Military Spending

The US spends the most amount of money on their military with very little achievments.

Cars Exports

The continents that export the most cars are definately Europe and parts of Asia like Japan.

Poverty in the World

The most countries with poverty in the world are India and Central Africa, while on the other hand America and Europe have almost no poverty.

House Crowding

The amount of overcrowding in homes is most visible in India and the rest of asia as opposed to Australia, NewZeland, and Canada

Child Labor is a growing concern aroud the world, the Map above shows child labor in the continents.

Agriculture
Nearly 70% of child labor occurs in agriculture, fishing, hunting, and forestry. Children have been found harvesting:

•bananas in Ecuador
•cotton in Egypt and Benin
•cut flowers in Colombia
•oranges in Brazil
•cocoa in the Ivory Coast
•tea in Argentina and Bangladesh
•fruits and vegetables in the U.S.

Manufacturing

About 15 million children are estimated to be directly involved in manufacturing goods for export, including:

•Carpets from India, Pakistan, Egypt
•Clothing sewn in Bangladesh; footwear made in India and the Philippines
•Soccer balls sewn in Pakistan
•Glass and bricks made in India
•Fireworks made in China, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, India, and Peru
•Surgical instruments made in Pakistan

Mining and Quarrying

Child laborers suffer extremely high illness and injury rates in underground mines, opencast mines, and quarries. Children as young as 6 or 7 years old break up rocks, and wash, sieve, and carry ore. Nine-year-olds work underground setting explosives and carrying loads. Children work in a range of mining operations, including:

•Gold in Colombia
•Charcoal in Brazil and El Salvador
•Chrome in Zimbabwe
•Diamonds in Cote d’Ivoire
•Emeralds in Colombia
•Coal in Mongolia

Barcelona 4-1 Arsenal ! Messi Super Hatrick !!!

Messi scored a super hatrick in Arsenal on the 6th of April. Scoring a hatrick in the first half and finishing it as a super hatrick in the second half. Scoring his fourth hatrick in the season. Arsene Wenger says " We were simply out-played... he is definately the best player on earth"

POLISH PRESIDENT DEAD IN PLANE CRASH

The polish president Lech Kaczynski died yesterday on a plane crash on his way to Russia, along with other officials like Military Chiefs, MPs and historians died on the plane. a total of 96 deaths occured that day, no person onboard the plane survived the crash. It was a foggy place with high trees, thirty minutes from the airport. I think that it was planned.

Internet Acces a "Fundamental Right"?

Four out of five people agreed that internet access is a fundamental right in a survey done in 26 countries for 27,000 people. Countries like Finland and Estonia have already ruled that internet access is a "fundamental right", other global organizations like the UN are also pushing for universal internet access.

Vancouver Winter Olympics Finished

The Vancouver winter Olympics drew to a fantastic ending, with America earning the most medals at 37 medals. Canada topped the medal table with 14 gold medals, 7 silver medals, and 5 bronze medals. Amy Williams won the only medal for Great Britain. Germany finished with 30 medals 10 of which were gold. Sadly the games started off with the death of Georgian 21-year old Nodar Kumaritashvili.

Lufthansa Pilots go on Strike

About 4,500 Lufthansa pilots are going on a four day strike in a dispute against job safety. The carrier has cancelled about 3,000 flights, and has warned of delays of both domestic and international flights. Lufthansa fears this strike may cost it about 25 million euros per day. The pilots are not due to go back to work until Thursday midnight. Lufthansa have tried to book trains for domestic flights passengers who were supposed to go on the cancelled flights. Lufthansa said that they are open to talks but without preconditions.

Maria Sharapova VS. Sofia Arvidsson Who Wins?

Maria Sharapova wins the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, she won the final against Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson. She Broke Serve four times in the final and won her first title of the year. Sharapova had spent about a year out of play for shoulder injury, after her defeat to Maria Kirilenko in Australia, it was suggested thatshe was still suffering from shoulder injury.