2011 _ CURRENT EVENTS

___ 12-17-2010 ___
Street vendor M. Bouazizi sets himself on fire as a means of protest
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# Tunisia


___ 11-28-2010 ___
International Climate Conference opens in Cancun, Mexico
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# UNFCCC (COP-16)


___ 11-20-2010 ___
NATO Summit in Lisbon , Portugal
__________________


___ 11-20-2010 ___ **
President Obama announces goal of ending combat in Afghanistan by 2014
__________________


___ 11-13-2010 ___
U.S. - NATO announce transition strategy
__________________
# Afghanistan


___ 11-07-2010 ___
Canada set to withdraw troops from Afghanistan
__________________


___ 10-12-2010 ___
Moratorium on deepwater oil drilling lifted after 5 months
__________________
# Obama Administration / BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill


___ 09-24-2010 ___
Final estimates (180+ million barrels) make BP oil spill worse in U.S. history
__________________
# Deepwater Horizon / offshore oil spill


___ 09-19-2010 ___
BP announces Deepwater Horizon well "dead"
__________________
# offshore oil spill


___ 09-11-2010 ___
Florida pastor , T. Jones , cancels 9/11 protest - Quran burning
__________________
# Afghanistan war


___ 09-03-2010 ___
BP removes failed blowout preventer
__________________
# Deepwater Horizon / offshore oil spill


___ 08-12-2010 ___
Iraq withdrawal takes shape
__________________
# war


___ 08-02-2010 ___
The Netherlands announce troop withdrawal - 1st NATO country to end combat mission
__________________
# Afghanistan war


___ 07-15-2010 ___
BP announces well cap has stopped flow
__________________
# Deepwater Horizon / offshore oil spill


___ 06-23-2010 ___
General D. Patraeus assumes command of ISAF after General S. McChrystal was sacked by President Obama over his comments in a Rolling Stones interview
__________________
# Afghanistan war


___ 06-21-2010 ___
China announces new policy on it's currency
__________________
# currency manipulation


___ 06-15-2010 ___
government panel estimates oil spill at 200 to 400 times the original estimate of 5000 barrels-a-day (1.5 million barrels-a-day)
__________________
# BP Deepwater Horizon / offshore oil spill


___ 06-02-2010 ___
Afghanistan peace jirga
__________________


___ 05-06-2010 ___
Stock market computer glitch causes a near 1000 point drop
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# DOW Jones Industrial Average


___ 03-07-2010 ___
ACADEMY AWARDS
-
best picture _ "The Hurt Locker"
best actor _ Jeff Bridges _ "Crazy Heart"
best actress _ Sandra Bullock _ "The Blind Side"
__________________


___ 04-20-2010 ___
Semi-submersible drill rig explodes off the Louisiana coast - BP estimates that 5000 barrels-a-day are being spilled
__________________
# Deepwater Horizon / offshore oil spill


___ 02-22-2010 ___
NATO airstrike kills civilians (see 03-26-11 & 08-06-11)
__________________
# Afghanistan war

2009 _ CURRENT EVENTS

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