EDHS Contemporary World Affairs

Christopher Wung · Christopher Wung

The Mashco-Piro are one of the last existing hunter gatherer civilizations in the world. The group has had little contact with anyone outside the forests of Peru and encounters with outsiders sometimes turn violent. The Mashco-Piro are beginning to leave the forests of Peru most likely due to ille...

Megan · Megan

Last year, Yemen was taken over by the Houthis and shortly after, Saudi Arabia suspended its financial aid and accused Iran of backing the Shi'ite group as part of a region-wide power grab.The Houthis say their rise is a revolution against corruption and misrule but Gulf countries have denounced it...

christina melendez · christina melendez

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31932958 The US Embassy in Tokyo has received threatening phone calls last month from an English speaker. They were death threats against US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and another diplomat. Should these threats be taken seriously?

MrsCavalluzzi · MrsCavalluzzi

Anything especially fabulous or notsomuch happening in your life this week that's worth noting?! :) We went to Universal Studios on Sunday (what my daughter chose to celebrate her 10th bday) and saw some of Hogsmeade emerging from behind the HP construction fence, and through a series of events, e...

Koseph Jo · Koseph Jo

http://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/18/trump-2016-trump-serious-2016-presidential-race/24959653/

Tate The Great · Tate The Great

A suspect, Ehe Lar Doh Htoo, 18, was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. On Wednesday March 11, 3 boys were stabbed and killed in their own home, and the sister and mother were injured. The brothers were 12, 5 and 1. Two died in the house, and one died at the hospital, police said. T...

mckenzieavon26 · mckenzieavon26

There was a terrorist attack a museum in Tunisia where 17 tourists were killed. Security forces managed to kill 2 of the attackers. The North African Prime minister calls the attack "cowardly" and that it "mainly targeted the economy of Tunisia." http://www.cnn.com/2015/...

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	Miso Soup: Isolated Tribe Ventures Out of Threatened Peru Forests (Preview) The Mashco-Piro are one of the last existing hunter gatherer civilizations in the world. The group has had little contact with anyone outside the forests of Peru and encounters with outsiders sometimes turn violent. The Mashco-Piro are beginning to leave the forests of Peru most likely due to ille...	Christopher Wung	12	1653	Mar 24, 2015 by mckenzieavon26
	The 4 Amigas: Yemen Militia Leader Says Holding Indirect Talks With Saudi Arabia (Preview) Last year, Yemen was taken over by the Houthis and shortly after, Saudi Arabia suspended its financial aid and accused Iran of backing the Shi'ite group as part of a region-wide power grab.The Houthis say their rise is a revolution against corruption and misrule but Gulf countries have denounced it...	Megan	8	904	Mar 24, 2015 by mckenzieavon26
	US envoy Caroline Kennedy receives death threats in Japan- Pink (Preview) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31932958 The US Embassy in Tokyo has received threatening phone calls last month from an English speaker. They were death threats against US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and another diplomat. Should these threats be taken seriously?	christina melendez	8	875	Mar 24, 2015 by mckenzieavon26
	Weekly Highs/Lows - What's Happening?! (Preview) Anything especially fabulous or notsomuch happening in your life this week that's worth noting?! :) We went to Universal Studios on Sunday (what my daughter chose to celebrate her 10th bday) and saw some of Hogsmeade emerging from behind the HP construction fence, and through a series of events, e...	MrsCavalluzzi	10	960	Mar 24, 2015 by JCorbin
	Donald trump for president (Preview) http://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/18/trump-2016-trump-serious-2016-presidential-race/24959653/	Koseph Jo	15	1059	Mar 24, 2015 by JCorbin
	Blue Thunder: Three Brothers Stabbed to Death in North Carolina Home (Preview) A suspect, Ehe Lar Doh Htoo, 18, was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. On Wednesday March 11, 3 boys were stabbed and killed in their own home, and the sister and mother were injured. The brothers were 12, 5 and 1. Two died in the house, and one died at the hospital, police said. T...	Tate The Great	13	1076	Mar 24, 2015 by JCorbin
	Tunisia museum attack kills at least 19; three gunmen sought (Preview) There was a terrorist attack a museum in Tunisia where 17 tourists were killed. Security forces managed to kill 2 of the attackers. The North African Prime minister calls the attack "cowardly" and that it "mainly targeted the economy of Tunisia." http://www.cnn.com/2015/...	mckenzieavon26	10	962	Mar 23, 2015 by jade cravens
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