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Tuesday 2 July 2013

Syria - things to ponder

1.   http://www.reuters.com/places/syria

Who are Reuters.com?   It's not a standard newspaper so what kind of stories are present on here?

2.   The New York Times.  How are publications abroad representing the conflict?

Kerry, Meeting With Russian Counterpart, Seeks Syria Talks Soon

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei — Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that the United States and Russia are still working toward holding an international peace conference on Syria and agreed that it should take place “sooner rather than later.

3.   How are institutions linked?!  This was published on the Guardian's website!!!

Daily Mail in £100,000-plus payout over Syrian chemical weapons story  Libel damages paid to defence company for article wrongly linking two executives with sale of weapons to Syria

4.  Do some research on one or two newspapers and find the most common words linked with Syria.  PErhaps paste the headlines you find into a Wordle and create an interesting poster?!




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