Current World Event Test Review Tomorrow

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in _________________, 15 people have contracted and 1 has died of the superbug that has killed 2 in California. The superbug is called CRE. the hospital says 12 had the disease as were admitted and 3 acquired it from the hospital. in LA 12 people contracted the disease from a routine endoscopic procedure. CRE is resistant to most antibiotic according to the CDC ( center for disease control).

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Charlotte, North Carolina

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Al Shabaab, a terrorist organization in somalia. has released a video calling for attacks on _____ in the U.S., UK, and Canada. the department of homeland security and FBI say they have no information that backs a credible plot of an attack. Al Shabaab did carry out a raid on a mall in Kenya 2 years ago that killed 60 people.

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malls

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__________, the epicenter of the ebola outbreak, has reopened its borders. it has also lifted the curfew and schools are reopening after a 5 month break. the virus has killed about 9,365 people in guinea, Sierra Leone, and liberia according to WHO (world health Organization).

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Liberia

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According to Public Information Officer __________________, police received calls around 7:00 a.m. Tuesday about an SUV driving recklessly on the east side of Sioux Falls. Around 7:30, a woman called police after she found her 2001 Land Rover was missing. The woman told police she left her keys in the vehicle. A 13-year-old boy and two 14-year-old girls exited the vehicle and were arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle. The teens were placed in a juvenile detention center. The 10-year-old boy was not charged.

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Sam Clemens

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A Minneapolis police officer was shot Saturday morning, and Police Chief_______________ said "there is little doubt that an officer was the intended target.” The wounded officer was one of two who had just finished responding to a reported burglary when he was shot just before 5 a.m. Minneapolis police said in a statement. His partner promptly drove him to North Memorial Medical Center. A man was arrested in connection with the burglary and a reported domestic assault, Clark said. Police took 43-year-old Andrew Neal, who is suspected of violating his probation, into custody.

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Janee Harteau

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At least 16 people were killed during ___________________________ in an accident involving an electrical shock on a float, government officials said. An "accident following an electrical shock" happened on a parade float in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday at 2:48 a.m., Video from the scene appeared to show a power line striking a man on top of a float. Chaos erupted and revelers ran in all directions.

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Haiti's national Carnival parade

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U.S. Justice Department has closed its investigation of the shooting death 3 years ago of _______________ by George Zimmerman in Florida. They were looking into if the case met the high standard for a Federal Hate Crime. That standard was not met according to U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder Jr. They are also investigating the slow police action in the case which has not been closed yet.

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Trayvon Martin

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judge Jason Cash on and the jury of ____________________, found Eddie ray rough guilty of capital murder. rough is responsible for the deaths of Chris kyle and his friend chad little field. rough was immediately sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the conviction. the jury ruled this case as rough was not insane, and that he was capable of knowing what he was doing.

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Stephenville, Texas

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in the _______________ 3 girls told their families that they were leaving to go to a wedding. instead they got on a plane and headed off to the middle east. police fear that they are on their way to Syria to join ISIS. six days ago the girls ran away from home and flew from London to Istanbul. the families of the girls are hoping that they will reach out and hopefully come in contact with them so they can come home. police lead to believe that they have run away to become ISIS wives and aid in the terror of ISIS.

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united kingdom

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a Minnesota state legislator is looking to permit guns in the _____________. since the Al-Shabaab mall threat video published, the mall is now a possible target of an attack. representative tony Cornish says “if we’re threatened with an attack of any type, the last thing you ever want to do is disarm citizens.” guns are currently not permitted inside of the mall.

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mall of America

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not since Lena Baker, an African-American convicted of murder randolph county, has Georgia executed a woman. __________________, 47, was convicted in a Febuary 1997 murder plot that targeted her husband in suburban Atlanta. Gissendaner was romantically involved and conspired with a 43-year-old to have her husband,Douglas Gissendaner, killed, according to court testimony. The state of Georgia is scheduled to snap the 70-year streak on the last executed woman Wednesday February 25th.

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Kelly Renee Gissendaner

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the death of a 14-year-old shot by police is the latest flashpoint as political tensions mount in _____________. Kluibert Roa Nunez, was killed tuesday when he got caught between protesters and national police in the western city of San cristobal. vivian nuns, his mother told CNN her son was walking four blocks home when a riot broke out around him. the teen tried to protect himself by ducking under a car but suffered a direct shot from an officers firearm. the teens death sparked several protests around the country Wednesday, demonstrators held up notebooks smeared with red paint to symbolize the blood of the countries youth they say has been spilled.

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Venezuela

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researchers in __________ have spotted a supermassive black hole, which they say is 12 billion times the size of the sun and formed around 900 million years after the big bang. the black hole is larger than any of its age previously seen. a black hole is a dense region of space that has collapsed in on itself in a way that means nothing can escape it. not even light. nature reported that lead researcher Xue-Bing Wu and his colleagues first sighted the black hole using a telescope in Yunnan, China.

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China

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President Obama has vetoed the ________________________ bill. it appears that the Republicans in Congress will not be able to get the 2/3 vote in each chamber (House and Senate) to override the veto. this is most likely the first of many vetoes from President Obama due to the Republican controlled Congress.

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Keystone XL pipeline