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-- OPINION--
Bhopal verdict a travesty of justice
By Pushkal Shavim in MUMBAI, India
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More than a quarter century after the Bhopal gas leak
disaster, which killed thousands of people, a court
sentenced seven men to serve two years in prison and pay a
fine of about $2,000 apiece.
They were immediately granted bail.
Rather than providing some sense of closure to the victims and
their kin, the verdict has compounded their misery.
It all began in the middle of a December night in 1984, when 40
tons of toxic methyl isocyanate exploded out of a faulty tank at
Union Carbide India Limited’s plant in Bhopal. The deadly gas
wafted over the densely populated city as most of its residents
slept.
Almost 4,000 people died immediately and more than 15,000
perished in the aftermath. Many thousands of others are still
suffering. Read more
Fun and Games
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-- WORLD CUP --
'Rainbow Nation' welcomes World Cup
South African soccer fans in Randburg, Johannesburg. From left
to right,
Monica Oosthuizen, Jenny
Mamdoo, Josh Mamdoo, Kelvin Mamdoo and Taro Sukdeo.
Kervin Mamdoo/youthjournalism.org
South Africa scores with the World Cup
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The world watches
A msterdam,
The Netherlands
Caroline Nelissen/youthjournalism.org
America roots for the home team, a little
By Mariah Pulver in TUCSON, Arizona, USA
– In the United States, patriotism is a huge ideal that is very
important to everyone – until the World Cup comes along.
Although most Americans want their
country’s team to win, many doubt it will happen. So they cheer for many
different countries and often expect their favorite teams to perform
better than the U.S. squad.
“I want the cup to stay in America, but
the team that’s going to win is Spain,” said Sergio Silvain, a local
soccer coach.
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By Mariechen Puchert in
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- I was 14 when it was announced that South Africa had
won the bid to host the 2010 Soccer World Cup. I had no idea that my country had
entered or even that
there was such a bid, but my father called me to the radio while it was being broadcast.
Read whole story
A new beginning for
South Africa
By Nicole Megan Gounder in DURBAN, South Africa
– Waking up in South Africa will never be the same again.
For most people, this World Cup may seem just a
series of games.
But for South Africa, the World Cup this year
means the world, not only for the country itself but for the
people that make up this rainbow nation.
Read whole story
The brand new King Shaka International Airport in Durban, South
Africa.
Nicole Megan Gounder/youthjournalism.org
Durban
ready to land World Cup matches
By Nicole Megan Gounder in
DURBAN, South Africa – Travelers heading for the World Cup matches in Durban
will fly into the month-old King Shaka International Airport, named for one of
Africa’s greatest kings.
Read whole story
Prayers for the Mandela family
Counting down the final hours at ESPN headquarters in Bristol,
Connecticut, USA until the World Cup gets underway.
youthjournalism.org
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-- NEWS --
Making music from Hartford to Haiti
By Kiernan Majerus-Collins in HARTFORD, Connecticut, USA
— The audience rose to its feet, applauding, not knowing or
caring that the man they were cheering couldn’t see them.
Romel Joseph, a Haitian violinist, spoke about his experiences
-- building The New Victorian School in Port au Prince Haiti in
1991, rebuilding the same school after a fire on January 12,
2000 and the devastating earthquake exactly 10 years later that
killed his wife, destroyed his school, decimated his country and
left him buried alive under the ruins for 18 hours.
Joseph, a Julliard-trained violinist, spoke about his personal
determination to provide more children access to music and
about his refusal to quit.
“Once you give up, you die,” said Joseph. “We are
going to rebuild a third time.”
Read whole story
-- WORLD CUP --
Skeleton at the entrance to the Faculty of Health Sciences
at Stellenbosch University in South Africa is rattling his bones as the
World Cup gets underway.
Mariechen Puchert/youthjournalism.org
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