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- Press review


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A daily look at some of the stories in the international papers.
By Aurore Cloe DUPUIS (text)

 

Daily Express
 
 
 
As the death toll continues to increase in Afghanistan, the Daily Express reports that the wounded are not counted properly, and that the army has no idea how many British troops are injured.
 
The newspaper talks about a report that came out last night. The report, by the sickness Absence Management, was ordered by the army.
 
It claims that the wounded have been counted in hundreds when it is thought that there are thousands of injured.
 
According to the Daily Express, the wrong figures are likely to affect the ability of the army to fight.,because the army needs to make sure there are enough troops to replace the sick.
 
According to analysts, the number of wounded is usually about five times the number of dead.
 
 
 
 
The Guardian
 
 
 
Let’s take a look at the editorial, in The Guardian.
 
The article asks whether the war in Afghanistan is in fact “mission imporrsible”.
 
There’s no evidence that Operation Panthers Claw is working, on the contrary says the article.
 
The Taliban reportedly operates with ease, and infiltrates the local population easily, which makes it hard for the British army to spot them.
 
What’s even more worrying, says the article is that one Taliban fighter told The Guardian, that “the more foreign troops there are, the more targets they have”.
 
 
 
 
 
USA Today
 
 
 
 
USA Today goes back on the Hudson River crash that killed nine people, including five tourists.
 
The crash prompted calls to ban low-altitude flights over Manhattan and the Hudson River.
 
The accident is one reason, but noise pollution is another
 
According to the article, a ban could threaten tourism in the region. Some 300,000 people flew over the Statue of Liberty, and New York’s skyscrapers.
 
But a ban is not likely to occur, says USA Today.
 
Officials had already tried to stop air tourism in 1999, but it is reported that the city’s mayor, Michael Bloomberg, is a huge fan. He himself is a helicopter pilot.
 
 
 
 
 
The Australian
 
 
 
It’s happening in an Island, near Australia, called The Cocos Island.
 
A group of natives, mostly Muslim, say they are being discriminated against because public servants and teachers in schools want to ban their language.
 
The Australian newspaper explains that Cocos Islands is a territory of Australia. Around a hundred Europeans live there. The rest, around 400 people, are natives.
 
And their children are reportedly being punished at school, if they speak a word of Cocos language.
 
An eight year old girl was caught in class, and the teacher punished her by making her pick up the rubbish.
 
The Australian says racism is highly present in the island. Natives are reportedly not getting paid as well as Europeans living there.
 
 
 
 
L’Equipe
 
 
 
He’s like lighetning, that’s how L’Equipe describes Usain Bolt.
 
The Jamaican runner has beaten his own world record yesterday, in the World Championships.
 
L’Equipe has a little drawing of Usain Bolt, literally walking the hundred meters. It seems effortless, according to the newspaper.
 
 
 
 
 
Chicago Tribune
 
 
 
The Chicago Tribune however, wonders if Usain Bolt is clean.
 
9”58 seconds, that’s how fast he ran the 100 meters.
 
The newspaper says it wouldn’t be surprising, as many top sprinters – including Ben Johnson and Tim Montgomery- have been busted for doping in the past.
 


 
 
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