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| French Troops Headed to what West African Country to defeat an Islamic Insurgency | Mali |
| 41 Engineers were held hostage in what North African Country | Algeria |
| This elected President of Egypt was overthrown by the military | Muhammad Morsi |
| In Feb. 2013 he announced he was resigning the papacy | Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger |
| This country denotated a nuclear explosionin Feb. 2013 | North Korea |
| This South African runner was indicated for murdering his girlfriend | Oscar Pistorius |
| Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to what office | He became Pope Francis I |
| This oil rich South American country lost its leader in March 2013 | Venezuela (Hugo Chavez) |
| This American had her acquittal for murder overturned in Italy | Amanda Knox |
| He Became President of China in March 2013 | Xi Jingping |
| This rebel group made headlines in June 2013 by opening an office in Qatar | The Taliban |
| Protest against the development of a park caused difficulty for Prime Minister Erdogan in what country | Turkey |
| The Winners of the French Open (Tennis) were | Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal |
| Hassan Rowhani was elected President in June 2013 of what country | Iran |
| Julia Gillard resigned as prime minister of what Commonwealth country | Australia |
| He leaked NSA documents to the media | Edward Snowden (He was granted asylum by Russia) |
| President Obama sought Congressional Approval for Military Action against what country? | Syria |
| This country declined a non-permanent Security Council Seat | Saudi Arabia (to protest the lack of action against Syria) |
| Iran made an agreement with the five permanent members of the Security Council for what | Halt Uranium enrichment beyond 5% |
| Massive Protest were staged against Viktor Yanukovich the leader of what country | Ukraine |
| This anti-Apartheid world leader and former president of South Africa died in Dec. 2013 | Nelson Mandela |
| Members of a rock band who protested against the government were freed in what country | Russia |
| This controversal former Prime Minister of Israel died in Jan. 2014 after having been in a coma since 2006 | Ariel Sharon |
| The winners of the 2014 Australian Tennis Open were: | Li Na of China and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland |
