ENGL 2: The World at Your Doorstep—On America and Global Issues

DH De La O, The Department of English and Comparative Literature @ SJSU, Spring 2016

Saturday, February 20, 2016

World News 2.20.16


  • ZIMBABWE: President Mugabe's lavish 92nd birthday celebrations will proceed despite an extensive drought throughout the country (Guardian)
  • IRAQ: Radioactive device, feared stolen by ISIS, recovered (RT)
  • ITALY: Concern rises as 2015 birth rate drops (AOL)
  • IRAN: These are some of the young women on the nation's death row (Quartz)
  • VIETNAM: Amid rising tensions with China over the South China Sea, Vietnam beefs up its military (MarketWatch)
  • CANADA: Thousands of university students seeking "sugar daddies" to supplement their college costs (Yahoo! Canada News)

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    DH De La O,
    The Department of English & Comparative Literature
    @ San José State University

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