Current event#8

Costa Rica elects first woman president!

Laura chinchilla was the first women president in Costa Rica's history. She got the 48.6% of the votes in Costa Rica. Behind it was Solis with 25.1% of the votes. Kids loved this because they could vote and it was like a carnival for them with all the cameras filming them. Solis wanted the same style of government that Honduras had and people didn't like that because Honduras is in crisis.

Current event #11

Kenya Rounds up zebras for starving lions
Lions in Kenya are starving. Wild life officials are ferrying zebras to a park in the south of the country to feed starving lions. By doing this they will prevent the conflict of lions eating humans. There was a drought in the country. One of the worst in 26 years. This heat affected the ecosystem. Lots of herbivores died. Then, carnivores don't have anything to feed themselves, their only option is to eat humans. They're only 2,000 lions left so their concerned about them. About 4,000 zebras are being transferred, so that carnivores can eat well.

We think that it is very good that people do something about the ecosystem. The drout was very bad, but it is good that people do something about this.

Current event #10

Another Winter blast brings Dismay, Delight
Some countries in the U.S.A are under severe weather warnings. The blizzard just hit Illinois and Minnesota. Now, the storm has moved to the coast, bringing more snow to New York, Philadelphia, and to Washington. Washington has received 10 inches of snow, New York 20 inches, and Philadelphia has received 22inches!! For the schools, this is very bad. They had to shut the schools down because of the blizzard. For the kids, this is very good. They get school days off, and get to catch up with homework.

We think that it is good to have a little snow once in a while, but it is not good to have that much of a severe weather.

Current event # 9

Toyota Says It Will Start Fixing Recalled Cars This week!

Toyota says that the problem with the accelerators getting stuck with be solved in the millions of new cars that are going to be fabricated. They say the will install an reinforced metal tube on the pedal so that it is harder for it to get stuck. The parts of the car needed are still coming and will they are showing the workers how to put them on the car. They say that for thw people who have problems with their accelerator the next car they buy is going to have a $1,000 discount.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/business/global/02toyota.html?hp

Current Event #7

Eco Solutions
To save the planet, the world has invented the solar power electricity and wind mills. When neither of those work, the people stay without electricity. Now, there is a new source in Europe that unites them all. There are windmills in the water, and all of the windmills are united by some underwater cables. In that way, when one wind mill doesn't work, the cable transport the electricity from one mill to another.




http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/science/01/26/eco.energy.grid/index.html

current event # 6

Former Miss.Argentina dies after a plastic surgery!
On Sunday Miss Argentina died after a plastic surgery(buttocks). Solange Mangano age 37 and mom of 7 years old twins,died after a plastic buttox surgery.The news shocked her fans. They made a tribute on facebook ,that now has 830 members. Some comments where:""This is a horrible day. We will miss you, Sol," one Facebook poster wrote. And:"You couldn't be any more beautiful than you already were," another person added. "http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/12/01/argentina.model.death/index.htmlYou had to pay with your life.""In the recent years, Argentina has become globally famous in plastic surgeries. Therefore, the doctors have become very experienced.
We think that it is very amazing that Argentina has that reputation. We also think that it is very bad that the kids will be very bad.People should accept them as they are, and not change themselfes with plastic surgery.

Current Event #5

Police: Dead suspect had officer's gun

The police officers say that the suspect, that killed four police men in Lakewood, Washington, had a gun of one of the police men when he was shot and killed Tuesday. "A Seattle officer on routine patrol shot and killed Maurice Clemmons, 37, in south Seattle after Clemmons challenged him" the authorities say. This happened about 40 miles south of Seattle.Chief Bret Farrar, a police officer, thanked his police men for the