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Article/Story Date ** : Bombing Kills 5 at U.N. Office in Pakistan, Oct 5, 2009 ** News link (URL) ** : http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/terrorism/july-dec09/pakistan_10-05.html ** List three of the most important or compelling pieces of information from this story or article (in your own words): ** • Two out of the five victims were women. • The U.N. has temporarily shut down their offices in Pakistan. • The new leader of the Pakistan Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud is saying that these attacks will continue against the Pakistani government and the U.S.

** Why is this story significant? How do the events in this story affect the people of this region or the rest of the world? ** Article/Story Date: Thailand Covers Hitler Billboard, Oct 19, 2009 ** News link (URL) ** : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8313249.stm ** List three of the most important or compelling pieces of information from this story or article (in your own words): ** • The billboard was of Hitler saluting and a slogan saying "Hitler is not dead" and it was places outside of Bangkok two weeks ago. • The museum received a lot of complaints so they were forced to cover the billboard. • The museum said that they weren't praising him, they just thought he was an important historical figure in a horrible way. ** Why is this story significant? How do the events in this story affect the people of this region or the rest of the world? ** This story is significant because many people in Thailand were very upset with this billboard and the museum that put it up received many complaints of it being offensive.
 * This story is significant because these attacks were partially aimed again the U.S. which is affecting everyone who lives here. These Pakistani Taliban members have potential to be more dangerous, claiming that these attacks will continue.

Article/Story Date: China and Australia 'mend ties'- October 29, 2009 • There was an arrest in China of an Australian mining executive. • Since the Vice Premier, Li Keqiang went to visit it seems like there is some "fence-mending" happening between CHina and Australia. • China is Australia's largest trading partner, needing China's purchases of coal, iron and liquid gas.
 * News link (URL) ** : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8331343.stm
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This story is significant because China needs to keep a good relationship with Australia in order to keep a strong economy going. This effects the citizens of both China and Australia.
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• Do environmental issues in China have an impact on the US environment and society? Explain. ** Yes, China's environmental issues effect the U.S. environment and society. This is true because the pollution from China is carried from China to Los Angeles, a major city in the U.S. China has also overtook the U.S. in green house gas emissions, which is not necessarily a bad thing for the U.S. but shows just how bad China is getting about its pollution. The U.S. has seen the big damns in China and realized that they are bad and in the past ten years have started decommissioning them. The main way that China's environmental issues have an affect on the U.S. is that we learn from their mistakes, such as learning that big damns are dangerous and that hydroelectricity is very good for the environment. As like every other country, of course the U.S. society is going to hear about China's issues and want to learn more or help them so it does affect the society as well.