Andrew Reiff

International

Summary- Organ transplant scam shocks India

A recent bust by Indian police caught a number of people involved in an organ transplant scam. People were either selling their kidneys or getting lured into a place where they could be knocked out and their kidneys taken. Mohammed Salim was once such victim. A man told him that he could have a job that paid nearly four dollars a day for three months in construction, so Mohammed followed him into a shack where four men jumped and sedated him, then took his kidney. The ring included several doctors, nurses, and hospitals.

Opinion-

This story reminds me of one that David told me last year of a friend of his going to China and getting her kidney stolen. This is a detestable practice and I hope these people will be prosecuted to the extent of the law. How terrible would that be if it was your kidney, to be violated in such a blatant fashion. Ick...

International

Summary- Ruins of 7,000-year-old city found in Egypt oasis

A team of US Archaeologists have found the ruins a a nearly seven thousand year old city in Egypt's Fayyum oasis. The city is four miles from the edge of a lake and was probably on the edge of the lake when it was built. The city was found using electromagnetic sensors that showed walls and streets that coincided with the formations of an ancient city.

Opinion-

Wow this is pretty cool. Good for these guys. Finding an ancient city is very difficult because you have to know exactly where to look. Maybe we can learn more about ancient Egyptian culture and others. The remains were dated back to around forty-seven hundred BC. This find will probably be yet another proof to the Bible being accurate, as this city is probably one of the lost cities in the Bible.

National

Summary- Giuliani to exit presidential race today

In kind of a surprise decision, presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani exited the Republican presidential race today. The decision comes after he took a distant third place in Florida, the state that he had staked all of his campaign on. Rudy will now throw his support to John McCain, the current front-runner in the campaign. Rudy was a different Republican candidate who supported many liberal ideas such as gay rights, abortion, and gun control.

Opinion-

Well I think this is kind of deserved. Rudy was the first front-runner, and I think that the early front-runners don't stay that way late into their campaigns. Also he had a rather bad strategy of staking his entire campaign on the state of Florida. You have to play all of the little games in order to stay in the big game, and he thought he could get away with playing just one little game and be catapulted to the top of the big game. Nothing works like that. Fire your campaign manager, Rudy.