Today in class we looked at pictures from the aftermaps of hurricane Irene and all the damage it caused. We went over some more blogs. We also talked about the Vietnam war.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 Poll-2. South Sudan - 40s out of the last 50s years they have been in a civil war, South Sedan is the newest country now. They made a treaty between Sedan and South Sedan. Two ethnic groups: Arabic (Islamic) vs. Black Africa (Catholic/Animism).3. Libya- They want more freedom and Gheffi started to shoot poeple, they protested that they wanted better jobs and more freedom, The US set up what was called "The No Fly Zone".4. US Supreme Court and videogames- People wanted to banned the sale of mature video games to kids under 17 in California. the Video Game people got mad about it and said why should we be treated different then movies and tv shows.5. New York and gay marriage- New York passed a law say that it was okay for gay marriage. Iowa is the only gay marriage state in the midwest, but many north eastern are becoming gay marriage states.6. Drawdown in Afghanistan- President Obama said 20,000soilder will be home by next summer, you are trying to pull out all of our soilders by the summer of 2014. By the need of the year 10,000 should be brought home.7. Al-Zawahri and al-Qaeda- Is a terriost group from Irqa, Bin Laden was the learder but he was killed early this year. They have different stations in the world. Al Zawahri is now the head of this group. He was a physican in Eypt.8. US debt ceiling crisis-problem and solution- We are 14 trillion dollars in debt which causes are taxes to go up. They keep raising the debt seal so we can borrow more money so we always go more in debt. Which was going to cause our government to go into lock down. Which meant we would close parks and stop paying troops. The solutions the republicians and demorcarts voted to raise it.9. NFL lockout-problem and solution- The owners didnt like the deal becuase they didnt feel that the players were getting paid to much money. And they dropped out of it and said there would be a lockout if someone didnt set something up by March 2011. The owners also wanted 18 game schedule rather than 16 games.10. US/French Embassies attacked in Syria-11. Famine in Somalia- Before the famine started we tried to help them, but they scared us off, and now it is a crime to try to get in and help them. Millions are starving and noone can get in to send them food cause of the pirates. There has been no real government there in many years.12. Norway incident13. Women's World Cup-look at history of Women's World Cup and results
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