News and International Issues Review

Arab Spring Started in Egypt Young people protest the Egyptian government This idea spreads to other countries …including

Syria Syrians also protest their government … But the government responds by killing 70,000 people

Don’t cross the red line! Obama’s red line = chemical weapons - latest news – Syrian government may have crossed Obama’s red line of using chemical weapons on it’s own people. Obama wants evidence and is planning what to do.

Syrian Refugee Refugee = someone who leaves their home country in a time of war or disaster – Example = Syrian refugees in Turkey –

Turkish People Not Happy Protests Over 50 Turkish died in bombing – Because of Syrian refugees??

Hezbollah Hezbollah publicly say they fight with Syrian president Assad regime Hezbollah = terrorist group based in Lebanon – Money from Iran

War Teams – Bigger War?? Syrian Rebels – European Union (EU), USA, Israel, and more News – EU legal to give weapons to Syrian rebels Vs. Syrian Government – President Assad’s regime – Russia, Hezbollah, Iran News – Russia sending high technology weapons to Syrian government

North Korea – communist Up to 3.5 million North Koreans starved to death (no food) North Korea strong or weak? – Strong – 1 million man army – Weak - Only enough gas to fight a war for a few days Strong talk, but little action – Threaten South Korea and America

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Should the international community help these countries? - China and Russia don’t want the world to do anything – “it’s their problem” - US, Britain, and most countries of the United Nations want to do something – “we must help the dying people” - but Obama doesn’t want any wars because of recent, disastrous war in Iraq, and American economic problems … war is expensive!

China – air pollution = 1.2 million deaths

China – pollution Chinese government is killing it’s own people with air pollution - China is the #1 polluter in the world - Chinese pollution spreads to other countries, including yellow dust and acid rain - China is contributing to global warming, a problem that is getting worse and worse, and can kill many many people in the future China uses dirty energy – coal energy – building 4 new coal power plants per day - 35% of the world’s people live next to water - what if the polar ice caps melt?

Boston Bombing 2 brothers, originally from Chenya. Made a homemade bomb with a pressure cooker. Exploded the bomb at the Boston marathon, a popular sports event. Killed 3 and injured 100s, including about 20 amputations (lost arm or leg)

2 brothers -Younger brother 19 years old- 1 lived in America for 10 years and became a US citizen last year. arrested and in prison now Older brother 28 years old – not an American citizen, visited Chechnya last year, possibly trained as a terrorist there, killed in a police shootout

Boston Bombing Brothers DeadAlive (in prison)

Younger Brother says why he did it Because of US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq – US killed innocent Muslims in these wars

Gun Debate should we have tougher gun laws or not ? - 2 nd amendment of the Constitution (written in 1787) = gun law - a law that lets Americans buy guns - should we fix this old law or not?

In America, you can buy HUGE guns for cash, with no ID check

Too much Coca-cola? New York City – soda ban - should we limit the size of Coca-Cola? - NYC mayor wanted to outlaw supersize Coca- cola cups, but a judge stopped him

My free choice or protect me from powerful companies?

London beheading / racist protests – white extremist - Nigerian terrorists (Muslim extremists, jihadists) cut off a head of a former soldier - waited for police to arrive, encouraged video tapes … horrible images - 2 men shot by police, in hospital now

Future tech Drone weapons – robot radar weapons China builds 15 floor hotel in 48 hours Medicine targeted for you / your body

Chinese Government Hackers China steals top secret Australian government documents, US military technology Chinese hackers are supported by Chinese government They have also hacked into American companies – including NYTimes – NYTimes was reporting on Chinese Prime Minister