We did a blog discussion today.1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Poll - Emily's was a vidieo and it wasn't up yet so we're doing that tomorrow!2. South Sudan - It because a country July 9th this summer. It is free from Sudan now. They finally broke free from them. They have been fighting since like 1955. They had problems because the north was Arabic and the south was Black African. The north was Islam and the south was Catholic/Animist. The north wants the souths oil and farmland.3. Libya - Things in Libya started this year in February. The people of Libya wanted more freedom, more, democracy, and they wanted better jobs and education. Gadhafi had been in power for four decades and people were protesting. Gadhafi blamed the USA for his problems. Gadhafi's forces killed a lot of the rebels.4. US Supreme Court and videogames - In 2009 California passed a law that if someone sold a minor a violent game could be fined 1,000 dollars. The Supreme Court ruled this summer that laws cannot be passed that stops video games from being sold to anyone.5. New York and gay marriage - The New York senate rejected gay marriage in 2009. On June 24, the bill passed and now they allow gay marriage there.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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