Conservative Mariano Rajoy is sworn in as Spain's new prime minister

Conservative leader Mariano Rajoy was sworn in Wednesday, December 21, as Spain’s new prime minister, to begin work on what he lists as his top priority -- pulling the nation out of its deep economic crisis.

Rajoy won a landslide election victory in parliamentary elections November 20. Daunting to-do list awaits Spain new PM

The Obama administration previously offered its support for the economic reforms of the outgoing Socialist government, but that government's unpopular austerity measures and the economic crisis led to its defeat at the polls.

Spain has an overall unemployment rate of 21.5%, but it youth unemployment rate is a staggering 45%.

Rajoy said most of Spain's national holidays that fall on weekdays would be observed on the closest Monday to improve productivity. Rajoy's first cabinet meeting is scheduled for Friday.

Url: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/21/world/europe/spain-prime-minister/index.html?hpt=ieu_c2

Crawford decides to enroll with Blazers

Free-agent guard Jamal Crawford has joined the Portland Trail Blazers.

The player Crawford made official his move to Portland.
He has done it via twiter.
The veteran sportsman (eleven years old in basketball)
was not sure about which team he would play;
Sacramento or Portland Blazers (old team of Rudy Fernández). Finally he
chose Portland.
For his career, the 31-year-old has
averaged 15.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists. He won the NBA's Sixth Man
award in 2010.
The Blazers made it official a few hours later on
Thursday when they announced they had signed Crawford.
The player will have an important role because he has to
replace the old Star Blazers: Brandon Roy.
Roy announced
his retirement because of knee problems (he
has not cartilage)
Brandon Roy was the most important player in the team
until his retirement, so it is going to be a big responsibility for Crawford.

URL: http://www.nba.com/2011/news/12/15/crawford-blazers.ap/index.html

Alejandro Bandera López

Climate change

The climate change is happening right here, right now. The greenhouse gases are increasing at an alarming rate. The 17th annual United Nations climate conference, which aims at coming up with a successor to the Kyoto Protocol or a new international agreement, wraps up Friday in Durban, South Africa.

The U.S. position at the talks can be described as, well, nuanced. Chief climate negotiator Todd Stern says that he favors a legally binding treaty to replace Kyoto (which the U.S. Senate never ratified), but only if it holds developing nations such as China and India to the same mandatory standards as industrialized countries such as the U.S.

If not reach an agreement, that would mean catastrophic sea-level rise, drought, famine and weather-related carnage. Fortunately, we'll all be dead by then. But our progeny will not thank us.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-climate-20111209,0,3826430.story

Mª Teresa Dueñas Díaz

Drop in Sea Eagle population due to poor weather condition

The number of new-born see eagle chicks has descended by three in 2011. The spring weather has been awful and some birds nests have been broken. Although the good news is that more territorial pairs have been sited this year.

The birds were incorporated in 1975 and there is controversy about the fact that they may be reintroduced in to other areas of Scotland with the posible danger of the birds attacking people, children in particular.

It is understood that people love to see these magnificent birds soaring the skies and many people travel to Scotland to enjoy natural based tourism. The benefit to the economy is a staggering £1.4 bn per year.

I chose this article because I love birds, and find it inspiring that the ragged and bleek coasts of Scotland can house something so beautiful. I also want to pay tribute to the enormous amount of conservation work being carried out for the protection of species.


Elizabeth Pacheco Barca

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16139760

A BOOK DEDICATED TO HAITI

Three Spanish authors: Gustavo Martín Garzo, Georgina Higueras and Manuel Rivas bring to mind the hard times of the earthquake in Haiti with the title of '2 years ago and we do not forget Haiti'.
The intention of this book is to raise our spirit of solidarity which of all us feel deep down.
The result of the book sales will be assigned to a cultural project which will take place in Haiti.

I have chosen this new because I consider myself a person in solidarity with others.

Blogs.elpais.com/juan_cruz/index.html

Coalition in crisis

Weak cabinet crisis Spreads in Europe, even in UK.
The disagreement between Cameron and Clegg increases but they say they are keeping their agreements.
Euroscepticism grows in the British parliament.
I choose this story because, I think it’s interesting and very important for the future.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/political-news/coalition-in-crisis.1323666229

Montse Quiñones García

DAVID CAMERON´S DECISION

This news is the result of various disagreements between the various European leaders at the impossibility to give a solution to this crisis that the world economy faced esra. I have chosen because it could consider, the first concern of political leaders and to the people.I have selected this notice for being a great news world news.


There is a great need for legislation on the European politics on financial matters. The latest decisions in this regard, as a consequence has resulted in David Cameron's opposition to these measures. Within his own country David Cameron has found opinions contrary to their decision. From the business sector in Britain are wary of this decision, by the fear of isolation.

URL http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/world/europe/david-cameron-to-address-british-parliament-over-europe-treaty.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=cameron&st=cse

Josefa Cano Fernandez. 2º bachillerato

Puerto Banús against Cancer.

Sunday 13th November, around 600 people gathered around Puerto Banus (Marbella) for a good cause, Pinktober 2011, a run in aid of Cancer, organized by Hard Rock Café, Marbella Town Hall and AECC (Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer)

The run consisted in 3,5 Kilometers, in which adults, children and families participated, not only by foot, also skating and with bicycles.

The inscription cost was 5€, but many participants donated more money in order to raise funds for the Cancer Association.

The reason why I have chosen this article is because my father has cancer and all the help the Cancer Association receives is very welcome, I myself participated in the run and shared my personal situtation with other living the same situation as my family.

www.diariosur.es
http://www.diariosur.es/v/20111114/marbella/puerto-banus-tine-rosa-20111114.html

Rebeca Denise García Scilley

Netanyahu and illegal migration

Netanyahu visit Africa in bid to curb illegal migration to Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Africa in early February 2012 to try to return immigrants to their countries.

In a weekly event said the infiltrators from entering Israel from the Sinai Peninsula, suffer a coup, because it affects everything, including welfare and internal security.
In Netanyahu said Israel infiltrate African migrants are not refugees. As no land put through should not be addressed as refugees, since they are being inundated by the human wave of immigrants.

I decided to choose this story because I see well that immigration is regulated in a country, and this being a country with so many conflicts.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/netanyahu-to-visit-africa-in-bid-to-stem-illegal-migration-to-israel-1.400791

Sergio Sánchez Criado.
2º Bachillerato HCS.
Alumno de Esther.

Ballet is culture and love

Two young sisters, Sophie Ward, and Racheal 10 and 15 years of age, have achieved an important milestone in the world of ballet. Both come from a family of dancers.
Sophie has just won an important place in the production of the English Youth Ballet Swan Lake, after a hearing against the best young dancers in the country.
Racheal won a scholarship International Dance Recently.


I chose this story because, I think there is a strong need for beautiful living experience, and the world needs the arts, because they believe that imagination and think creatively. The dancer conveys subtlety, finesse and style. The main purpose of a dancer, is that the audience leaves the theatre with a sense of hope, beauty and love.


http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/12/10/ballet-triumph-for-talented-young-dancers-61634-29928753/

María Inmaculada Mena Lázaro

Jerry Sandusky was arrested on sexual abuse charges.

Jerry Sandusky, former assistant football was charged for sexual abuse agains boys.
Several boys declared that he was guilty its.


I had choosed these article because I am impressing for its.

By Aguas Santas Magro Fernández.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/sports/ncaafootball/sandusky-arrested-on-new-sexual-abuse-charges.html?_r=1&hp

Five Injured in Brooklyn Fire

Unfortunate accident in a distric neoyorquino, Brooklyn, where five persons are hurt.


The new is about a fire occurred in Brooklyn due to someone who smoked in the bed careless. It explains the way how the people acted when the fire began. Some of them tried to escape to get some air, jumping through the windows, scaling ladders... and some of them stayed inside, waiting to be rescued. At the end a baby and a woman were the main injured, and three men were hurt.
We can read in the new also what some people (people who weren’t at home when it happened, some neighbors and so on) thought about the accident and the way how it made them feel.



I chosen this new, because wake up my interest as a situation so common, can converted in a tragedy.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/25/nyregion/five-injured-in-fire-at-brooklyn-brownstone.html

Burrard Inlet scuba mystery solved 29 years later

The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the body of a scuba diver that was recovered from Burrard inlet in October.
The body found belong to a diver who disappeared 29 years ago,while searching for another missing body.
The remains of the body were found by fishermen.


By Inmaculada Lopez Taboada.

Cat crawls two miles with bullet in chest

A cat was far of your house and was shotted by a gun, the cat returned to him house and when his owner saw it, he went to the hospital with the kitty, when the doctor saw the animal, he cured the animal and he can return to him home healthy finally.

I have token the news because I like animals a lot, and from my point of view is incredible what the cat did.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3983817/Cat-crawls-two-miles-br-with-bullet-in-chest.html

PD: photo is take for google, and it´s a joke, because in THE SUN, I can´t take the photos

Problematic agreement in the European Union

The prime minister in London David Cameron threatens to European Union countries if there isn't a clear plan to safeguard London's economy interesting.
This news is interesting to read after ear Sarkozy and Merkel's recent declarations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/07/cameron-threatens-veto-eu-treaty

Carbon Emissions will not stop growing

Global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel burning jumped by the largest amount on record last year, upending the notion that the brief decline during the recession might persist through the recovery.


Emissions rose 5.9 percent in 2010, according to an analysis released Sunday by the Global Carbon Project, an international collaboration of scientists tracking the numbers.
The combustion of coal represented more than half of the growth in emissions, the report found.

Scientists say the rapid growth of emissions is warming the Earth, threatening the ecology and putting human welfare at long-term risk. But their increasingly urgent pleas that society find a way to limit emissions have met sharp political resistance in many countries, including the United States, because doing so would entail higher energy costs.



URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/science/earth/record-jump-in-emissions-in-2010-study-finds.html?ref=earth


I have chosen this new the newspaper "The New York Times" because is important not to forget the role that countries have with the issue of climate change. They must reduce the emission of harmful gases into the atmosphere and invest more green plants and renewable energy so that our planet live longer and better.

By Álvaro López Vidal

Christmas fails to tempt consumers into spending

This Christmas people will not spend the same money as the other years due to the crisis.
This fact will affect the shops which will earn less money than other years.

I choose these article because I think the theme of the current crisis is of


Alumno: Blanca González.

Noticia: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/christmas-fails-to-tempt-consumers-into-spending-6272855.html

NEW ATTACK BRITISH ARMED FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN

The British Armed Forces are being attacked by British Muslims on the battlefields of Afghanistan.
Intelligence reports show that the insurgent has Midlands and Yorkshire accents.
This reports show that young disaffected Muslims are travelling to southern Afghanistan to attack British targets.
A number of them have been arrested trying to leave of United Kingdom.
Ministry of Defence has announced that three British soldiers had been killed in a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan.
A medical helicopter moved the soldiers but they died a few hours.
The family has been informed.

The reasons why I have chose this news it is because worried me the situation of NATO troops in Afghanistan.

Alumno: Miguel Jiménez Martínez

URL : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1154986/Armed-Forces-fighting-British-Muslims-Yorkshire-accents-Afghanistan.html

Millions vote in Congo despite fears of violence

A man had his finger painted with ink after voting in Kinshasa on Monday.

This new tell us the episodes happened in Congo the day of ballot. The congoleses choose a new president and parliament.

The ballots were turbulent and bloody, there had eleven dead.

The people arrived to polling station and the ballot box were full of ballot paper.

Some can’t found their names in the list of voters.

They were blackmailed and threatened by president’s supporters.

Joseph Kabila was the president during ten years. Etienne Tshisekedi is leader of the opposition.

The people as Mrs. Mputu do not lose the hope of to have a good president.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/world/africa/congo-votes-amid-expectations-of-fraud-and-fears-of-violence.html?hp

I have chosen this new because I want to know as the democracy work in other countries, in this case we may say “the no democracy”.

Student: Eugenia Caparrós Caparrós