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

Thursday, March 24, 2016

World News 3.24.16


  • BELGIUM: Brussels rocked by major terrorist attacks (CNN)
  • POLAND: Amid terrorist panic, Poland closes its borders to all Syrian refugees (Daily Mirror)
  • TURKEY: One of the Belgian suicide bombers was previously deported from Turkey (Wall Street Journal)
  • IRAQ: American ISIS fighter caught by US military (NBC News) 
  • AUSTRALIA: Warming oceans having detrimental effect on the Great Barrier Reef (Smithsonian)
  • BRAZIL: Country in chaos ahead of Summer Olympics (CNN Money)

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

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