Ashley

__home work__ =__Battle between Rival Libyan Militias Kills at Least 22__= =Why: The clashes had erupted over the weekend about 70 miles west of here between the militia in Ragdalein, where most of the 90,000 residents are Arab, and fighters from Zuwarah, a town about half that size, where Berbers predominate.= =__Deadly Blast Shatters Calm in Somali Capital__= =Why: Somalia’s Ministry of Information said that four people, including two prominent sports officials, were killed, though officials said the Prime Minister, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, was unhurt. Ten journalists and a lawmaker were wounded.= =__Mexico: Gang Leader Sentenced in U.S.__= =__C____ uba: A Holiday Returns __= =__Main Airport in Yemen Is Captured by Gunmen__= =__In Russia, Charges Are Dropped in Jail Death__= =__Peru: Gunmen Abduct Workers at Gas Pipeline__= =__ Where Trip Began, Remembering Titanic’s Lost __= =__ Peru: Trapped Miners Are Rescued __= Why: The miners, above, ranging in age from 23 to 58, walked out, unaided, from a reinforced tunnel that rescuers had built as they removed more than 26 feet of __dirt and rock__. The miners were trapped by a cave-in caused by an explosion they themselves had set at the Cabeza de Negro mine. =__ Election Is a New Start for an Aide to Mubarak __=
 * What ** : Militias from rival towns in western Libya battled each other with tanks and artillery on Tuesday in fierce fighting that killed at least 22 people, local officials said.
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 * What ** : A bomb exploded during a ceremony on Wednesday at the newly reopened National Theater here in the Somali capital as the prime minister was addressing the guests, turning an event that had been a welcome sign of growing calm into a grisly reminder of the many troubles still plaguing the country.
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 * What ** : A Mexican drug gang leader pleaded guilty in El Paso on Thursday to federal charges that he was the mastermind behind the killings of three people connected to a United States Consulate in __Mexico__.
 * Why**: The gang leader, José Antonio Acosta Hernandez, 34, said that he had an agreement with gang members to commit the killings and that since 2008 he had “directed or participated in over 1,500 murders.” He was sentenced to life in prison.
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 * What**: Good Friday was an official holiday in __Cuba__ for the first time in a half century, but few Roman Catholics on the island seemed to use the day off to go to church.
 * Why**: The government declared the holiday to honor a request that __Pope Benedict XVI__ made during his recent visit. But only a few more worshipers than usual were noted inside Havana’s Catholic churches on Friday.
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 * What ** : The obstacles facing Yemen’s new president were highlighted Saturday as gunmen loyal to his predecessor attacked the country’s main airport, forcing it to close.
 * Why ** : Armed tribesmen and uniformed troops in __pickuptrucks__ that were mounted with heavy weapons opened fire on an airport tower here in the capital, an official said. Then they surrounded the airport and sent passengers’ vehicles away.
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 * What ** : Russian investigators have dropped the charges against a former prison doctor who was one of only two people to face punishment in the death of a 37-year-old lawyer whose arrest and abuse underscored the selective and sometimes brutal nature of Russia’s Justice System.
 * Why ** : This happened because the doctor, Larisa A. Litvinova, had been charged with professional neglect for failing to administer appropriate medical care to the lawyer, Sergei L. Magnitsky, in the weeks before __hisdeath__ in November 2009.
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 * What**: Gunmen believed to be __Shining Path__ rebels kidnapped seven Peruvian employees of the Swedish construction company Skanska who were building a natural gas plant in the __Amazon__ jungle, Peruvian officials said Monday.
 * Why**: Members of the Shining Path have not conducted a large kidnapping since 2003, and they have not posed a risk to the stability of the government since the group’s Maoist founders were captured in the early 1990s. The rebels are now deeply involved in the drug trade.
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 * What**: LONDON — A hundred years to the minute after the __Titanic__ slipped its moorings in Southampton, England, for its maiden voyage, a recording of the ship’s whistle broke a minute’s silence at the dockside on Tuesday as the city remembered the liner and the 1, __500__ passengers and crew members who perished in her sinking off Newfoundland on April 15, 1912.
 * Why**: Those who gathered alongside berth 43/44, where the Titanic picked up many of the roughly 2,225 passengers and crew members who began the trans-Atlantic voyage, included the families of many who died. City officials said that of the roughly 900 crew members, about 685 of them from Southampton, 538 lost their lives. Many of their relatives were in tears at the commemoration.
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 * What**: Peruvian miners trapped for six days in an abandoned copper mine prayed, told each other jokes and even danced in an attempt to hold onto hope, before they finally were freed Wednesday.
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 * What**: __Omar Suleiman__, __Egypt__ ’s former spy chief and briefly its vice president, had all but vanished from the scene. Since surrendering power to a council of generals on behalf of President Hosni Mubarak more than a year ago, Mr. Suleiman, 74, had appeared in public just once: on the ritual pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims are asked to complete before they die, being pushed in a __wheelchair__.
 * Why**: Then this week, as Mr. Suleiman burst back into public view with a presidential campaign of his own, it became clear that he never went very far after all. Gatekeepers at intelligence headquarters still refer visitors to his office inside. He still rides in an official car, surrounded by military __security__, to his luxury villa nearby.
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By :Ashley Dominguez =**__ Abu bakr __**=

Abu Bakr died at the age of 61 on August 23, 634.He ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632–634 CE when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death. As Caliph, Abu Bakr succeeded to the political and administrative functions previously exercised by Muhammad, since the religious function and authority of prophethood ended with Muhammad's death according to Islam. As a young man, Abu Bakr became a cloth merchant and he traveled extensively in Arabia and neighboring lands in the Middle East, through which he gained both wealth and experience. He eventually came to be recognized as the chief of his clan. On his return from a __business__ __trip__ to Yemen, he was informed that in his absence Muhammad had openly declared his prophethood. Not long after, Abu Bakr accepted Islam and was the first person outside the family of Muhammad to openly become a Muslim.

By Ashley and Anahis in Class 6-46 The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall Of China was bulit originally to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire against intrusions by various nomandic groups.Walls have been __built__ since the 5th century BC that are referred to collectively as the Great Wall, which has been rebuilt and maintained from the 5th century BC through the 16th century.one of the most land marks was bulit between 220-206 by the first Emperor of China Qin Shi Huang.the great wall fo china sterches from Shanhaiguan in the east, to Lop Lake. the great wall of china was built over 1700 years.