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Current Events
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Brazil | -rape on moving bus -30 minutes -armed man -tourist raped in March -2 die in bus fight -World Cup 2014 |
| Bangladesh | -death toll up to 600+ |
| France | -10's of thousands protest Hollande -1st year in office |
| Israel | -bombed Syria twice (act of war) -says they have military sites with Iranian missiles -Syria says they're terrorist acts |
| Traffic Cameras | -should they be banned? -legal in Ohio -police vs. civil rights -an attempt to make money ($6 million in Cleveland) -in 2 weeks, cameras caught 20,000 speeding in one block |
| Cleveland | -3 missing women found -10+ years in hiding -Captured by 52 year old man |
| Online Sales Tax | -Senate passed, now headed to House -Trying to "equal playing field" |
| Syria 1 | -UN backing off chemical weapons accusation |
| Germany (Neo-Nazi) | -trial starts -national socialist underground -killed 10 people over a 7 year period |
| Germany | -Auschwitz guard arrested and charged -93 years old |
| Obama and North Korea | -NK's days of gaining from crisis is over -met with SK president, Park Geun-Hye |
| China | -cuts ties with major North Korean bank |
| Obama and Military | -sexual assaults in military must stop |
| US and Russia | -to discuss peace plan for Syria |
| Syria 2 | -US defends stance on chemical weapons -4 UN peacekeepers taken hostage |
| Christie | -stomach surgery |
| Syria 3 | -says 'no thank you' to peace plans from US and Russia |