schools shootings

Teenager kills 13 people.
Who? Tim Kretschmer
Where? Southern Germany, in a town called Winnenden.
When? March 11, 2008
What? A 17-year-old teenager who killed 13 people in his school.
Why? Some people say it is because the influence of his dad, he loves guns. But what leads him to kill other people? No one knows, there is a lot of different speculations like he was depressed or he had announced it on the internet, but the truth no one knows it.

5 more horrible stories....
Columbine High School massacre
Who? Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Students of Columbine University
Where? Columbine High School in Columbine in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and Littleton
When? Tuesday, April 20, 1999.
What? Two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12 students and a teacher, as well as wounding 23 others, before committing suicide.
Why? Insecurity and depression, as well as a strong need for attention.

May 4 massacre or Kent State massacre
Who? No one knows exactly, but people who had protested against President Nixon ended up dead.
Where? Kent State University in the city of Kent, Ohio
When? Monday, May 4, 1970
What? Massacre in which 4 people died.
Why? Because one day before they said they didn’t agree with the decision of P President Nixon and the army invading Cambodia.

Cologne school massacre
Who? 42-year-old Walter Seifert
Where? Cologne school, Ohio
When? June 11, 1964
What? A 42-year-old man went into a all-girl opened fire on the girls playing in the courtyard. He then knocked in classroom windows with his mace and fired inside. 8 girls and 2 teachers died.
Why? He had mental diseases and had a lost a baby girl.

The École Polytechnique Massacre
Who? Marc Lépine
Where? École Polytechnique at the University of Montreal, Canada.
When? December 6, 1989
What? The worst school massacre in Canadian history. Twenty-five-year-old Marc Lepine killed 14 women and wounded a further 13 people.
Why? A letter he left behind indicated a hate for feminists.

Erfurt massacre
Who? Robert Steinhäuser
Where? City of Erfurt, Germany.
When? April 26, 2002
What? Worst German massacre, 17 killed and 7 injured in a school.
Why? He got expelled and hated the institution, he wanted revenge and he had mental issues.

'Strong evidence' for Bashir case

Where? Sudan

Why? Because he said that it is not true and they are starting a big case against him and they already have a lot of proof.

When? Yesterday

Who?  Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir.

What? They fund more proof and people that are willing to testify against Bashir. They say he is a genocide and that committed a lot of crimes in war and killed a lot of people. He denies it and says quote; "Any decision by the International Criminal Court has no value for us,"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7921212.stm

Britain's Brown looks for boost from Obama meeting NEWS 3

who? British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President of the United States Barak Obama

where? In the United States

when? On tuesday

why? Because they are both in crisis and need to create different strategies to confront it.

what? Gordon Brown and President Barak Obama are looking forward to meet and talk about the crisis and what can they do about it.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jCurRf-WRilCxep2hO-K8BsUnnogD96MIM6G0

Parcial

1. Who is Robert Mugabe? How long has he been in power? How popular is he?

He is the President of Zimbabwe. He has held power as the head of government since 1980, as Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987, and as the first executive head of state since 1987. People in Zimbabwe really dont like him because he is spending money that is supposed to be for the country in parties for him.

2.Who is Morgan Tsvangirai? Whicgh is/ has been his political role?

He is the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. He is the President of the Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai (MDC-T) and a key figure in the opposition to President Robert Mugabe.

3. What happened during last year's elections? Which was the outcome?

A presidential election and parliamentary election was held on 29 March 2008. The three major candidates were Mugabe, Tsvangirai and Simba Makoni, an independent

4. Whis is the economic situation in Zimbabwe? How do the people feel about this?

It would take $5 billion to stabilize the country. And thanks to the crisis and the cholera outbreak the economy is getting worse. Corruption, acute food storage and years of poor agricultural production have made Zimbabwe´s currency be the highest inflation rate of the world. 

5. What do you think about the celebrations and the lavish party?
It is horrible the way they are managing the crisis in Zimbabwe. They are spending money in stuff they shouldn´t like Mugabe´s party, that amount of money could help a hospital near Chinhoyi. While 10 provinces through lack of access to clean water, faulty sewage systems, and uncollected refuse, the president is enjoying life with parties and carnivals. That is horrible and unfair.

Based only on the article below, define a conflict.

a) Give the conflict a name and explain why you think it is a conflict.

A man in the power and a country in the crisis. it is a conflict because according to google´s definition of conflict is: an open clash between two opposing groups. And this is what is happening the two most powerful people of Zimbabwe, Mugabe and  Tsvangirai are in a constant fight, while the citizens suffer the coincidences. 

 b) Who is involved and why?

Mugabe and his party, Tsvangirai and his party, the citizens of Zimbabwe. Because the politicians are causing the conflict and the people is being affected.

c) Explain in detail why the conflict has happened.

The political party that has the power in Zimbabwe is acting in a very unfair and dumb way. They are using the money that would help the situation of the country, for personal use. Like parties or social events, while people are dying of cholera (a mortal virus that affected Zimbabwe since August) or lack of food. 

d) Give a timeline of events (at least 5) related to the conflict.

August 2008: The Cholera virus invaded Zimbabwe.

Feb 2009: Robert Mugabe spent $25 000 USD in a personal birthday party.

Feb 2009: Mugabe visited a hospital that needs medicines and doctors. It need about ($30000, only $5000 more than what he spent on his birthday celebration.)

Feb 2009: World health Organization declared that since august untill now 3731 people have been killed by Cholera and 80000 affected by this virus.

Feb 2009:  Tsvangirai appealed to the international community to help Zimbabwe's crippled economy, saying it would take $5 billion to stabilize the country.

e) How do you think this conflict can be solved and why?

First of all the politicians should arrange their bad relationships and end with all of the problems between them. After this they should start economic plans to help the situation as well as social health ones. People in the country should now what is going on and how could they be a part of the changing plan.