Current Events Quiz, August 3, 2010

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The Hamas-led government of Gaza confirmed on Friday that an Israeli airstrike against targets in Gaza killed Issa Batranon. Who was Batranon?

A military leader and bomb-maker.A member of the Palestinian Authority.A peace activist.A member of the Israeli Knesset.

On Monday, a Cambodian court sentenced Kaing “Duch” Guek Eav to 30 years in prison for torturing and murdering an estimated 14,000 people who passed through an extermination center he ran as part of the “Killing Fields” associated with the government of

the Lord’s Resistance Army.Idi Amin.the Cultural Revolution. the Khmer Rouge.

Protests orchestrated by opposition parties against high food prices stalled efforts by the Congress party-led coalition to introduce economic reforms in

India.Bangladesh.Pakistan.Afghanistan.

The government of Bangladesh passed legislation increasing the minimum wage for workers in the ______ sector to $43 per month, hoping to end labor unrest that has paralyzed the industry for the past several months.

textilesminingfarmingelectronics

The government of Catalonia on Wednesday became the first of Spain’s mainland regions to ban

bullfighting.texting by drivers.wearing the veil by Muslim women.smoking.

The human rights organization Global Witness announced last week that it was launching a lawsuit against the government of the United Kingdom for its failure to prevent the trade in conflict minerals from

Darfur and Sudan.the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Indonesia.Iraq.

The European Union’s foreign ministers last week gave their approval for negotiations paving the way for _______ to join the E.U.

TurkeyRussiaUkraineIceland

The death toll from widespread flooding in northern _______ passed 1,100 people on Sunday, making the disaster the worst flooding in the country in more than 70 years.

IranAfghanistanIndiaPakistan

Mexican security forces confirmed on Thursday that they killed Ignacio Coronel in the city of Guadalajara. Coronel was

a high-ranking member of a powerful drug cartel.a former general who attempted to embezzle more than $100 million in assets from the Mexican military.an indigenous-rights activist linked to the Zapatista movement.a member of the opposition party.

Scores of protestors took to the streets in ______ on Tuesday, demanding investigation in to accusations of police brutality and signaling growing political challenges for the government of incumbent president Hosni Mubarak.

EgyptIsraelLebanonSyria

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