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News Presentation

By: Jasreet Dhillon

+International News

January 7, 2011- Oran, Algeria

2 killed, 300 injured in riot due to price increase in basic foods and housing.

Government subsidized many staples in the food industry but trade deficit in Algeria caused a spiraling increase in price.

Riots lead to awareness of the suppression of speech.

+National News

Houston, Texas: A Cuban exile is being charged for perjury.

Luis Posadas has been linked to bombings in Havana and the downing of an airliner in the 1970s.

He was deported from the United States and then re-entered in March 2005.

He stands imprisonment in Venezuela and Cuba.

+Local News

Marin County is being charged with Civil Rights and discrimination statues by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Given $1.7 million dollars by Community Development Block Grants

Plus an additional, $1.2 million from the federal HOME program.

+Making a Difference

Sketches of A Memory; Janet Ballelos (Alumni 2003)

Bridging the generation gap between the youth and the elderly.

Students from Moreau Catholic go to Madonna’s Care Home in Union City.

Students create an art piece about their elderly partners story.

+Political Cartoon

+News Quiz

How did the riots in Algeria lead to awareness in suppression of speech?

Why does the U.S. believe Luis Posadas lied many years ago?

Why is the case against Marin County hard to argue?

What is the main goal of the Sketches of a Memory program?

Why did the artist use a rollercoaster to portray the job market recovery in the U.S?

+Answers

Many bloggers were being shut down and arrested by government officials causing “Journalists without Borders” to bring this issue out into the open.

When asked by an immigration judge, Posadas lied about his whereabouts which what he is initially being prosecuted for.

The amount of money given to Marin County was said to be insufficient for building affordable homes.

To create awareness about the elderly generation being left behind and bridging that gap using art and the youths.

Because roller coasters have their ups and downs. And in the end everything turns out to be okay.

+Sources

http://blog.cagle.com/2011/01/07/making-a-movie/

http://unioncity.patch.com/articles/sketches-of-a-memory-bridges-the-generational-gap

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/09/algeria.tunisia.protests/index.html?iref=allsearch

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/us/10posada.html?ref=us

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/us/07bcmarin.html?ref=sanfranciscobayarea