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= Media Wiki Assignment Past Due Date= Your on-going assignment for the next few weeks of this module will be to create a collaborative wiki on the top news stories as compiled by major on-line news sources. Each of you will be assigned a day of the week to post and explain ONE out of the list of 10 or so posted by the sources.

1. What you think the top WORLD news story is of the day is. 2. The news service you got it from. 3. Why you think it is the top news story? 2. Explain a bit about the story ie. The facts.

Please do the assignment in "POINT form" using 6-8 sentences to explain your position. You will be filling in an expandable table. I have assigned you a day of the week that you will chose the story from. Go to either the:

1. [|CBC web site] 2. [|BBC News World] 3. [|CNN World News]

to see the top world news stories of the day as posted by the site. Once you have chosen the story you want to write on, double click on it to get more information, so you can complete your report.

All you have to do is click on the Edit This Page button. When you do that, there will be a brief delay, and you will then be able to edit the text/table and fill in the information for your assignment. When you have finished putting in your information, you just click on the Save button at the top or bottom of the page.


 * I have configured the wiki to email me the names of the people who are editing the wiki, so I will know if you have done your work or not*

 MR. J.
 * ICT hints - highlight and copy the text from the web page. Then open up a word document and instead of just pasting the web material into the document, click on Edit - then Paste Special - then Unformatted Text. It is much easier to manipulate and arrange the text if it is unformatted.
 * You will also have to use keyboard shortcuts to copy and paste text into the wiki. Once you have highlighted and then copied the text from your word document place your cursor in the table where you want the text to go and then press the Ctrl key at the same time you press the V key. This will copy the text into the table for you.

//** || **// Story You Chose and the news service you got it from //** || **// The Facts //** || Mr. Juce || **North Korea Nuclear Seals Removed** Nuclear proliferation from a rogue state like North Korea is not good for anyone. Besides moving the world closer to nuclear conflict, it also adds to destabilizing the world economy, which could also impact rising energy costs. || 1. North Korea now says it is rehabilitating its main Yongbyon nuclear plant 2. This puts a deal painstakingly negotiated between North Korea and five partners over the reclusive state's nuclear programme at risk. 3. This was part of a deal where North Korea would abandon its nuclear activities in exchange for 1 million tonnes of heavy oil, low interest loans etc. 4. Korea says the US has not kept to its end of the bargain by removing the North from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. 5. North Korea may now have eight or more bombs. 6. Experts say they probably can not deliver them at this time. 7. It is usually foolhardy to make predictions when it comes to the issue of North Korea's nuclear disarmament. 8. North Korea uses its nuclear capability as a stick when negotiations flounder. Some believe the impoverished and isolated communist regime will never surrender its atomic arsenal as it has few other cards to play. || Felicia || **U.S House Votes Down Bailout Deal** CBC World A $700 billion package negoiated by US leaders to bail out the American finiancial system failed to go through at the House of Representatives. I chose this story because the US economy affects so much of the world, and markets in Canada and a number of other countries are likely to continue to plummet. || 1. Finicial markets are going nowhere but downhill, due to the rejection of this deal. For example, Dow has dropped about 700 points, which is its biggest single day drop. 2. The US government would being using taxpayer dollars as to bailout finanicial tycoons. 3. Stock Markets in Asia went down Monday morning, as investors waited for final voting in US. 4. The bailout would have seen the U.S. government immediately authorized to buy up $350 billion in distressed debt held by Wall Street banks and investment houses, with a further $350 billion available later. 5. Here at home, Toronto's S&P/TSX composite index has fallen about 800 points throughout this finiancial crisis. 6. Multiple leading congressional figures asked legislators to pass the legislation even if their constituents disagree due to price and point number 2. 7. At this moment however, members of the House are still discussing if they should reconsider this vote later. || Lynn || = ===**Stocks Bounce After Battering** Stock markets affect the global economy as a whole. This affects farmers, large and small businesses, and anyone who drives a car. I chose this story because it affects everyone in some way.===
 * **// Name
 * Wed. Sept 25
 * From BBC World News**
 * Mon. 29
 * Tues. 30

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|| # The Dow Jones added 260 points in only one hour Sean || **Tropical Storm Marco blows into Mexico.** **CBC** Tropical storm Marco made a landfall on Mexico’s gulf coast on Tuesday and it didn’t even reach typical hurricane strength. Marco is moving inland at 9 km/h, but forecasters expect Marco to weaken overnight. The forecasters also expect Marco to drop 50-100 millimeters of rain in most places and up to 150 millimeters of rain in some places. || 1. Rivers overflowed 2. Residents were scrambling to move their possessions and family pets away, No one was hurt. 3. Flooding happened near coastal towns 4. Natural gas has been effected 5. 4 drilling platforms were evacuated on Monday. || Gideon || **Five Police Killed in Mexico Grenade Attack CNN.com world news**
 * 1) Voter complaints stopped the deal from going through at the House of Representatives yesterday
 * 2) Credit markets are still down
 * 3) Markets in Asia and Europe are still suffering
 * 4) U.S. Light Crude Oil for November delivery rose again.
 * 5) Acceleration of the financial crisis had caused investors to buy up oil commodities in a safer-haven play
 * 6) Gold prices fell
 * 7) Gas prices fell for the 13th day in a row. ||
 * Wed. 1
 * Thursday 2

Five state police officers were killed in western Mexico by gunmen who fired more than 800 bullets and threw grenades at them. || * Were attacked Wednesday night as they prepared to search the passengers of a car they had just stopped. Alex ||  ||   || Laura || **Trial of B.C. teacher begins in Thailand** from cbc world news
 * Unknown numer of attakcers arrived in pickups.
 * The attackers shot at the officers killing them instantly
 * Two civilians nearby were also injured.
 * More than 3,000 have been killed in drug-related violence this year ||
 * Friday 3
 * Monday 6 ||  ||   ||
 * Tuesday 7

Former B.C. teacher Christopher Paul Neil appeared in court in Thailand on Tuesday to begin his trial on charges of abusing a nine-year-old boy. || 1. the 32-year-old was brought to Bangkok's Central Criminal Court in ankle chains and held a magazine in front of his face to shield himself from the media. 2. originally from Maple Ridge, B.C., has already been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty in May to similar charges against a 13-year-old boy. 3. the boy involved in Neil's current trial claims he was paid $15 to $30 to perform oral sex 4. Teacher was arrested in Thailand in 2007 following an international manhunt that began after hundreds of photos of a man abusing boys and teenagers surfaced on the Internet 5. The face of the man was digitally swirled to hide his identity, but Interpol unscrambled the photos. || Shawnie || **Blast kills 14 in India's northeast** from cbc world news
 * Wed 8 ||  ||   ||
 * Thur 9

14 people were killed adn 14 more were wounded in a bomb explotion in india. i chose this story becasue we need to be aware of bad things happening in the world. || 1. a bomb exploded outside a police training station. It killed at least 14 adn wounded 14 more. 2. the bomb was planted on a motorcycle and placed outside the center in the city of Imphal. 3. more than 10,000 people die in one year du to separatist violence in the region over the past decade. || Travis ||  ||   || Kalli ||  ||   ||
 * Fri. 10
 * Mon. 13