Myanmar

TIMELINE

February 7 2008
-government regards the commerce of helicopters and some kind of military arms in the country.

February 15 2008
-Mahn Sha Lar Phan was shot in his house till death. He was a secretary general.

April 10 2008
-54 people died soffocated in the back of a truck. They were imigrants that were in southern Thailand.

April 16 2008
-the militants detained 20 people ehile they were walking peacefully against the government´s propose of constitution

May 4 2008
-a huge cyclone with the name of "Nargis" killed araund 350 people with his enormous power

May 7 2008
-"Nargis" has a lot of power and is still killing people, the count is now at 3500 victims

May 8 2008
-Myanmar´s government decides to open his mind and accepts international help. US helps and flies into Myanmar with help

130 days and 85.000 miles

the torch has began his jorney throgh 23 countries on 5 continents to reach beinjing, 1.000 police men quere at the ceremony to keep the people far from the ceremony, the journey will be of 130 days and it has a lenght of 85.ooo miles.

When the torch crosses the 23 countries it will arrive to beinjing.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/24/oly.torchrelay/index.html

Tornado in Atlanta

the authorities found a body after a week of the tornado in Atlanta, a 45 years old man was found under bricks and wire at downtown, they say that this man oftenly went to this place.

The torando injured 30 people and this 45 years old man is the first death reported. the body was finded by workers that were removing the bricks from the zone of disaster, the saw a human hand

and they warned the police about this situation.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/03/26/tornado.victim/index.html

Euro inflating goes to record

14.4.08

In all the countries of Europe the Euro reachs a new level, the highest price in 12 years. it had a high of 3.3% in march.this was the fastest increase of price of the Euro.

In the latest months the prices of fuel, oil, dread, vegetables, and all of the dairy products is really high comparated to the oldest prices, this affects the economic growth in the region.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/31/euro.inflation.ap/index.html

Front Page

January 28. 2008

Pakistan school siege ends

After a five-hour standoff, with security forces ringing the school, the seven gunmen gave themselves up to a delegation of tribal negotiators, Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema said.

Unfinished business for Bush in final State of the Union address

Is expected to be heavy on Iraq and the economy, but he also will say he is entering a congressional fray over earmarking taxpayer dollars, administration officials said.

McDonald's dishes up diplomas to go

McDonald's employees trained in skills needed to run outlets for the fast-food chain can get credit toward high school diplomas, the British government announced Monday.

Archbishop of Greek Orthodox Church dies

Archbishop Christodoulos of the Greek Orthodox Church died Monday after a battle with cancer, church officials told CNN. He was 69.

Crash chaos grounds travelers

January 17. 2008

A boeing 777 crashed on London's Heathrow Airport in the runways. Over 200 flights were canceled. 1 runway was closed, leaving only 1 opened. They reduced the arrival of plains at Heathrow Airport.

The airplane came from Bijing and causes a crash landing at 12:42

Beijing’s Olympic Quest: Turn Smoggy Sky Blue

January 15. 2008

The air pollution in Beijing increases every day, they measure the pollution in the city to see if the air is in good conditios for the athlets that are coming on August for the Olympics.



I think this is a huge problem because athlets can get sick easily with this pollution conditions. Beijing's conditions are being controled because they really want to improve the air conditions.
Officials warned people to stay indoor until Saturday because of the pollution.

URL- http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/29/world/asia/29china.html?_r=1&oref=slogin