North Korea prepares to launch “Satellite”

February 24, 2009, North Korea – North Korea announced that they were about to launch a “communications satellite”. The North Korean media announced that they were in “preparations to launch an experimental communications satellite are now making brisk headway.” North Korea had never stated the date of the experiment. They proclaimed that they will launch a satellite called Kwangmyongsong 2 into space. The North Korean media believed that the successful launch will be considered as “another giant stride forward in building an economic power.” U.S. and South Korean doubt that the North Korean’s intention. U.S. believed that they might be developing a long range missile that could hit them. South Korea’s Defense Minister stated that the North was arranging a missile test, not a satellite launch. A senior researcher at the state-backed Korean Institute of Defense Analyses trusted that the launch is now unavoidable after the North Korean’s announcement. He believed that North Korean will always test their experiments before publicizing it. The example would be the nuclear test in 2006, they had tested the nuclear warhead first, then publicizing it to the rest of the world. North Korea’s previous test had violated the United Nation’s rules and regulations about prohibition of future missile launches since 1718. South Korea’s Foreign Ministry had forewarned that North Korean launch would defy the regulation. A senior analyst of Jane’s Defense Weekly, Joseph Bermudez, was an specialist in studying on North Korea’s missile programs. He indicated that even though the North Koreans were not developing missiles but launching satellites, this would improve their technology. If a country could launch a satellite, this meant that they are capable of launching missiles. Bermudez believe that the North Korean could be launching any time.
Ever since reading the North Korean nuclear test had already horrified me in 2006. Few days ago, finding out the Iranians developing nuclear arms, claiming it was for energy source not weaponry terrified me too. Now, the North Korean are developing a more sophisticated weaponry for war was completely petrified me. I trust that North Korea was developing satellites. But even though they are developing satellites, they were using the research on satellites to build missiles. This satellite might be a missile launching computer system that helps missiles to direct to its targets specifically. I am afraid that North Korea might be arming their country to prepare for war, declaring war on the U.N. If North Korea could not be stopped, there might be a possibility of a World War 3: The Nuclear War. To stop the North Korean from that, the United Nations could be sending in ambassadors into North Korea and ask them to stop. The main reason North Korea is developing these weaponry was because that they are weak and they don’t want other people to know. Just like a barking dog that never bites. They want to show the rest of the world they are all-powerful but they are trying to pretend like something else. They are weak. The United Nations should give them a helping hand on transforming them to a more civilized and developed country. If these plans could not work, I am afraid that this might lead to war. The one starting the war might be either side first, the United Nations; trying to stop North Korea from developing more dangerous weaponry. Or North Korea; their conquest of world domination. Hopefully this will be settled with talks, not with lives. Stop, North Korea, we know that you are pretending something you will never be...without our help.

Hyperlink: http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-24-voa14.cfm

Four Coalition Members killed in Action

February 24, 2009, Kabul, Afghanistan— Today, four associates of the coalition force and an Afghan civilian were annihilated by a bomb that was hit by their vehicles, according to the United States military. The catastrophe had occurred when these soldiers were on a tour of duty with the Afghan National Security Forces. In addition, there was a small combat between the militants and the Afghan National Army Soldiers. The Afghan National Army soldiers, who were backed up by the coalition’s strength, were able to kill 16 militants during a fight in a scouting investigation in the Helmand province. According to the US military, while the troops were policing the area, their party were ambushed. The soldiers counter attacked with snipers and dead eyes while the militants used firing mortars and grenade launchers. After this small battle, the soldiers took the number of improvised bombs that the militants possessed. The end of this fight was a defeat for the militants. The U.S. Forces-Afghanistan’s spokesperson believed that the militants will mislay their competence in operating the Hemland province.

This was a victory for the U.S. military. I hope that the Afghanistan militarist movements will come to an end. I hope that the U.S. military will return peace back to Afghanistan, restoring the paradise back to this land. I hope that this conflict will soon be over. However, the U.S. military still need to be cautious about the militants. Not only, they need to look out for ambushes and other dangerous accidents, they must make sure they tie up all loose ends when they are still in the country. If they did not, the country will not be stable, making all of their hard work, all for nothing. If the country is not stable, the anarchism might spread from this region to its neighbouring region, making a big but unwanted forest fire. Be careful, U.S. troops.

Hyperlink: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/24/afghan.deaths/index.html

Iran capable of building Nuclear Warheads

February 20, 2009, Washington- The U.N. Nuclear watchdog agency reported that Iranian scientists are competent in building nuclear weapons. However, the Institute for Science and International Security account and had settled into the conclusion that Iran did not produce any nuclear weaponry. Yet, they have enough uranium to build one warhead. International Atomic Energy Agency stated that Iran must be further developed in order to construct the dangerous goods. The IAEA had discovered that Iran had been considerably intensified the amount of developing uranium. The scientists showed that they were in “research and development mode.” Iran deprived the fact of the “weapon allegations”, indicating that the facts were “baseless” and “fabricated”. Iran said they would want to use nuclear as an energy for their country. However, other countries believed they were trying to build nuclear warheads.

This is an unappealing sight. I believe that the Iranians were lying of stating that they are not building nuclear warheads. I think they want to start another war with this power to be the greatest power in the world by using nuclear weapons as their fist. I hope the United Nations will cease the Iranians from developing these dangerous goods. The United Nations must stop them for, if the Iranians lied, they could erupt a World War 3, this time a nuclear war. To stop them, I would suggest the United Nations to send in some inspectors and will need more detailed reports on their research. This could keep an eye on the Iranians and would give them some pressure to develop the warheads but concentrate more on their energy source. However, I still believe that Iranians should stop developing nuclear growth because I do not expect that Iranians would be capable of taking care of the radioactive waste from the nuclear power plants. If the radioactive waste or the nuclear power plants are not carefully taken of, there will be severe problems. I hope and suppose that the United Nation will Iranians from developing nuclear technology. Until Iran is a more stable and more developed country, they should not develop these nuclear technology. Please cease that at once, Iran!

Hyperlink: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/20/iran.nuclear/index.html

More US troops into Afghanistan

February 18, 2009, Washington – President Obama had just commended to give a substantial boost of troops into Afghanistan, according to the Pentagon Officers. The garrison of troops involve the number of 8000 marines and 4000 Army Troops. Another 5000 troops will be arranged and enter the region later to back up the troops there. Obama believed that increasing the number of troops was necessary to control the chaos in Afghanistan. There will be a total of 17000 troops to settle the peace in Afghanistan. The troops there will also be training Afghanistan local troops, creating smaller units and command posts to reinforce the American troopers. So, with more troops, the army could be divided, some to defend the area, others could seek out terrorists and stop them. The plan for this amount of troops was to be able to have sufficient number of men to “seize and hold” to maintain security. Obama also believed that Afghanistan did not have enough attention, direction and resources. By sending the army in, this could improve the situation.

This could be good news for America. With all these troops being hired, I trust that the number of unemployment would decrease. Many unemployed citizens might be signing up for the military upon hearing this. I hope that this could boost the economy around the world as the troops need a lot of equipment. So, the US military will be ordering weaponry, arms and vehicles to support their needs around the world. This could allow many different factories around the world to work again and gain money. This will then improve the current international economical state. I wish that this could be a cure for the economic crisis. I hope that America will be able to stop all those Taliban causes of disorder, then liberate Afghanistan for real. Not occupying the land with army. On the other hand, make Afghanistan become a democratic, peaceful country. Good luck, US army!

Hyperlink: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/17/obama.troops/index.html

Pirate Suspects captured by US Navy

February 11, 2009, Gulf of Aden – The United States Navy successfully rounded up seven pirate suspects. These men were founded by the Navy when the tanker made a distress call. These men’s skiff was halted before they were able to hijack a tanker. These suspects will be trialed at Kenya. At the Horn of Africa, piracy had become a dilemma in the uncontrolled regions. Hijacking vessels and ships had been extremely common. Nearly 100 vessels were hijacked by pirates.

This is good new. Finally there is an international improvement in the world against piracy. This is a good effort done by the United States Navy which I hope the rest of the world would follow. I believe the government living around those regions with pirates in their waters should not be bullied by these thugs anymore. They should send in law enforcements and change the lawless regions and international waters more security. This could prevent these criminals from stealing their goods again. I hope that the United States Navy will assist and aid the government if they send in their own navies to follow the US’s skirmish act against these robbers. Good job, US Navy.

hyperlink:http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/11/piracy.arrests/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Amazon Tribe Members accused of Cannibalism

Amazon, Brazil, February 9, 2009- A disaster occurred when a farmer was murdered, butchered and eaten by the Amazon Tribe members living in an isolated region of Brazilian Amazon village of Envira. Maronilton da Silva Clementino, chief of the village of staff, said the Kulina tribe’s members killed Ocelio Alves de Carvalho, age nineteen, while herding cattle last week in the remote regions of Envira. However, after this murder, there were no arrest warrants nor military or civil police were allowed to enter Indian territory because of the Brazilian laws. The victim was initially invited by the tribesman and were later eaten as a meal. According to Clementino, he said that “The family (of the victim) decided to go into the reservation and that’s when they saw this body quartered and his skull hanging on a tree. It was very tragic for the family.” The Indians had initially boasted on eating the victim ritually that was how the public found out about the victim’s death. Clementino stated that the family was starting to get irritated by the law, where only the Indians have more privilege compared to local citizens. The Kulina Indians are often outnumbering police, which was another problem on the law. The Kulina are considered as an “isolated” tribe but some have contact with the non-indian population.
This was a catastrophic story. I pity the family of the victim. The Brazil government should change the law immediately. What they fear was that when the tribesman are on a rampage, there will not be enough police officers to keep the peace. I believe that the government should raise the wage of the police force and add more number of officers into the law enforcement. The government should also provide the police more training and equipment. This will stop the aboriginals from rioting. I think the Brazil government should change the law so it could benefit not only the aboriginals but also the ones living out of the isolated areas. The government is not paying attention to the isolated areas. They should try and educate them to prevent from their inhumane acts. I hope the Brazil government would make these changes, or who knows who will be next?

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Critics believe stopping contaminated foods are most unlikely

February 5, 2009, Minneapolis, Minnesota – There was a Georgia peanut factory that was supervised with inferior food safety measurements. This caused an outbreak of salmonella, contained in the food that the factory was distributing. There were already eight deaths because of the food. At least five hundred people at minimum in critical conditions caused by the contamination. Thousands of peanut products were prevented from being sold or shipped. However, the federal Food and Drug Administration were belatedly to thwart the problem. Minnesota authorities recognized that peanut butter was the main reason that caused the epidemic of the flu. The main difficulties to was it would be impossible to stop companies from shipping the polluted products. Another trouble was that the nation was not making enough food plants federal inspections. The inspectors tracked down the company’s records and found that the company had knowingly shipped products with salmonella. However, the company denied for shipping the hazardous products and proved that the products do not contain any salmonella. It was believed that the private inspections were bribed to give the plant high ratings about its sanitation. The company promised “to ensure the public safety” and stated that “it never happens again.” The Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin said that the food products that tests for salmonella had one positive and one negative. The company was criticized on believing the positive testing. Irvin stated that when a product contained salmonella, it “should be destroyed”. Critics also believe that the company was extremely irresponsible for this event. Some families of the victims were not told if their families’ died in food poisonings, the government was trying to cover it up.

The FDA proclaimed that Peanut Corporation of America will be trailed by a federal criminal investigation into the outbreak. Company executives will be required to go for the conference that will be held a week later.

This article proved that America’s food products are as worse as what they criticize other countries’ food products. I had always believed that America companies were strict on manufacturing food and any company under that country will have one of the best quality food internationally. However, this issue had proved that I was wrong. Now I fear to purchase any American based peanut product. I fear that if I consume these products, I might end up as the same fate of the ones who were in critical conditions after consuming the goods. To stop this from happening, if I was the government, I would make more stricter rules and assign more jobs on food inspectors. This could not only tackle the food contamination issues, but this could also stop the problem of unemployment, since the financial crisis. I hope that the new appointed food inspectors will be more cautious and stand up for justice; so they won't be bribed by the companies to give them superb ratings. I hope this could prevent future food

contamination.

Hyperlink: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/05/peanut.recall/index.html

Chairman of Arkansas Medical Board injured by Lexus' Boom

February 4, 2009, United States - There was a mystery today that Dr. Trent Pierce's Hybrid Lexus SUV malfunctioned. The car faulted, injuring Dr. Pierce. This caused him to be in a critical condition. Police believed that this might only be a vehicle malfunction for there are no signs of "foul play". FBI agents had discovered that there was a fire in the car but no evidence of an explosion yet. FBI spokesman, Jason Pack indicated more agents will arrive to the scene and scoop up more evidence to find the car problem's origin.
This article was truly booming. I was extremely surprised to see such a popular car, the Hybrid Lexus SUV malfunctioned so critically that it injured the passenger inside! After reading this article, I think the FBI agents should go to the car manufacturer. There, they could witness and check if the building of the cars are correctly built. The agents should also be more alert on other public servant's vehicles and double check them to prevent any foul plays. I believe that Dr. Trent Pierce's accident was very accordingly planned. The murderers were trying to kill him because Dr. Pierce might had indirectly insulted them or ruined their lives somehow. Now, the killers wanted revenge, by sabotaging his vehicles and clearing the evidence of it, they believe it could kill him. In addition, I would also suggest the FBIs to guard Pierce in the hospital to prevent any unknown or unwanted visitors from entering and finish their dirty work. Recover soon, Trent!

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John McCain "Seriously Negotiate" with the Democrats

February 2, 2009, United States - Senator John McCain believed there were no serious debates with the Republicans yet. President Obama created a stimulus bill that will help the country to face unemployment problems. McCain believed that this stimulus bill will not help the country. Some Republican senators made a package that focus on tax cuts, providing homes and get rid of useless policies. Republicans complained that they should not be part of the stimulus package for it had included giving financial supports to the veterans at the Philipines. McCain trusted that policy changes had nothing to do with recovering the economy and anything else. President Obama considered that the package would win the Republican’s support once he had finished improvising the bill. However, the Bill had been passed in the House but no Republicans supported the package. The bill was criticized as “a Christmas tree where members are hanging their favourite program on it.” by Collins. The main problem of the bill was not directing towards the influence of the economy.
This article will test out Obama’s ideas and leadership. I hope that Obama will figure out a way that the rest of the House will believe it is serious enough to pass it. If I was in charge, I would had chosen to create a bill is to increase tourism. So, by eliminating the problems with entering US and making foreigners entering the US more easier will boost the economy for shopping and other things. By creating tourism, more jobs will be assigned for people; this could tackle the problem with unemployment.

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