Current Events Week Of 10/28 Flashcards
New York
A mother and her four young children are stabbed to death at their home in Brooklyn
U.S.A.
German media make new claims about US surveillance, including that President Obama knew about Chancellor Merkel’s mobile being monitored.
Brazil
Police in brazil found gang selling women over seas (90 per year) selling them to businessmen an other wealthier men
India
A bomb attack on crowds gathering for a rally by India’s BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi kills 5 people
Iraq
Dozens of people are killed in car bombings in Baghdad and Mosul, security officers say, as Iraq endures its most violent period since 2008
Washington D.C.
The White House recognizes that they should probably cut back on spying, including intelligence gathering, and eavesdropping on allies
Brazil 2
Announces plans to produce 30 million doses of a low-cost measles and rubella vaccine a year for export to develop countries
Somalia
An air strike kills two senior commanders of al-Shabab
Kenya
More then a million people sign an online petition demanding justice after three men accused of brutally gang-raping a girl were ordered to cut grass as punishment
Afghanistan
A man was stoned to death in Ghazni province because villagers believed that he sat off a bomb that killed 18 wedding guests, officials say
Kenya sold.
Two Kenyan soldiers are fired and jailed for looting during last months terror attack on the westgate shopping center, says army chief
South Africa
The ringleader an other members of a white supremacist plot to kill Nelson Mandela, and drive black people out of South Africa, now jailed
Japan
Japan’s defense minister says china’s behavior over disputed eat china sea islands is jeopardizing peace, amid heightened tensions
India
India’s new central bank governor raises interest rates for a second consecutive month by quarter of one percent to 7.75% to try to fight inflation
Syria
Thousands of desperate civilians flee a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus that has been blockaded by government forces since march
Obama
Accepts “full responsibility” for the glitch-laden healthcare website, as his health secretary apologizes for the “debacle”
New York
Council votes to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21, a move the Bill’s sponsor says will save many lives
U.S.
The US national security agency has been hacking data links connecting yahoo and google’s data centers, documents leaked by Edward Snowden say.
Mozambique
Mozambicans are outraged at the governments failure to end kidnapping for ransom following the murder of a child by his abductors
China
Police in china detain several people over Monday’s car crash in Tiananmen Square, saying it was a “terror attack”
Egypt
Police enter al-Azhar University in the Egyptian capital Cairo to disperse students protesting in support of ousted president Mohamed Morsi
