News of 16th April 2013

After studying the passive structures of the Present Continuous and Present Perfect tenses, we made summaries of the articles that were in the news today from CNN.com
This news hasn't been made by the students - the sentences have been converted to present continuous and perfect. 

Women are being prohibited from driving in Saudi Arabia 

Women's right to drive in the country has been supported by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. For women to be given the right to drive in the country has been demanded. It has been said that Prince Alwaleed bin Talal says the right things but nothing happens. If women drive, it will help the country socially and economically. Illegal foreign workers have been deported in recent weeks. Illegal foreigners have been a given three-month grace period in order to legalize their status. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is being considered a champion of women's rights in KSA.

By Rim Hashim, Lujain Faisal and Zainab Abduh

21 men have been executed in Iraq

Iraqi authorities hanged men after they were convicted of terrorism acts such as kidnapping, assassinations, bombing and killing of security officials and civilians  The death penalty was suspended until the first Iraqi government was resumed in 2005. Since then, at least 447 prisoners have been executed, including Saddam Hussain.

Ahead of elections, more violence.

Attacks have persisted with the provincial election scheduled to take place in five days. After Monday's bombings, that left at least 51 killed and more than 266 wounded, attacks kept on going.




By Sundus Hashim, Abeer Rahmani and Noura Alsayad







30 have been killed..!!
30 people have been killed & 80 have been injured by an earthquake in Pakistan. Also, a dozen people in South Eastern Iran have been injured. Telephone lines, water & electricity thankfully, haven't been completely destroyed.



Places have been damaged

More than 50 shops have been destroyed. The earth quake has been measured as 7.8 magnitude.



By Afnan, Neda’a and Rahaf





Court sentences top pianist accused of tweets that insulted Islam



Pianist Fazil, a Turkish man from Istanbul, openly insulted religious values with his twitter posts the court says. Fazil had been sentenced but the sentence has been suspended. He said,"You say the rivers will flow with wine, is heaven a tavern? You say each believer will receive two women, is heaven a brothel?". He is a really rude man.

By Abrar, Alaa and Manahel

Syrian mosque has been crumbled



The
place where the Syrian uprising began two years ago, the Omari mosque in the
city of dara'a crumbled. The minaret is shown toppling into a cloud of dust in
a video posted on You Tube . The cameraman says government forces are the ones
who brought it down. Dara'a was one of several places where rebels and
government forces clashed. The Omari mosque has been a gathering place for
protesters. It was briefly used as a civilian hospital for wounded protesters. The
mosque was the first place protesters gathered in March 2011 to protest the
arrest and alleged torture of teenagers who sprayed anti-Assad graffiti.



The
Syrian government is using an increasing number of phosphorus bombs and incendiary
weapons that can cause serious chemical burns. They are controversial but not
banned by any treaty. Phosphorus burns on the skin are deep and painful. The
burns are usually multiple and deep down to the bone and the particles will
continue to burn unless deprived of oxygen.



By Arwa Tamarji and Arwah Ziyed