today we went over the canadian map test that will take place on wednesday. in class we had our blog discussion and we talked about the arab springs which was a revolutionary wave of demostrations and protests in the arab world put on by people who want change, the arab spring began on december 18, 2010. we talked about how china, US, russia, UK and france are the 5 permenant members of the UN that is in charge of peace and security throughout the world. causes of uprising:gov't, gov't corruption, unemployment. syrian protesters have employed the use of tactics such as marches, hunger strikes, rioting and vandalism. since the summer of 2011, armed militia groups have started fighting back against the gov't. gov't answered back by cutting off water and electricty in certain areas, open fire against civilians,army has surrounded numerous cities, and soldiers who wouldnt shoot civilians would be excuted, there have also been cases of rape, torture, and killing of women and children. russia and china vetoed a un security council resolution that proposed a plan for syrian president bashar assad to step down, which ended up greatly upsetting the US
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