Drought declared in California

What the article talked about was the water shortages in California. That if Californian's don't start conserving water their going to start cutting back on water or the water price is just going to rocket up. It also talks about California needs to stop depending on the Colorado River to provide southern California with fresh water because the river does not have as much water as it used to, do to hotter winters.

Worldwide Water Shortage on Horizon

A water shortages worldwide is becoming a crisis. By 2025 more than half the nations in the world will face freshwater stress or shortages and by 2050 as much as 75 % of the world's population could face freshwater scarcity. as this crisis grows the government is being forced to rethink the usage and how the manage water. Drinking water supplies, agriculture, energy production and generation, mining and industry all require large quantities of water. I think that we need to manage are water , because soon enough we well have limited resources of freshwater.

Drought declared in California

This article is about how governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a statewide drought. He warned citizens and water manager to cut the use of water or face the possibilty of rationing next year if there is another dry winter. He has also directed the state Department of Water Resources to help speed up water transfers to the places with the worst shortages. This article is telling us that there is a drought and to think about the way we are using our water and if we are using it wisely. This article let's us know that stuff like this is actually happening and we need to be cautious. I think it is good to let everybody know that a drought is declared and they did not just let a little bit of the community to know.


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Drought declared in California

What is Terrorism?

The article I read was about Terrorism was explaining what Terrorism is "Terrorism is not new, and even though it has been used since the beginning of recorded history it can be relatively hard to define. Terrorism has been described variously as both a tactic and strategy; a crime and a holy duty; a justified reaction to oppression and an inexcusable abomination."

International security chiefs meet in Jerusalem to discuss counterterrorism

This article tells us that international security chiefs meet in Jerusalem and discussed about how to fight and decrease terrorism. Foreign minister Tzipi Livni believed that the international community should stop making moral equivalences between citizens who have been killed by suicide bombers and citizens who were killed during operations against militants. Nine different countries were involved with this meeting.This shows the world that people are not just sitting around and not doing anything about terrorism, they are actually getting together and figuring out what to do about terrorism. I think that the more that they show that they are actually attempting to do something about terrorism makes me more comfortable knowing that they are not just sitting around letting terrorist take advantage.


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International security chiefs meet in Jerusalem to discuss counterterrorism

Patriot Act draws privacy concerns

What the article talked about was that the U.S. just signed a new bill known the USA Patriot Act, what It Is, Is a bill that gives the government more freedom to check the internet and look for any threat's of terrorism against the U.S. It was passed following the attacks of Sept. 11. It also gives the Government more law power to arrest s person, like if you were to overstay your visa for just one day, you would get arrested for that. Pretty much saying that the law's are being enforce and stricter.

Pentagon: Suspected Mastermind of USS Cole Bombing Confesses

The article I read is talking about a man named Waleed Mohammed Bin Atash who has been for a long time, suspected of plotting the bombing of the USS Cole. He finally confessed at the hearing that took place at Guantanamo Bay. In the hearing he includes many of his acts of retaliation against Americans. Like, he said that he bought a boat and some explosives to that he would later use on the USS Cole and just goes on with some other things he was also involved in. This one relates to terrorism and is important to that group because it's a real terrorist that's coming out of the closet and actually confessing what he did. I think that is what makes it important because I have never heard someone just confess things like that. I think that they should put this man in prison because of all the bad thing he did and he is not even ashamed to say what he's done. Terrorism is bad and should stop because they kill innocent people.