Monday, August 24, 2015

Monday Blog

What happened in the world over the weekend?  Find 2 interesting stories from a news source of your choice and write a 4 sentence summary on each.  Post them on your blog as a single post. 

Refugees Now Allowed To Cross Into Macedonia From Greece 

(www.pbs.org)

Macedonia re-opened their border due to a state of emergency. One Syrian family were interviewed by PBS, in all of the chaos of Police throwing tear gas in order to keep refugees away from the border line as it was re-closed soon after being opened. Grenades and guns were also used to keep people out. Refugees are starting riots outside of the border in order to be let in.



Shoreham plane crash: seven dead after fighter jet hits cars during airshow

(http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/22/hawker-hunter-plane-crash-shoreham-air-show-reports)
Seven people were killed and one of the pilots is currently fighting for his life in the hospital after plane crashed on a busy A-road on Saturday afternoon. 14 other passengers were injured mildly. Unconfirmed reports state 2 cyclists were also killed in the crash. One witness saw two cars on fire. There was a lot of smoke after the crash took place.

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