1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Poll2. South SudanBecame a Country this recent summer, became free from north, and have been fighting since the fifties. Several issues between sudan and south sudan: different ethnic gruops= North- Arabic, South- Black African, also Relegion= North- Islam, South- Catholic/Animist, and South has oil, and farmland that North wants.3. LibyaStarted war in February 2011 with the government because they wanted better education leading to better jobs and more money, also more freedom, and a more democracy-like government. Ghadaffi also was hurting the rebels which in our case are the good guys.4. US Supreme Court and videogamesIn 2009 California passed a law that any store that sold to minors would get fined, but supreme court voted otherwise.5. New York and gay marriageNew York rejected gay marriage in 2009, and then this recent summer, June 2011, they voted towards it.6. Drawdown in Afghanistan7. Al-Zawahri and al-Qaeda8. US debt ceiling crisis-problem and solution9. NFL lockout-problem and solution10. US/French Embassies attacked in Syria11. Famine in Somalia12. Norway incident13. Women's World Cup-look at history of Women's World Cup and results
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