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WMR: Ships and gaza - Two Perspectives

WMR: Ships and Gaza – Two Perspectives
Victoria Wilmarth 12/2/08
 
I looked at several articles about the same thing from two different sources.
CNN has an article titled “Israel Turns Back Gaza Ships” http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/01/israel.gaza.aid.ship/index.html and an Israeli Newspaper (Arutz Sheva) had an article called “Muslim World Send Ships to Give Hamas Control of Gaza Coast” http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128662
The [...]

2008 12 02 Arab World
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Israel
Media
Middle East
NMH-PA Media Reports
Palestinians Comments (0)

WMR: U.N. Agency in Gaza Runs Out of Food

Your Name and Date: Victoria Wilmarth 11/16/08
Title of Article: U.N. Agency in Gaza Runs Out of Food
Source of Article: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/15/gaza.humanitarian/index.html
 
Article Summary
Time: November 2008
Place: Gaza
Key People: IDF, UN, Israeli Government, HAMAS (potentially), Ban Ki-Moon, Ehud Olmer, Mahmoud Abbas
Key Concepts:
Article Summary:  Israel sealed off the border with Gaza on November 5th in response to rocket attacks. [...]

2008 11 16 Arab-Israeli Conflict
Israel
NMH-PA Media Reports
Palestinians
Terrorism Comments (0)

WMR: UN ‘Culture of Peace’ Video Clip

Your Name and Date:  Victoria Wilmarth 11/13/08
Title of Article:  UN ‘Culture of Peace’
Source of Article: video clip and interview from CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/11/07/vo.australia.baby.hippo.cnn?iref=videosearch
Article Summary
Time: November 2008
Place: World
Key People:  UN, Asif Zardari (President of Pakistan), Dr. Eboo Patel, King Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)
Key Concepts: Clash of Civilizations, Interfaith Tolerance
Article Summary: UN Countries joined in a meeting aimed [...]

2008 11 14 Arab World
Christianity
Culture
Islam
Islam and Politics
Islam and the West
Saudi Arabia Comments (0)

WMR - “At White House, An Obama Party”

Your Name and Date:  Victoria Wilmarth 11/11/08
 
Title of Article: At White House, An Obama Party by Robert Parry
 
Source of Article:  Aljazeera http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newid=180798
 
Article Summary
Time: November 2008
 
Place: Washington DC and the United States in General
 
Key People: Obama, Bush, American People
 
Vocabulary:  
 
Main Ideas:  “George W. Bush will not get the impeachment that he has so thoroughly earned, [...]

2008 11 11 Arab World
Middle East Comments (0)

WMR - “Hundreds Face Saudi Terror Trials”

I already posted my WMR, but I just found this really interesting article on the CNN website “Hundres Face Saudi Terror Trials” http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/21/saudi.terror.trials/index.html
Here is the CNN Story Summary:
“991 suspects were rounded up in anti-terror raids
Rights group asks Saudi govt. for permission to send observers to the trials
Says some of those arrested in sweeps have little [...]

2008 10 21 Arab World
Middle East
NMH-PA Media Reports
Oil
Saudi Arabia
Terrorism Comments (0)

WMR 3 - “Is there something wrong with being a Muslim,” Powell asks

WMR – “Is there something wrong with being a Muslim, asks Powell”
 
Your name: Victoria Wilmarth 10/20/08
Title of Article:  “Is there something worn with being a Muslim, asks Powell”
Source of Article: Arab News (a news sources based in Saudi Arabia)
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=115621&d=21&m=10&y=2008
Place:  United States, Middle East
Key People:  Collin Powell
Vocabulary: none
Main Idea: An Arab Newspaper references [...]

2008 10 20 Arab World
Culture
Islam
Islam and Politics
Islam and the West
Middle East
NMH-PA Media Reports Comments (0)

WMR 2: Russian-Georgain Conflict Impacts the Middle East

The Middle East in the News - WMR 2
 Your Name and Date:  Victoria Wilmarth 10/12/08
 Title of Article: Russian-Georgian Conflict Impacts the Middle East
 Source of Article:  World Press http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/3247.cfm
 
Article Summary
Time: Summer – Fall of 2008
 Place: Georgia and Middle East
Key People: Russia, Georgia, Iran, Turkey, NATO
Vocabulary:  Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (B.T.C.) is the second longest oil pipeline in the [...]

2008 10 12 Foreign Policy
Geography
Iran
Middle East
NMH-PA Media Reports
Oil
Turkey Comments (2)

WMR1 - 2008 Religious Freedom Report: Egypt

The Middle East in the News

•Your Name & Date Victoria Wilmarth 10/2/08

 

•Title of Article/Editorial/Column (indicate which type)      
A Mixed Bag
 The International Religious Freedom Report 2008 is greeted with the usual claims and counter-claims, reports Mohamed El-Sayed

 

•Source of Article — Include a Link
Al-Ahram (weekly online newspaper based in Cairo) http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/916/eg6.htm

Time: Week of September 25th
Place: [...]

2008 10 12 Christianity
Egypt
Islam
Judaism
Middle East
NMH-PA Media Reports
Trends Comments (3)