Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Blog Assignment #44/ The BBC

Italy Chocolate Tycoon Pietro Ferrero Dies in South Africa is about a man who owned a chocolate company, but died in South Africa. He was there for a business trip and fell off of his bicycle. He owned the Nutella and Kinder companies. The business is still family-owned today. I was going to miss Nutella.


Croat generals jailed for war crimes in Krajina is about two retired Croatian generals who have been convicted of atrocities against Serbs during the break up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, after a trial at The Hague. Judges sentenced Ante Gotovina to 24 years and Mladen Markac to 18 years in jail for crimes including murder, persecution and plunder. They were convicted of a range of war crimes against humanity. These were committed as their forces retook the Krajina region. The UN war crimes tribunal cleared a third defendant, Ivan Cermak, of all charges.

Tunisia revolt: Mohamed Bouazizi police suspect freed is about the case against Fadia Hamdi. The case of Fadia Handi was dropped at the start of her trial in Sidi Bouzid after her mother withdrew her complaint. Ms Hamdi denies slapping her son when police seized his goods, a move that drove Bouazizi to set himself on fire. Her son died in the hospital of his burns on January 5, nearly three weeks after his self-immolation in front of the governor's office Sidi Bouzid. This is very complicated stuff. I got confused with all of the names.

Parcel bombs sent to Neil Lennon, Paul McBride and MSP is about a letter bomb sent to the people in the title. They said the liquid-based devices, sent in the past month, appear to have been intended to "kill or maim".  The devices were found at various locations in the west of Scotland. Two days later a device was delivered to Labour politician Ms Godman's constituency office in Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Her staff were suspicious of the package and contacted Strathclyde Police. Now I don't know about you, but I think that the person sending these bombs must not like them so much. Just saying.

Fidel Castro at Cuba congress alongside Raul is about Fidel Catro giving his political position to his brother Raul. They show a picture of him and his brother Raul getting a emotional standing ovation, Fidel looks very frail, so this may be his last time in the political party at all. He has to have help to stand and slumped in his chair. He is 83 years old after all. (His brother is 79)

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