INT'L POLITICS - current events / history ** Dr-Know / IQ-2k

 
 
 11-09-15   ^
 The northern region of Spain voted to become an independent
 State in 2017
  -
 key_> Catalonia  
 

 10-20-15   ^
 The Liberal Party candidate wins prime minister race in
 Canada 
   

 09-24-15   ^
 Pope Francis becomes the first pontiff to address a joint 
 meeting of congress - technically it could not be called a
 joint session
 

  03-17-15   ^
  Benjamin Netanyhu wins election
  -
  key_> Israel - Prime Minister


  03-10-15   ^
  A letter sent to the leaders of Iran signed by 47 
  Republican senators warns of the potential of the next 
  U.S. president to rescind any agreement regarding 
  Iran's nuclear program
  -
  key_> presidential snub ;


  03-03-15   ^
  Benjamin Netanyahu breaches diplomatic protocol with an 
  address to a joint session of congress concerning the 
  proposed deal with Iran over their nuclear program
  -
  key_> presidential snub ;


  05-28-14   ^
  Former general el-Sissi wins election in Egypt
  key_> president ; leadership


  04-30-14   ^
  Elections in Iraq


   01-21-14   ^
   More than a week of protests turns violent in 
   Ukraine after government troops fire on crowd
   key_> government corruption ; EU membership ;

   01-20-14   ^
   More suicide bombs in Afghanistan by the Taliban 
   attempting to disrupt the upcoming election
   key_> U.S. war ; military pullout ; status of forces 
   agreement ; government - president ;


  12-09-13   ^
  Kim Jung Un arrests uncle for "counter revolutionary" activity
  (executed days later)
  key_> dictator - North Korea ; purge

  12-08-13   ^
  Massive protests in Ukraine in favor of closer ties to the West
  key_> EU membership ; Russian Federation

  12-06-13   ^
  Nelson Mandela dead
  key_> (former) president - South Africa ; Aparthied ; political
  prisoner


  07-05-13   ^
  The Egyptian president ousted by the military
  key_> violent protest - Middle East - Egypt ; Islamic state

  07-02-13   ^
  Massive protests in Egypt over the weekend continue - military
  leaders issue ultimatum to the Egyptian president
  key_> Middle East ; Islamic state


  06-20-13   ^
  Millions take to the street in protest in Brazil - as a protest
  over a bus fare hike morphs into a broad issue protest


  06-17-13   ^
  Crackdown on protestors in Turkey threatens its EU membership

  06-15-13   ^
  Moderate H.Rowani wins election to become president of Iran
  key_> Middle East ; 


  04-08-13   ^
  M. Thatcher, the 1st and only woman Prime Minister of Great
  Britain, dead at 87
  key_> UK conservative politics ; 80s  - 90s


  03-11-13   ^
  A new Pope is elected - Francis I - the 1st Pope from the
  Americas
  key_> Argentina ; catholic ; 

  03-05-13   ^
  Venezuela President Hugo Chavez dead of cancer

  02-26-13   ^
  Vote in Italy ends inconclusively, but the 5-Star Party wins
  way more votes than originally projected

 
  01-29-13   ^
  A deadly government crackdown follows protests in Egypt
  key_> Arab Spring


  01-22-13   ^
  B. Netenyahu wins election in Israel - the split electorate
  makes it difficult to arrange a coalition in Parliament


  11-15-12   ^
  China 's 18th Party Conference ended today - Shi Jing Ping to
  become the new leader


  10-08-12   ^
  Socialist H. Chavez wins re-election in Venezuela
  key_> politics \ leadership - president ; oil exporting nation


  09-14-12   ^
  A third straight day of protest in the Middle-East over the
  controversial YOUtube video - remarks by Republican M. Romney &
  Senator J. McCain highlight the extreme partisan atmosphere
  key_> anti-American protest ;


  07-02-12   ^
  PRI candidate wins election in Mexico
  key_> politics \ leadership ; president
  06-18-12   ^
  The pro-bailout New Democracy Party wins election in Greece
  key_> PIGS - European debt crisis
   **
  Muslim Brotherhood candidate wins presidency in Egypt
  key_> Arab Spring

  06-13-12   ^
  Another anti-Putin protest in Russia - protest remained peaceful
  but many were targeted for political crackdown.


  06-03-12   ^
  Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond jubilee, 60 years on
  the throne
  key_> monarchy - UK


  05-23-12   ^
  Elections in Egypt
  key_> Arab Spring ; politics \ leadership - president

  05-15-12   ^
  New elections called for in Greece as coalition government fails
  to form
  key_> PIGS - European debt crisis


  05-07-12   ^
  V.Putin presidential inauguration - protest yesterday
  key_> politics \ leadership ; president - Russia

  05-06-12   ^
  Elections in France & Greece * Socialist F. Hollande wins in
  France / the anti-austerity candidate wins in Greece (a week
  later a government could not be formed - new elections called)
  key_> politics \ leadership ; president


  03-05-12   ^
  V.Putin wins election in Russia
  key_> politics \ leadership ; president


  10-21-11   ^
  M. Qaddafi (69) dies of wounds after being captured
  key_> Arab Spring , Libya

  02-22-11   ^
  M. Qaddafi orders brutal crackdown on protestors
  key_> Arab Spring , Libya

  02-20-11   ^
  Protest hits the street of Tripoli , Libya
  key_> Arab Spring

  02-10-11   ^
  H. Mubarak steps down
  key_> Arab Spring , Egypt

  02-09-11   ^
  Demonstrations in Jordan
  key_> Arab Spring


  01-28-11   ^
  Protest in Tahir Square Cairo , Egypt
  key_> Arab Spring

  01-27-11   ^
  Violent protest in Yemen
  key_> Arab Spring

  01-25-11   ^
  Violent protest in Egypt
  key_> Arab Spring

  01-14-11   ^
  President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali flees the country
  key_> Arab Spring , Tunisia