Fatal Floods Rip Through Australia

Here is a video about the floods in Australia. Watch it and answer the questions:


http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=12590398
1) How have witnesses described this wall of water?

2) What happenned to some of the people?

3) What do police and authorities expect?

4) How many people were rescued by helicopters? Where were they?

5) Where is the flood going next?

6) When was the last time a flood this bad took place in the capital?

7) how many suburbs are on alert?

8) What is the weather forecast for the next few days?

Smoking ban in Spain

Spain has introduced a tough new anti-smoking law that prohibits lighting up in bars and restaurants as well as outside hospitals, schools and at children’s playgrounds. Check the following website for more information:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/8236170/Spain-introduces-smoking-ban.html
Here is a BBC webpage tracing smoking legislation in the world. it's quite interesting!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3758707.stm

Animal rights in Switzerland

Banning bullfighting is all very well, but should animals be provided with lawyers? Believe it or not, the Swiss have just had a referendum to decide on this issue. Read this interesting article in BBC News.

Since 2008, the Swiss have had a very civilised set of laws to protect animal rights: anglers have to learn how to catch fish humanely, dog owners are required to take a course, etc. Check out the following page for more information on animal legislation in Switzerland - it's worth a look for those of us who are still in the Stone Age of animal rights - but, is it too much?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3818457.ece