Three writing samples for July 12, 2016

ACTIVIST FREED
     A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST IS OUT OF A BAHRAINIAN PRISON.
     ZAINAB AL-KHAWAJA ANNOUNCED HER RELEASE ON TWITTER EVEN THOUGH HER SISTER AND FATHER REMAIN IN PRISON.
     AL-KHAWAJA WAS DETAINED MARCH 14TH AND CHARGED WITH PARTICIPATING IN ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS.
     THAT INCLUDED TEARING UP PICTURES OF KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA.
   

ZIKA BABIES
     FIVE OF THE EIGHT BABIES BORN IN HONDURAS WITH THE ZIKA VIRUS HAVE BEEN BORN THIS WEEK.
     HEALTH MINISTER DOCTOR YOLANI BATRES SAID THE BABIES WERE BORN WITH THE MICROCEPHALY VIRUS.
     SHE SAID THERE WRE ALMOST 500 KNOWN CASES OF PREGNANT WOMEN INFECTED WITH THE DISEASE.
     BABIES BORN WITH THE VIRUS END UP WITH SMALL MIS-SHAPEN HEADS AND UNDERDEVELOPED BRAINS.




BRAZIL SLUMS
     ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD, SILVER, OR BRONZE IN SOME OF RIO'S POOREST NEIGHBORHOODS.
     FAMILIES LIVE IN FILTH AND SLUMS IN THE SHADOWS OF THE 2016 OLYMPICS.
     THE SUMMER GAMES BEGIN ON AUGUST FIFTH.

  


APPLE PAID ADS
     APPLE WILL START SHOWING ADS INSIDE ITS MOBILE STORE.
     AT THE SAME TIME IT IS APP-EALING TO APP MAKERS TO SELL THEIR WORKS ON A SUBSCRIPTION BASIS.
     THE MOVE IS DESIGNED TO BRING IN MORE MONEY FOR THE SOFTWARE GIANT AND APP DEVELOPERS.
     APPLE PLEDGES TO SHOW NO MORE THAN ONE AD PER SEARCH.