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MuzzyKIDS 03-10-2008 07:09 PM

Current events
 
World

":Colombian Forces Kill Rebel Leader in Ecuador (March 1): Colombian troops cross into Ecuadorean territory and kill FARC's Raśl Reyes and 23 other rebels. In response, Venezuela and Ecuador break off diplomatic relations with Colombia and send troops to the Colombian border.

:Fighting Between Israel and Hamas Continues (March 2): More than 100 Palestinians are killed in five days as members of Hamas and the Israeli military trade rocket fire. The violence intensifies after Hamas begins to launch longer-range rockets at Israel and as the fighting enters the West Bank. In response to the mounting civilian deaths, Palestinian prime minister
Mahmoud Abbas suspends peace talks with Israel.

:Putin's Choice for President Is Easily Elected (March 2): As expected, Dmitri A. Medvedev, a former aide to Russian president Vladimir Putin who has never held elected office, wins the presidential election in a landslide. Putin will remain in a position of power, serving as Medvedev's prime minister.

:Security Council Imposes Third Round of Sanctions on Iran (March 3): Resolution, the third since December 2006, punishing Iran for refusing to stop uranium enrichment allows inspections of cargo leaving and entering Iran that officials suspect is carrying banned materials, expands monitoring of financial institutions, and bans the travel and freezes the assets of people and businesses involved in Iran's nuclear program.

:Eight Students Killed at Jerusalem Seminary (March 6): A Palestinian gunman from East Jerusalem fires hundreds of rounds of automatic weapons fire at the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in Jerusalem, killing eight students. The attack is the most deadly on Israeli citizens in two years.


Nation

:McCain Secures Nomination (March 4): After primary wins in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Vermont, John McCain has enough delegates to become the Republican presidential nominee. Mike Huckabee drops out of the race.

:Bush Vetoes Bill That Would Ban Severe Interrogation Techniques (March 8): President, saying intelligence officials must have "all the tools they need to stop the terrorists," vetoes legislation that would have outlawed all methods of interrogation that are banned in the Army Field Manual, which prohibits waterboarding and other harsh techniques that have been used by the CIA."

I just wanted to let everyone now whats going on. I will update every day of the mont untill the month ends then i will start with new month news. So people can now are current events


Sources
http://www.infoplease.com/world/events/2008/

JKPolk 03-10-2008 07:25 PM

Re: Current events
 
I'm sorry, but I just don't see a reason for this.
http://www.google.com/search?q=news&...ient=firefox-a

Newsfeeds exist in abundance, this is superfluous. Were you planning on going somewhere with this?

MuzzyKIDS 03-10-2008 07:30 PM

Re: Current events
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JKPolk (Post 2065907)
I'm sorry, but I just don't see a reason for this.
http://www.google.com/search?q=news&...ient=firefox-a

Newsfeeds exist in abundance, this is superfluous. Were you planning on going somewhere with this?

just giving the big events that happen every day. No problem with this

GuidoHunter 03-10-2008 07:45 PM

Re: Current events
 
There is a great deal wrong with this thread, most of which revolves around violating almost all of the Critical Thinking rules.

Read them before posting.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com


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