Posted by Emily Behrend on August 29, 2011 at 9:43am
We talked about how to add picture and what we need on our sites etc. Blog discussions today.1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Poll~2. South Sudan~ It became a country on July 9th, 2011, it became free from the North country. They have been fighting since the '50s. It has been on and off. The North is Arabic and the South is Black African. North religion is Islam and the South is Catholic or Animist. The South had oil and the North really wanted it. There has been a civil war forever.3. Libya~ It started back in Feb of '11. The Gadahfi has been in power for more than 4 decades. They wanted freedom, better democracy, and better jobs. From the beginning he blamed the US for his problems. They have been killing people that are associated with him.4. US Supreme Court and video games~ CA made a law that if anyone sold a video game that had violence to a person under 17, could be fined.5. New York and gay marriage~ New York Senate rejected gay marriage in '09. 2 years later they allow it. CA banned gay marriage, but it is up in the air.6. Drawdown in Afghanistan~7. Al-Zawahri and al-Qaeda~8. US debt ceiling crisis-problem and solution~9. NFL lockout-problem and solution~10. US/French Embassies attacked in Syria~11. Famine in Somalia~12. Norway incident~13. Women's World Cup-look at history of Women's World Cup and results~
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