Current Events Quiz, April 9, 2012

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Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won a seat in parliament in this country's historic elections.

MyanmarVietnamThailandChina

At least 120 ___________________ soldiers were buried by an avalanche last week in the world's highest battlefield.

IndianPakistaniAfghanTibetan

Seeking to quickly improve ties with the reformist government of ________________, the United States has named its first ambassador to the country in 22 years.

VietnamMyanmarCubaEgypt

Two weeks after Mali's government was overthrown by junior officers angry at the weak response to a rebel uprising, the Tuareg rebels have declared

that they will disarm by the end of the month.a military alliance with Nigeria.that they represent the legitimate government of Mali.independence for the state of "Azawad."

According to a peace plan proposed by ________________ the deadline arrives this week for a truce in Syria.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonUN envoy Kofi AnnanSyrian President Bashar al-AssadU.S. President Barack Obama

The president of _________________ has resigned after having his doctorate revoked by his former university due to plagiarism.

HungaryAustriaSwitzerlandItaly

Last week the U.S. brought charges against ____________________. They will face a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay.

a group of Afghan soldiers who have killed U.S. troopsthe chief and deputy leader of Al Qaeda in Iraqthe plotters behind the 9/11 attacksTaliban insurgents who allegedly bombed the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan

This Egyptian minority group has withdrawn from a constitutional panel, fearing that the new constitution will undermine personal and political freedoms.

the Muslim BrotherhoodCoptic ChristiansShia MuslimsEgyptian Jews

Pakistan's President Zardari has made his first visit to _____________, Pakistan's longtime rival.

AfghanistanChinaIranIndia

The U.S. and Afghanistan reached an agreement last Sunday on the thorny issue of

night raids.charging the U.S. soldiers accused of burning Korans.when U.S. forces would be fully withdrawn from the country.bringing private security contractors under Afghan law.

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