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        Today Léa has chosen to speak about London Olympic Games. They’ ll take place from July 27^th to   August  12^th. The Paralympic    GaGames  will occur  a few days later from Aug 29^th  to Sept 9^th

           T    The London 2012 Olympic Games will feature 26 sports, which break down into 39 disciplines.

Cycling – Track,Diving, Equestrian – Dressage, Equestrian – Eventing, Equestrian – Jumping, Fencing, Football Gymnastics – Artistic, Gymnastics – Rhythmic, Gymnastics – Trampoline, ,Handball, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting, Wrestling., Archery,Athletics,Badminton, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing,, Canoe Slalom, Canoe Sprint, Cycling – BMX, Cycling – Mountain Bike, Cycling – Road

 The Venues

An Olympic Park has been created in East London. “The southern part of the Park will focus on retaining the festival atmosphere of the Games, with riverside gardens, markets, events, cafes and bars. The northern area will use the latest green techniques to manage flood and rain water, while providing quieter public space and habitats for hundreds of existing and rare species, from kingfishers to otters.”

South of the Olympic Park is the Olympic Stadium which is the most sustainable stadium ever built.It  will have a capacity of 80,000 during the Games but there are many other venues where sports events will take place ( the Aquatics Centre,  the Basketball Arena,  the BMX Track, Greenwich Park, Wembley Stadium, Wimbledon,  etc)

The Opening and Closing Ceremonies will be highlights of the London 2012 Games.

The Flame

8,000 people across the UK will carry the Olympic Flame which represents peace, unity and friendship during the Torch Relay. They will go through more than 1,000 cities, towns and villages in the UK. Lit in Greece, the Olympic Flame arrives in the UK on 18 May 2012 after a 70-day journey.
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                                 Here are the mascots Wenlock and Mandeville

                         If you want more information , you should visit the official site : http://www.london2012.com/

                  In what ways do you think the Olympic Games can boost the economy of a country ?

Today Auriane  has spoken about an astonishing piece of news :

A Saudi man was trying to sell his six-year-old son on  Facebook for around $20million in order  to avoid 'living in poverty' after his illegal business was shut down.

Saud bin Nasser Al Shahry said that he was too old for the government unemployment agency to provide assistance and too young to collect a public pension.

Later ; he claimed having done that to attract the government’s attention to the situation of people like him in Saudi Arabia .

Technically, the penalty for human trafficking in Saudi Arabia is up to $266,667 (US) and a 15-year prison sentence, and can be increased if the victim is a child. However, Although slavery was officially abolished in Saudi Arabia 1962 ,the U.S. State Department consistently reports that “the Government of Saudi Arabia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so.”

So who is to blame really ? 

Saudi Arabiahalf of whose children face domestic violence or some kind of abuse, as  it is claimed by a Saudi Arabian human rights group, The National Society for Human Rights  ?

Facebook which has allowed such a sale through its website ?

A man who has dared to sell his own son ?

http://www.39online.com/newsfix/kiah-newsfix-son-for-sale-20120119,0,4942824.story

Today Jeanne has chosen the sad subject of the murder of  a 13-year-old teenage girl named Agnes

Her  burnt remains were found following a two-day search on Friday evening( 18^th of November)  in woods close to her Cevenol boarding school in the town of Chambon-sur-Lignon. She was raped and murdered by a seventeen-year-old classmate who was on probation for sexual assault committed in 2010. He had spent four months in prison but had then been assessed as no danger.He nevertheless reportedly continued to see a psychiatrist as well as the school's psychologist.

The girl's father has said he believed the school, Cevenol International was aware of the boy's history, including that he had had problems involving "acts of sexual aggression".

However, Philippe Bauwens, the school's head teacher, told French radio station RTL that the school was aware the boy had had problems with the judiciary but did not know their nature.

"We had no contact with the judicial authorities," he said.

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said that in the most serious cases where a minor was a suspect, they should be "placed in a secure educational centre".

He also said it should not be possible for a pupil to be enrolled in a school without the head teacher being fully informed of serious cases involving judicial supervision.

The affair has choked France and the government has now launched an investigation It is now understaking discussions to reform the law.

Today Margaux has chosen to speak about the death of 24-year-old motoGP rider  Marco Simoncelli . It took place during the Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang on Sunday 23^rd  October

Apparently the safety is not 100% guaranteed in such races as you can read here.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/8844365/Marco-Simoncelli-death-safety-in-Moto-GP-is-never-100-per-cent-guaranteed-says-Sepang-circuit-chairman.html  although the safety officer said that it was  unpreventable : http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/oct/24/marco-simoncelli-death-motogp-tributes

Talking about dangerous sports , which ones would you like to try ? Why ?