EDHS Contemporary World Affairs

Drowse · Drowse

6 men (4 from Syria, 1 from Tunisia and 1 from Palestine) have been released from Guantanamo bay by the US government. Do to their home countries being unstable or unsafe, Uruguay has agreed to take them. Uruguayan president José Mujica, a torture survivor himself, said that he will bring hospitalit...

Mary Williams · Mary Williams

A Rastafarian police officer recently taken off Baltimores streets because of his dreadlocks may soon be fighting in court to walk his beat. Chambers argued that cutting his dreadlocks would violate his religious beliefs as a Rastafarian, who grow their hair long and believe their long locks ar...

Sami_THECREATOR · Sami_THECREATOR

A French man who was held by an Al-Qaeda linked group in Mali was freed as a result of a prisoner swap between France and Al-Qaeda's North African wing. Serge Lazaravic was captured in the north western part of Mali in 2011 and has been in captivity for the past 3 years. The United States has clearly state...

Foley · Foley

Winds between 70 to 120 km/h hit the city of Hydro. This city isn't built to withstand such winds which lead to the closure of 2 schools and tens of thousands without power. The schools asked the parents that they not send their children to school that day. These winds have damaged cars, houses, and buil...

Zachary Francine · Zachary Francine

Reports of ISIS training children, some appearing to be as young as 10. They are being called "Caliphate Cubs," an Islamic terrorist's twisted version of Cub Scouts (the Boy Scout program for elementary School Boys from 1-4 grade). ISIS has even been bragging about this. It starts with h...

derekreilly · derekreilly

Australia has pledged A$200m (£106m; $166m) to help poorer nations mitigate the impact of global warming, in what is seen as a U-turn for the government. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the money for the UN-backed Green Climate Fund (GCF) would come over four years from the country's foreign aid bu...

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	The Goths: US frees six Guantanamo detainees to go to Uruguay (Preview) 6 men (4 from Syria, 1 from Tunisia and 1 from Palestine) have been released from Guantanamo bay by the US government. Do to their home countries being unstable or unsafe, Uruguay has agreed to take them. Uruguayan president José Mujica, a torture survivor himself, said that he will bring hospitalit...	Drowse	9	1886	Dec 15, 2014 by elliskim
	Rastafarian Officer Fights for Dreadlocks (Preview) A Rastafarian police officer recently taken off Baltimores streets because of his dreadlocks may soon be fighting in court to walk his beat. Chambers argued that cutting his dreadlocks would violate his religious beliefs as a Rastafarian, who grow their hair long and believe their long locks ar...	Mary Williams	3	938	Dec 12, 2014 by Sami_THECREATOR
	Alpha Squad: French Hostages freed in exchange for Al-Qaeda militants (Preview) A French man who was held by an Al-Qaeda linked group in Mali was freed as a result of a prisoner swap between France and Al-Qaeda's North African wing. Serge Lazaravic was captured in the north western part of Mali in 2011 and has been in captivity for the past 3 years. The United States has clearly state...	Sami_THECREATOR	11	935	Dec 12, 2014 by derekreilly
	British Columbia, Hydro's wind leads to power outages (Preview) Winds between 70 to 120 km/h hit the city of Hydro. This city isn't built to withstand such winds which lead to the closure of 2 schools and tens of thousands without power. The schools asked the parents that they not send their children to school that day. These winds have damaged cars, houses, and buil...	Foley	5	1039	Dec 12, 2014 by kami
	ISIS and Their "Caliphate Cubs" (Preview) Reports of ISIS training children, some appearing to be as young as 10. They are being called "Caliphate Cubs," an Islamic terrorist's twisted version of Cub Scouts (the Boy Scout program for elementary School Boys from 1-4 grade). ISIS has even been bragging about this. It starts with h...	Zachary Francine	6	906	Dec 12, 2014 by kami
	2 amigos: Australia donates A$200m to UN climate fund (Preview) Australia has pledged A$200m (£106m; $166m) to help poorer nations mitigate the impact of global warming, in what is seen as a U-turn for the government. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the money for the UN-backed Green Climate Fund (GCF) would come over four years from the country's foreign aid bu...	derekreilly	12	936	Dec 12, 2014 by Zachary Francine
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