Current Events Week Of 10/28

Question 0

New York

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A mother and her four young children are stabbed to death at their home in Brooklyn

Question 1

U.S.A.

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German media make new claims about US surveillance, including that President Obama knew about Chancellor Merkel’s mobile being monitored.

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Brazil

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Police in brazil found gang selling women over seas (90 per year) selling them to businessmen an other wealthier men

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India

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A bomb attack on crowds gathering for a rally by India’s BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi kills 5 people

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Iraq

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Dozens of people are killed in car bombings in Baghdad and Mosul, security officers say, as Iraq endures its most violent period since 2008

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Washington D.C.

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The White House recognizes that they should probably cut back on spying, including intelligence gathering, and eavesdropping on allies

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Brazil 2

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Announces plans to produce 30 million doses of a low-cost measles and rubella vaccine a year for export to develop countries

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Somalia

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An air strike kills two senior commanders of al-Shabab

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Kenya

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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

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Afghanistan

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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

Question 10

Kenya sold.

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Two Kenyan soldiers are fired and jailed for looting during last months terror attack on the westgate shopping center, says army chief

Question 11

South Africa

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The ringleader an other members of a white supremacist plot to kill Nelson Mandela, and drive black people out of South Africa, now jailed

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Japan

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Japan’s defense minister says china’s behavior over disputed eat china sea islands is jeopardizing peace, amid heightened tensions

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India

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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

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Syria

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Thousands of desperate civilians flee a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus that has been blockaded by government forces since march

Question 15

Obama

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Accepts “full responsibility” for the glitch-laden healthcare website, as his health secretary apologizes for the “debacle”

Question 16

New York

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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

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U.S.

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The US national security agency has been hacking data links connecting yahoo and google’s data centers, documents leaked by Edward Snowden say.

Question 18

Mozambique

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Mozambicans are outraged at the governments failure to end kidnapping for ransom following the murder of a child by his abductors

Question 19

China

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Police in china detain several people over Monday’s car crash in Tiananmen Square, saying it was a “terror attack”

Question 20

Egypt

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Police enter al-Azhar University in the Egyptian capital Cairo to disperse students protesting in support of ousted president Mohamed Morsi