Research Assignment #1
In the News
Erick Morales
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i. DATE - September 15, 2012 ii. TITLE OF PUBLICATION * Japan Plans to Phase Out Nuclear Power iii. COUNTRY OF CONCERN * Japan iv. CENTRAL CLAIM - Japan wants to get rid of their nuclear power even though their country depends on it for at least 30 percent of their electricity.
v. SUPPORT: List three pieces of support given in the article as data to the central claim. - The government had been considering several options: whether to reduce the number of plants to zero over time or maintain enough reactors to provide diminish. Before the nuclear accident, Japan depended on its reactors for about 30 percent of its electricity needs and had planned to raise that share to more than 50 percent. Many political and business leaders argue that shuttering nuclear plants would doom the resource-poor country to high energy costs and a steeper economic decline than Japan is already facing. vi. SUMMARY * Japan wants to eliminate the nuclear power but in reality it may be harder and less beneficial than they really think. “And the country’s most influential business federation this week made clear that phasing out nuclear power was ‘‘unrealistic and unreachable,’’ according to its chairman, Hiromasa Yonekura.” They are probably better off not going through with this proposition.

i. DATE
-September 15, 2012

ii. TITLE OF PUBLICATION
- China, Japan Trade Warning at Sea

iii. COUNTRY OF CONCERN
-China and Japan

iv. CENTRAL CLAIM
-Chinese and Japanese government ships exchanged warnings Friday in waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea, while Tokyo called on Beijing to protect its citizens amid anti-Japan protests and reported assaults in China.

v. SUPPORT
-Japanese coast guard ships radioed warnings to the Chinese vessels and two or three moved out of the territorial waters, said Yasuhiko Oku, a Japanese coast guard official. Japan controls the islands, which are surrounded by rich fishing grounds and are near key shipping lanes, but China doesn’t recognize those claims. Tensions between the Asian giants have flared anew after the Japanese government bought the islands from their private Japanese owners this week.

vi. SUMMARY: Summarize
-China a Japan boats had a controversy in which they exchanged warnings to each other near some island. Japan controls these islands, which means they had the right to be there but China doesn’t understand this. If China doesn’t accept this then they are going to continue to have complications with the Japanese coast guards.

i. DATE
-September 15, 2012

ii. TITLE OF PUBLICATION
-Anti-American Violence Expands

iii. COUNTRY OF CONCERN
-North Africa, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia

iv. CENTRAL CLAIM: What is the thesis statement or proposition to which the article seeks adherence.
-Anti-American rage that began this week over a video insult to Islam spread to more than 20 countries across the Middle East and beyond Friday, with violent protests that convulsed the birthplaces of the Arab Spring revolutions, breached two more US embassies, and targeted diplomatic properties of Germany and Britain.

v. SUPPORT: List three pieces of support given in the article as data to the central claim.
-At least six protesters were killed and dozens of people were wounded in the demonstrations, from North Africa to Southeast Asia and Indonesia. In western Afghanistan, protesters burned an effigy of President Obama, who had made an outreach to Muslims a thematic pillar of his first year in office. The Pentagon said a rapid response team of 50 Marines had arrived in Sana, Yemen, to secure the American diplomatic compound, which was damaged by enraged protesters Thursday.

vi. SUMMARY
-A rage against Americans began because there was a video insulting Islam that spread to more than 20 countries which made the Muslim people extremely furious. They even burned down the Obama effigy that was established when he made an outreach to the Muslims. Police said at least three protesters were killed and 28 people were wounded in the attack on the US Embassy in Tunis, the birthplace of the Arab Spring revolutions.

i. DATE
-September 15, 2012

ii. TITLE OF PUBLICATION
-Afghan bus, truck collision kills 51

iii. COUNTRY OF CONCERN
-Aghansitan

iv. CENTRAL CLAIM
- A bus and truck collided and burst into flames in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 51 people.

v. SUPPORT: List three pieces of support given in the article as data to the central claim.
-The collision occurred in Ghazni Province and at least 51 of the 56 passengers on the bus were killed, said General Zarawar Zahid, the provincial police chief. Police and soldiers were still removing those killed from the wreckage along Highway 1 in Ab Band district. A spokesman for Paktika Province said Friday that six civilians died after the tractor they were riding in hit a roadside mine on Thursday.

vi. SUMMARY: Summarize
-51 people were killed when a bus and truck collided on a highway that links Afghan capital of Kabul with Kandahar, the largest city in the south. There were a total of 56 passengers which

i. DATE
-September 14, 2012

ii. TITLE OF PUBLICATION
-Mexican Navy Captures Drug Kingpin

iii. COUNTRY OF CONCERN
- Mexico

iv. CENTRAL CLAIM
-The Mexican navy said Thursday that it had detained one of the most sought-after drug kingpins in Mexico and the United States, the top leader of the Gulf Cartel.

v. SUPPORT
-In Mexico City, the man, , who faces an array of charges in both countries, was marched before reporters by masked marine guards. Jose Luis Vergara, a marine spokesman reading a statement, said Costilla, 41, was detained without any resistance by about 30 marines in northeastern Tamaulipas State. Several other people were also detained with him.

vi. SUMMARY
-Mexico City captured the top leader of the Gulf Cartel, Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez. This arrest was very beneficial to them because they captured the most important man from the Cartel, which probably means that the cartel won’t function the same for a while. “The arrest gives Mexican forces a notable victory in their battle against drug-trafficking leaders, days ahead of Mexican Independence Day celebrations, and presents another blow to the Gulf Cartel.”