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Ukraine soldiers killed in renewed Sloviansk fighting

Four Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and an army helicopter shot down by pro-Russian militants near the eastern city of Sloviansk, Kiev says.

It says the gunmen used heavy weapons against Ukraine's units involved in the "anti-terror" operation. Casualties were also reported among the rebels.

The militants are reported to have retreated towards the city centre which is now quiet, a BBC correspondent says.

The rebel stronghold remains sealed off by Ukrainian troops.

Pro-Russian militants have seized government buildings in a dozen or more Ukrainian cities in the east.

Kiev accuses Moscow of supporting and arming the gunmen - a claim denied by the Kremlin.

'Lull in fighting'

Speaking to reporters near Sloviansk, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov accused the militants of trying to ambush government forces on the outskirts of Sloviansk on Monday morning.

Separatist armoured vehicles and a number of rebels were seen in retreat

Pro-Russian gunmen in Sloviansk are maintaining a watchful eye on Ukrainian troops on the outskirts

Residents in the city have been building barricades in preparation for the Ukrainian soldiers' advance

He blamed the rebels for using heavy weapons, including mortars.

The Ukrainian military later said that four soldiers had been killed and about 30 injured.

In a statement, the defence ministry confirmed that a helicopter has been shot down near Sloviansk.

The crew of the aircraft survived, largely because the helicopter crashed into a river, the ministry added. It was the third Ukrainian military helicopter to be downed over the city in recent days.

A BBC team which has reached the centre of Sloviansk says there has been a lull in the fighting between about 800 pro-Russian militants and Ukrainian troops.

Trading accusations

On Sunday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk accused Russia of executing a plan "to destroy Ukraine and its statehood".

He was speaking two days after dozens were killed in violence in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa.

"Russia's aim was to repeat in Odessa what is happening in the east of the country," he said, insisting Kiev had not lost control of the region.

The clashes on Friday left more than 40 dead, mostly pro-Russian separatists killed in a building fire.

Russia warned on Monday that failure to halt the escalating unrest would threaten peace across Europe.

Moscow called on Ukraine and the international community to step up "joint efforts" to end "racism, xenophobia, ethnic intolerance, (and) the glorification of the Nazis" - a reference to extremists Russia claims are committing "mass" rights violations in Ukraine.

Kiev describes the claims as blatant propaganda, and instead accuses the Russian authorities of turning their country into an authoritarian state.

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych was overthrown by pro-Western protesters in February.

Russia then annexed the Crimean peninsula - part of Ukraine but with a Russian-speaking majority - in a move that provoked international outrage.

Despite the latest violence, Ukraine plans to hold a presidential election on 25 May.

Proposition to the EU

If I had to ask the EU something in order to make it better, I would ask them to think about the conditions in which some very poor and homeless people are living throughout the EU and try and make them better as well as trying to solve the problem we have nowadays with the recession.

Trip to Ireland

Just before Easter 16 of us went to Ireland to take part in the exchange we've been looking forward to since the start of the school year. It was an incredible experience and I learnt lots of things about irish culture, traditions and way of living. I enjoyed every minute of it and I think that the ones who went to Manchester missed out an incredible opportunity to meet other people and lear about their culture.

Campaign, what we've done

Eneko and I have been working on the campaign. when we had to decide what part of the the project we had to work on , we immediately went for the campaign because we thought it would be fun and interesting to make the whole school take part in some sort of activity. Even though it may seem like we haven't worked hard, we've spent a lot of time rhinking about what we could do. we feel like it's the hardest job to do because it's hard to find an activity which is fun and meaningful at the same time. We came up with a few ideas but our classmates didn't think think they were good enough and we feel like they don't appreciate the effort we've put into the campaign.
First of all, we thought we could organise a football match where the participants had to bring food for peaople who are struggling in order to plau. Most of the class wasn't keen on doing somethin sporty so we decided no to do it.
After that, we thought we could interview several students and see what they think about what is going on in the world regarding poverty, hunger, exclusion and so on. We decided not to do it because it ment that only a small group of people would take part.
Finally, related to our first prposition about recollecting food, we decided to join the economy class and help them get as much food as possible. Everyone thought it was the best idea so this is what we've done.
Because we had some time left, helped by Beñat and Martin, we wrote some questions to ask the students to see what they think about the world in it's present state.

Collectives in danger

Dangers of Being Homeless?

There are many dangers of being homeless. The primary concerns are food and shelter. Homeless people often face starvation when unable to purchase food. If they cannot find shelter with a charity, friend, or family, they are at risk for exposure in bad weather, especially hypothermia in winter. They also are at increased risk to become victims of violence. Homelessness is a serious issue, and those at risk may be eligible for programs which provide food and shelter.

ONG close to me

I feel quite close to the WWF because I've always donated money for them to help animals that are in danger of extinction.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation,research and restoration of the environment, formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in Canada and the United States. It is the world's largest independent conservation organization with over 5 million supporters worldwide, working in more than 100 countries, supporting around 1,300 conservation and environmental projects. WWF is a foundation, in 2010 deriving 57% of funding from individuals and bequests, 17% from government sources (such as the World Bank, DFID, USAID) and 11% from corporations.

The group says its mission is "to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature." Currently, much of its work focuses on the conservation of three biomes that contain most of the world's biodiversity: oceans andcoasts, forests, and freshwater ecosystems. Among other issues, it is also concerned with endangered species, pollution and climate change.

Europe in the Basque Country

We were asked to find images that were related to Europe near where we lived.

Poster: Poverty in Europe

We've made another poster that has more to do with poverty in Europe but we couldn't upload it so you can find it in: IKASLEAK, IKASLEEN MATERIALA, 1. EUNI B, 3rd TERM, ENEKO's file
These are some images we used:

Poster

Guide

We've made a guide in order to collect all the links we find while we're looking for information on the web:
 http://prtr.ec.europa.eu
http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm
http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/atlas/about/index_en.htm
http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-5040,

Presentation

My Video

Eneko and I made a video for the campaign but we couldn't manage to upload it

Global Economic Crisis

The current financial crisis is the worst the world has seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s. For younger generations, accustomed to mild recessions of the new phase of globalization, the misery of the Great Depression is hitherto nothing more than a distant legend. However, the collapse of two Bear Stearns Hedge funds in summer of 2007 exposed what came to be known as the subprime mortgage crisis, reintroducing the world to an era of bank failures, a credit crunch, private defaults and massive layoffs. In the new, globalized world of closely interdependent economies, the crisis affected almost every part of the world, receiving extensive coverage in the international media.

3rd Term

Just starting the last term, almost finished!!!

World Cup 2014: Curitiba stadium earns Fifa reprieve

Brazilian city Curitiba will remain a venue for this year's World Cup but world governing body Fifa said progress must continue at the "highest pace".

The Arena da Baixada in the south of the country was one of six venues to miss an initial 31 December deadline.

Organisers brought in hundreds of extra workers to meet building requirements and avoid being the first ground to be dropped from a World Cup.

The 40,000 stadium will stage four group matches at the tournament.

Last month Fifa warned that Curitiba could be excluded unless work speeded up, with secretary-general Jerome Valcke commenting that operations were seriously behind schedule.

However, after financial guarantees for the improvement works were provided, the home of Brazilian top-flight club Atletico Paranaense was cleared to continue.

Valcke said: "It is essential that the works are maintained at the required levels and that a collective effort by all the stakeholders involved in Curitiba continues.

"It is a race against a very tight timeline and will require regular monitoring, but we are counting on the commitment made by Atletico Paranaense, the city and the state of Curitiba."

At least 1,500 workers are now expected on site, and is it hoped the stadium will be completed by mid-May.

Ricardo Trade, chief executive of the local organising committee, said: "There is still a lot to be done but we have always been confident that Curitiba will deliver.

"The necessary measures to finish the stadium in time for proper testing are implemented, but close monitoring is key because we have no time to lose.

"Soon it will be time to look forward and plan for the test events and finish operational details for the competition."

Israel vs. Palestine: PowerPoint

Eneko and I made a PowerPoint in order to present the conflict we've been working on to our classmates in a simple way so that they could remember the main aspects of it.

What is globalization?

Every day we hear it on the news, read it in the papers, overhear people talking about it… and in every single instance the word globalization seems to have a different meaning. So, what is globalization?

At political and economic level, globalization is the process of denationalization of markets, politics and legal systems, it is the rise of global economy. Many international organizations, governmental institutions and the whole academic world discuss the consequences of this political and economic restructuring on local economies, human welfare and environment.

At a business level, the process of globalization is when companies decide to take part in the emerging global economy and establish themselves in foreign markets. They adapt their products or services to the linguistic and cultural requirements of different nations. Then, they might take advantage of the Internet revolution and establish a virtual presence on the international marketplace. More and more companies do their business online. E-commerce has changed traditional business practices by providing direct international access to information and products.

Some scientists agree that globalization has also cultural and ecological connotations, and that it is not only political or economic phenomenon. It means that countries all over the world become interdependent in many possible ways. There is probably no area of human activities left that is not affected by globalization. We listen to the same music, eat the same food, wear the same clothes, and decide ecological and war and peace issues together.

But I think that the core sense of globalization is economic. In recent years more and more economic activity in the world seems to be taking place between people who live in different countries (rather than in the same country). It takes different forms, like international trade, growth of import and export, foreign investments, foreign loans and bonds, and many others. Economic globalization has different consequences on businesses all over the world and influences almost every other sphere of human life. Globalization has potential benefits on the one hand, and costs or risks on the other. Globalization increases economic development and reduces poverty. Globalization makes us vulnerable to changes all over the world. For example the huge market or foreign goods in the United States creates jobs overseas and keeps foreign workers employed. SimilarlyPsychology Articles, the health of the U.S. economy depends on how well American products sell in foreign countries.

Seven of the world’s leading industrial nations meet annually at a “Group of Seven” summit to coordinate policies for worldwide economic issues.

Each one of us is now more fully involved in a global economic system than were our parents or grandparents. There are probably no industries left that have much “natural protection” from international competition. Globalization in its core sense is the expansion of cross-border economic ties. Geographical distance does not matter any more.

The world and me

We were asked to write about taking take part in a NGO 's activity, project or something to do with helping less fortunate people. As soon as we were told to do this I knew exactly what I was going to write about. A couple of years ago me and my family started donating money to organisation in Burkina Faso so that the children there could all have the option to go to school. It's incredible to see how enthusiastic the kids are about learning new skills and languages. Every now and then a girl who is able to go to school thanks to our dontations writes us a letter telling us how things are going in her part of the world and how glad she is that we're helping her. It's great to see how helping just a little bit can make a big difference to someone in another part of the world.

UNICEF Article

Eneko and I have been writing an article about UNICEF's project in the Central African Republic. Here it is:

UNICEF

What's happening in the Central African Republic?

Over a million children in the Central African Republic (CAR) are in need of aid in a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian emergency.

Violent conflict has left hundreds dead, including children. Just last weekend, a convoy of civilians fleeing their homes was attacked, resulting in the deaths of three children and 19 adults.

"Recent months have been a time of horrific violence, suffering and fear for children in the Central African Republic,” said UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake from Bangui.

"They have suffered death and injury and have witnessed terrible things that no child should ever see, much less endure. Too many have been displaced from their homes, separated from their families and recruited by armed groups."

Over half a million children have been forced to flee their homes over the last six months, many hiding in the forests with little or no access to basic services or help.

The rainy season, beginning in March, will only worsen the situation for hundreds of thousands of children living in temporary sites across the country. So why not give a helping hand?

If you want to donate go to

http://www.unicef.org.uk/landing-pages/donate-unicef2/?utm_expid=30781767-20.8D2OktCCSFa5pCnb4LB9uQ.1&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unicef.org.uk%2F

How is UNICEF helping?

You'll probably want to know where your money is going to, don't you? Well, right now, a UNICEF-supported emergency vaccination campaign is underway, and plans to reach over 210,000 children displaced by violence in Bangui.
They've flown in 77 metric tons of blankets, soap, jerry cans, medicine, water purification supplies, plastic sheeting, and health and midwifery kits for up to 37,500 people.
Their teams are also working hard in order to set up safe spaces for children, and to reunite unaccompanied children with their families.
UNICEF continues to appeal to leaders of all armed groups so as to



stop attacks on civilians, to protect hospitals and displacement camps, and to provide the space needed for humanitarian workers to reach people who need critical assistance.
They've been working in the Central African Republic since 1968 and have 150 staff members on the ground in Bangui, Bossangoa, Kaga Bandoro and soon in Bambari.
Whenever and wherever children are in danger UNICEF responds rapidly with life-saving assistance and protection from the crisis in Syria to conflict in the CAR and South Sudan. Help for children caught in emergencies complements their long-term work to change children's lives for good.

Globalization 2

We had to find three different food and technological brands in our house and check where the products are made.

Regarding the food brands, I found out that many of them came from the USA like  my cereal (Kellogg's), soft drinks (Coca-Cola) and ketchup (Heinz). 

The technological brands vary a bit more. My phone is from a South Korean company (Samsung), my iPod comes from an American company (Apple) and my Play Station is Japanease (Sony). 

Globalization

These are my new football boots, Nike Tiempo. Nike is one of the biggest brands in the world and thanks to globalization boots like these can be bought anywhere around the world in any Nike Store or sports shop. For example, a kid from the US can have the same ones as me. This seems very normal to all of us but if you told someone about this say 100 years ago, the probably woouldn't believe you and thought you were crazy.

The Mind Map of our conflict

Population growth

The population of the world keeps on growing and here's a graph to see how it's evolved in the last 500 years.

Experts say it's going to be a major problem in the future, speacially poorer countries that won't have enough money to get all the resources they need.

The conflict between Israel and Palestine

Check out Eneko and my website about this conflict