We started off by talking about assigned blogs and how we do not have one for this week.1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Poll2. South SudanThis just became a country. And the north and the south had been fighting for about forty of the last fifty years. The came to an agreement in 2005 that in 2011 they could vote to become and idependent country. And on July 19, 2011 they did become an independent country from sudan. they are called south sudan. Part of the reason they were at war for so long was because of ethnic groups cause the north was arabic and the south was black african, religion becasue the north was islamic and the south was catholics and animism, and oil because most of the oil is in the south and also so is better farmland.3. Libyathe lybian people did not want ghadafi in power anymore because the wanted more freedom and stuff so they started rebelling. Ghadafi had his troop start shooting random people to make sure people knew that he still had his power. and then the US came in but then backed off and let some of the other NATO forces come in. The US set up a no fly zone. And they dont know where Ghadafi is now. and they are trying to get his son to talk now to find out where he is at.4. US Supreme Court and videogamesthey wanted to band certain parts of violent video games being sold to underaged children. California passsed the law that said that stores ocould no longer sell video games to minors and if they did they would be fined heavily. The government should not get their hands in on this cause then they will be too controling because it is the parents responsibilty. The government agreed with the video games stores.5. New York and gay marriage6. 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 SomaliaTHey have been with out a government for almost 20 years. ALshabob is a terrorist orgainization that is very in control in that country. Their famine is because of the drought. It is very hard for us to get in there because it is considered a crime for to go in. 29,000 children under 5 years old have died. And overall tens of thousands of people have died from it. 3 million people are starving there.12. Norway incident13. Women's World Cup-look at history of Women's World Cup and results
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