Here are the answers for this week’s extemp news quiz.
Month: March 2010
Here is your R&D top five for March 4th:
Justice Dept. probes voting machine merger as midterm elections loom and questions multiply from the Minneapolis Star Tribune
How to Read Brazil’s Stance on Iran from the Council on Foreign Relations
Bernanke to Senate: If You Want to Fix Job Deficit, Don’t Forget Budget Deficit from the Christian Science Monitor
Chile quake reconstruction ‘to take up to four years’ from the BBC
Syria: Israel trying to frame us from the Jerusalem Post
Here is your R&D top five for March 3rd:
Perry to face showdown against White in November from the Houston Chronicle
GOP dismisses military study on gays as biased from the Miami Herald
The Pentagon’s Runaway Budget from Foreign Policy in Focus
Argentina celebrates diplomatic coup as Hillary Clinton calls for talks over Falklands from the London Times
Chalabi takes center stage in Iraq from the Asia Times
1. Will the use of budget reconciliation to enact healthcare reform destroy the Democrats chances of retaining control of Congress in 2010?
2. Which side should the U.S. take in the latest Falkland Islands dispute?
3. Will Charlie Rangel lose his chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee?
4. Is Jim Bunning being unfairly criticzed for blocking a vote on extending unemployment benefits?
5. What accounts for America’s Winter Olympics performance?
6. Can Jerry Brown save California?
7. Should the federal government increase fuel taxes?
8. Will the firing of teachers at Central Falls High School become a national trend?
9. Why was Rick Perry able to defeat Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Texas GOP gubernatorial primary?
10. Will Arlen Specter be able to defeat Pat Toomey this November?
Here is your R&D top five for March 2nd:
The Rahm bomb from the Guardian
Greek Corruption Booming, Says Transparency International from Der Spiegel
Brown in the race to get state “working again” from the San Francisco Chronicle
The Threat from Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh from the International Crisis Group
The Weakening of Turkey’s Military from the Council on Foreign Relations
1. What grade does the Chilean government deserve for its response to the nation’s recent earthquake?
2. Would an EU bailout for Greece weaken investor confidence in the euro?
3. Will Russia rebound from its Olympics flop?
4. Why has Gordon Brown seen a bounce in the polls?
5. Are closer ties with the EU in Ukraine’s best interest?
6. Will Karadzic’s trial end up like Milosevic’s?
7. Is Nigeria on the verge of a civil war?
8. How will the declaration of two biblical tombs in the West Bank as Israeli heritage sites impact the prospects of a future Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement?
9. Does the Marja offensive show that the Afghan military is improving its skills?
10. Will the Iraqi elections see the reemergence of Ahmad Chalabi as a force in Iraqi politics?
Here is your R&D top five for March 1st:
Security concerns spread as Chile quake death toll rises from CNN
GOP moderates poised to gain ground in Congress from the Los Angeles Times
Israeli Spies in Lebanon: Not Much Success from the Economist
European Union Moves Toward a Bailout of Greece from the New York Times
The Tea Party is a dynamic force, but it is still unruly and incoherent from the Guardian
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