EDHS Contemporary World Affairs

nicholas b · nicholas b

the good old us of a has announced that the pentagon will allow for the export of armed unmanned drones. although the export and sales are heavily controlled and monotered the idea of a unmanned aircraft being used on the us by another countries interested in purchasing drones i.e. china India and Rus...

bailliecarberry · bailliecarberry

Summary of Story In Mexico City, 43 rural college student were declared dead, with forensic evidence supporting that their bodies were incinerated near a garbage dump. This case raised a lot of doubts about the law in Mexico. The president promised to fix local policing and adopt new ways to addres...

JCorbin · JCorbin

The president of Argentina posted on Twitter, replacing the letter "r" with the letter "l," so it sounded like she was saying lice and petloleum, instead of rice and petroleum. The tweet got over 4,000 retweets. She then apologized with this tweet, "Sorry. You know wha...

jade cravens · jade cravens

Christians trace back their beginnings to the middle east, but the population of openly practicing Christians has shrunken. It has changed a lot over the past century: The percentage of Christians relative to the Mideast's overall population has gone from 13.6% in 1910 to 4.2% in 2010, and it's e...

[what] · [what]

On 18 January, an Arabic-language Twitter account popped up to be the official outlet for a new Boko Haram media group. Since then, the group has used the feed to publish a stream of propaganda, including two new videos. Officials believe that they are following the activities of ISIS and their tact...

jorgerodriguez · jorgerodriguez

Automatic rifles used in Januarys Paris attacks that killed 17 have been traced to a shop in Slovakia that sells deactivated weapons as movie props, it was reported on Wednesday.The decommissioned weapons legally bought in Slovakia were reconverted to fire live ammunition a process that gun...

A-BOY · A-BOY

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-31706989 Does China need more military spending? China has increased its Military Budget for the peoples Liberation Army by 10%. Is Chinas military spending a problem for the U.S

victoriaroseap · victoriaroseap

Indonesian authorities are going to continue to execute the two Australians for drug trafficking, in spite of pleas for lenience made by the government in Canberra and 6 former prime ministers. The two members of "Bali Nine" (the group of 9 Australians who failed in a bid to smuggle 8 ki...

MrsCavalluzzi · MrsCavalluzzi

Below is a little more information about tomorrow's guest speaker (even more detail is available at www.austinwintory.com) Austin Wintory began his obsession with composing back when he was ten years old, when he discovered Jerry Goldsmiths scores to Patton and A Patch of Blue. After a busy...

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	unmanned mechanized warfare? (Preview) the good old us of a has announced that the pentagon will allow for the export of armed unmanned drones. although the export and sales are heavily controlled and monotered the idea of a unmanned aircraft being used on the us by another countries interested in purchasing drones i.e. china India and Rus...	nicholas b	18	2380	Mar 9, 2015 by jorgerodriguez
	PINK: Mexico Officially Declares Missing Students Dead (Preview) Summary of Story In Mexico City, 43 rural college student were declared dead, with forensic evidence supporting that their bodies were incinerated near a garbage dump. This case raised a lot of doubts about the law in Mexico. The president promised to fix local policing and adopt new ways to addres...	bailliecarberry	14	1323	Mar 9, 2015 by A-BOY
	Cavannites: Argentina president posts tweet mocking Chinese accent (Preview) The president of Argentina posted on Twitter, replacing the letter "r" with the letter "l," so it sounded like she was saying lice and petloleum, instead of rice and petroleum. The tweet got over 4,000 retweets. She then apologized with this tweet, "Sorry. You know wha...	JCorbin	22	1951	Mar 9, 2015 by [what]
	PINK- Amid killings and kidnappings, can Christianity survive in the Middle East? (Preview) Christians trace back their beginnings to the middle east, but the population of openly practicing Christians has shrunken. It has changed a lot over the past century: The percentage of Christians relative to the Mideast's overall population has gone from 13.6% in 1910 to 4.2% in 2010, and it's e...	jade cravens	6	1122	Mar 9, 2015 by mamato
	Miso Soup- Boko Haram and Social Media (Preview) On 18 January, an Arabic-language Twitter account popped up to be the official outlet for a new Boko Haram media group. Since then, the group has used the feed to publish a stream of propaganda, including two new videos. Officials believe that they are following the activities of ISIS and their tact...	[what]	9	1753	Mar 9, 2015 by justintran711
	Europe (Preview) Automatic rifles used in Januarys Paris attacks that killed 17 have been traced to a shop in Slovakia that sells deactivated weapons as movie props, it was reported on Wednesday.The decommissioned weapons legally bought in Slovakia were reconverted to fire live ammunition a process that gun...	jorgerodriguez	12	1377	Mar 9, 2015 by A-BOY
	Amannites; China Military Budget (Preview) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-31706989 Does China need more military spending? China has increased its Military Budget for the peoples Liberation Army by 10%. Is Chinas military spending a problem for the U.S	A-BOY	4	1178	Mar 9, 2015 by justintran711
	The Four Amigas: Australians on Death row in Indonesia (Preview) Indonesian authorities are going to continue to execute the two Australians for drug trafficking, in spite of pleas for lenience made by the government in Canberra and 6 former prime ministers. The two members of "Bali Nine" (the group of 9 Australians who failed in a bid to smuggle 8 ki...	victoriaroseap	18	1440	Mar 9, 2015 by christina melendez
	Bio of tomorrow's speaker (Preview) Below is a little more information about tomorrow's guest speaker (even more detail is available at www.austinwintory.com) Austin Wintory began his obsession with composing back when he was ten years old, when he discovered Jerry Goldsmiths scores to Patton and A Patch of Blue. After a busy...	MrsCavalluzzi	0	1355	Mar 9, 2015 by MrsCavalluzzi
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