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News item is a text which informs readers about event considered 
newsworthy or important. News item texts are often found in newspaper, 
magazine radio news and others. News item tells the newsworthy event of 
the day. News item text is written for public information of what is the
 newsworthy of the day. Basically, a news item text tries to answer the 
5Ws and 1H questions; what, who, when, where, why, and how relating to 
the newsworthy. <b> </b><br />
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<b>Social Function / Purpose</b><br />
To inform readers, listeners or viewers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important? <b> </b><br />
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<b>Generic Structure:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><i>Newsworthy Event(s)</i>: recounts the event in summary form</li>
<li><i>Background Events</i>: elaborate what happened, to whom, in what circumstances.</li>
<li><i>Sources</i>: comments by participants in, witnesses to and authority’s expert on the event.</li>
</ul>
<b>Language Feature:</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline.</li>
<li>Use of Action Verbs to retell the event.</li>
<li>Use of Saying Verbs in Sources stage.</li>
<li>Use of conjunction of cause and effect.</li>
</ul>
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<b>Example of News Item Text</b><br />
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<span style="color: #339966;">Another migrant worker dies of alleged torture in Malaysia</span></h4>
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An Indonesian migrant worker Munti Binti 
Bani has died on Monday after being hospitalized for several days due to
 alleged torture by her employees in Selangor, Malaysia.</div>
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<i>Antara</i> state news agency has 
reported that Munti had been treated at Tengku Ampuan Rahimah hospital 
since last Tuesday and died on Monday at 10 a.m, local time.</div>
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“We express our deep condolences as there
 is yet another worker who was tortured and passed away at the 
hospital,” Indonesia’s Ambassador for Malaysia, Da’i Bachtiar said in 
Kuala Lumpur on Monday.</div>
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Munti’s body will be sent tomorrow to her
 hometown in Pondok Jeruk Barat village of Jombang, East Java after 
undergoing autopsy at the hospital.</div>
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“The Embassy will arrange for all compensation, including insurance, she deserves to receive,” Da’i said.</div>
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He added that Munti’s employees Vanitha 
and Murugan had been detained and were undergoing questioning at the 
local police office.</div>
“We hope the police can uphold justice and punish them should they be proven to be involved in the case,” he said.<br />
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An Overview of News Item Text

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String of Break-ins at Gulmohar View

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<b>Mumbai, 20th March.</b>
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There have been a series of break-ins at 
Gulmohar View, a horsing society in the quiet suburb of Chembur. The 
society is located just off Choitram Road.<br />
The first break-in took place ten days ago. Shortly after, three other 
break-ins were reported. No items of high monetary value were stolen. 
Although security has been tightened at Gulmohar View, the sting  of 
break-ins seems to continue.<br />
Residents of Gulmohar View no longer feel safe. “It’s not safe anymore! I
 have changed the locks of all my doors for fear of thieves,” says 45 
year old Mr. Patel.<br />
Police investigations are still on. A list of suspects is being drawn up. No arrests have been made as yet.</div>
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String of Break-ins at Gulmohar View

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Indonesians reach Mt. Everest peak

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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Two
 Indonesian mountain climbers reached the top of Mt. Everest from Tibet 
on Saturday and placed the Indonesian flag at its peak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The
 journey was the finish line of a two-year Seven Summits Expedition by a
 team of Indonesians intent on climbing seven of the world’s tallest 
mountains.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The climbers, Iwan Irawan and Nurhuda, are members of the Nature Lovers Society (Wanadri), an Indonesian mountaineering group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">With the new inclusion of Mt. Everest, the climbers have conquered all seven of the world’s tallest summits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Iwan
 was the first to reach the peak of the 8,848-meter mountain, followed 
by Nurhuda and a Swedish hiker named Peter. Others who followed were 
three local Sherpa guides, Chirring, Tashi and Lakpa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">“<i>Alhamdulillah</i> [Praise God]. <i>Allahu Akbar</i>
 [God is great]. The red and white flag is waving on Mt. Everest through
 the north track,” said Ipong Witono, who headed the Seven Summits 
Expedition, in a short text message as quoted by <i>Antara</i> news agency.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">“Thanks
 for the prayers, the cooperation and the guidance. Hopefully another 
team would reach the summit from the southern route on Sunday. Hopefully
 all of them will always have God’s blessing so that they can return 
home safely." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The
 south route Ipong was referring to was one of the routes which 
Indonesian climbers Ardeshir Yaftebbidan and Fadjri Al Luthfi were 
taking through Nepal to climb the mountain. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The
 Wanadri team, which began the expedition in April 2010, had previously 
climbed the 4,884-meter (above sea level) Cartensz Pyramid, or the 
Ndugu-Ndugu summit, in Papua, Indonesia; the 5,895-meter Mt. Kilimanjaro
 in Tanzania; the 5,642-meter Mt. Elbrus in Russia; the 6,962-meter Mt. 
Aconcagua in Argentina; the 6,194-meter Mt. McKinley in the United 
States; and the 4,897-meter Vinson Massif summit in Antarctica.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Text Taken From: http://thejakartapost.com </span></div>

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