1. News and International Issues Review

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

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

4. 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.

5. Syrian Refugee Refugee = someone who leaves their home country in a time of war or disaster – Example = Syrian refugees in Turkey – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-tKGYp7iLM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-tKGYp7iLM

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

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

9. 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

10. 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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12. 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!

13. China – air pollution = 1.2 million deaths

14. 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?

15. 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)

17. 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

19. Boston Bombing Brothers DeadAlive (in prison)

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

21. 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?

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

23. 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

25. My free choice or protect me from powerful companies?

26. 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

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

29. 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