Violent Protests in Bangladesh

                This past week in Bangladesh 22 people died because of protesting against the anti-blasphemy law. Not only were 22 people killed but many stores and businesses were vandalized during this huge protest. These people causing the protest wanted a law passed about anti blasphemy. I think that the people protesting want the church mixed in with the state a little too much. Granted that it is not the United States, the government over here runs pretty well for the most part, maybe they should take note. The economy over here is not that great but you do not hear of such violent acts over here about different religious views, so maybe if they separate religion for their government they will reduce the level of violence and violent related deaths as well.

                I think that they need to get the aggression and violence under control in countries in the Middle East and across Europe so things like this, 22 dead, does not happen as much as it truly does. It is just awful to hear about these violent stories all the time and mostly because of religious views. And I know it sounds a little ridiculous but why can’t they just open their minds to others religions enough before more violent acts and death occur. You don’t have to agree with it but my goodness nobody should have to die because of their beliefs! Maybe where they are from they shouldn’t try to enforce them or try to persuade others to believe what they do but that shouldn’t mean that they should change their views because that is not what the majority of the country believes. Just because someone’s beliefs are the minority does not mean that they should be persecuted for their beliefs. In conclusion I just think that they should not mix religion so much with their government and maybe these violent acts wouldn’t happen as much. (318)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/07/world/asia/two-days-of-riots-in-bangladesh-turn-deadly.html?ref=world&_r=0

Egypt's Overpopulation

                In the past few years Egypt's tourist rate has gone down along with its economy and one of the reasons they are saying this is happening in because of the major increase in the Egyptians birthrate. Egypt is trying not to talk about this huge population increase and to stop advertising awareness. The new president is trying to raise money for the Family Planning organizations throughout the country but medical officials are in disagreement with the government about the situation. They think that it is poor economy and poor government skills for the lowered economy. The government is trying to raise awareness on contraceptives to lower the birth rate and the increase population.

                I think that the government is doing a good job in trying to raise awareness of contraceptives to slow down the population increase. I don’t like that medical experts are blaming the government for the population increase and saying that it is the governments fault for the poor economy but high population is a problem for many countries across the world and to be completely honest It has nothing to do with the government. If it has become a major issue then everyone needs to take part and help stop what is going on. Granted that over population is not necessarily the worst problem, people are bringing in new lives but if they cannot take care of them then it is no good. When they grow up they may have wished they had never been born if they are living a life of misery. No one wants to live that way, with stuffed streets and no one can find jobs so they are living on the streets. It sounds horrible. So everyone should be helping to end the over population and the government should keep what they are doing up, promoting the contraceptives and advertising awareness. (309)

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/world/middleeast/as-egypt-birthrate-rises-population-policy-vanishes.html?ref=world&_r=0

Afghanistan Suicide Bombing

                On Monday there was what reports are saying a Taliban bombing in the middle of an Afghanistan street that tragically killed nine and wounded 29 people. The bombing killed a police man which is supposedly the alleged target and civilians that were standing nearby, diplomats and officials were also killed in the bombing. They say that there was no specific target which is what makes this case so unique and is why they is still an ongoing investigation. They think that the Taliban (if that is who did it) was targeting the public as well as the police because they are trying to influence the oncoming election.

                When I first read this article I was confused as to why these bombings keep happening. This has just got to stop. You would think that the people of the Taliban would start realizing that these bombings are not getting them ANYWHERE! It is ridiculous! You have been trying for years and it hasn’t gotten you anywhere except a bad rep and innocent dead people. I am so incredibly sick of constantly hearing about places being bombed and innocent civilians, police and army men being killed. My god this has got to stop there is absolutely no point! It is not getting you anywhere and it sure as hell isn’t helping anyone else. I also think the government needs to be more involved in getting the Taliban to stop and stopping the spread of the Taliban beliefs. I understand that it is easier said than done but something has got to be done if so many innocent people are dying. They need to be put in their place. Give them a taste of their own freaking medicine and stop the retaliation they will be planning before it happens. I am just really sick of hearing about innocent people dying over something as trivial as politics, it shouldn’t and doesn’t have to be going this damn far. (323)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/world/asia/suicide-bomb-pakistan.html?ref=world

Assassination Attempt of Syria's Prime Minister

                On Monday Syria’s Prime Minister was almost assassinated by a car bomb while visiting Mezze. The Prime Minister was not hurt because he was in a few buildings down but it was close to his convoy and one of his body guards did unfortunately pass away in the car bomb explosion. This has not been the first attack on higher government in Syria; there was an attack at gunpoint on the higher chief of coordinator of emergency aid distribution to civilians who was killed. Is this a coincidence or are the people of Syria really getting sick of their government so much that they are willing to assassinate many or all of the higher government until they find someone they want to run their country.

                When I read this article I was surprised to hear that there was an attempt to kill the Prime Minister only a week after they had killed another high government official. I think that Syria needs to start worrying about their own country before going and starting war with another. Obviously the people of Syria are not too enthused by their government otherwise they would not be trying to assassinate so many of them. It is not normal two hear of two attempts of assassination over the span of a few weeks, one of them being successful. Maybe it was one person, if they haven’t caught the person who killed the chief coordinator but maybe they should be keeping a better eye on the civilians then. They should not be worrying about war with other countries or bombing other countries when they cannot event control their own country or the people in their country. I think this shows a huge missing piece in the government and law in Syria. It sounds like the people aren’t satisfied so maybe they should be worrying about that then then the other people around them. (316)

 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/world/middleeast/syria-war-developments.html?ref=world

Cargo Ship Crash off the Coast of Greece

                Recently in Greece there was a collision 80 miles away from the city of Methoni between two cargo ships. There were 17 crew men on the one ship and 16 on the other. The mysterious thing about this entire collision is that 7 of the crew members are missing after the ship sank 7 minutes after being hit and no one knows what really caused the collision in the first place. The crew members from the other ship have all come out to be okay and even helped the Greek coast guard to find the missing men, kind of sounds suspicious to me…

                When I first read this article I was surprised especially about how this happened in the first place. It is not very often that you hear about cargo ships hitting each other, let alone for no apparent reason? They reported that the seas were very calm right after the crash and have been for the past few days which makes this story sound even more suspicious. I cannot imagine what were to happen. Was it on purpose, crashing into each other? If so why? Were they secretly feuding? Was it really just two boats crashing into each other because they were on the same track? If they were on the same track how on earth did that happen? Don’t they track the way they are going and have communication systems for who is out at sea so things like this do not occur? This story just does not sound right; I think they need to find out what was going on and how they crashed into each other. These cargo ships should not have crashed into each other if they were following the right tracks that they were supposed to be on. I hope that Greece investigates and finds out what really happened on the water that day. (311)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/world/europe/ship-collision-off-greece.html?ref=world&_r=0

Greece's Economic Crash

    In the past five years Greece’s economy has dropped by 20 percent and the unemployment rate is at 27 percent which is the lowest currently in Europe. This leads up to what has been happening recently in the schools at Greece, the children are coming to school starving and are rummaging through trash to find extra food to eat. They have interviewed a principal at one of the schools and even he sees the changes in the students at the school he can even recall a student who doubled over from the hunger pains he was experiencing. Parents are having a hard time in this new and lowering economy and are struggling to hold down jobs. Some have gone through they are saving and are living on next to nothing currently.

   This is such a sad story to read, and what makes it even worse is that it is happening in places all over the world. So many countries are going through hard times right now economically and now children are suffering, going hungry, so bad that they are digging through the garbage to find food! Not only is this affecting the hunger of the children but their family life as well. Some parents have found that at this moment they cannot take care of their children properly and have to take them to care centers where they can be fed every day and where they are well taken care of. This not only hurts the children but the parents of the children because they feel bad for having to give up their children and not being able to take care of them while the kids don’t understand why they cannot be with their parents at this time. They need their parents in their life, but currently they can’t afford it and that is so terribly sad. I hope that soon Greece’s economy will rise so the parents can give their children back and so the kids do not have to suffer any more. (334)

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/15/world/europe/greece-economic-orphans/index.html?iref=allsearch 

Chinese Gang Kills 15

                This past Tuesday in China, 21 people were killed because of a Chinese gang. Fifteen of the people killed were forced into a house at the force of a sword by the gang and that house was later set on fire with all of them inside. The rest of those killed were part of the gang that were killed after fighting with police and security guards after they were caught with what they were doing. According to this article this region where this incident occurred is very prone to violence and it has gotten worse over the past two years.

                When I first read this story I was shocked and I was angry that this happened in the first place. The fact that there is a group of people in this world who are willing to burn 15 innocent people alive just for sheer pleasure is just sickening to me. Not to mention they lost their own lives because they thought they were in the right and were not willing to pay their consequences. This is ridiculous. If things like this and other violent acts are currently happening in this part of China then why hasn’t the government more involved. This should not be happening period. Group massacres of 15 people? And the government isn’t getting super involved in this part of town. They should be police patrolling the streets constantly and anyone who is associate with the gang should be incarcerated, they are witnesses and in the case of legal action acting “blind” to the situations going on. That is illegal and they should be put in jail for it. Maybe if they start cleaning up one of the other gangs this will help decrease at least some of the gang activity that is constantly going on, this has got to end. (304)