesses told reporters that it sounded like a machine gun. ''This is a very sad day for us. We need to get this guy,'' Alvarez told The Miami Herald. Indeed it is, that's why at least 200 law enforcement officers are searching for the gunman, also, Several law enforcement agencies including the FBI, are also part of this investigation now. Even a Black hawk helicopter has been employed to help. Quote, Cutler Bay Mayor Paul Vrooman said "This is not entertainment. This is tragedy."
I think this is a tragedy and a very sad day to the United States, and espically to the officer's family. This officer was a brave man indeed. It takes a lot of courage for a man to stop a man who is dangerous and armed and I think the officer has done his job to the fullest. We must pay respect and attention to this officer who gave up his life in order to save the city. We must learn from public heros like this police officer. Most of the people in the world don't pay much attention to police officers because they don't think they are as important, but really, they are the heros of our community and they are the ones giving up their lifes to save others. This suspect must be stopped and caught, so the law enforcement agencies must use every option they have to catch this guy, or else, this officer would've given his life up for nothing because this suspect is still out there robbing and harming innocent citizens. This day has brought dome upon the family of this past-away officer, but let his bravery and courage always be remeber. I believe if everyone in the world had the bravery and the courage of this officer, the world would be a better place!

Group: We fired Israel rocket

Yesterday, in southern Isreal, a tragedy happened to the civilian and the military of the northwestern Negev. A man named Islamic Jihad had launched a shrapnel-packed, long range missile which has a fire range of 15km, into the the Isreali military base from Gaza City. This missiles were called Quad missles. Later, we found out from a spokesman whose name was Abu Hamza that Jihad will intensify its attack on Israli military and it's civilians. Later, Islamic Jihad finnally claimed his responsibility on Tuesday's attack with the Popular Resistance Committee, which is a group created to protect the Palestinian military. Druing this attack, 69 soldiers were injured in total. 59 of the 69 soldiers sustained minor injuries. Later, the IDF reported that 4 civilians were also injurded when the missle shell landed on their house.
I personally think that this is an important issuse to the world and also between the two countries that are in conflict. This shows the world that everyone lives in a dangerous world, though everyone thinks that they are safe, because they have a millitary protecting them which is not true just like this issue about Isreal. This issue is informing the world that as a citizen of our own country and a citizen to the world, we must come together and act up on the dangerous battles that is going on today, in our world. Issues like this cannot happen in the future, because inicent people are getting injured and hurt for something that they aren't accountable for. Many countries are always think of peace as a symbol for the world, but little battles like these that happen every day are causing many casualties in the world. We always say to learn from the past, but sometimes, we should learn from the present too. I think that Jihad should be severly punished for the attack on the isreali army, so the next time he puts a army in japordy, he will think twice before he act.