TITLE

Know the News

PUB. DATE

February 2010

SOURCE

Current Events;2/1/2010, Vol. 109 Issue 15, p8

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

A quiz concerning the news articles published within the issue is presented, including the politician from Massachusetts who won a seat in the U.S. Senate, the goal of the U.S. military in Haiti, and the year in which Haiti won its independence.

ACCESSION #

48123305

Tags: LEGISLATORS;  HAITI Earthquake, Haiti, 2010

 

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