Presentations Wednesday May 2

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Presentations Tuesday May 1

Miranda

Attorney General v. X.

Ireland. Supreme Court.

Abstract

KIE:

In this case in which a 14-year-old girl said she had become pregnant after being raped by her friend's father, the Attorney General of Ireland had enjoined the girl and her parents from traveling to England for an abortion. A psychologist had testified that in her present state of mind, the girl was suicidal. The Supreme Court of Ireland held that the right to life supersedes all other rights, including the right to travel. However, if there is a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother which can only be avoided by termination of the pregnancy, then an abortion is permissible. The Court determined that the girl's risk of suicide satisfied this condition, and therefore the girl was allowed to terminate her pregnancy.

Tyler - 

The bitter, bloody feud between the two branches of Islam, the Sunnis and the Shi’ites, has gone
on for centuries and now this vicious sectarian strife is exploding again in Bahrain, threatening to
cause an even greater conflict in the Middle East between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

The implications of the worsening hostility for the world are nightmarish, for the entire region
could soon be gripped by turmoil, bloodshed and economic meltdown. What was naively seen
a few weeks ago as a fight between freedom and autocracy could descend into an epic clash
between two Muslim ideologies, the savagery made all the worse by their long history of enmity.

The roots of the hostility between Sunni and Shia lie not in profound theological differences,
but in the political intrigues that took place in the Muslim world in the 7th Century. When
the Prophet Mohamed died in AD 632, the question of the succession to his leadership was
dominated by family rivalries and disputes.

Essentially, there were four candidates to succeed as ‘caliph’, or leader, and one group in
particular, which went on to form the Shi’ites, strongly favoured the claims of Ali, the grandson
of Mohamed. Even the name, Shi’ite, derives from ‘party of Ali’. But three times in succession,
Ali was passed over as each of the other candidates was chosen before him.

The opposition to Ali deepened the sense of anger among his supporters. Eventually, in this
climate of tribal factionalism, Ali became the fourth caliph, though the indignation of his
followers was provoked when he was then brutally assassinated.

The tribal feuding in the post-Mohamed era reached its climax at the Battle of Karbala in AD 
680. This is really the key moment in the creation of the Shi’ite movement, the point at which the
fissure was permanently established.

Presentations Mon April 30

Lisie

On the 21st of December 1988, Pan Am flight 103 was flying 31,000 feet

above Lockerbie, Scotland, en route from London to New York, when the plane

exploded and killed all 259 people on board along with 11 on the ground. A hole in

the side of the jet allowed the wind to rip the plane apart and caused it to plummet

to the ground (Rodney). On the ground in Lockerbie "the whole sky lit up and it was

raining fire,” (Keith). Mr. Carnaham, a Lockerbie resident recounted what he saw

when the debris of the plane hailed down on Lockerbie. When the plane crashed,

bodies and debris were scattered over 15 miles, and bodies were found the next

day on roofs, scattered on lawns and even hanging from trees. One was found lying

across the doorstep of a Lockerbie resident that discovered it when she walked out

her door and tripped over it (Keith). "There was barely a mark on him. But from the

way he was lying, like a rag doll, you knew all his limbs were broken,” Robin Devlin

said (Emerson, Duffy)

Libya was behind the crash, acting through a man named Abdelbaset Ali

Mohmed Al Megrahi. After the crash, many investigators had hypotheses before

all the evidence was gathered, that Iran, Palestine and even Syria had caused the

disaster. But after much evidence was put together, Libya became the main focus,

especially Megrahi. Megrahi was arrested and charged with the bombing of Pan

Am flight 103, but the Libyan Intelligence Services were the driving force of the

operation. Much evidence was gathered against Libya as well as against Megrahi,

but all the blame was placed on Megrahi. Megrahi did not act alone, though. He had

the Libyan Intelligence Services behind him and one known companion at his side

helping with the operation.

Minh
My presentation will be about the fighting tactics, tunnels, and traps that the Vietcong used in the battle. There will be sections about traps, tunnels, and tactics. In each section, there will be descriptions of the section, why they are effective...  There will be pictures of traps and tunnel system, the use of each traps, each part of the tunnels. There will be overall tactics in fighting of the Vietcong used, what they do to earn the trust of the peasant.