[OPLINLIST] Fwd: NewsBank Hot Topics, June 2012

[Stephen Hedges]

> From: "Barbara Calo" <bcalo at newsbank.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 1:30:24 PM
> Subject: Elections, People, Sports and more - NewsBank Hot Topics,
> June 2012

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> > NEWSBANK HOT TOPICS
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> > June 2012
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> > CURRENT EVENTS RESEARCH TOPICS
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> > Civics, Government and Politics: Obama vs. Romney
> 
> > TOPIC: President Obama and Mitt Romney are in a dead heat, polling
> > at
> > 46% after Texas gave Romney the delegates he needed to secure the
> > Republican Party's nomination. What demographic groups have come
> > out
> > strongest for and against each candidate? What states are coming
> > out
> > strongest for each candidate and why? What impact is Donald Trump
> > having on the Romney campaign?
> 
> > SEARCH TERMS: Obama AND Romney
> 

> > PEOPLE: A Royal Anniversary
> 
> > TOPIC: Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 60 th year on the throne
> > this year. This is called a Diamond Jubilee, and she and Queen
> > Victoria are the only two British monarchs to have reached it. How
> > many presidents of the U.S. has she lived through and how many
> > British prime ministers have served her? What have been some of the
> > major domestic challenges facing Britain during her reign? What was
> > the biggest foreign policy undertaking during the same period?
> 
> > SEARCH TERMS: Queen Elizabeth II
> 

> > ECONOMICS: Facebook IPO
> 
> > TOPIC: After filing its IPO, Facebook has begun trading its stock.
> > How has the stock performed? What accounts for this performance?
> 
> > SEARCH TERMS: Facebook AND IPO AND stock
> 

> > Civics, Government and Politics: Syrian Diplomats Expelled
> 
> > TOPIC: Countries around the world expelled Syrian diplomats
> > following
> > a massacre in Syria and amid the feeling that the Assad regime is
> > not trying to keep a ceasefire negotiated with the insurgents. Has
> > such a mass expelling of diplomats occurred before? How many
> > countries expelled them? How did other countries which did not
> > expel
> > them explain their actions?
> 
> > SEARCH TERMS: Syria AND diplomats AND expulsion
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