This post is a summary of seven articles. They are in chronology order. They made us to reflect. They have something in common. They can teach us something. The first published at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_nightclub_fire. The second article was published at http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/14/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse-aftermath/. The third was published at http://www.businessinsider.com/whats-the-matter-with-brazil-2013.The fourth was published at
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/2013/oct/15/snowden-right-about-danger-nsa-surveillance/.The fifith was published at http://world.time.com/2013/06/30/cairo-protestors-demand-new-egyptian-revolution/.The sixth was published at http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/16-typhoon-haiyan-aid-begins-trickling-into-desperate-philippines-communities. The seventh was published at http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/pro-eu-rally-in-ukraine/
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/2013/oct/15/snowden-right-about-danger-nsa-surveillance/.The fifith was published at http://world.time.com/2013/06/30/cairo-protestors-demand-new-egyptian-revolution/.The sixth was published at http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/16-typhoon-haiyan-aid-begins-trickling-into-desperate-philippines-communities. The seventh was published at http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/pro-eu-rally-in-ukraine/
The Kiss nightclub fire started around 02:00 AM on 27 January, 2013 in Santa Maria, RS, killing 242 people and injuring at least 168 others. It is considered the second most-devastating fire disaster in the history of Brazil, surpassed only by the Great North American Circus fire of December 1961, which killed 503 people in Niterói, RJ. It is also the third deadliest nightclub fire in history, behind the Luoyang fire, China in 2000 and the Cocoanut Grove fire, USA in 1942. Police stated that the fire began when a band ignited a pyrotechnic device on stage. According to the authorities, reasons for the high death toll include the lack of emergency exits and the fact that the number of people inside exceeded the maximum capacity by hundreds. The incident result in the inspection of safety features of thousands of nightclubs all over the country.
Across from the detritus of Bangladesh dealiest industrial disaster, stands a erase board that marks, in neat black handwriting, each life a nine-storey building claimed when it pancaked to the ground. And so, after 20 days of non-stop digging, the army-led effort to pull out every last body from the ruins in Dhaka came to an end. The tally stands at 1,127 dead and 2,438 rescued alive. But nobody knows exactly how many occupants were inside the building when it came tumbling down on April 24. There were five garment factories housed in the building. People gathered and gawked, their anger was directed at Sohel Rana, the building owner who dismissed concerns that the cracks on the building made the structure unsound. a day before the collapse, he said the building will stand a hundred years. Rana, who fled after the disaster but was arrested trying to cross into India, is in police custody.
Brazil is pouring approximately $15 billion dollars into the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. Last month, Brazilians took the streets over high costs around its events. Protestors have largely become tired of poor public services, corruptions, and rising costs. For many the idea of Brazilians protesting football is hard to wrap their head around. "It is not the game itself that they have forsaken, but rather the kind of game that football has become: billion-dollar business, a prestige object for plutocrats, and an extravagant showpiece for corrupt governments and sporting organizations." Said Ian Buruma, Professor of journalism at Bard College. Major fiscal policy changes are unlikely ahead of the presidential election. Monetary policy will likely be tightened to curb inflation and boost real income. To boost economic growth, the government will have to do more to attract investment. Brazil has one other problem to contend with. Major sporting events have often had a negative longer-term economic impact on the host country.
Edward Snowden, former contractor for NSA and whistleblower, revealed to the world that the NSA is spying not only on USA`s enemies but also on USA citizens. He revealed that mass surveillance program tracks phone calls, internet use, website acces. He also said that this information, if it is ever in the wrong hands, could be a direct threat to the public. He said that the government could one day use this information against its own citizens. President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, has called for an end to American domination of the internet. If she is successful, the result could be an internet in which there is even less privacy as local government take control. Former Texas congressman Ron Paul called Snowden a hero, and believes that NSA operations are a direct attack on our right to privacy. Any form of illegal spying by government directly violates our civil liberties and privacy. Snowden`s actions, legal or illegal, are bringing to light the reasons why any form of spying by government agency must have congressional oversight.
"We swear to the blood of the martyrs," the marchers chanted as they moved toward the presidential palace. "A new revolution from the start!" That, as much as anything captured the mood of wave of national protests against President Mohamed Morsi. After a year under Morsi, preceded by a generally unhappy 15 months of postrevolutionary military rule, the protesters, angry about a weak economy, deteriorating security and rising Islamism, want a reset. In terms of sheer numbers, anti-Morsi demonstrators had to be pleased with the turnout, in the hundreds of thousands. The figures equaled and exceeded some of the highest peaks of the original revolution against deposed dictator Mubarak Morsi have repeatedly claimed that he ha not been given a fair chance to rule and that one year is too short for this kind od backlash. But the sheer size, scope and diversity of protests reveal a widespread dissatisfaction with his rule.
International aid began to trickle into the hardest-hit areas of the typhoon-ravaged phillippines, more than a week after the most powerful storm ever to hit land devasted the islands. Survivors were still through the wreckage of the storm, hoping to salvage anything to help them rebuild their lives, as UN estimate homeless to nearly 2 million. The UN said that the death toll from the typhoon had reached 4,200. The Phillippines government has an official tally of 1,179 people missing and 3,633 deaths. UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said that she acknowledge that aid should have been quicker in coming and been widely distributed. Meanwhile, workers have been struggling to clean up a grim mess, burying bodies in hastily dug mass graves before even their families can identify them.
At least 200,000 pro-European demonstrators began a mass rally in the Ukrainian capital in a show of force against President Viktor Yanukovych after his failure to sign a key EU agreement. Yanukovych is under pressure to decide whether to align his nation with the West by signing a deal with the EU, or to join a Moscow-led customs union. He is set to travel to Moscow to meet Putin for talks expected to centre on a proposed free trade deal with Russia fiercely opposed by the demonstrators. Opposition leader Vitaly Klitschko had said ahead that, " all Ukrainians must go to the streets to voice their aspirations to live in a modern European country." Protesters have been camped out on the square where the Orange Revolution unfolded in 2004 for more than three weeks since Yanukovych failed to sign the Association Agreement with the EU.
