GEP - Current Events Email Archive

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Updates

September 01, 2008
Georgia-Russia Conflict

May 01, 2008
Protests over Beijing Olympics

April 01, 2008
Violent Protests in Tibet; Iraq: 5 Years and 4000 Troops Killed; Barack Obama Speaks on Race

March 01, 2008
Kosovo declares independence for Serbia; Fidel Castro announces retirement plans; President Bush visits Africa to Promote Health Initiatives

February 15, 2008
Presidential Primaries, cont., Yahoo! Rejects Microsoft's Takeover Bid, Smoking as a Global Health Issue

February 1, 2008
Bush Economic Stimulus Plan, Border Crisis in Gaza, Continued Violence in Kenya

January 15, 2008
Benazir Bhutto Assassinated, Election Violence in Kenya, Iowa & New Hampshire Primaries, Plus - an update of the Bali environmental conference

December 15, 2007
Interrogation Tapes Destroyed By CIA, New U.S. Intelligence Estimate Reports that Iran is not a Nuclear Threat, Venezuelans Vote to Retain Presidential Term Limits

December 01, 2007
Cyclone Hits Bangladesh, Riots in Paris Suburbs, Middle East Peace Talks Commence in Annapolis, Maryland

November 15, 2007
Pakistan's Musharraf Declares Emergency Rule, Oil Spills in San Francisco Bay and Black Sea, IMF Agrees to Cancel Liberia Debt

November 01, 2007
Disputes Surrounding Turkey - Armenian Genocide and Kurdish Rebels, California Wildfires, Mozambique's Former President Wins African Leadership Prize

October 15, 2007
Political Turmoil in Pakistan, The Weakening Dollar, Al Gore Wins Nobel Peace Prize

October 1, 2007
Hillary Clinton Unveils Health Care Plan, Burmese Monks Protest Military Rule, Heads of States Address United Nations General Assembly

September 15, 2007
Report on Iraq War Troop Surge, Russian President Putin Dissolves Government, Earthquakes in Indonesia

August 31, 2007
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Resigns, Hamas Takes Over the Gaza Strip, The 2nd Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

April 16, 2007
Pelosi visits Syria; Supreme Court Rules that U.S. Must Curb Car Pollution; Relations Between China and Japan Improving

March 30, 2007
Iran Captures British Sailors; Political Crisis in Zimbabwe; Controversy over Firing of U.S. Attorneys

March 16, 2007
World Water Day – March 22; Bush trip to Latin America; Serbia found innocent of genocide

March 1, 2007
Special Issue: Developments in Nuclear Weapons Talks - North Korea, Iran, India/Pakistan

February 16, 2007
Valentine's Day; Palestinian Peace Talks; Pledge Against the Use of Child Soldiers

February 1, 2007
State of the Union Address; World Economic Forum in Davos; New Report on Global Warming

January 17, 2007
State of Emergency Declared in Bangladesh; The United Nation's New Secretary- General; Universal Health Care in California?

January 3, 2007
Saddam Hussein executed; Conflict in Somalia; President Ford dies

December 15, 2006
Elections in South America; Developments in the Iraq War; New Movie – Blood Diamond

December 1, 2006
Pope Benedict XVI Visits Turkey; Nepal Reaches Peace Deal; President Bush Visits Vietnam

November 20, 2006
With Democratic win, first woman Speaker of the House; Ortega Elected President of Nicaragua; Al Jazeera launches English language channel

November 1, 2006
Elections in Bangladesh and Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Muhammad Yunus, Teacher Protests in Oaxaca, U.S. Midterm Elections