Mr. Bruns is explaining to us how to get photos onto our blogs.Topics cover major news events from this summer. Research your topic and add your personal thoughts.1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Poll2. South SudanThey bacame a country in July 9th. They have fought since the 50s. The north is Arabic the south is Black Africans. The north is Islam and the south is Catholic or Animist. The south had oil and farm land, and the north really wanted it. Most people who died, didn't die from fighting, but from deseases. In 2005 they signed a peace treaty that said for six years North Sudan would give South Sudan more feedom and then when the years were up they could vote to seceed or stay together. They voted to seceed.3. LibyaGadaffi has been in power for a long time, and the civilians were unhappy with the government, because they wanted better jobs and edjucation. In the begining Gadaffi blamed the U.S. Gadaffi ordered his gaurds to go around killing the rebels. Nato tried to help the rebels by attacking Gadaffis forces. We also set up no fly zones. The U.S killed his son.4. US Supreme Court and videogamesIn 2009 Cali passes a law that if a store sold underaged kids violent video games they would be fined. The U.S Supream Court ruled 7-2 that you can not pass laws that stops video games from being sold, but stores can have their own policis.5. New York and gay marriageIn 2009 the government of New York rejected gay marrages. Two years after that ruled gay marrage6. 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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