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 What's going on outside the US right now? (8)

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What's going on outside the US right now?

Let's not be selfish Americans

Post your favorite links or news stories about countries that are NOT the US.

There really is a world out there and they don't give a damn about our political and economic woes--they have their own.

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2 points

This is a good action type site. Good topic, I think most American's forget there is a world outside of theirs.

Supporting Evidence: Impact your World (www.cnn.com)
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As an American, I definitely understand that there is a world outside of ours. All of my friends do as well. It does a great disservice to all Americans when others think that we just think of ourselves. It is just not true.

Side: America
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This is an excellent site. Outlines history on our relations with the middle east.

Supporting Evidence: PBS (www.pbs.org)
Side: America
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Iran and Iraq have signed an agreement to search for missing persons from the bitter eight-year war they fought in the 1980s, the Red Cross says.

Supporting Evidence: Iran and Iraq in war missing deal (news.bbc.co.uk)
Side: Middle East
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For decades the Berlin Wall was the physical symbol of the Cold War "Iron Curtain" between East and West.

But since it was breached in 1989, one remaining part of the wall has taken on a new role, as a 1.3km art gallery.

Age and graffiti have taken their toll on the art, however, and a 2.2m euro project is now under way to restore it.

Supporting Evidence: Bid to rescue Berlin Wall artwork (news.bbc.co.uk)
Side: Europe
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More than half of China's toy exporters have been forced out of business this year, according to official figures.

China is the world's largest exporter of toys but officials say the industry is experiencing its most difficult time in decades.

Supporting Evidence: Chinese toy firms forced to close (news.bbc.co.uk)
Side: Asia
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Two Vietnamese journalists who helped expose state corruption have gone on trial, in a case that has put Vietnam's media freedoms under scrutiny.

The two reporters, from the well-known newspapers Tuoi Tre and Thanh Nien, are accused of "abusing freedom and democratic rights".

They allegedly fabricated unspecified "sensitive information" while covering a high-profile corruption case.

Supporting Evidence: Vietnam trial tests media freedom (news.bbc.co.uk)
Side: Asia
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Royal Dutch Shell has appealed a Nigerian court order requiring it hand over the site of a key base in the oil-rich but impoverished Niger Delta.

A high court in Rivers State ruled in July that the site of the Bonny lifting terminal belonged to the local community, not the oil multinational.

Local residents accused Shell of getting the certificate of ownership from the state government illegally.

But a BBC correspondent in Nigeria says the order is unlikely to be enforced.

Supporting Evidence: Shell to appeal Nigerian eviction (news.bbc.co.uk)
Side: Africa