Good Tuesday,
More protests in Syria have been dispersed with force from government security officials. At least 200 protesters have been killed since the uprising begun. President Bashar Al-Assad hoped he could stop all this by agreeing to end the country’s ‘state of emergency’ law by the end of the week – but as predicted, it simply isn’t enough for the protesters.
An international effort is underway to evacuate as many innocent civilians as possible, from the Libyan town of Misurta. Gaddafi has been bombarding this town particularly aggressively.
In Africa, the Nigerian (Christian) President – aptly named ‘Goodluck Jonathan’ – has beaten his (Muslim) rival Muhammadu Buhari, to keep his position of power. There has been a great deal of violence and unrest surrounding this election, mainly due to rifts between the Muslims of the north and the Christians of the south. Goodluck has been accused of rigging the votes in his favour, so violence is likely to continue even though he has won the campaign.
America’s credit rating has taken a blow, with its economic outlook downgraded from ‘stable’ to ‘negative.’ This is mostly down to the government being unable to agree on how best to sort out their budget deficit, and the gloomy status change has resulted in financial markets falling around the world.
Back to the UK now, and as tabloids and fashion magazines go into overdrive attempting to guess which dress Kate Middleton is going to wear at the Royal wedding, police have other things on their plate. Scotland Yard are trying their very hardest to prevent extremist gangs from kicking off at the upcoming event. They announced today that had refused a radical Islamic group called ‘Muslims against Crusades’ permission to stage a protest outside Westminster Abbey on the big day. Hardly surprising really. Decorations are up already, the extended bank holiday is approaching and everyone is determined to have a good time whatever happens.
Finally, support for the AV voting system looks like it may be dwindling. Despite pro-AV campaigners doing their very best to persuade people that the concept is SIMPLE, it turns out not to be. Most people you’ll talk to still don’t understand it. A Guardian poll has revealed that only 42% of those questioned now backed the change.
It seems to be that the AV system is more popular with the Left Wing than the Right. All things considered, Cameron does appear to be more popular than Gordon Brown was, so the general public are evidentially having a bit of a Right Wing moment.
That’s all for now. See you tomorrow.
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