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Current Events: Jan-Feb Flashcards

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1/28: UN secures pledge to free 3,000 South Sudan ______ __________

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child soldiers

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1/27: Obama visits Saudi Arabia’s new king _______

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Salman

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1/30: China tightens restrictions on ________ and warns universities to ______ __________ ______

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Internet

shun western values

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2/2: Egypt court sentences 183 __________ ____________ supporters to death

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Muslim brotherhood

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2/3: UN court dismisses _________ and __________ genocide claims

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Croatia and Serbia

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2/4: Jordan executed prisoners after _______ video of pilot’s death

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ISIS

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2/5: IPCC head- world was not woken up to water crisis caused by _______ ______

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climate change

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2/6: Jordan’s air strikes on IS “_______ ___ ____________”

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beginning of retaliation

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2/9: ISIS linked militant killed in ___________ drone strike

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Afghanistan

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2/10: battles rage in ______ ahead of ________ peace talks

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Ukraine

Minsk

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2/11: Obama seeks some limits on ground troops for _______ ________ ______

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Islamic state fight

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2/17: Egyptian air strikes in _______ kill dozens of ISIS militants in revenge for the murder of 21 ________ workers

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Libya

Christian

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2/18: ______ building new islands in disputed waters

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China

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2/23: president_______ of Venezuela intensifies crackdown on opponents

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Maduro

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2/25: Syria barrel bombings continue despite UN ban while IS captures ________ there

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Christians

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2/27: US-Bangladesh blogger ______ _____ hacked to death

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Avijit Roy

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3/2: prime minister Netanyahu of ________ arrives in U.S. to oppose Iran nuclear deal

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Israel

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3/3: pollution film, _____ ___ ______, taking China by storm

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under the dome

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3/4: ______ bans TV stations from showing interview with convicted man who brutally raped student

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India

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