A group of York students has won the opportunity to have their very own I-phone application developed after winning The App Challenge final, held at the Ron Cooke Hub on Wednesday, January 18.
YUSU Welfare officer Bob Hughes has warned students to be vigilant after a student loans phishing scam has been revealed.
Her Majesty the Queen will be visiting York on Maundy Thursday, 5th April, as part of the 800th anniversary of York’s Charter for the traditional “Royal Maundy” ceremony.
A flood caused by a heating system “failure” forced the university IT services to shut down many essential systems on Sunday night, causing problems for many students on the eve of their exams and assignment due-dates.
In the never-ending battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan, 10 NATO soldiers were reported to have been killed on Monday June 7th, which has been described as “the deadliest day in months” in Afghan by the BBC. Extra troops have been entering Afghan to prepare for a “major operation” in Kandahar against the Taliban insurgency. With the death toll rising however, public support for this operation is fading. The Taliban has said in the past that they would only agree to talks with the Afghan government if foreign forces left the country, but it doesn’t seem at all likely that the United States will be willing to wash their hands clean of this war in the foreseeable future.
Political unrest currently seem to have an even-stronger-than-usual-reign on the world in general, as the death toll in Sudan reached a two-year high of 600 people in the month of May. Most of the deaths occurred as a result of the war between the Sudanese government and the rebels of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). The number of deaths increased sharply after Jem walked out of “peace” negotiations in Qatar. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir also faces charges for war crimes in Darfur.
In Asia, Japan is looking at a change in its leadership as Naoto Kan prepares to be sworn in as the new Prime Minister. This follows a controversy between former Prime Minister and the United States (they’re everywhere aren’t they) over a US military base in the Island of Okinawa. Locals are demanding that the base be moved off the island completely, but Kan has agreed only to “relocate the base”.
Bringing the attention back to the Middle East, the Gaza flotilla crisis was arguably the most explosive event that happened in the last week. Israel continues its blockade and attack on the Gaza Strip, with condemnation and criticism from the international community falling on deaf ears. Believing them to be “terrorists”, Israeli militants shot and killed four Palestinians in diving suits early Monday morning.
Last Monday, nine pro-Palestinian activists on an aid flotilla to break the blockade in Gaza were killed in an Israeli raid. The Israeli government has rejected requests from the United Nations for an international commission of inquiry. Gaza is controlled by the radical Islamic movement Hamas, who gained control in 2007. However, Israel still controls the seas off Gaza’s coast.
Egypt was originally a backer of the Gaza blockade, as they feared Hamas would wreak havoc across borders. However, Egypt has agreed to open its borders with Gaza for humanitarian aid in light of the current situation.
White House reporter Helen Thomas, 87, retired after saying that Israel should “get the hell out of Palestine” in an interview on May 27th. While many would probably echo her sentiments, her comments were said to be “offensive and reprehensible” by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
I find these round ups really useful!! short yet succinct!
"Israel continues its blockade and attack on the Gaza Strip"- What attack? They're not actually in the Gaza strip; they withdrew in 2005. What about the continued rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel every single day?
"Gaza is controlled by the Islamic movement Hamas"
Hamas is an ISLAMIST movement; the two are very different. It's also internationally recognised as a terrorist organisation.
"Egypt has agreed to open its borders with Gaza for humanitarian aid in light of the current situation"- Israel lets in 15,000 tons of aid a week into Gaza.
"White House reporter Helen Thomas, 87 retired after saying that Israel should “get the hell out of Palestine” in an interview on May 27. While many would probably echo her sentiments, her comments were said to be “offensive and reprehensible” "- Many would echo her sentiments? Yes, that's probably true; most of the Middle East that wants to murder all Jews that is. But you imply that it's OK to tell an entire nation of 6 million to pick up and leave something they've built over 60 years to go into a world that repeatedly shows it hasn't shaken off old habits of anti-semitism. I find your wording more offensive frankly.
This article is ridden with grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. Stop pretending to be BBC-lite and maybe when writing a "global report" write about the entire globe, rather than focusing half the article on a tiny strip of land.
All I'm getting from the above comment is a bit of an anti-Gaza tirade :/
Constructive criticism is all well and good, but I think this commentator goes a bit far...
#2, your comment seems more like a personal political ideology conflict rather than actual criticism of the article.
this is a comment section and writers are allowed to include their opinions. to argue the political standpoint is fair enough, but to criticise the whole article just because it opposes your personal opinion just seems like bigotry.
I actually rather enjoyed the article, thanks !
i dont see any spelling/grammatical mistakes......
2, just like to clear this up.
""Gaza is controlled by the Islamic movement Hamas"
Hamas is an ISLAMIST movement; the two are very different."
Hamas is an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلامية Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamat al-Islāmiyyah, which means "Islamic Resistance Movement" in arab.
Anonymous 7 explain to me how an Islamic Resistance Movement is an Islamist rather than an Islamic movement, I'm a little confused
It was 2 who said hamas is an Islamist movement.
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