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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
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1. Last week, this foreign leader spoke to a crowd of 18,000 people at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi spoke to a largely Indian-American crowd and argued that the twenty-first century will be an “Asian century.” 2.8 million Americans have Indian roots and they constitute one of the wealthiest segments of the population.[/toggle]
2. Amnesty International recently criticized this Central America nation’s abortion ban.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]El Salvador. The country’s constitution prohibits abortion because it protects the right to life “from the moment of conception.” The country’s Supreme Court upheld the ban last year. Amnesty International says that the law is killing women and young girls.[/toggle]
3. Why is the International Monetary Fund refusing to give Zimbabwe new loans?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]The IMF announced on Monday that it would not give new loans to Zimbabwe because the country has not repaid its previous loans. Zimbabwe also owes money to the World Bank and the African Development Bank. The IMF expressed concern that more than 75% of the country’s tax revenues are being used to pay government workers. The country’s inability to pay foreign creditors is hindering its ability to attract foreign investment.[/toggle]
4. Last week, Ferguson, Missouri witnessed a new round of unrest after this incident took place.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]The burning of a Michael Brown memorial that was setup where he was fatally shot by a Missouri police officer on August 9. It is unclear whether the fire was intentionally set or was an accident, but the incident led to new demonstrations, looting, and damage to police vehicles.[/toggle]
5. The beheading of a woman at a Vaughan Foods processing plant in this state attracted national attention last week.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Oklahoma. Alton Nolen, who is accused of doing the act, is being investigated by local officials. Law enforcement has labeled the crime as an incident of workplace violence, but others are calling it an act of terrorism since Nolen allegedly expressed sympathy for Islamic terror groups.[/toggle]
6. Last week, British Prime Minister David Cameron met with Iranian President Hassan Rohani at the United Nations. This was the first time a British prime minister and Iranian president held talks in how many years?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Thirty-five. The British have a strained relationship with Iran due to the fact that the British deposed Iran’s government in 1953 and used to control the country’s oil resources.[/toggle]
7. The European Union’s efforts for a free trade deal with the United States are being held up over this issue.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]A provision that would allow corporations sue national governments. This is called the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). European governments such as Germany warn that the provision, which would allow firms to sue if local laws violated the terms of the trade deal or threatened their operations, would allow corporations to undermine national sovereignty. If the U.S.-EU free trade deal is approved it would be the largest in history.[/toggle]
8. When does Spain’s separatist region of Catalonia plan to hold a referendum on independence?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]November 9. Last week Catalan President Artur Mas issued a decree for an independence referendum. The Spanish government is filing an appeal to the Spanish Constitutional Court and argues that the referendum is unconstitutional.[/toggle]
9. Afghanistan’s new govenrment is expected to sign an agreement with the U.S. that will allow this number of troops to remain in the country after NATO’s mandate expires in December.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]10,000. New Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is expected to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement between the United States and his country after outgoing President Hamid Karzai refused to do so in his last year in office. Ghani was inaugurated on Monday in the country’s first democratic transfer of power.[/toggle]
10. Now that Eric Holder has tendered his resignation, who are the two members of President Obama’s original Cabinet that are still serving?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.[/toggle]
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