Posted by 7th ALLYSON:) on August 30, 2011 at 9:41am
1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Poll2. South SudanIt became a country this summer, and they have been having a civil war since the 50's to 2005. They became a country July 9th. The problem was that they didnt want to be ruled by a leader they wanted to be independent. They are different ethnic groups, North is Arabic, and South is Black African. They have different religous veiws with the north being Islam and the south being Catholic/Animist. The north really wanted the oil and farmland that the south has because the north is just desert.3. LibyaThe uprising started in Febuary. The people just started breaking out in protest because they wanted democracy/more freedom and they wanted better jobs/better education/better opportunities. Gaddafi blames there problems on Amercia and NATO tried to help the people and the rebels and sent missils to Tripoi. NATO killed Gaddafi's one son's nanny and is protecting the rebel forces and attack Gaddafi's forces if needed. Gaddafi is right now in hiding.4. US Supreme Court and videogamesThis summer California put out a law that if someone or a store sold a videogame to a minor, under 17, they will be striclty fined. But the supreme court took that law out and said that it should be up to the store and parents choice, that they shouldnt mess with it.5. New York and gay marriageIn 2009 New York rejected gay marriage, then two years have the law has approved over the summer.6. Drawdown in AfghanistanIn the next month supposed to have 800 troops come home from Afganistan. By the end of the year 10,000 troops will be out. And by 2014, all troops should be out.7. Al-Zawahri and al-QaedaAl-Qaeda is a tierrist group that pretty much has a network all over the world. Al-Zawahri is Osamin Bin ladaen second man and now this he is dead he has took over. He is said to be by Afganistan/Pakisatan border.8. US debt ceiling crisis-problem and solutionThe ecomony is unsettled and 1.2 million people are unemployed, and been putting a lot of funds in medicare programs and its our first time fighting two wars. Our debt is right now 14 trillion dollars. The goverment is pretty much spending more than we are making. Obama care is how the debt has gone up a lot since he was president.9. NFL lockout-problem and solutionThe players wanted more money and the owners refused to give it to them because the onwers wanted more money. And the owners wanted longer season so they could sell more tickets and make more money and the players didnt want that. The agreement would be that they would get 40% of the revenew.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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