assigned blogs!!*******1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Polltherer is 24 people running this year. Democrats are Obama and Randell Terry. A iowa straw poll is in ames wheere the rebulicans come and can hold a speech.2. South SudanIt became free of North Sudan there a new country now.. and there war is over. they have been fighting since 1950. They have different ethnic groups and religions. They were fighting over one thing.. OIL!3. LibyaKadaffi was in power for a long time.. They started braking out into protest about the goverement- freedom and better jobs is what they wanted. From the beginnging kadaffi kept baming us for his problems. He would kil inecent people. a no fly zone- they issued that In march.4. US Supreme Court and videogamesthere is some rules on M rated games. FIrst time supreme court has even been ruled.5. New York and gay marriage2009 the goverement of New York rejected gay marriage. 2 years after they voted against it, they allowed it.6. Drawdown in Afghanistan1000 troops will be comging home by the end of this year by the end of 2012 we are soposed to have 30,00 without replacement. 2014 we are soposed to be out (NATO).7. Al-Zawahri and al-Qaedathey are a terriost group in the middle east. BidLadan was one of the major leader of al-Qaeda. In 2011, we shot him. al-Zawahri, he grew up in a very powerful family. He was bidladans partner. He got put into jail for trying to assinated the egiption president. He has a 25 million bounty on his head. He has been hiding for 10 years.8. US debt ceiling crisis-problem and solution- mine and macies.9. NFL lockout-problem and solutionit all is around moneyy. Players wanted more money but the owners wont give it to them, becuase the owners want more money. The owners wanted longer games to sell more tickets which then they make more money. The players till recieve abour 48 percent of the revenue. There will be a salary cap. there will be a 4 year contract now. They dont have 2adays any longer.10. US/French Embassies attacked in SyriaSryia wants to get rid of there goverent, they are protesting. The French helped them and then people started attacking them with like tomatoes. Ever since uprising there has been 1,300 people die.11. Famine in Somaliathey are in the worste drought, and they dont have a bunch of food anyways. They declared famine on south eastern Somalia. Part of it is owned by a terriost group. 3 million were eregent need of help. 100 of thousands of people have died, and many mor soon to come. They havent had a country since 1992.alsabab-there holding millions of people hostige.12. Norway incidenta crazy guy put a car bomb next to one of there goverent buildings. He dresses a cop, and rides on a fairy to work. he go's to a kids camp. He had a gun and randomly started killing people and he was shutting his gun for almost an hour.13. Women's World Cup-look at history of Women's World Cup and resultsA soccer tournament that happens every 4 years. it started in 1941 for women. There has only been 6 tournaments. America has one 3 times. They start with 16 nation teams. NExt year they have talked about going to 24 teams.
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