fidel castro

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Fidel Castro, Cuba's fiery revolutionary patriarch and an international icon of rebellion, resigned as president on Feb. 19, 2008, in a letter in La Granma, the state run newspaper in Cuba. "I will not aspire nor accept -- I repeat I will not aspire or accept, the post of President of the Council of State and Commander in Chief," he wrote.
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/c/fidel_castro/index.html

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Cuban leader Fidel Castro acknowledged his deteriorating health Thursday, saying he didn't expect to be able to reflect on world events in the coming years.
http://www.topix.com/forum/who/fidel-castro/T2TRJVJ66MF0T180S


they are similar that each time the news become less important to people adn he just tries to be the center of attention.

1. Silvio Berlusconi - italy2. Michelle Bachelete-chile3. Hillary Clinton- united estates -new york4. Hu Jintao-china 5. Álvaro Uribe-colombia 6. Ehud Olmert- Israel7. Gordon Brown- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland8. Ban Ki Moon- Republic of Korea9. Nicolas Sarkozy-french 10. George Bush- United Estates 11. Vladimir Putin-Russian12. Fidel Castro-Cuba13. Mahmoud Abbas-palestina 14. Taro Aso-japan15. José Luis Zapatero-spain16. Kim Jong Il-korea 17. Barack Obama- United Estates18. Dalai Lama-india 19. Pratibha Patil-india20. Thein Sein- Myanmar21. Robert Mugabe-africa 22. Hamid Karzai- Afghanistan23. Raul Castro-cuba24. Mohamed Osni Murbarak- Egyptian25. Dmitry Medvedev-russian26. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner-argentina 27. Abhisit Vejjajiva- Thailand28. Ignacio Lula da Silva29. Angela Merkel30. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad31. Asif Ali Zardari

Where is Israel? Locate it on a map.
a country in Western Asia located on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest.

2. Why was Israel created?
It was created because the holocaust
3. Where are the Palestinian Territories? Locate on a map.
The Palestinian territories are composed of two discontiguous regions, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip



1. What is happening in Israel and Gaza?

They are in war2.

How many Palestinians have died and how many Israelis?

3. What is Hamas?
is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist paramilitary organization and political party which holds a majority of seats in the elected legislative council of the Palestinian National Authority (Hamas was created in 1987 by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin)
4. What was the U.S. response to the attacks?
They protest about the attacks but haven’t done anything with the military. 5. What happened when Israel was declared a state in 1948?
but it was recognized by no-one and had no resources and no real existence. Arab states had no interest in the formation of a separate state in Palestine, both because each state had territorial ambitions in Palestine, and because they feared the radical influence of Palestinian leadership under Haj6. What did Israel agree to in the Oslo accords?
The Accords provided for the creation of a Palestinian Authority.7. How did Hamas come to power in Gaza?
He won the elections.





a. To which "old battle" does the article's headline refer?
To the battle between Israel and Pakistan that has bee goingb. What seem to be the hopes underlying Israel's assault on Gaza?
To annihilate Gaza and hamas,because they say is a lot of terrorisim.c. How would a clear Israeli victory affect the region?
The contries would be closer and it can start a conflict.d. How would a clear Israeli victory affect the United States?
They would bring military army to control the situation.e. Why does Iran have much at stake in the outcome of the current crisis?
They want to spread influence.f. How likely is it that the Israeli assault will be successful?
Because they have more potential army than Gazag. What are some of the divisions in the Middle East that this conflict has highlighted?
Ejipt, middle est.,h. What happened in Lebanon in 1982? How are the Gaza attacks similar?
Ehent they were negoceating hazbollah was coming to power in leboanoni. In what ways might the attacks on Gaza backfire?
At the same way that hazbollah j. Why does Mr. Abbas say he will walk away from the peace talks begun by President Bush in 2007?
The fight comes to palesinan resistence k. What lessons has Israel learned from Lebanon?
To don’t be over confident m. In what way is the timing of this renewed battle beneficial?
The battle came before obamas come to be president.n. How will the Obama administration be able to capitalize on the situation in Gaza?
Maby he could arrange peace.








What is going on in the photograph?
They are covering the deths-Who is pictured?
Some of the Gaza people-What can you learn about how the main subject in the photo is feeling from his or her facial expression?
Some of they are death,the others are relly sad about the death of people they care,the purpose is to show people that war only brings tragedy.-What might this person be feeling, given what is going on in the photograph?
Very sad and angry to the Israel army.-What might this person want to say to the "opposite side"?
Stop the war, we just want to live with freedom.

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More US workers lost jobs last year than in any year since World War II, with employers axing 2.6 million jobs and 524,000 in December alone.