Paris Attacks

Death toll revised to around 120

A Paris city hall official said four gunmen systematically slaughtered at least 87 young people attending a rock concert at the Bataclan music hall. Anti-terrorist commandos eventually launched an assault on the building. The gunmen detonated explosive belts and dozens of shocked survivors were rescued.

Some 40 more people were killed in five other attacks in the Paris region, the city hall official said, including an apparent double suicide bombing outside the national stadium, where Hollande and the German foreign minister were watching a friendly soccer international.

Some 200 people were injured.

Paris public prosecutor François Molins said the death toll was at least 120.

His spokeswoman said eight assailants had also died, seven of whom had blown themselves up with explosive belts at various locations, while one had been shot dead by police.

Rawlinson, Kevin, and Claire Phipps. "Death Toll Revised to around 120."
The Guardian. N.p., 14 Nov. 2015. Web. 16 Nov. 2015.

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This article discusses the recent events that have happened in Paris. It outlines how many people were killed or injured. This article isn't very biased, or the bias isn't overly evident. The authors try to just outline facts. It is very sad about what happened in Paris. Our job no is to pray, for the people suffering, as well as the attackers or people like them. One thing I wish this article had done, was to expand on the bombings at the national stadium. I wonder if the foreign ministers there were a target or it was just  a place with a lot of random people. I hope and pray that things like this don’t become a common occurrence.

GLOBAL WARMING
100 Million Could Face Poverty From Warming


Earth has heated up by one degree Celsius (1.6 degrees Fahrenheit), Britain’s weather office said Monday, as greenhouse gases hit record levels just weeks before a crucial climate summit in Paris.

Other reports warned rising seas were set to swamp large swathes of New York and Shanghai, and that global warming would drive millions of people into poverty worldwide.

The slew of fresh planetary warnings came as ministers gathered in Paris to search for common ground on divisive issues ahead of the summit, which runs from November 30 to December 11.

If the planet heats up by four degrees Celsius — double the targeted UN ceiling — oceans will swallow land inhabited by more than 600 million people, said a study by Climate Central, a US-based research group.

Even a two-degree jump would submerge land currently occupied by 280 million people, it said.

At the same time, the World Meteorological Organization reported that the level of climate-altering gases in the air punched through the psychological barrier of 400 parts per million.

“Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are now reaching levels not seen on Earth for more than 800,000, maybe even 1 million years,” WMOchief Michel Jarraud told reporters.

“This means we are now really in uncharted territory for the human race,” he warned.

Britain’s Met Office announced Monday that local mean surface temperatures were set to reach 1 C above pre-industrial levels for the first time — half-way to the 2 C threshold which scientists say humanity must not cross.


Environment and energy ministers in Paris are groping for convergence on issues dividing the 195 nations negotiating a climate rescue pact which must be inked at the upcoming summit.

A World Bank study Sunday said there could be “more than 100 million additional people in poverty by 2030″ unless action is taken to stem climate change.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, hosting ministers and climate envoys from 70 countries to prepare for the summit over which he will preside, issued his own dire warning.

“It is life on our planet itself which is at stake,” he said at the start of talks Sunday.

“There is absolute urgency” to achieve the 2 C goal, said Fabius. Anything higher would have “catastrophic consequences” — including wars over dwindling water and other resources.

The summit will be opened by some 100 heads of state and government, among them US President Barack Obama, China’s Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi of India, and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

It is meant to produce the first truly universal pact to rein in climate change by curbing emissions from burning fossil fuel. It is also tasked with helping poor countries adapt to climate impacts already in the pipeline.

Ministers are the ones who will ink the deal at the end.

But first, they must find political compromise to feed into a blueprint for the deal compiled by rank-and-file diplomats over years of tough negotiations in the UN climate forum.


For now, the draft remains little more than a laundry list of often directly opposing national options for dealing with the challenge at hand.

Developing countries insist rich ones should lead the way in slashing emissions as they have polluted for longer.

They also want assurances of finance to make the shift from cheap and abundant fossil fuel to greener energy sources, and to shore up defences against climate change-induced superstorms, drought, flood and sea-level rise.

But industrialized countries point the finger at emerging giants such as China andIndia spewing carbon dioxide as they burn coal to power expanding populations and economies.

As the bickering continues, the UN last week issued a fresh warning that national carbon-curbing pledges submitted to date set the stage for warming of about 3 C, or more.

Last month, scientists said the first nine months of 2015 had been the hottest on record worldwide.
"GLOBAL WARMING 100 Million Could Face Poverty From Warming."
Discovery News. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2015.

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The environment at its current state is detrimental to humanity. This article outlines some of the changes in the environment and predicted temperatures for coming seasons. This article does a good jkob of not being biased, as it mostly discusses facts and not opinionated research.  If these facts ar accurate then human kind needs to wake up. It is our job to protect our environment and make sure it can protect us too. This does noty bode well for coming years.

U.S. Airstrike Hits Hospital in Afghanistan

(Oct. 3):
 An airstrike hits a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Twenty-two people are killed, including 12 hospital staff members and seven patients. Soon after the incident, the U.S. military releases a statement confirming an airstrike aimed at Taliban militants in Kunduz, but that "there may have been collateral damage to a nearby medical facility." The United Nations and other international organizations condemn the incident and call for an investigation.
(Oct. 5):
 With the hospital badly damaged, Doctors Without Borders announces it is leaving Kunduz, a city in much need of medical assistance.

Associated Press. "U.S. Airstrike Hits Hospital in Afghanistan."
Infoplease.com. N.p., 3 Oct. 2015. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.

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This article is short but portrays a lot in one paragraph. It displays the awful causalities of war. People who had no part in the war except to help those who were hurt were killed. This article does a good job of not being biased, when there is a lot of sides that could be taken. A lot of times the U.S. is portrayed as the good guys in war, the people who are fighting for good. There aren't many articles about mistakes they have made, at least not that I have come across. This article shows that even they aren't perfect. In that sense the author does a good job of not even indulging in a bias of omission.  It is terrible what happened, especially now that Doctors Without Borders is leaving Kunduz. We should be praying for this area, and the ensuing investigation into the actions of the U.S.