week 3 --MERS

Death toll in South Korea's MERS outbreak rises to 31

By Tim Hume  June 26, 2015

    Two more South Korean patients have died from MERS and another patient has contracted the virus, the country's health ministry said Friday.

    The announcement brings the total number of deaths from the South Korean outbreak to 31.

    A total of 181 South Koreans have been infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus, including those who have died and those who have recovered.

    Eighty-two patients are currently receiving treatment for MERS, the ministry said.

    The outbreak has sparked international concern, stalled the nation's economy and resulted in more than 100,000 canceled tourist visits to the country in the five weeks since a South Korean returning from the Middle East was confirmed infected in May.

Structure:

Who--South Korean

Where--South Korea

What--many Korean died

When--June 26, 2015

Why--MERS outbreak

How--not given

Keywords:

week2─FIFA貪汙醜聞

2015 FIFA corruption case

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In 2015, U.S. federal prosecutors disclosed cases of corruption by officials and associates connected with FIFA, the governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer.

Near the end of May 2015, fourteen people were indicted in connection with an investigation by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) into wire fraud, racketeering, and money laundering. The United States Attorney General simultaneously announced the unsealing of the indictments and the prior guilty pleas by four football executives and two corporations.

The investigation mostly revolved around collusion between officials of continental football bodies CONMEBOL (South America) and CONCACAF (Caribbean, Central and North America), and sports marketing executives. The sports marketing executives were holders of media and marketing rights for high-profile international competitions including the Americas' FIFA World Cup qualifying tournaments, and showpiece tournaments CONCACAF Gold Cup and Copa América. CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb, also serving president of the Cayman Islands Football Association, was arrested in connection with the investigation, as were two sitting FIFA Executive Committee members: Eduardo Li of the Costa Rican Football Federation and Eugenio Figueredo, formerly of the Uruguayan Football Association and former CONMEBOL President Nicolás Leoz. The investigation lasted several years, with the first arrest, of Warner's son Daryll, made in July 2013.

In total, seven current FIFA officials were arrested at the Hotel Baur au Lac in Zürich on May 27. They were preparing to attend the 65th FIFA Congress, which was scheduled to include the election of the president of FIFA. They are expected to be extradited to the United States on suspicion of receiving US$150 million in bribes. There was also a simultaneous raid on the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, And later, two further men handed themselves in to police for arrest: former CONCACAF president Jack Warner and marketing executive Alejandro Burzaco.

The arrests case triggered Australia. Colombia, Costa Rica and Switzerland to open or intensify separate criminal investigations into top FIFA officials for corruption.

Structure of the lead:
WHO-FIFA
WHEN-2015
WHAT-corruption case
WHY-not given
WHERE-not given
HOW-not given


Keywords:
1. corruption (n.) 賄賂
2. fustal (n.) 五人制足球
3. wire fraud (n.) 電信詐騙
4. racketeer (v.) 敲詐
5. launder (v.) 洗錢
6. simultaneously (adv.) 同時
7. indictment (n.) 起訴書
8. collusion (n.) 共謀
9. extradite (v.) 引渡