Questions 8 & 9

8)Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmad Fahd al-Ahmad al-Sabah said the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed Wednesday to reduce production by 900,000 barrels a day, starting November 1. The decision will lower the cartel's output ceiling to 24.5 million barrels a day. –VAO.com / Sept. 24- Immediatiate Identification Lead

WHO: Kuwaiti Oil Minister / Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
WHAT: Agreed to reduce oil production
WHERE: Kuwait
WHEN: Wednesday
WHY: To lower the cartel’s output ceiling
HOW: By reducing production by 900,000 barrels a day

U.S. officials say Afghan complaints about cross-border attacks from Pakistan will be on the agenda when President Bush meets Wednesday with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
-VAO.com / Sept. 24- Immediate Identification Lead

WHO: Pres. Bush and Pres. Pervez
WHAT: Cross-border attacks from Pakistan
WHEN: Wednesday
WHERE: Sidelines of the U.N Gerneral Assembly
WHY: Complaints about the attacks
HOW: Meeting (N/A)

An Iraqi civilian has been killed and at least 21 others wounded by a roadside bomb blast in north-central Baghdad.-VAO.com / Sept. 24-Summary Lead
WHO: Iraqi civilian
WHAT: Death
WHERE: Roadside in north-central Baghdad
WHEN:
WHY:
HOW: Bomb blast

Pope John Paul II skipped his weekly public audience today because of what the Vatican called mild ``intestinal problems,'' but the frail pontiff briefly addressed the pilgrims in a television hookup from his vacation residence.- Startribune.com / Sept. 24- Immediate Identification Lead

WHO: Pope John Paul II
WHAT: Skipped weekly public audience address, instead gave address on television
WHERE: At his vacation residence
WHEN:
WHY: Intestinal problems
HOW: N/A

Police in Sweden today arrested a second suspect in the hunt for the killer of the country's foreign minister, Anna Lindh, and released another man they had held for more than a week.- The GuardianUnlimited / Sept. 24- Summary Lead

WHO: Second suspect
WHAT: Arrested
WHERE: Sweden
WHEN: Today (Sept. 24)
WHY: Suspected of killing the country’s foreign minister
HOW: N/A

The safety of the international space station crew may be in jeopardy if NASA doesn't fix communications problems between American and Russian partners, one of the nine departing NASA safety panel members warned Tuesday.- Chronicle Washington Bureau / Sept. 23-Summary Lead

WHO: International space station crew
WHAT: May be in jeopardy if NASA doesn’t fix communication problems between American and Russian partners
WHERE: N/A
WHEN: Tuesday
WHY:
HOW: N/A

9) I chose to compare and contrast two articles, one from abcNEWS and one from Reuters.com, about the cut of oil production. The first major difference I observed between the two articles is that there leads concentrated on different aspects. One desribed how the oil cut would effect on the on coming demand of winter season and the other concentrated on simply the bare facts of the situation; no connections were made. There were only a few similiar facts between the two. One such example is that they both covered the same basic facts around the second and third paragraphs: Who: Kuwaiti oil minister/OPEC, What: cutting oil production, When: Nov. 1, Where: Kuwait, How: Reducing cartel's output ceiling. However, overall I feel that the second article found at Reuthers.com is more beneficial to society because it not only tells the straight facts, but it also describes how the cut will effect society.

abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030924_680.html

reuters.com/newArticle.jhtml?type=business&storyID=3499483