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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of August 25th-31st.
Check back next week for an interview with 2011 Yale champion and two-time NSDA national finalist Chase Harrison. Extemp Central will also highlight the top extempers to watch in 2014-2015!
Obama says has he requested military options for confronting Islamic State: http://t.co/45zYvC0YN2 pic.twitter.com/XGjhCxkpmO
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 28, 2014
China says it will continue responding to US military surveillance flights, and calls for an end to such missions: http://t.co/bPSSLtqjb4
— CS Monitor (@csmonitor) August 28, 2014
Top 1% of U.S. household incomes have tripled since 1979. Learn more in our #BrookingsEssay: http://t.co/mCBH7qkjdd pic.twitter.com/ZyRGnal6Cb
— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) August 28, 2014
Russian hackers unleash blizzard of spam in response to sanctions http://t.co/i617gVpZxz #Ukraine #cybersecurity pic.twitter.com/cjBbQo2lbq
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) August 28, 2014
Dispatches: Righting Freedom of Expression Wrongs in Kyrgyzstan http://t.co/rCjDcRYlTq
— HRW Dispatches (@hrwdispatches) August 28, 2014
How the US militarizes the world’s police, not just Ferguson’s http://t.co/1VYReVbiSF pic.twitter.com/08nByewOT7
— GlobalPost (@GlobalPost) August 28, 2014
Brazil’s Population Reaches Nearly 203 Million http://t.co/wODH2vINRj
— LatAm Herald Tribune (@LAHT) August 28, 2014
A new GOP report says 49 percent of women view Republicans unfavorably http://t.co/nFTSqB9cCK
— POLITICO (@politico) August 28, 2014
What does the Islamic State’s rise mean for Indonesia? http://t.co/e7rtYNlUjp pic.twitter.com/wW2FB2BSHt
— GlobalPost (@GlobalPost) August 28, 2014
Iraqi ambassador @FailyLukman offers a peek into the worldview of Iraq’s new PM @HaiderAlAbadi http://t.co/CEQ5GMjimW pic.twitter.com/H2AZ3TZVuU
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) August 28, 2014
Majority of Israelis see no winner in Gaza conflict, post-truce poll shows http://t.co/RtN0SoaiPY
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 28, 2014
Obama says “we don’t have a strategy yet” for fighting ISIS http://t.co/6dlWL0abwk
— TIME.com (@TIME) August 28, 2014