viernes, 13 de febrero de 2009

CONFLICT

1. Country name
Zimbabwe
2. Conflict
The president wants to share the power
3. Copy the headlines and the link to a news item reporting on that conflict.
“SUSPENDEN NEGOCIACIONES SOBRE REPARTO DE PODER”, http://www.newstin.com.mx/rel/mx/es-010-001820424
4. Summarize the news item in your own words in 5 - 8 sentences. (identify the main ideas)
After three days of negotiations the president Robert Mugabe hasn’t get to an agreement with the opposition. The opposition thinks that there’s not much to do, though they are trying to make things as peaceful and clear as possible.
5. Describe the conflict.
They want the opposition to end, so they are trying to get to a peaceful solution by sharing the power.
6. Based on your research - geography and timeline, explain why the conflict happened. Which ones are the roots of the conflict?
Because through years there’s been an opposition just like the “Peje” here, because of the power and the way the government works. It started when the people thought that the government was unfair.
7. Answer:
a) Who is involved in the conflict?
The Government and the opposition.
b) Where is it happening?
The negotiations are been held on an Hotel.
c) When did it happen and how long has it been going on?
It’s been three days since the negotiations started.

lunes, 9 de febrero de 2009

PRESIDENTS OF THE WORLD

1. Silvio Berlusconi President of Ministers Italia
2. Michelle Bachelet President de Chile
3. Hillary Clinton Senator Junior of the U.S
4. Hu Jintao President of the popular Republic China.
5. Álvaro Uribe President of the Republic de Colombia
6. Ehud Olmert Primer Minister de Israel
7. Gordon Brown Primer Minister of England
8. Ban Ki Moon General Secretary of the ONU Korean
9. Nicolas Sarkozy President of the French Republic
10. George Bush Ex-President of Estates Unites of America
11. Vladimir Putin Prime Minister of Russia
12. Fidel Castro Prime Secretary of Communist of Cuba
13. Mahmoud Abbas President (rais) of the National Authority of Palestine
14. Taro Asso Prime Minister of Japan
15. José Luis Zapatero President of Spain
16. Kim Jong Il President of the Commission of National Defense North Korean
17. Barack Obama President of the U.S
18. Dalai Lama maestro spiritual o guru, is el lieder spiritual of the Lamaism or Buddhism Tibetan
19. Pratibha Patil President of the India
20. Thein Sein Prime Minister of Britannia
21. Robert Mugabe President of Zimbabwe
22. Hamid Karzai President of Afghanistan
23. Raul Castro President of the State of Cuba
24. Mohamed Osni Murbarak Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt
25. Dmitry Medvedev President of Russia.
26. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner President of the Nation of Argentina
27. Abhisit Vejjajiva Prime Minister of Thailand
28. Ignacio Lula da Silva President of the Brazil Republic
29. Angela Merkel Canceller of Germany
30. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
31. Asif Ali Zardari Co-president of Pakistan