Assignments for Mr. Davidson's U.S. History class
AP - Paraguay's new president is replacing the nation's police commander four days into the new administration.
AFP - Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter fell ill during the night, missing his flight to London from Bangkok after he left Vietnam on his release from prison, a medical official told AFP Wednesday.
AP - As of Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008, at least 4,144 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
AFP - Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter fell ill during the night, missing his flight to London, but is still in Bangkok airport after he left Vietnam on his release from prison, a medical official told AFP Wednesday.
AP - Insurgents mounted two of the biggest attacks in years on Western forces in Afghanistan, killing 10 French soldiers in a mountain ambush and then sending a squad of suicide bombers in a failed assault early Tuesday on a U.S. base near the Pakistan border.
AFP - Helicopters and fire trucks had to be called to the Egyptian senate on Tuesday when a blaze threatened to engulf the building and left 13 people requiring emergency medical help after they inhaled smoke.
AP - NATO pulled its punches against Russia on Tuesday, suspending formal contacts as punishment for the Georgia invasion but bucking U.S. pressure for more severe penalties.
AP - Russia took the first steps toward a troop pullback from Georgia on Tuesday but at the same time paraded blindfolded and bound Georgian prisoners on armored vehicles and seized four U.S. Humvees.
AP - Just a day after Pervez Musharraf's resignation, Pakistan's governing coalition fell into wrangling Tuesday over restoring the judges he fired, exposing troublesome divisions that could disrupt picking his successor as president.
AP - Martial arts student Cheng Jianghua only saw the army barracks he stayed in and the stadium where he performed at the spectacular Olympics opening ceremony. But his sacrifices were minor other performers were injured, fainted from heatstroke or forced to wear adult diapers so the show could go on.
AP - As of Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008, at least 4,144 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.