The Assign Blogs1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Poll2. South SudanThis summer part of Sudan separated to become an independent country. South Sudan is the Black Africans, and the north is Arabic. The North wants South's oil and land.3. LibyaAround February this year Libya started a civil war. Now NATO is helping out the rebels to get freedom.4. US Supreme Court and video-gamesCalifornia had passed a law making it so that if you had sold a violent game to a minor you would get fined $1000. The Supreme Court ruled that they can't do that because of the First Amendment.5. New York and gay marriageIn 2009 New York denied Gay Marriage. They eventually voted again in 2011, and they passed it.6. Drawdown in AfghanistanBy 2014 the US will be out of Afghanistan and hoping they can fend for themselves.7. Al-Zawahri and al-Qaedaal-Qaeda is a terrorist organization. Al-Zawahri was somewhat second in control after Osama bin loden. He now is in control8. US debt ceiling crisis-problem and solutionThe US government keeps raising the amount of debt that they can owe. It is causing them to borrow more and increase the debt.9. NFL lockout-problem and solutionThe players want more money and the owners refuse to give it to them. The owners want more money too. The players didn't want to play two extra games but the owners wanted them to. There will be a salary cap.10. 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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