Monthly Archives: May 2013

The top news stories to me were the Civil War in Syria, and Barack Obama contemplating sending over military support, the on-going investigation of the Boston Bombing, and the three news suspects.

The civil unrest in Syria has been a consistent top news story with the most recent one about the Israeli missile strike. The strike was allegedly to stop weapons being transported. The second major Syrian story involved Syria’s use of chemical weapons. Other major stories include the building collapse in Bangladesh and the hunger strike that caused a prison revolt in Guantanamo Bay. In Europe, the economic recession is slowly creeping to northern countries such as France and Germany. Germany has seen a decrease in exports of its Mercedes car which is a large part of its economy. In the U.S., the Boston bombing is a big news story with new information suggesting that the brothers planned to attack Times Square and an investigation is currently on going with the brother’s, who was shot by FBI officers, wife. Also in the U.S., the Supreme Court backs a restriction of who can access state records. This limits people from out of State ability to ask for state information. This will limit national publications ability to fully investigate events in other states than their home state. In New York, the Mayoral race rages on with Christine Quinn, Bill de Blasio, John Liu and William Thompson remaining the top candidates.

The first story that I know has been gaining more ground in news outlets is the Guantanamo Detainees.  The prisoners have been conducting a hunger strike since February, in protest of their indefinite detention and the raid of personal items in their cells that was committed by the U.S. Army.  The pressure is on for Pres. Obama to release them and end this entire crisis.

The mayoral race is still making headlines with the latest televised debate, that centered around the discussion of public safety.

The latest with uprising and civil war in Syria is the majority of the American public not supporting the need of military support to Syrian rebels.  62% of Americans feel that American military does not have the responsibility to intervene between government and anti-government groups in Syria. Pres. Obama has also expressed his reluctance to militarily intervene in Syria

Pres. Obama has visited Mexico and of course the big topic of discussion was immigration. Though Mexico’s president, Pena Nieto, has been very quiet on the ongoing immigration reform debates in the U.S.

There was an article in the paper yesterday about Israel bombing Syria.  The title is “Israel Bombs Syria as U.S. Considers Its Own Military Options.”  I think this is important because it shows how hard Obama is trying to stay civil with everyone and in every aspect.  Obama stated that he wanted to remain out of the situation, and when asked if things went further, what he would do, he went on to explain there needed to be several questions answered, even at that point, he probably wouldn’t resort to any sort of military action.  It also shows how difficult bombings and wars can be; as well as how easily the US can be dragged in…

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/world/middleeast/syria.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0