http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/may/22/didier-drogba-leaves-chelsea

Didier Drogba confirms he is leaving Chelsea in the summer

Didier Drogba is leaving Chelsea after 8 years with the club. During these years he scored 157 goals. With the help of Drogba Chelsea won 10 titles, the biggest price was of course the Champions League Victory. Drogba thanks everyone and especially Roman Abramovitch. He says it was a very difficult decision and that the club will always stay in his heart. ” I also like to say a very special thank you to the Chelsea fans, who have shown me so much love and support over the years.”

Comment:

Eight years ago Abromovitch bought Drogba for 24 million pounds. Abromovitch is a Russian man who owns Chelsea and who has invested millions in this club. He bought a number of outstanding football players, one of which was Drogba. Last Saturday the club has won the biggest price. What has this got to do with sport and club love? So many football clubs have debts. They are not able to compete anymore. Their best players are being bought by clubs with more money. Shouldn’t there be more rules to put an end to these excesses?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/17/iran-persecution-gay-community-revealed

Saeed Kamali Dehghan

guardian.co.uk, Thursday 17 May 2012

A study conducted by Small Media ( a non-profit group based in London) shows that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are denied but also terrible punished by the Iranian Government.  Small Media gathered information and statements through a secret online forum. The president of Iran said that these people don’t exist in Iran. The first detailed report on Iran's LGBT community has found that its members live under terrible circumstances: They are being persecuted and punished and even sentenced to death. Homosexuals feel they are not part of society and they are very lonely because they can’t trust anybody.

Comment:

It is my opinion that the international community should help these people as much as they can. They should help them escape from a regime like in Iran and offer them shelter in a Western country where they can live their own life. I think that this way these terrible ideas about homosexuality will gradually disappear. We should show everybody we stand for our values and one of them is that people are free to choose their own sexual preference. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18091708?print=true

16 May 2012 

NHS 'should consider giving statins to healthy people'

By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News

Should we give drugs (in this case Statins) to healthy people? Very healthy people with a low Cholesterol level could sometimes suffer a heart attack. Several experts say that if we give Statics to all people older than 50 it could prevent 10.000 of heart strokes and safe 2000 lives every year. This also means that the NHS can save money by handing out these drugs. On the other hand Statics  could show side effects: liver problems, kidney failure, muscle weakness and an increased risk of diabetes.

Comment:

Handing out drugs to healthy people is not new. Very young children take pills to prevent caries and  most of us are vaccinated against several diseases. However is seems to me that the side effects are pretty serious. There is no information about percentages of people who suffer from these side effects and how serious these effects are. In this article there is nothing said about free choice. I think that everybody should be giving the opportunity to take Statin. It must be clear though what the figures are on the side effects.