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Current Events, 2/11
Current Events
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mali 1 | -1st suicide bombings (2 in 2 days) -Gao has heavy fighting |
| India | -36 killed in stampede -Holiest day of bathing held at Kumbh Mela -30 million make pilgrimage |
| Afghanistan 1 | -Gen. Allen says ISAF (International Securit Assistance Force) is the road to winning |
| LAPD | -Ex officer is still on the loose (already killed 3 people) -Revenge for firing him |
| Afghanistan 2 | -NATO forces say UN report claims that US has killed hundreds of children with airstrikes over 4 years -US denies accusations |
| Pope | -Pope Benedict XVI leaving due to failing health -1st in 600 years to leave throne |
| Mexico | -Chief of security for Sinaloa cartel captured -Responsible for protecting Guzman -Jon Salas -3 helicopters, 8 naval vehicles -$5 million bounty |
| Kenya | -1st presidential debate -8 involved -O'Dinga vs. Kenyatta |
| Mali 2 | -Not sure whether they want permanent UN soldiers there -Captured Gao |
| Syria | -Rebels capture Hydrodam and major airfield |
| France | -2 charity workers jailed for 2 years for illegally trying to fly 103 children from Chad to France in 2007 -Convicted in Chad, but pardoned |
| Nigeria | -2 journalists arrested and charged in killing of 9 female polio nurses -Aired story on radio opposition to vaccines in a mostly Muslim area -Muslims in that area think it causes infertility |
| UK | -Raid on slaughterhouse + meat factory -Passing horse meat as beef |
| State of the Union | -Immigration -Guns -Minimum wage - $9 |
| Panetta | -Says North Korea remains as a serious threat, and says the US needs to deal with it |