In Tucson Arizona, Saturday afternoon January 8th, a young man opened fire against Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 17 others. The gunman is identified by the FBI as Jared Loughner. Giffords was shot in the head and later flown to hospital in Tucson for emergency surgery.
A total of six people died as a result of the massacre. Among the dead are John Roll (63), Dorwin Stoddard (76), Christina Taylor Green (9), Gabe Zimmerman (30), Dorothy Morris (76) and Phyllis Schneck (79). The shooting took place at a shopping centre called La Toscana Village. Mr Loughner is for now in custody and can risk death penalty.
The massacre is Tucson is widely covered by CNN, and there are several similar articles on the subject. Almost a week after the shooting we now got a lot of information about the victims and the shooter. The articles posted on CNN are thorough and concrete.
On the other side BBC has also covered the situation, and several articles have been posted. However, different from CNN is that BCC now considers the case finished. CNN is still writing and discussing the shooting. CNN is a U.S news channel.
Al Jazeera has covered the massacre, but does not have a lot of different articles. We only found three.
Read more about the massacre in Tucson: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/01/13/foreman.arizona/index.html
Also this week three quarters of the state of Queensland in Australia has been hit, by what may be the worst flood in 37 years. The Brisbane River reached 4.46m Wednesday morning, but all in all the flood level was lower than feared. In 1974 the Brisbane River reached 5.4m. The flood has taken the lives of 15 people, and more are frequently reported missing.
The water levels are now beginning to fall, but over 25.000 houses are still flooded. More than 100.000 properties are still without electricity. In the city of Ipswich, west of Brisbane, the Bremer River reached 19.4m on Wednesday. The flood may have caused damages for over 5 billion dollars.
Other important news this week:
The flood in Rio de Janerio, Brazil: Over 500 people have been killed by the heavy rains and flooding in the area. Video: http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/01/13/romo.brazil.deadly.floods.cnn
This week Haiti marked the one year anniversary of the earthquake:
People in Sudan have voted pro independence of South Sudan:
"A state of emergency has been declared in Tunisia after weeks of anti-government protests and clashes with police..."
Finally we want to share something quite spectacular....
"Male (28) sneezed out bullet after being shot in the head!
Have a good weekend!!
Well done! Thorough but to the point. Good comparison. :)
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