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• CNN Student News March 27,2008

  2008-3-27

  

   

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  CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Hi, I'm Carl Azuz. However you are watching this edition of CNN Student News, we're glad you are. Thanks for tuning in this Thursday.
  First Up: Cracks in the Ice
  AZUZ: First up, we're heading south to Antarctica, where it's cold, but apparently not cold enough. A huge chunk of ice broke away from the continent this week, and some scientists are blaming it on the changing climate. Now, since Antarctica is south of the equator, summer just ended down there. So, this is the time when major events like this are most likely to happen. Emily Chang has more details now on the icy breakup.
  
  EMILY CHANG, CNN REPORTER: Scientists fly over a giant chunk of Antarctic ice as it cracks and collapses. The chunk is enormous, about 7 times the size of Manhattan, 160 square miles. It was part of the Wilkins ice shelf, the biggest on Antarctica yet, scientists say, to fall victim to global warming.
  DAVID VAUGHN, BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY: Watching Wilkins ice shelf disappear at the moment, we learn a lot more about how ice responds to climate change.
  CHANG: The ice is just a small fraction of the Antarctic ice sheet, but it broke off well before scientists predicted, a sign they say that climate change might be happening faster than expected. One expert told us last year...
  LONNIE THOMPSON, GLACIOLOGIST: I think what we do know is that ice is probably the best sensor of these large scale changes taking place. And in many ways, I think we're in uncharted territory.
  CHANG: Ice plays a vital role in cooling the Earth's temperature and regulating sea levels. As it's lost, the planet gets warmer, sea levels rise and more ice is threatened; a vicious environmental circle. By the end of the century, many experts project sea levels will rise between 7 and 23 inches, and temperatures could increase by up to 7 degrees Fahrenheit. But some say those estimates are too conservative.
  JAMES HANSEN, NASA CLIMATE SCIENTIST: There are glaciologists now who are getting very worried. But they haven't really come out and said what they think.
  CHANG: This part of the Antarctic is warming about five times faster than the rest of the world. Six other ice shelves have been lost entirely, and scientists say the Wilkins shelf could be next. Emily Chang, CNN, London.
  
  Fact Check
  DON LEMON, CNN REPORTER: When talking about Antarctica, you need to get at least one fact straight: It's home to the South Pole. That other ice box, the North Pole, is found in the Arctic. Another difference: Antarctica is a continent surrounded by ocean. The arctic is an ocean surrounded by continents. Think superlatives when considering Antarctica. It's the coldest continent, with the Earth's lowest ever temperature of minus 128 degrees Fahrenheit recorded there. Antarctica is also the windiest and driest continent, averaging less than 0.157 inches of precipitation a month; about the same as the Sahara desert. It's also the highest, averaging about 7,500 feet above sea level. Among the seven continents, Antarctica is the fifth largest. Despite its size, Antarctica was the last continent to be discovered in the early 1800s. Seven nations now claim territory in Antarctica. Other nations, including the U.S. and Russia, don't recognize those claims and make no claims of their own, but reserve rights to do so in the future. Since the early 1960s, Antarctica has been administered under the Antarctic Treaty, with the aim of preserving it for peaceful scientific study.
  Shuttle Mission
  AZUZ: They're grounded, in a good way. The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour is safely on the ground, after wrapping up their 16-day mission to the international space station. That's the longest trip ever for a shuttle to the ISS. During that time, the crew took five walks in space and installed a Japanese laboratory and a Canadian robot on the station.
  Political Space
  AZUZ: This was the 122nd shuttle flight in NASA's history, but it also might be one of the last. You see, the shuttles are scheduled to be mothballed in just a couple years. John Zarrella looks at how the race for the White House could impact the space program.
  
  JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN REPORTER: As the Endeavour astronauts prepared to come home, they took a time-out for a chat from space. With shuttles being retired shortly after a new administration is coming in, I asked if they hoped the next president would continue the plans to go back to the moon and beyond.
  ROBERT BEHNKEN, MISSION SPECIALIST: I find it really exciting, and just hope that the next administration will continue on with the same sort of vision that we already have, a plan for NASA to continue our footsteps out throughout the solar system.
  ZARRELLA: Back on Earth at the Kennedy Space Center, workers are just hoping vision leads to a light at the end of the tunnel. Under the best of circumstances, thousands here alone will be laid off during a five-year transition from shuttle to the new vehicle, called Orion. Terry White isn't crazy about what he hears so far from the candidates.
  TERRY WHITE, SHUTTLE VEHICLE PROCESSING: I haven't seen anyone really take a hard stand and commit to launching the next vehicle.
  ZARRELLA: Since the first shuttle flight, White has worked with his hands on the shuttle's delicate thermal tile system. Now, his future is out of his hands. So, who would be the most space-friendly president?
  HILLARY CLINTON, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I don't think we can afford to take a time-out to delay the next generation of spacecraft.
  ZARRELLA: John McCain wants NASA to better prioritize; not everything will be funded, he says.
  JOHN MCCAIN, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: So I would, as president, probably make sure we sat down with the smartest people we can find and say, What's do-able? What's the cost?, etc.
  ZARRELLA: Barack Obama goes further, by delaying the moon program and putting that money into education until he's satisfied with NASA's direction.
  BARACK OBAMA, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I want to use some of that money to train engineers and scientists who are going to be able to take us to those next new frontiers.
  ZARRELLA: There won't be a new U.S. manned space vehicle until at least 2015, leaving space workers skeptical at best.
  WHITE: We want to see the real hardware, and we want to launch the real hardware.
  ZARRELLA: No matter who is the next president, that won't be anytime soon. John Zarrella, CNN, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
  
  Is this Legit?
  MICHELLE WRIGHT, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Is this Legit? When a business is "in the red," it's losing money. Totally true! If the business starts making money, it moves from the red into the black.
  Fifth Grade Finance
  AZUZ: If you want to transition out of the red and into the black, one of the first things you need to do is make a budget. Figure out how much money you're making and how much you're spending. That's what some Massachusetts students are doing. But their money management includes more than their allowances. We're talking the cost of groceries, mortgages, even health care. Jackie Brousseau of affiliate WWLP fills us in on the fiscal fun.
  
  JACKIE BROUSSEAU, 22NEWS REPORTER: Fifth graders at Stony Hill Elementary School in Wilbraham are being taught how to budget their money using real-life scenarios. Each student chooses a profession, dresses the part and learns how to allocate a $40,000 a year salary, paying for everything from a mortgage to a car payment to groceries. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth Judycki chose to be a fashion designer and can't believe how much everyday necessities cost.
  ELIZABETH JUDYCKI, STUDENT: Health. I always thought your insurance would pay for it, but sometimes you have to pay for it.
  BROUSSEAU: The goal of the pilot program, taught by Country Bank, is to encourage kids to think about their future.
  JODIE GERULAITIS, FINANCIAL EDUCATION OFFICER, COUNTRY BANK: Hopefully, they're not gonna be having bad credit reports. They're learning the consequences now.
  BROUSSEAU: The program not only teaches students how to budget, but it also how to write checks and open a real-life savings account. Some of the students say it's taught them what it's like for their parents.
  DAVID PETRUZZELLI, STUDENT: They must have to pay a lot of bills.
  JUDYCKI: If you have a lot of money, you can't spend it all in one place. You have to still pay all your bills first.
  BROUSSEAU: Teacher Michele Mistalski says she can tell the program is working just by looking at the shock on her students' faces when they see how much things cost. She believes it is a crucial life lesson that should be taught in every classroom.
  MICHELE MISTALSKI, FIFTH GRADE TEACHER: It's everyday math. This is not anything that will go away from their lives. They will have to do this for the rest of their lives.
  BROUSSEAU: The program is so successful that modified versions of the financial lesson will soon be taught to students in every grade at Stony Hill. I'm Jackie Brousseau for 22 News.
  
  Promo
  AZUZ: So, what about you? Are you operating in the black, or could your budget could use a little balancing? Find out with our free Learning Activity! It helps students put together a financial plan and see how their spending measures up against their earnings. You can check out the resource at CNNStudentNews.com!
  Goodbye
  AZUZ: That's gonna wrap things up for today. Have a good one. I'm Carl Azuz.

  

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• CNN Student News March 26,2008

  2008-3-27

  

   

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  CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Broadcasting from the CNN Center, this is CNN Student News. Hello everyone, I'm Carl Azuz..
  First Up: Basra Operation
  AZUZ: First up today, fighting in Iraq, as the country's security forces battle with militia soldiers. They're part of the Mehdi, or Mahdi, army. We'll have more on the group in just a minute. Now, these clashes are happening in several cities in Iraq, and they could signal an end to the ceasefire that the militia agreed to last August. Kyra Phillips has more from Basra, where some of the most violent fighting has taken place.
  
  KYRA PHILIPS, CNN REPORTER: A showdown in Iraq's second city, one that may threaten the success of the U.S. surge. Iraqi troops and police on the offensive against Shia militia groups in Basra. Their main target: the Mahdi militia led by cleric Muqtada al Sadr.
  Mortar and machine gun fire echoed through the city; a thick pall of smoke rose above the skyline. Residents said intense fighting broke out soon after dawn on Tuesday. U.S. and British troops are not taking part in the crackdown, which was ordered by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki. On a visit to Basra Monday, he said its people were suffering a brutal campaign waged by illegal militia and accused them of smuggling oil, weapons and drugs.
  Local resident Qassim supports the government's action. "God willing," he says, "we are fully confident the Iraqi police and army can spread security."
  But Muqtada al Sadr reacted angrily. Through a spokesman, he ordered a campaign of civil disobedience and warned of a nationwide strike. Al Sadr supporters in Baghdad protested the army's action, and schools, shops and markets were closed in neighborhoods controlled by the Mahdi militia. The army offensive in Basra may also threaten the fragile ceasefire against U.S. forces being observed by most of al Sadr's fighters. That's led to a sharp decline in clashes between U.S. troops and the Mahdi militia and allowed U.S. commanders to focus the surge on battling al Qaeda. Now, with the American troop surge winding down and Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Cocker preparing to return to Washington to report on the progress in Iraq, the timing couldn't be worse for a possible end to a delicate ceasefire with the Mehdi militia. Kyra Philips, CNN, Baghdad.
  
  Fast Facts
  JOHN LORINC, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Time for some Fast Facts! The Mehdi militia was formed in 2003 after the collapse of Saddam Hussein's government. The group is opposed to the presence of U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq, and its membership numbers in the tens of thousands. According to a 2007 U.S. Defense Department report, the Mehdi militia is the most dangerous perpetrator of sectarian violence in the Middle East nation.
  Journey into Tibet
  AZUZ: We've been talking this week about the relationship between China and Tibet. There have been violent clashes between activists and security forces and protests following the path of the Olympic torch. China is hosting this year's Games. But this tension isn't anything new. Conflicts between the two sides date back nearly a century. Hugh Riminton takes us on a journey into Tibet and gives us some of the history of the Chinese region.
  
  HUGH RIMINTON, CNN REPORTER: For hundreds of years, Tibet has been a place of myth-making and mysticism, the ultimate inaccessible mystery land. During World War II, an Austrian fleeing a British camp in India stumbled into Tibet. Brad Pitt played that man, Heinrich Harrer, in the Hollywood version "Seven Years in Tibet." The Austrian became a tutor to Tibet's God-king, a boy called the Dalai Lama. In 1950, Chairman Mao's Red Army swept into Tibet, liberating it, as the Chinese see it, from feudal rule. When an uprising failed nine years later, the Dalai Lama fled into exile. Since then, he has won global fame, a Nobel Prize, but he has never been allowed home. And his homeland is changing.
  In recent years, Tibet has seen a civilian influx of ethnic, or Han, Chinese, drawn by economic growth symbolized by a gleaming new high-altitude railway line. But analysts say ethnic Tibetans have been left simply feeling more swamped and, according to the U.S. State Department, suffering increasing religious repression. Hence the resentment, the sheer ferocity of the violence that broke out a week ago in the Tibetan capital. That violence spread to symbols of Chinese authority with the inevitable reaction. It might have focused attention on Tibetan grievances, but at what cost?
  ROBBIE BARNETT, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: It's done untold damage in China for the Tibetan cause. This is really the major issue.
  RIMINTON: Blamed by China for masterminding the protests, the Dalai Lama, who denies those allegations, has offered to resign as leader of Tibet's government-in-exile if supporters commit more violence. He wants to speak with the Chinese leadership. But talks, supported by the United States and others, appear unlikely for now. China claims to have evidence, as yet unrevealed, that the Dalai Lama did incite violence. The Chinese anger appears to be extreme. A senior official this week said that the Dalai Lama was "a wolf in monk's clothing. A devil," he said, "with a face of a human but the heart of a beast." More myth-making in a place where the problems are concrete, deep and real. Hugh Riminton, CNN, Beijing.
  
  Women's History Month
  AZUZ: You've seen her in specials and our show's soundbites. And though Dr. Julie Gerberding isn't exactly a household name, her work has helped households across the country. It might not sound like a good thing to have your name come up when people mention "infectious diseases," but that's Dr. Gerberding's specialty! She worked for the National Center for Infectious Diseases before making her way to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1998. Gerberding rose to head the CDC. Her job: to keep people safe from infection, while trying to stop the spread of infections themselves. She endured criticism over a re-organization unpopular with employees, and Congress got involved. But her name and expertise are cited in everything from medical journals to textbooks. She's on the board of the Annals of Internal Medicine, an editor of the American Journal of Medicine, number 32 on the 2007 Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful Women. Dr. Gerberding is a woman making medical history this Women's History Month.
  Promo
  AZUZ: That month is almost over! So, if you're planning to do some last-minute learning on Women's History Month, head to our Web site! Profiles of famous female trailblazers. Learning Activities on topics like women's voting rights and shifts in gender roles. Even a One-Sheet on the history of the month-long event. They're all waiting for you at CNNStudentNews.com!
  America's Game Abroad
  AZUZ: Play ball! The Major League Baseball season got off to an early start yesterday, when the Boston Red Sox and Oakland A's took the field at 6 a.m.! The start time made more sense in Japan; that's where they played the game. Kyung Lah talks to some members of Red Sox Nation who traveled halfway around the world for opening day.
  
  KYUNG LAH, CNN REPORTER: A sixteen hour flight, two bus rides and several hundred steps to cheer on their home team in Japan.
  GENE BARRETT, BOSTON RED SOX FAN: Miami, Boston, all over. So they came, and we want to see opening day!
  LAH: This game is an exhibition face-off with Japanese teams. Japanese baseball fans are excited to play the U.S., really, really excited. But some are a little confused.
  LAH: What's happening here?
  LAH: Yasuyuki Takahashi, who loves both his home team and Red Sox pitcher and Japanese import Daisuke Matsuzaka, is cheering on both Japan and Boston. This is like nothing these Americans have ever seen before. Remember, we're talking about Boston fans.
  CHRISTINE DAMICO, BOSTON RED SOX FAN: When you think of the Red Sox, you think of how long the organization went without a title. I think the fans are so committed, regardless if they win or lose. I'm getting the sense it's the same kind of thing here.
  LAH: The American Red Sox fans, this is about cheering on their home team. But this is also a cultural experience, and spreading Red Sox nation to Japan. "I'd like to be friends with the American fans," says this young spectator.
  ED DEVITO, BOSTON RED SOX FAN: Red Sox Nation is gonna become global. That's what this is all about. That's why we all came for the trip as well, to take the culture and see the world. It's awesome.
  LAH: It is a little strange: Bento instead of burgers and fighting jet lag; a fight that some are losing.
  LAH: But as long as their team wins at the season opener, these weary fans say it's well worth the trip. Kyung Lah, CNN, Tokyo.
  
  AZUZ: And win they did, big time. A home run in the ninth inning tied things up, and an RBI double in the tenth gave the game to the Red Sox. A nice start as the team defends last year's World Series title.
  Goodbye
  AZUZ: And that's where today's show crosses home plate. We'll see you again tomorrow for more CNN Student News.

  

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