Current Events 2002-03


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2002-2003 Current Events
		Number 3 Geoquest The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children "Committed to Keeping America's Children Safe," a fact sheet on the White House's Web Site
Number 4 Geoquest Al Qaeda Network of Terrorism Who is Osama bin Laden	Number 5 Geoquest Snakehead fish sightings How a bill becomes law	Number 6 Geoquest Korean War The Korean War Korean War Timeline CIA World Fact Book Country Profiles, North Korea and South Korea Korean War.org Narratives of slave life in the South School site on slavery Pro-reparations site Anti-reparations site
Number 7 Geoquest Tookie-related sites: Site 1, Site 2 National Drought Mitigation Center National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Water Use it Wisely PBS - Surviving the Dustbowl	Number 8 Geoquest CIA Factbook about Iraq Library of Congress: about Iraq and its history	Number 9 Geoquest Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids House of Representatives The Senate National Governors Association National Association of Biology Teachers People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (This group is considered fringe and radical by many)

Number 10 Geoquest Centers for Disease Control Kids Health For Kids 10 tips to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity For You Guide to the Fourth Amendment Supreme Court of the United States	Number 11 Geoquest Debate over genetically modified foods You Can Learn More About Hunger Feeding Minds Fighting Hunger U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Kids Can Make a Difference Second Harvest	Number 12 Geoquest The Chechen Conflict, from the BBC CNN In-Depth Specials: The Moscos Hostage Crisis, plus background Timeline of key events in Chechnya Two excellent history sites: www.doge.it/culrura/history.htm www.republicofvenice.com/history A Tour of Today's Venice
Number 13 Geoquest China news from the Chinese government www.ChinaNewsDigest	Number 14 Geoquest CIA World Factbook, Afghanistan Information Please: Afghanistan CARE: Rebuilding Afghanistan Hip-Hop Summit Youth Council Rap Songs written by kids	Number 15 Geoquest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Jenner Museum History of Biological Weapons Baseball Almanac Pete Rose's Official Web Site National Baseball Hall of Fame
Number 16 Geoquest	Number 17 Geoquest The Korean War CIA World Factbook Country Profiles: North and South Korea The BBC: news and background on recent conflict Foundation for Biomedical Research British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection	Number 18 Geoquest CIA World Factbook: Venezuela Caracas News The BBC / Venezuela's Woes
Number 19 Geoquest The Nile controversy Bushmeat Crisis Task Force Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Legal vocabulary definitions at LawForKids.org	Number 20 Geoquest Lost: Space Shuttle Columbia, from CNN NASA: Human Spaceflight Inside the Space Station NASA: Columbia Updates Defense Advisory Committe on Women in the Services Selective Service System	Number 21 Geoquest Conflict with Iraq, from the BBC Confronting Iraq, from the Nando Times National Geographic: Sample questions
Number 22 Geoquest Origins of NORAD Ready.gov from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Nando Special Report, War on Terror	Number 23 Geoquest A Walk Through Mohenjo Daro BBC News: Al Qaeda Timeline CNN: War on Terror Info.please.com: Al Qaeda BBC News: The Money Trail	Number 24 Geoquest
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