10 METRO Tuesday,August4,2009D Journalism: The Inside View September - December (Selected Dates) This course is aimed at people interested in entering the field of journalism,either as a freelancer,or those considering making a professional choice or change. From the role of the journalist to modern media trends, this course will give the individual an in- depth insight into the world of journalism. The course is led by Angela Long.Angela has worked for some of the worlds leading media organisations,including the BBC, News Limited and 10 years at The Irish Times. She has done everything in journalism from running copy to editing magazines to being a foreign correspondent. Her course plan includes an overview of journalism today,and the practical skills of writing copy,editing,and pitching ideas for commissions. For further information please call Richard Bohan on 01-4727127 or visit irishtimestraining.com METRO World AustrAliA: Asuspectedcarthiefwas arrestedashesleptatthewheelofastolencar. SouthAustraliapolicesaythe30-year-oldmandrove theAudiconvertibleintoanautomaticcarwashand fellasleep.Aservicestationattendantcalledpolice whenhenoticedthecarhadntmovedforanhour. A helicopter dumps water on a forest fire on the southern part of La Palma Picture: Reuters JAPAN: Amanwasarrestedyesterdayon suspicionofstabbinga21-year-oldwomanworking ataTokyoear-cleaningsalonandkillingher grandmother.Japanhasmanysalonswhere customerscanhavetheirearscleaned,sometimes astheylieonaworkerslap.The41-year-oldmale customerhadbeenbannedfromthesalon.The workerisstillalivebutunconscious. PHiliPPiNEs: Floodstriggeredbyheavy monsoonrainshavekilledatleastadozenpeople andforced400,000tofleetheirhomesandfarms. Troopsdeployedboats,amphibiousvehiclesand truckstoevacuatethousandsoffamiliesmarooned inlow-lyingareasofMindanao.Floodwatershad risentoaboutfourmetres(13ft)fromalmostaweek ofheavyrain. CANAry islANds: Lowertemperatures werehelpingfirefightersbattletwoforestfiresthat haveragedonLaPalmaforfourdays.Onefireinthe westoftheislandwasbroughtundercontrol yesterdaywhileanotherintheeastwasexpectedto becontainedlater.Overnighteffortstoextinguish theblazeswerehelpedbyatemperaturedropof about20C(36F)fromthenear45C(113F). isrAEl: Foreignminister AvigdorLiebermansayshewill resignifchargedwithcorruption. Israelipolicehaverecommended thatMrLieberman(pictured),who headstheYisraelBeiteinuparty, bechargedwithalistofcrimes, includingreceivingbribes,fraud andmoneylaundering. CAmbodiA: Amedicata notoriousKhmerRougeprison toldatribunalyesterdayhe treatedpeoplewithmissing fingernails,sayinghundredsof prisonersdiedfromtorture.Sek Dorn,48,testifiedatthetrialof prisonbossKaingGuekEav knownasDuch(pictured). gErmANy: Formerarms- industrylobbyistKarlheinz Schreiber,akeyfigureinascandal involvingex-ChancellorHelmut Kohl,arrivedinMunichyesterday afterlosingalongfighttoavoid extraditionfromCanada.Schreiber (pictured),75,isaccusedof briberyandtaxevasion. isrAEl: Detectivessaytheyhavebrokenup anIsraeli-Americancrimesyndicatespecialisingin taxfraudandmoneylaundering.Thesuspects allegedlydefraudedtheUSgovernmentoftensof millionsofdollarsintaxreturnsanddepositedthem inIsraelibankaccounts.Theyarebeingheldon chargesofmoneylaundering,fraud,forgeryanda numberoftaxoffences. Pirates get $2.7m deal SOMALI pirates holding a German ship said they had received multi- million-dollar ransom yesterday. We have taken $2.7million (1.9m) ransom for Hansa, said pirate Abdi from Haradhere. We are now dividing the money. We shall get down (off the ship) soon, he added. The German- flagged container vessel Hansa Stavanger was captured about 400 miles (645 km) off the southern Somali port of Kismayu on April 4. It had a crew of five Germans, three Russians, two Ukrainians and 14 Filipinos on board. The release of the 20,000-tonne ship, was expected last week but it was delayed after the pirates demanded a higher ransom. Tens of thousands of supporters gather around the funeral motorcade for former Philippine president Corazon Aquino on the way to the Manila Cathedral. Mrs Aquino died on Saturday from cancer Picture: AP thousands at aquino funeral Black death seals off town of 10,000By GiLLiAn WonG A SECOND man has died of a virus similar to the Black Death in northwest China, in an outbreak that has quaran- tined a town of 10,000 people. A dozen people have already been infected with pneu- monic plague, a highly contagious deadly lung disease, and there are fears of it spreading farther afield. The World Health Organization said it was in close con- tact with authorities and that measures taken so far to treat and quarantine sickened people were appropriate. The man who died was identified only as Danzin, 37, from Ziketan, the stricken town in Qinghai province. Dan- zin was a neighbour of the first person who died, a 32- year-old herdsman whose name was not given. Another ten people, mostly relatives of the first dead man, were infected and undergoing isolated treatment in hospital. Ziketan has been sealed off and a team of experts have been sent to the area, warning that anyone with a cough or fever who visited the town since mid-July should seek hospital treatment. A food seller called Mr Han at the Crystal Alley Market in Ziketan said authorities have said homes and shops should be disinfected and residents should wear masks when they go out. People are so scared. There are few people on the streets, Mr Han said by telephone. Pneumonic plague is spread through the air and can be passed from person-to-person through coughing. It is caused by the same bacteria that occurs in bubonic plague the Black Death that killed an estimated 25million peo- ple in Europe during the Middle Ages. People are so scared. Few are on the streets index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html