CNN 2012-02-20(在线收听

 12 months,that is how long this political revote and violence have been going on in the middle east nation of Syria.Other countries have spoken out against Syria's government for reportedly attacking civilians.Yesterday,the United Nation's general assembly passed a resolution,it calls for an immediate end to the violence.The strongest statement that the UN has made on the crisis in Syria.The resolution is a banding.It does not force Syria to do anything.A lot of the violence has been reported in the cities,like H and D.Those were in the southern part of the country....'s team were in the northern part of Syria.He filed this report of the situation there.

 
 
What it striking is one point we saw a sky line of the lager city in the area---I...and there you could see a Syrian government flag prominently flying in the heart of the city and less than a kilometer away,a Syrian opposition flag of green black and white also flying in the heart of the city.It is very clear that government and opposition control.Some finds were dividing these forces,it is just matter of kilometers.And there have been cases,we have been told within the last 24 hours.Deadly artillery assaults hiting opposition held villages and killing at least two residents of that village.The inhabitants here,they are enjoying what they see is self...they are calling this pocket of liberated Syria.
 
 
Today's first shoutout goes out to Mr,dear J,motor generalism and broadcast  generalism students of L...high school....Texas.Chevrolet,U...,Cadillac are all brands from what car company.You know what to do.Is it Ford,GM,Crysler,Toyota.You have got three seconds,Go.Those brands are all made by General motors.That is your answer and that is your shoutout.
 
 
General motors is celebrating some good company news this week.It announced that in 2011,it made its biggest annual profit in GM's history.7.6 billion dollars.It was two years ago that General Motors declared bankrutpcy and needed a bailout from US governemnt.That is actually why this profit news is kinda mixed.GM declared bankruptcy and led the company make some significant changes.It closed plants,it closed dealerships and it got red of some brands that restructuring helped the company be more profitable.Not because of how many vehicles GM is selling,sale levels in 2011 were lower than they were before the recession.
 
 
No matter what you drive the federal government wants car makers to limit what you can do,using the car's electronic.On some vehicles,drivers can twite.They can use navigation or facebook.Well,the department's transportation is recommending that a lot of that stuff be shut off to drivers while the car's emotion or at least limited and how much time they can spend using it.
 
 
The reason wracks,in 2010 more than three thousand people in America died in crashes,blamed on this striked driving.Down the road,the government may recommend electronic limits on any devices brought into the car like,smart phones or T...computers.For now it is only for devices already installing cars and these voluntary recommendations for carmakers not laws they were required to follow.
 
 
We are gonna try to fold in one more automate story from Massechuttee institute of technology,You should be able to make this since it is about a car that can fold.It is an electro-car that was built in MIT.You are about to see why it is unique.Watch the wheels,they can turn all toward the center of the car which it likes to fold up on itself.You probably wonderring what the point it is.The idea is to save space when parking on city street.When these cars folded up,You can fit three of them in the space we normally fit one vehicle.Plus,there are no side doors,you get out from the front.
 
 
Our social media question of the week,we asked you which organization was founded fifty five years ago this week.During civil right movement.One of the founder borns in the harmony middle school in Kansas was the first people that get the right answer.The southern C... leadership conference organization,SCLC.The organization was officially founded on Feburary 14th 1957.Its headquarter is in Atalantia Gegoria and its first president was Doctor Martin Luther King Junior.The mission of the southern C...leadership conference is to ensure equal rights and justices for all Americans.The group worked to achieve that goal by helping local organizations.They were the parts of the civil right movement.The SCLC coordinated training programs,education projects and voter registration drives.
 
 
The SCLC was founded 55 years ago,this week.Did you know that the NWACP the national association for the A..... of colour people was created more than one hundred years ago.If so,you have already known one of the answer on our black history month ...Check it out in the spot light section,CNN studentnews.com,See if you can score a perfect ten.
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