October 22, 2012:
It isn’t often that people are charged for manslaughter because of an earthquake. A regional court in Italy charged six scientists and one ex-government official for sending in inaccurate information that underestimated an incoming earthquake. By sending in this inaccurate information, the accused are guilty for the 309 people killed in the 6.3 magnitude earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy. The seven believe themselves to be innocent and are going to appeal. Read more at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20025626
October 24, 2012
In the Rakhine state of Burma, the government has responded to recent clashes between Rohingya Muslims, a minority group, and Rakhine Buddhists by imposing an overnight curfew. Clashes began in May, after three Muslims raped and murdered a Buddhist woman, and have steadily increased in severity. Ninety people were reported to be dead in June due to clashes between the religious groups. Read more at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20066238
October 25, 2012
Two accounts of teachers abusing children in the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang and Shaanxi have been looked into by the police. In one case, a picture was taken of a boy screaming in pain as the teacher lifted him by his ears. In another case, a five-year-old girl came home from her kindergarten with bruises and swelling on her face after being repeatedly slapped by a teacher. Read more at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20079318
October 26, 2012
Forty-one people were killed when a suicide bomber dressed as a police officer set off an explosion as worshippers left the Eid Gah mosque located in Maymana, the capital of Faryab province in northern Afghanistan. The worshippers had been celebrating the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha. The attack was meant to target the senior police and governmental officials, but they escaped the blast since it occurred outside the mosque and they had still been inside. Read more at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20092591
Another insurgent decided to use the Islamic religious holiday of Eid al-Adha for an attack. A car-bomb in the Syrian capital of Damascus exploded near a playground, killing five and wounding 30. This bomb destroyed the fragile truce implemented by the Syrian government and the rebel forces for the holiday. It was not, however, the only attack during the truce. Read more at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20103470