All posts tagged World-In-Review

Source: Aljazeera, BBC Health care debate continues The Supreme Court remains divided on whether or not all citizens should be required to acquire medical insurance or face penalty. The law

Sources: Aljazeera Violence on Saudi Campus At the King Khalid University, 50 female students were injured after security broke up a protest against the university cleaners on Wed. March 14.

Sources: New York Times, CNN Growing protests in Syria Hundreds of anti-government protestors marched through Beirut on Saturday, February 18 in the largest demonstration so far of the Syrian uprising

Sources: The Guardian, Global Post, BBC, CNN, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, NY Daily News   Deadly cold spell continues to claim lives in Europe A drastic drop in temperatures across

Sources: nytimes.com & cnn.com U.S. Soldier sentenced for killings in Afghanistan On Nov. 10, Army Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs was sentenced to life in military prison for the murder of

Sources: nytimes.com, chicagotribune.com & cnn.com Unexpected fall snowstorm hits the U.S. Northeast Heavy, wet snow covered the Northeast United States on Oct. 29, leaving 3 million people without power and

Sources from nytimes.com, chicagotribune.com, theweek.com, and bbc.com Over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners to be exchanged for captured Israeli soldier On Oct. 11, Israeli authorities and the Palestinian faction, Hamas, announced a

Sources from Cnn.com, Chicagotribune.com and NYtimes.com   On Sept. 17, “Occupy Wall Street,” a group of activists that stand against greed, corporations, and gross social inequality, gathered in protest on

Libya free from Qaddafi’s rule After six months of inconclusive fighting, Libyan rebels surged into Tripoli, the capital and last stronghold of Col. Moammar el-Qaddafi, arresting two of his