December 1-Top 10 news stories of the week
International stories:
1.South Africa vows to treat all babieswith HIV
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8388178.stm
2. Concern grows over UK yacht crew
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8389459.stm
3. Britain to send 500 more troops to Afghanistan
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/30/uk.afghanistan.troops/index.html
National stories:
4. Microsoft investigates Windows 7′ screen of death’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8388253.stm
5.Obama ‘to lay out Afghan exit plan for US troops’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8388939.stm
6. Lone officer ‘kills Seattle police shooting suspect’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8388396.stm
7. Couple didn’t crash White House dinner, husband says
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/01/state.dinner.couple/index.html
Erie-area/state of PA stories:
8.GE Transportation pressing for Amtrak deal
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091201/NEWS02/312019976/-1/ETN
9.Millcreek supervisors to get budget
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091201/NEWS02/311309908/-1/ETN
10. Edinboro University opens indoor facility to all sports
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091201/SPORTS04/312019939/-1/ETN
Assessment: South Africa vows to treat all babies with HIV
This article caught my attention right off the bat. Just from reading the headline, my first question was, how many babies have HIV in South Africa? Are there a large amount of babies? And who and how are going to pay for this? Within the first couple of paragraphs some of my questions were answered. The article said that each year 59,000 babies are born with HIV in a country where 5.2 million people live with the virus. My question of who was going to pay for it was also answered. The article says that The US has announced it will give $120m (£73m) to help South Africa buy more anti-retrovirals, in response to a request from Pretoria. Overall, I thought this was a strong article.
