Sunday, October 2, 2011

What's in The News Today

"Continued" from yesterdays report of a woman who was kidnapped by pirates. A french woman was kidnapped from her seasonal home in Northern Kenya. Rescue failed and she was taken to Somalia. She was snatched by gun point in Manda Island close to where another kidnapping occurred and a man  was killed and they took his wife. High speed boat chases attempted to safe the french woman, but the pirates were able to cross the border. They took her to town in the north deep into Somalia, which makes her rescue difficult. She is not in good health and she needs a wheelchair to get around. To read more of this story scroll down to yesterdays blog.


CNN. ( October 2, 2011). Official: Gunmen seize French woman in Kenya, take her to Somalia. Retrieved October 2, 2011, from http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/02/world/africa/kenya-french-kidnapped/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Amanda Knox is seen dancing in prison to a rock band in Italy. The rock band has played in the prison 3 times during Amanda's 4 years of being in the Italian prison. The singer of the band also said that " he has spoken with Amanda and that they have collaborated together about his next song and that she has sent him poems and letters." Amanda was accused of killing her roommate and was sentenced to 26-years in prison. She is appealing her sentence and the verdict will be in as early as tomorrow. To watch her dancing click on the link http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/09/29/chance-knox-prison-photos.cnn?hpt=hp_t2

CNN. (September 29, 2011).  Photos show Amanda Know in prison. Retrieved October 2, 2011, from
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/09/29/chance-knox-prison-photos.cnn?hpt=hp_t2

The mental hospital that John Hinckley Jr. has been in the last 30 years wants to release him. Hinckley attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan and shot three other people critically wounding James Brady. Hinckley is 56-years-old and the jury found him innocent by the reason of insanity. He has been allowed several visits to his aging mother's home. He has spent as long as a week visiting his mother and the hospital wants to release him to live with her permanently. He is required to wear a GPS tracking device and Secret Service has kept watch of his moves. During the shooting of Ronald Reagan the bullet was a inch from his heart and he lost half of his body's blood supply. James Brady suffered serious brain injury that he couldn't return back to the White House. The doctors for Hinckley have claimed that" his mental problems are in remission."

Polk, J. (October 1, 2011). Mental hospital wants to release failed Reagan Assassin John Hinckley Jr. CNN U.S. Retrieved October 2, 2011, from http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/01/us/hinckley-release-request/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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