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Egypt’s Historic Election
Egyptians celebrate their new president Mohamed Morsi, June 24, 2012. Photo: AP/Ahmed Gomaa Egypt elected a new president over the weekend. Mohamed Morsi won in a very tight race. He represents a...
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Nobel Peace Prize Award
European Union flag. Image credit: Flickr user erjkprunczyk This year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner is … 500 million people in 27 countries!! How’s that possible? The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded...
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Third and Final Presidential Debate
Altered image of President Obama and Mitt Romney via Flickr user DonkeyHotey/CC The third and final presidential debate took place last night between President Barack Obama and his Republican...
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Mexico’s New President
President of Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/Microstar Mexico has a new president. His name is Enrique Peña Nieto. He’s just 46-years old and, interestingly enough, once...
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Pope Resigns
Pope Benedict XVI. Photo credit: Catholic Church (England and Wales) via Flickr CC His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI announced he’s resigning (stepping down from his job) on February 28th. That’s huge...
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New Pope!
Argentina’s Cardinal, Jorge Bergoglio, was elected the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday. He’ll go by the name Pope Francis. There was tremendous excitement as white smoke puffed out...
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The Recycled Orchestra
Photo courtesy: Landfill Harmonic There’s a youth orchestra in Paraguay that sounds a lot like other orchestras, but is unlike any you’ve heard of before. Their sweet sounds … are made from smelly...
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Parbuckling the Costa Concordia
Costa Concordia during preparations to be salvaged. Photo credit: lwpkommunikacio via Flickr/CC Parbuckling may not be a word on many of your vocabulary tests. But engineers earlier this week used it,...
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Should Tigers Be Pets?
Members of the Borges family with one of the pet tigers. Photo credit: AP/Renata Brito Meet Tom and Dan. They’re members of the Borges family in Maringa, Brazil. Some of their neighbors are not too...
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Rider on the Storm
Dog trying to make its way in the storm in Germany. Photo credit: Jens Buttner/AP A major storm devastated a huge portion of Europe earlier this week. Countries impacted by the storm include the United...
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World’s Largest Democratic Election!
A first time voter displays his pass as he waits in line to vote in India. Photo credit: AP Photo/Altaf Qadri The world’s largest democratic election is happening in India right now. 814 million of...
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Afghanistan’s Election
Afghans going to vote, April 5, 2014. Photo credit: Zachary Golestani / United Nations Assistance Misson in Afghanistan In addition to India, Afghanistan is also in the process of electing its leader....
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World’s Biggest Dinosaur Discovered
A paleontologist beside what's believed to be the biggest dinosaur femur ever found. Handout photo by Museo Paletontológico. Remember the “chicken from hell” dinosaur from a few posts ago? That may...
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“Happy” Causing Unhappiness
For six young Iranians, showing they’re “happy” sure caused them, ironically, a lot of unhappiness. They posted a YouTube video of themselves dancing to Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” — the song you’ve...
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Scotland Separating?
Illustration via BigStockPhoto.com Updated September 19, 2014 — The votes are in. Scotland is staying! The vote was 55% to 45% for Scotland to stay with the United Kingdom. “Reform” over “revolution”...
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Minecraft Goldmine
Image courtesy Flickr user BagoGames via Creative Commons Minecraft. It’s the video game that’s pretty much universally loved by kids and parents alike. Open-ended, creative, simple, fun, safe, free of...
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World’s Biggest Climate Change March!
Photo courtesy: M. Cuff A world and historic event took place this past Sunday, September 21 — the biggest march for climate change ever! Over 300,000 people are estimated to have marched through the...
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Umbrella Revolution
Photo by Kevin Ho via Flickr/Creative Commons There have been huge protests going on in Hong Kong for about a week now. Thousands upon thousands of people, mostly students and young people, are in the...
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Malala Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Photo credit: Southbank Centre via Flickr/Creative Commons A symbol for children’s rights, Malala Yousafzai, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. She is just 17 years old and the youngest...
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Historic Cuba Announcement
Image via Bigstockphoto.com President Obama made a huge and historic announcement yesterday that it’s pursuing a friendlier relationship with Cuba — a country we haven’t had a good relationship with...
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