EDHS Contemporary World Affairs

Eusebio · Eusebio

Brazilian police have clashed with a gang close to the luxury hotel where the England team will stay in Rio de Janeiro during the World Cup, leaving one man dead and increasing security fears less than six weeks before the tournament kicks off. A 24-year-old suspect was killed after an exchange of gun...

ashtree · ashtree

A Saudi Arabian man has reportedly divorced his wife after she sent him a video which showed her driving the family car. The woman filmed herself driving in a public place and then sent the video to her husband a to surprise him with her joke. The man has now filed divorce papers, and reportedly told a ju...

Chapstick · Chapstick

The United States says it has deployed drones over Nigeria to assist in the search and rescue of nearly 300 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by an Islamist militant group. Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren confirmed Wednesday the U.S. is flying unarmed manned and unmanned aircraft over the coun...

tayden · tayden

There is not an exact figure for how many children work in America's tobacco fields, but Human Rights Watch interviewed nearly 150 for a new report on the dangers these workers face. Many of the children that work on these fields suffer the effects of nicotine exposure as they labor in U.S. tobacco f...

omendez · omendez

Thousands of critically ill or unconscious patients have been enrolled without their consent in crtical trials to test treatments in New Zealand hospitals. Do you think it is right for them to be giving drugs to those not aware? What would be your reaction if the patient was a family member? ...

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	Brazil World Cup 2014: man shot dead near England team hotel - TrailMix (Preview) Brazilian police have clashed with a gang close to the luxury hotel where the England team will stay in Rio de Janeiro during the World Cup, leaving one man dead and increasing security fears less than six weeks before the tournament kicks off. A 24-year-old suspect was killed after an exchange of gun...	Eusebio	17	1665	May 16, 2014 by Joevargas73
	Fergalicious: Saudi Arabian man 'divorces wife for driving' (Preview) A Saudi Arabian man has reportedly divorced his wife after she sent him a video which showed her driving the family car. The woman filmed herself driving in a public place and then sent the video to her husband a to surprise him with her joke. The man has now filed divorce papers, and reportedly told a ju...	ashtree	10	913	May 16, 2014 by Tristen
	US deploys drones to assist in search, rescue of kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria _ TRAIL MIX (Preview) The United States says it has deployed drones over Nigeria to assist in the search and rescue of nearly 300 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by an Islamist militant group. Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren confirmed Wednesday the U.S. is flying unarmed manned and unmanned aircraft over the coun...	Chapstick	20	975	May 16, 2014 by Joevargas73
	"Report slams child labor in tobacco fields" ------ Super Six + 1 (Preview) There is not an exact figure for how many children work in America's tobacco fields, but Human Rights Watch interviewed nearly 150 for a new report on the dangers these workers face. Many of the children that work on these fields suffer the effects of nicotine exposure as they labor in U.S. tobacco f...	tayden	21	963	May 16, 2014 by Joevargas73
	Group 6 : Drugs tested on coma patients (Preview) Thousands of critically ill or unconscious patients have been enrolled without their consent in crtical trials to test treatments in New Zealand hospitals. Do you think it is right for them to be giving drugs to those not aware? What would be your reaction if the patient was a family member? ...	omendez	19	1130	May 16, 2014 by jshrewsbury
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