Comprehension.
Fill in the circle next to the correct answer. 1. The federal government will. now insure personal bank accounts up to how much money? (A) $20,000 (B) $100,000 (C) $250,000 2. What did the winners of the 2008 Nobel...

Canadian peacekeepers remembered.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In June of this year the government passed legislation designating August 9th as National Peacekeepers' Day to honour the thousands of Canadians in the armed forces and police services who have served on UN and other peacekeeping missions. Previously, different groups had selected...

Eye of the storm: hurricanes ravage Haiti, leaving thousands hungry and homeless.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sarita Omiscar was muddy and starving by the time she spotted United Nations peacekeeping troops working their way toward her hurricane-battered orphanage in Haiti. She and dozens of other young orphans swarmed them, begging for food. "I haven't eaten since Monday," Sarita told them. That...

Russia's new cold war.
RUSSIA'S onslaught against Georgia is a challenge to the West. Georgia has performed the successful experiment of transforming itself from a backward and corrupt Soviet republic into a democracy. Its president, Mikhail Saakashvili, and its people have aligned themselves enthusiastically with the West. Russian forces are now...

Cold War II: it isn't just Georgia that's in danger.
THE Russian invasion of Georgia is an ominous portent. Georgia is too small a state to be a threat to Russia, and the composition of its government is of only marginal importance to the Kremlin. Yet here are Dmitri Medvedev, the Russian president, and his Siamese twin Vladimir Putin,...

Neighbor to Neighbor.
The Exchange Club of Clinton recognized Clinton High School senior Kira Kennedy as its 2007-2008 ACE Award Recipient at a recent club meeting. The ACE award stands for students who have "Accepted the Challenges of Excellence" by overcoming a difficulty and/or challenges and rising to the occasion to overcome...

Words in the news.
Below are some key words used in this issue of Current Events. Communist (page 5) Communists subscribe to a system of politics and economics in which private property is eliminated and citizens share all goods equally. German philosopher Karl Marx developed the foundation of modern...

Georgia crisis prompts U.S. to cancel nuclear deal with Russia.
In the remote Caucasus, the Georgian crisis drags on, with Georgia's President Saakashvili, emboldened by Western support, continuing to goad the Russian bear. And Western governments are vowing to force Moscow to yield to Georgia's demands. Saakashvili, let it be remembered, started a war to retake South Ossetia, a...

UN peacekeeping in civil wars.
9780521707671 UN peacekeeping in civil wars. Howard, Lise Morje. Cambridge U. Pr. 2008 402 pages $34.99 Paperback JZ4984 Howard (director, Conflict Resolution MA Program, Georgetown U.) utilizes comparative case studies in...

International peacekeeping; the yearbook of international peace operations; v.12.
9789004165236 International peacekeeping; the yearbook of international peace operations; v.12. Ed. by Harvey Langholtz et al. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2008 318 pages $375.00 Hardcover JZ6374 Although primarily interested in legal and...