December 14th 2007

1. Visit your classmates’ blogs and read what they wrote for last week’s assignment (December 7th). Leave some comments.
She's great!! I can't work it until the end.
Blog→mintonton

2. Read Mr Sheffner’s answers to last week’s questions.
I read.

3. What is Amnesty International? What does it do?
Amnesty International is human rights group. The human-right violation in the war and the dispute is opposed.

4.
(1) Find one or two news articles about Ikhtior Khamroev (in English or Japanese) and link to them. How many can you find?
Japanese news is it.
イクティオル・カムロブさんが何の罪もないのに拘禁されたうえに、暴行や人権侵害もされ、その父親であるバクティオル・カムロブさんも数々の嫌がらせ及び迫害を受けているものである。

(2) Where is Uzbekistan? Find a map and link to it.
Uzbekistan is here.

(3) Is the sad story of Ikhtior Khamroev “news” or not?
1. If you think it is news, why is not on TV and in the newspapers?
Yes.Because it is not attached importance to sth.

2. If you think it is not news, why not?
Ummm, I don't know.

(4) How many Japanese versions of this British news story can you find? What are the key points of this story (in Japanese)?
Key pointはイクティオル・カムロブさんが何の罪もないということ。そして、親子で迫害に遭っているということ。

５. Read Masa’s blog and leave a message. (Do you know the blog of another Japanese person in the US? Tell us about it on your blog).
I wish I were thanksgiving in Japan.