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April 25, 2024: EDUCATION

A Look at the Gaza War Protests That Have Emerged on U.S. College Campuses

Associated Press – Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week’s arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University.

April 25, 2024: HEALTH ISSUES

UN: 282 Million People Faced Acute Hunger in 2023

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the Global Report on Food Crises released Wednesday.

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December 2009

Dec 23 Europe Court Rules German Shops Must Close on Sunday

Dec 22 International Russia, Vatican Establish Full Diplomatic Relations

Dec 10 Crime & Punishment UK: More Children Report Sexual Assaults by Females

Dec 10 Weather & Environment Raw Sewage Seeping into City Water Sources

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November 2009

Nov 25 Europe New EU Leader Selected

Nov 19 Europe New EU Leader on the Horizon

Nov 19 Economy & Personal Finance Cost of Worldwide Corruption

Nov 17 Weather & Environment Hurricane Ida’s Impact

Nov 6 Crime & Punishment Ciudad Juarez: World’s Murder Capital

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October 2009

Oct 30 Society & Lifestyles British Backpackers Linked to STD Increase in Australia

Oct 23 International UN: More Than a Billion Hungry Mouths in the World

Oct 23 Europe Secret Plans Could Establish Europe as a World Superpower

Oct 16 Health Issues Bracing for Swine Flu’s Second Wave

Oct 16 International UN and Interpol Partner in “an Alliance of All Nations”

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September 2009

Sep 29 Americas Latin America Increases Military Spending As Poverty Grows Worse

Sep 29 Economy & Personal Finance British Unemployment Highest in 14 Years – Study Reveals 585,000 American Jobs at Risk

Sep 29 Economy & Personal Finance Study: “Should Sweden Join the Euro?”

Sep 16 Economy & Personal Finance UN and China Call for Replacing U.S. Dollar

Sep 16 International Global Economic Crisis Affects Migration

Sep 11 Religion U.S. Study: Older Scientists Less Likely to Believe God Exists

Sep 11 Europe EU Encourages Refugee Resettlement to Member States

Sep 8 Africa Somali Refugees Flood Overpopulated Camp Complex

Sep 4 Weather & Environment Wildfires Threaten Thousands in California

Sep 4 Crime & Punishment Parents Held Personally Accountable for Children’s Crimes

Sep 4 Europe UK 2008 Population Highest in 50 years

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August 2009

Aug 28 Health Issues Report: Baby Boomers, Ages 50-59, Still Abuse Illicit Drugs

Aug 28 Weather & Environment Canada: Millions of Salmon Fail to Return

Aug 21 Science & Technology Scientists Create Artificial DNA

Aug 21 International Global Population to Reach 7 Billion by 2011

Aug 14 Society & Lifestyles “Harmless” Sexting Trend Turning Deadly

Aug 7 Health Issues Britain: Swine Flu Virus Doubles in One Week

Aug 7 Weather & Environment Forecasters: El Niño to Cause Wild Weather This Year

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July 2009

Jul 24 Society & Lifestyles Britain: Social Housing Affects Children’s Future

Jul 17 Science & Technology Update: Mysterious Bee Disappearance Grows Worse

Jul 10 Asia China: Protests Escalate Into Deadly Ethnic Riots

Jul 10 Religion Pope Calls for a “True World Political Authority”

Jul 3 Society & Lifestyles Study: Bad Driving Sparks Road Rage

Jul 3 Geopolitics Iran: Worst Civil Unrest Since 1979 Islamic Revolution

Jul 3 Geopolitics Honduran Military Coup Sparks Violence in the Streets

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June 2009

Jun 19 Health Issues Swine Flu Declared Global Epidemic

Jun 19 Middle East Iran Streets Torched Following Presidential Election

Jun 12 Asia N. Korean Intimidation Tactics Elevate International Distress

Jun 12 Europe UK Prime Minister Retains Power...For Now

Jun 12 Middle East Middle East Reacts to President Obama

Jun 5 Science & Technology Media Promotes “Missing Link”

Jun 5 Science & Technology Spacewalk Repairs Enable “Second Hubble Revolution”

Jun 5 International London: Sri Lankan Protestors Clash With UK Police

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May 2009

May 22 Health Issues Chlamydia Cases Jump for UK Teens Under 16

May 22 Middle East Iran’s Sajjil-2 “Test Fire”—On Target

May 15 Weather & Environment Santa Barbara Fire Burns Nearly 9,000 Acres

May 4 Economy & Personal Finance Women May Outnumber Men in the U.S. Labor Force

May 4 Economy & Personal Finance Australian PM Confirms Country’s Looming Financial Danger

May 4 Geopolitics Iran Remains Global Flashpoint

May 4 Americas Economic Recession Partly to Blame for Nationwide Gun Shortage

May 4 Asia China Parades Its Naval Power

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April 2009

Apr 10 Crime & Punishment U.S.: A String of Violence Coast to Coast

Apr 7 Europe Earthquake Devastates Central Italy

Apr 3 International G20 Overhauls World Economy

Apr 2 Health Issues Multidrug Resistant-TB on the Rise Globally

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March 2009

Mar 27 Americas U.S. Military Suicides May Surpass Combat Deaths

Mar 19 Society & Lifestyles Four in 10 U.S. Births Out-of-wedlock

Mar 13 Europe Mass Rodent Surge in United Kingdom

Mar 11 International The World Today: News at a Glance

Mar 6 Society & Lifestyles Does Technology Stunt Children’s Social Development?

Mar 6 Economy & Personal Finance Global Financial Crisis: An International Snapshot

Mar 6 Health Issues Risk of HIV Increasing Among Older People

Mar 6 Religion Giving Up High-tech Devices for Lent?

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February 2009

Feb 27 Society & Lifestyles Die with Dignity Starting March 5, 2009

Feb 20 Middle East Israeli President Asks Netanyahu to Form Coalition Government

Feb 20 Asia AIDS Rate Takes Off in China

Feb 13 Australia & South Pacific Fires Devastate Australia

Feb 13 Society & Lifestyles UK Marriage Rate Drops to Record Low

Feb 13 Analysis Computer Game Reveals Darkness of Human Nature

Feb 5 Health Issues Premature Births Cost UK $1.44 Billion Per Year

Feb 3 International World Reacts to Obama Inauguration

Feb 3 Economy & Personal Finance Will Global Unemployment Rise?

Feb 3 Terrorism & Security Setbacks for Tehran

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January 2009

Jan 30 Geopolitics China, Russia: U.S. at Fault for Global Economic Crisis

Jan 23 Health Issues Disease Outbreak Strikes Australia

Jan 16 Asia Corruption Charges Hurt Indian Software Company

Jan 16 Americas Millions Out of Jobs – Millions More at Risk

Jan 16 Economy & Personal Finance 2009 Economy Forecast: A Bad Year for UK

Jan 8 Middle East Israel Strikes Back at Hamas With “Iron Fist”

Jan 8 Americas Cuban Revolution Turns 50

Jan 8 Economy & Personal Finance WHO Warns Economic-Motivated Suicide Will Increase in 2009

Jan 8 Europe Russia Stops Gas Flow—Europe in Crisis

Jan 2 Americas Mexican Drug-Cartel Violence Claims 5,300 Lives

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