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Who is Laurent Gbagbo? |
Laurent Gbagbo was elected president ofCôte d'Ivoire in 2000. |
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Who is Alassane Ouattara? |
The former prime minister of Côte d'Ivoire and the opposition candidate for president in the 2010 presidential election. He was also considered a front runner for president in 2000 but his possible candidacy ended just before the election due to a referendum from the government disqualifying anyone who's parents were not native to Côte d'Ivoire. |
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Who won the 2010 Côte d'Ivoire Election? |
Both. According to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Ouattara won with 54% of the vote. However, the President of the Constitutional Council immediately declared that the results as invalid and Gbagbo was declared the winner. Both were then sworn in as president at different locations. |
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What was there no elections in Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 till 2010? |
It was repeated postponed due to the civil war that was taking place, according to government officials. The country is divided by those in the North who are mainly Muslim immigrants from other countries and those in the South who are mainly Christian, many of who resent the influx of immigrants to Côte d'Ivoire. |
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When did the Ivorian Civil War begin? |
IT began in 2002. Most of the fighting was over by 2004, but raids and tensions still exist. |
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What was the United Nations Response to the Côte d'Ivoire2010 Election? |
The UN Security Council adopted a common resolution recognising Alassane Ouattara as winner of the elections, based on the position of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). |
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What happened following the Côte d'Ivoireelection results? |
After months of unsuccessful negotiations and sporadic violence, the crisis entered a critical stage as Ouattara's forces seized control of most of the country, with Gbagbo entrenched in Abidjan, the country's largest city. UN and French forces took military action against Gbagbo, fearing that inaction would increase the likelihood of the simmering tension from the civil war would reignite. Gbagbo was taken into custody after a raid into his residence on 11 April 2011 by Ouattar's forces. |
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Who is Yingluck Shinawatra? |
Yingluck Shinawatra became the first female Prime Minister of Thailand in 2011. |
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Yingluck was relatively unknown with little political experience. Why was she elected Prime Minister of Thailand? |
Her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, had formed his own political party and became Prime Minister in 2001, governing until he was overthrown while out of the country by a military coup. Those who supported Yingluck voted for Yingluck, knowing that she kept close ties. |
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Yingluck's time in office was cut short in 2014. Why? |
She was then removed from office in 2014 by a Constitutional Court decision that found her guilty on a charge of abuse of power over the transfer of national security Chief Thawil Pliensri in 2011 to make way for a Pheu Thai supporter. |
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Which Dictator Died January 2011? |
Kim Jong-Il. He was proceeded by his son Kim Jung-Un. |
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What country did the US pull it's military out of? |
The US pulled out of Iraq on Dec 18, 2011. |
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What happened one day after the US pulled out of Iraq? |
The day after the American pullout, Prime Minister Maliki issued an arrest warrant for Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashimi, accusing him of running a death squad. This led the Hashimi's Iraqiya bloc to boycott parliament. |
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What happened the week following the US pulled out of Iraq? |
On Dec. 22, 2011 a series of coordinated explosions ripped through Baghdad, killing 70 people; al-Qaeda claimed responsibility. On Dec. 26 a suicide bomber targeted the Interior Ministry, killing another seven. In a challenge to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki from within his Shi'ite coalition, followers of radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on Dec. 26 for the dissolution of parliament and early elections. |
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The US lost a drone in what country in 2011? |
Iran |
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During the EU Financial crisis which four countries were so badly in debt in 2010 that they could not repay there loans without a bailout? |
Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Cyprus
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What additional EU country needed bailing out in 2012? |
Spain |
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Who is George Papandreou? |
George Papandreou was the prime minister of Greece when the EU debt crisis hit. He negotiated a bail out with the EU Central Bank, but in exchange resigned his position. |
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What major CEO passed away in 2011? |
Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple. |
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"We are the 99%" is a slogan from what movement? |
Occupy Wall Street. A movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Streetfinancial district. "We are the 99%", refers to income inequality and wealth distribution in the U.S. between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the population. The protesters were forced out of Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011. |
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Who is Anders Behring Breivik? |
Anders Behring Breivik is responsible for the 2011 Norway Attacks. The first attack was on government offices, the second on youth at a Workers' Youth League (AUF) sponsored event. |
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Where did the first attack take place in Norway by Breivik? |
The first attack was a car bomb explosion in Oslo within Regjeringskvartalet, the executive government quarter of Norway, and was placed in front of the office block housing the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and other government buildings. |
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Where did the second attack take place in Norway by Breivik? |
The second attack occurred less than two hours later at a summer camp on the island of Utøya in Tyrifjorden, Buskerud. The camp was organized by the AUF, the youth division of the ruling Norwegian Labour Party (AP). |
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How did Breivik gain access to the youth camp in Norway? |
Dressed in a homemade police uniform and showing false identification he gained access to the island and subsequently opened fire at the participants. |
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How many people died in Norway's from the actions of Breivik? |
The car bomb The explosion killed eight people and injured at least 209 people, twelve of them seriously. The massacre at the youth camp saw 69 killed and 110 injuring , 55 of them seriously. |
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What was Breivik's defense for the attacks in Norway? |
At the trial against him, which took place between 16 April and 22 June 2012 in Oslo District Court, Breivik admitted to having carried out the actions he was accused of, but denied criminal guilt and claimed the defense of necessity (jus necessitatis) for political change. Analysts described him as having Islamophobic views and a hatred of Islam, and as someone who considered himself as a knight dedicated to stemming the tide of Muslim immigration into Europe.On 24 August 2012 Breivik was convicted. |
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What was Breivik's sentence after he was found guilty of the Norway Attacks of 2011? |
Sentenced to 21 years of preventive detention in prison, which at the end can be repeatedly extended by five years as long as he is considered a threat to society. |
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Breivik praised which US movement in the manifesto he wrote prior to the 2011 Norway attack? |
The Tea Party Movement. |
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Which New country was recognized in 2011? |
The Republic of South Sudan. Following a vote on January 30, 2011 it official became independent on July 9, 2011 and on 14 July 2011, South Sudan became the 193rd member state of the United Nations. |
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Border conflict in 2012 between Sudan and South Sudan was over which resource? |
Oil. South Sudan has the oil and Sudan has the pipelines. |
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Which Terrorist was taken out by a seal team in 2011? |
Osama Bin Laden. He was killed on May 2, 2011 in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Al-Qaeda confirmed the death on May 6 with posts made on militant websites. |
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Who is Shakeel Afridi? |
Shakeel Afridi is a Pakistani physician who helped the CIA run a fake hepatitis vaccine program in Abbottabad, Pakistan, to confirm Osama bin Laden's presence in the city by obtaining DNA samples. |
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What happened to Shakeel Afridi following the raid on the compound in Pakistan where Osama Bin Laden was killed? |
Afridi was arrested at the Torkham border crossing while trying to flee the country days after the raid. On 23 May 2012, he was sentenced to 33 years imprisonment for treason, initially believed to be in connection with the bin Laden raid, but later revealed to be due to alleged ties with a local Islamist warlord Mangal Bagh. Lawyers appealed against the verdict on 1 June 2012. On 29 August 2013, his sentence was overturned and a retrial ordered. In mid-November 2013, he was charged with murder in regard to the death of a patient he had treated eight years previously. |
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Who is J. Christopher Stevens? |
J. Christopher Stevens was an Ambassador for the US Government. He was serving a post in Libya when the embassy came under attack on September 11, 2012. He subsequently was killed in the attack. |
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Who won the 2012 Russian Presidential Election? |
Vladimir Putin. He was Prime Minister from 1999-2000, the President from 2000-2008. He became Prime Minister again in 2008 till 2012, and was again elected president in 2012. |
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Who was President of Russia from 2008-2012? |
Dmitry Medvedev. |
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What does the russian term "rokirovka" mean? |
rokirovka, the Russian term for the chess move "castling", was used to describe the switching process the occured between Medvedev and Putin for the position of President. On 24 September 2011, while speaking at the United Russia party congress, Medvedev announced that he would recommend the party nominate Vladimir Putin as its presidential candidate and that the two men had long ago cut a deal to allow Mr Putin to return to the presidency in 2012 after he was forced to stand down in 2008 by term limits |
