Blog Assignment #44/ The BBC

Brazilian forces seize large drugs haul in Rio favela

        I like this story because it is a big police chase. The police found more than 30 tons of marijuana.

Drug traffickers were given a choice to surrender by sunset on Saturday or face an assault. The story had a lot of action.  It said that they seized the marijuana, which was packaged for delivery, from several houses in Grota.

Mexico gang boss 'admits murders'

       In this story their were 2,700 murders in Mexico! Arturo Gallegos Castrellon was the boss of the gang. He confessed to most of the killings in Mexico since August 2009. He and his gang members called themselves Aztecas. Aztecas gang members work as hitmen for the Juarez drug cartel. This was a really great story.

Heavy snow causes disruption across north of England

      More than 550 schools are closed and several flights have been cancelled in the north of England after more heavy snowfall.Up to 6in of snow fell in the North East causing Durham Tees Valley Airport and Newcastle Airport to close. Ice is also causing problems on roads in East and West Yorkshire where conditions are very hazardous. The snow is causing the people not to be able to fly or drive anywhere. They don't like this bad weather.

Iran dismisses Wikileaks release

       Iran's president has dismissed as propaganda the leaking of US cables detailing Arab calls for Washington to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities. The release by the Wikileaks website of thousands of extracts from US diplomatic messages was simply warfare against Iran.The release would not affect Iran's relationships with other countries. The release was reckless and put the lives of diplomats at risk. It talks a lot about how Obama is trying to make sure similar leaks don't happen again.

Dentist Howell's wife cries out to son as she is gassed

        The murdered wife of killer Colin Howell called to her eldest son as her husband gassed her. Howell confessed to police that his wife, Lesley, cried "Matthew", as he held a gas pipe to her face. I guess he didn't like his wife.Howell then dressed her body, put her in his car boot and drove to his former lover's home. There, he gassed her husband, Trevor Buchanan in May 1991.Howell used poisonous gas to kill both of his victims in May 1991.The bodies of Lesley Howell, 31, and Trevor Buchanan, 32, were found in a car full of exhaust fumes in Castlerock in 1991. This was a very interesting story.