Google Fallout

January 30, 2007


Google has been helping the Chinese Government censor the web, which disallows people in China to go to certain sites. The Chinese Government censors information about human rights and democracy on the web. The US government is not happy with the censorship and they want it to stop now.

I personally disagree with the Chinese Government to censor the web, because it prevents people in China to go to certain sites. China wants to keep their Authoritarian government, so they censor all the sites about human rights and democracy on the web. And it's disappointing to see that Google has helped China censor the web.

Rare Shark Captured On Film

On the Afternoon of January 21, a fisherman spotted this eel-like shark in the shallow waters near the park, in south of Tokyo, The fisherman called the Awashima Marine Park officials and caught the shark. They transported the shark to the park's dolphin pen. The shark was 5 foot long, and it was identified as a female frilled shark. Frilled sharks are rarely seen because frilled sharks live 600 to 1000 meters deep in the ocean, which is deeper humans can go. Frilled Sharks are very similar to the characteristics of prehistoric sharks 350 million years ago. The frilled shark has six gills, one more than most other sharks. The shark died a few hours after being caught. The officials believe that the shark may have come to the surface because it was sick, or it was weakened in the shallow waters.
video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz_nZixWX6Q

This is an amazing discovery because it is extremely rare to see a frilled shark and even more rare to see a live one.

Taleban 'to build Afghan schools'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6291885.stm
Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 17:52 GMT
Abdul Hai Mutmain said that the Taleban movement will be setting up schools for children in Southern Afghanistan. They will start commissioning schools in March and April of 2007. In much of Southern Afghanistan there are no schools for children and most of the schools are closed because of threats from armed militants. Qari Yousuf, a Taleban spokesman said the school's syllabus will include subjects like history, geography, physics, chemistry and Islamic subjects. He said they will start with schools for boys only and later on they will build schools for girls.

I personally think this is very good news for the children in Southern Afghanistan. Because the Taleban did not allow girls to go to school. So now in the future, they are planning to build schools for girls. This will provide boys and girls in Southern Afghanistan with education. I think Afghanistan would be better of if it was in a democracy.

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