Saturday, January 26, 2013

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: JANUARY 20-26, 2013

Amongst events that have happened around the world this past week...

*United States President Barack Obama has been officially sworn in to serve his second term of office.
*Milos Zeman has been elected President of the Czech Republic.
*ALL Boeing 787 aircraft are still grounded at this time as engineers inspect their lithium-ion batteries.
*Protesters on both sides of the gun control issue are marching on Washington, DC as Congress debates the issue.
*As the Curiosity rover continues to explore the Martian surface, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reports evidence of an underground wet environment in the red planet's early history.
*Voters in Austria have elected to keep that country's military service mandatory. Meanwhile, the United States' Pentagon has decided to allow military women in active combat situations when viable.
*The United Nations' Security Council has passed "Resolution 2087", condemning North Korea's December 2012 rocket test while expanding economic sanctions against that country. Despite this, North Korea has announced a new long range nuclear missile weapon's test, with the United States as the "target"; and has threatened South Korea with "physical retaliation" if they participate in enforcing the new sanctions.
*Civil unrest still continues in Syria, Burma, Northern Mali, and Afghanistan.

IN SPORTS:
*The San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens will square off against each other in Super Bowl 47 on February 2.
*The New Orleans Hornets of professional basketball will officially become the Pelicans after the 2012-2013 season ends.

THE FREE CHOICE E-ZINE CELEBRATES ITS 1000th POST ON BLOGGER WITH THIS INSTALLMENT OF "THE WEEK IN REVIEW", AND THANKS ITS READERSHIP FOR GIVING US MORE THAN 2000(!) PAGE VIEWS FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT MONTH AS WELL.
This organization was established as "The Alternative" print and online news source as a college project on December 13, 2003. Unfortunately all our previous online records were lost when our previous service abruptly went out of business. And while your humble Editor-In-Chief came on the scene well after the initial college experiment concluded, he and the current staff have strived to make this the best E-zine we could and will continue to do our humble best towards that goal.
Lee Houston, Junior

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