1. Current Events February 13, 2007

2. At the World Bank conference Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice promised Ellen Johnson Sirleaf that the US was prepared to forgive the $391,000 debt her country owes the US. What African country is Sirleaf president of?

3. “Orders have been given to the heads of the armed forces to take all necessary measures to re-establish public order” President Lansana Conte Of what country is Conte president and why was there an 18 day strike staged against him?

4. What has happened off the coast of Yemen?

5. What former Massachusetts governor launched his bid for the presidency at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit yesterday? What is his religious affiliation?

6. What is the most recent sector to be affected by Hugo Chavez’s nationalization efforts? What multinational corporation was impacted?

7. Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, a former dentist, is poised to become president of what Central Asian State?

8. A recent UNICEF study of 21 industrialized nations found which country’s children to have trhe worst quality of life? A Ireland B Czech Republic C United Kingdom D United States

9. What country has applied for permission to use this Euro coin and join in using the single European currency?

10. Who is this man?

11. Indian and Chinese foreign ministers met Tuesday. What did they discuss? What will they discuss with the Russian representative on Wednesday?

12. These leaflets are being distributed to barbers in northwest Pakistan. What are they warning against and what are they a possible indication of?

13. Who is this influential Shia cleric and where is he presently believed to be?