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Q2Maxwell#1 Cases of paralysis caused by mutating polio vaccine have been found in South Sudan and Madagascar. New rounds of vaccinations will be sent to those areas. The vaccine that is injected is a killed virus that cannot mutate within, but provides less protection than the live virus. The live virus is too expensive and harder to give than the dead virus so they use that instead.

Q2Maxwell#2 People in France are talking about Landon Donovan, how he spread the excitement of soccer to the United States. He inspired people to change their ways of playing soccer, and their attitudes. MLS has doubled in size and now produces World Cup caliber players who have never played abroad. The US is cemented as a World Cup regular, and progressing from their group is now the base expectation. Donovan leaves soccer in the US as healthy as it has ever been, all because of Donovan.

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French priest was kidnapped by Islamist militants. Georges Vandenbeusch, 42, was reported to have been held in Nigeria by Boko Haram, a group with ties to Al Qaeda. He described his captivity as “terribly boring,” according to Reuters.

Q2Sims#1 Francoise Holland, the president of France, has stated that strikes will be carried out in retaliation of the rebel forces crossing the southern border of Libya. These rebels are believed to be spreading their ammunition to other rebel groups in the Sahel region, a place currently in anarchy. Currently, Libya has rejected any intervention by western countries. Despite this, both France and the US have been operating drones out of the Nigerian capital, Niamey. Much of the conflict in Libya is the result of a clash between the internationally recognized government and the faction-run organization in opposition to it.

Q2Sims#2 Convicted of murder and rape, Frank Van Den Bleeken has requested euthanasia. Euthanasia is the act of killing oneself with assistance, but not actual committing of death, by a medical official. Euthanasia is a step down from the death penalty, which is currently illegal in Belgium. There was a controversy regarding the appeals court which authorized this euthanizing. Common people questioned whether or not the man could have been better rehabilitated. However, Frank Van Den Bleeken has compared himself to a terminally ill patient and, despite the decades that have passed, his mental illness that corresponds with his vicious crimes has not been subdued. Though everything was approved, the doctor who was to assist the man in his suicide backed out and postponed the euthanizing.

Q2Sims#3 Records of Luxembourg weather began in 1947. However, this past year has been recorded as the mildest since those records have began. According to those records, Luxembourg's weather this year was about 1.5°C higher than their average 9.3°C. The winter of 2013-2014 also ranged as the second warmest with its duplicate season in 1989-1990. During June, Luxembourg received 39% more sunshine than anticipated, and over the course of summer Luxembourg received 54% more rainfall. These, among other record-setters, have contributed to a very mild year for Luxembourg.

Q2Claude#1 A police officer was killed following a shooting in Southern Paris on Thursday January 1st. According to other police officers tension was high from the terrorist attack the day before. Wittness says the policewoman stopped to check on a car accident inSouthern Paris when shots were fired. She was onlu injured and later promounced dead from her injuries.Some officers say it maybe connected to the terroist attack which left 12 people dead, but dont want to draw any conclusions.

Q2Claude#2 The famous French museum Louvre was once again announced the most visited museum on Tuesday December 30. Foreign visitors represented over half of the ticket sales! Also according to the museum itself there were visitors from America, China, Italy and Brazil! With all of the visitors comined there was a total of 100,000 visitors! The museum holds the famous Mona Lisa painting and also the newly restored marble sculpture 'Winged victroy of Samothrace'.

Q2Ryburn#1 A plane carrying the 51 year old man landed in Paris. The man was snatched by armed men from al Qaeda’s North African branch. He was dressed casually in a blue hooded top and was warmly welcomed by France’s president before an emotional embrace with his family.

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Hundreds of Canadian chiefs have went to Winnipeg to vote for a new leader. The voting began at 9 and will end at 1. So far, only 440 out of 639 have voted today. The winning candidate has to have support with more than 60 percent of the registered voters.

Q2Ryburn#3 Le Pen did not condemn the use of torture. She said torture can be used and that it has been used in history. She said by using torture we can get important information out of people. On twitter she also said from this interview that her words were misinterpreted. CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques did not produce results that really mattered.

Q2Shaner#1 Almost five years after the terrible earthquake in Haiti, and to most Americans Haiti is a place of poverty and hopelessness. It is Christmas time in Haiti and to us we are celebrating it by opening presents around the tree, but in Haiti they are trying to bounce back from their loses. 2015 will be a crucial year for efforts to fight global poverty in Haiti. But there is still hope; Haitian politics are still a mess and poverty is still an issue. But the economy is increasing, more children are going to school and health is improving. Christmas is the time of year of cheer and hope and that is exactly what Haiti should continue doing, being cheerful and hoping.

Q2Shaner#2 The talk around Switzerland is about a man who has ordered a returned recruit of the Islamic State group. He must have 600 hours of community service and they will not send him to prison, in the country's first sentencing of a foreign jihadist fighter. The man, whose name was not given, told the broadcaster he had been taught the religion over the Internet. "I was new to Islam... The videos I saw and the discussions I had online made me feel like I had to go there," he said. After the two weeks in the training camp, he asked to leave, only to be jailed by the militant group, which held him for 54 days. The man, who has been talking with authorities, he claims to have cut all ties with the jihadist group, but was sentenced under a Swiss law against taking part in criminal organizations and under a military law against fighting for a foreign army.

Q2Shaner#3 The Synagogue, church of all nations, collapsed and the death toll in last week's collapse of the guesthouse has risen to at least 70. Rescuers have helped 131 other people out of the rubble. They still are praying and looking for more survivors from Friday's collapse of the two-story guesthouse. On Tuesday, South African President Jacob Zuma said 67 South Africans were dead. Prophet TB Joshua, his church attracts thousands of followers who attend every week to listen to his sermons, they are also telecast live on the church's television station.

Q2Thompson#1 Inmates at one of Frances most notorious prisons were able to take photos of themselves. The photos included large amounts of money, posing with mobile phones, and drugs (all of which are forbidden in the prison). These photos were uploaded to a facebook page named "Dying of Laughter at Les Baumettes" was controlled by an outside author. The author has yet to be discovered, but the facebook page has since been deleted. When the facebook page was discovered a judicial investigation was launched immediately.

Q2Thompson#2 Perpignan, a city in the south of France, removed dozens of public benches in an attempt to stop the homeless from sleeping on them. Pierre Barat, in charge of urban planning, says some of the benches will be replaced with concrete style seats. The concrete seats allowing for a brief rest and not to be made a bed.

Q2Thompson#3 The Louvre in France recieved 9.3 million visitors of multiple ethnicities last year. This means the Louvre is still the most visited museum in the world today. American, Chinese, British, Brazilian, and Italian visitors to the museum made up 70% of ticket sales.

Q2Thompson#4 French tech start-ups arrived at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Around 120 French companies were at the show to get a grasp on the growing market for higher technology electronics. An example of the electronics are Glagla shoes. These shoes have a heated insole to keep the feet nice and warm, and can also act as a pedometer. The soles are controlled by a smartphone app.

Q2Carman#1 The Canadian military has been routinely deploying a counter-intelligence team to guard against possible spying, terrorism and sabotage. In view of intelligence experts this is odd, because Operation Nanook is conducted on Canadian soil, and foreign involvement is limited to close, friendly allies. It is also quite curious because guarding against such threats at home is usually the concern of either the Canadian Security Intelligence Service or the RCMP.

Q2Carman#2 Taxi drivers in Montreal are left unable to drive their taxis because of criminal background checks. The new rules came into effect last month. The new rules require all taxi drivers to clear a background check before renewing their taxi permits.

Q2Carman#3 Two company directors have been jailed after pleading guilty to safety violations that led to the death of a worker. Both directors have been sent to 25 days in prison, and the business has been fined. The worker was found on the floor and pronounced dead of blunt force trauma to the head.

Q3Maxwell#1 A drone has been spotted hovering over the current offices of Charlie Hebdo Magazine. This mysterious sighting of the unmanning aircraft has been seen about 10 times in one night flying over Paris. The police insist that there is nothing to worry about, but the public on the other hand fear that terrorists could attack explosives to the drones.

Q3Maxwell#2 Floods in Antananarivo, Madagascar, and the surrounding area have killed 14 individuals and forced over 21,000 people out of their homes. More and more rain is coming in with each given days. People try escaping on canoes and speedboats to get away from the dangerous flooding. Antananarivo has been hit with heavy rain since February, and are continuing to get more rain.

Q3Maxwell#3 Belgium began deploying hundreds of troops to patrol the streets after security smashed a suspected "terrorist" planning to kill the police. About 300 officers were deployed. Belgium is on high level of terror alert for all forces with heightened warning for Brussels and Antwerp. A Belgium raid began when there were Islamic attacks in and around Paris, that killed 17 people. After that police separately arrested 12 people to question them about the attacks, if they knew anything about them.

Q3Carman#1 A motorcyclist seen near the scene of an unsolved murder has been questioned. Afterwards he was released and ruled out of the investigation. It will be a major setback to the police who had pinned their hopes on this man.

Q3Carman#2 More than a third of French voters believe the country’s far right leader, “embodies French republican values.” The survey shows that 57 percent of the country believes Le Pen would make a “bad” or “very bad” president. Le Pen told Paris that the vote would be a “monumental shock”.

Q3Carman#3 France’s government is gearing up to promote a tough new stance on online racism and other hate speech that would cause a website to shut down. The declaration of war against online hate speech has raised questions about possible violations of civil liberties. However some people are applauding France’s aggressive approach.

Q3Eshbaugh#1 Paralympian Benoit Huot, a famous metal winning swimmer, was awarded new metals after his original ones were stolen by thieves last summer. The 7 originals were stolen in July when his home was being renovated. Paralympic champion Chantal Petitclerc awarded Benoit Huot with new metals. Students placed the metals around his neck. Canadian Paralympic Committee was able to organize this reunion.Only five of the seven original metals were able to be replicated.

Q3Eshbaugh#2 Early Monday morning at 1am an abandoned incinerator caught fire in Montreal. The building was empty and belongs to the city. It is located in Rosemont-Petite-Patrie borough on Des Carrieres Street, just east of Christophe-Colomb Avenue. It has been closed down since 1993. Firefighters believe it had to be a human caused fire because the building has no electricity. The situation is currently under investgation.

Q3Eshbaugh#3 Madagascar has been having huge floods recently, receiving its monthly annual rainfall in one week alone. The floods affect more than 100,000 people. Countless houses have been washed away, dozens of people have died, roads have been shut down, and water sources have been cut off. Deployments of Red Cross workers have been sent to help but still leaving over 85,000 people in need of help and more to come as more rain is predicted. This weekend it rained more and Madagascar had its first cyclone of the year.

Q3Shaner#1 On Tuesday, a stampede left 16 people dead and 78 injured when a singer on top of a Carnival float struck an overhead power line, which lead to sparks and panic. The authorities said the accident occurred in the morning hours of what is the biggest day of Carnival. Most of the dead and injured were trampled when thousands of people on a downtown street scattered for safety when people dashed off the float to avoid electrocution. The float belonged to a hip-hop band, Barikad Crew, and the singer, known as Fantom. Cellphone videos showed him dropping backward with a flash of sparks after coming into contact with the power line. Hours later, dozens of people descended on the city’s general hospital.

Q3Shaner#2 A gunman (who was masked) opened fire on a restaurant in Mali’s capital, Bamako, early Saturday morning, killing at least two Europeans — a Frenchman and a Belgian — and three Malians. The gunman fired carelessly in the restaurant, La Terrasse. A ranking security official said only two people had been arrested, it was said to be a terrorist attack said a security official. The attack took place in Hippodrome, a neighborhood of the capital that contains a number of bars and restaurants frequented by foreigners. Mali’s government is still working to get the North’s numerous armed factions, some of them allied with Islamist militants.

Q3Shaner#3 The European Union authorities on Tuesday discussed their drive against tax prevention by global companies. This opened an investigation into the way Belgium appeared to fund unfair state aid. European officials didn’t want to discuss which companies they suspected of cutting special tax deals with the Belgian government. This is part of a wider study into whether or not global companies (including Amazon in Luxembourg, Apple in Ireland and Starbucks in the Netherlands) have broken European Union competition rules through tax-cutting deals not available to all businesses in those countries. The Belgian Finance Ministry said that it believed that its tax dealings obeyed to the international rules.

Q3Scherich#1 A mother of four had been found guilty of attempted murder on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, after attacking her daughter with a meat cleaver in 2010. It had been found that the mother struck her daughter twice with the cleaver and attempted to choke her, saying, "You do not deserve this life; you do not deserve anything." Her mother said she was prompted to attack her daughter after she rebelled against her strict rules and came home late after clubbing.

Q3Scherich#2 In Quebec's Lanaudière region, there are now 80 confirmed cases of the measles. Just under three quarters of these cases were linked tot he Disneyland outbreak. Outbreaks of measles are being caused by families that refuse to get their children vaccinated, thus breaking the concept of herd immunity that has protected many until this point. Complications with this disease include deafness, death, and pneumonia in about one case per 500 infected individuals.

Q3Scherich#3 Marcela Zabranska, a mother visiting from the Czech Republic, took her daughter out for the day on Monday, March 9, 2015. She was meant to bring the girl back later that day but didn't. The father of the child had full custody. Police confirmed that the mother was found in the Czech republic with her daughter late Tuesday, March 10, 2015.

Q3Ryburn#1 Four people have been detained over links to Amédy Coulibaly, the militant Islamist who killed four people at a Jewish store during the January 7-9 terror attacks in Paris, police and security officials said Monday. The two officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, said three men and one woman had been apprehended for their connections with the gunman, who was killed by security forces on January 9.

Q3Ryburn#2 Museums in the world's most visited city are moving to ban the popular extendable rods (selfie sticks) because of the danger they pose to both visitors and the priceless artworks on display. Inside the famed Palace of Versailles just outside the French capital, guards have begun telling visitors to put away the telescopic poles that allow users to take a smartphone picture of themselves at a distance. A formal ban will be introduced within a few weeks, soon to be followed by similar steps at other cultural landmarks in Paris.

Q3Ryburn#3 Three Malians were killed in the violence in and around La Terrasse restaurant, which is popular with expatriates, the government said. The attack began at around 1am and left nine people wounded. They also two people had been arrested.

Q3Rutan#1 Ten people were killed in a helicopter accident on Monday night March 9th, 2015. Eight of the dead were French citizens. They were headed toward a remote gorge in the arid northwestern province of La Rioja to film a French reality television show called “Dropped,”. The other two that were killed were the pilots identified as Juan Carlos Castillo and Roberto Abate. Witnesses said that the two helicopters brushed in the air and then immediately exploded.

Q3Rutan#2 The French police arrested a man because they believe that he attacked and wounded three soldiers. The soldiers were guarding a Jewish community center. There were heightening anxieties just weeks after terrorist attack in Paris shook the country. The soldiers were patrolling in the city center, near a Jewish community center housing a Jewish radio station, when the attacker ran at them with a knife and tried for the throat. The soldier escaped with minor injuries to his face. The same attacker cut the arm of another soldier. News reports said the attacker was arrested after trying to flee on foot.

Q3Rutan#3 The eurozone economy perked up again this month, powered by continuing strength in Germany and surprisingly strong growth in France. Purchasing managers across the eurozone increased backlogs of work and an improvement in demand, which had the leading companies able to add more workers at a faster pace since August 2011.

Q3Sims#1 Recently France has sparked a controversy regarding one prominent member of French society, the first lady. To be more specific, the ex-first lady. Her name is Valerie Trierweiler and for six years she was in a committed relationship to Francois Holland, the current president of France. Valerie Trierweiler is claimed to have slapped another man within a cafe, resulting in some reported charges against her. The cause for this attack began whenever the man, a cafe customer himself, asked how Hollande was doing sarcastically. A possible reasoning behind the confrontation is that Valerie’s marriage to Francois was ended with a scandal regarding the president’s infidelity.

Q3Sims#2 The recent disposition towards the Islamic State has shaken much of Europe, including Belgium. However, this disposition has been taken into terms that some citizens find offensive. A Belgian minister recently received some animosity for asking officials to estimate/identify the number of beard-growing men as an accurate survey of Islamic extremists. Other factors that were outlined as signs of Islamic-terrorism include clothes adhering to the Koran, a stop in shaking of hands with women, and desertion of old hobbies or pastimes. Xavier Lorent, a Belgian union member, outright objected these criteria, calling them subjective and providing caution to such a drastic member.

Q3Sims#3 One common association with Belgium is chocolate. Belgium acts as a huge chocolate output, producing about 200,000 tons of chocolate per year. They focus on high-quality, high-quantity productions that often act as an art within their culture. However, Dominique Persoone is a chocolatier that triumphs over many of his Belgian competitors. Persoone stands out through his use of collaboration with acclaimed chefs and also his eccentric themes. Persoone uses hard-rock glamor as an inspiration to his chocolates, making various skulls and other eye-catching works. Persoone is not limited to his appraised theme, however, and he still looks for chocolatier inspiration through various parts of the world.

Q3Sims#4 Madagascar is now plagued by a problem similar to that of its neighbors: famine. The children of Madagascar are starving as the hunger rate his 200,000 citizens. The rations given out by the UN World Food Programme do help 120,000 people, but this is not going to be enough to end the epidemic. The epidemic came about through a series of droughts and a decreasing physical stock. Some locals are calling this drought a portion of a cycle. Whatever it may be, it is demanding the attention of many in order to fester another surviving generation within its borders. Q3Sims#5 The lemur, an exotic animal that has provided entertainment to many, may be facing a grim future. In particular, the Madagascar lemur has an ambiguous fate. This species is considered to be one of the most threatened mammals on Earth. Though a coup in 2009 attempted to assure their safety, it resulted in a turmoil and eventual disappearance of awareness in the lemur’s situation. However, humans are not completely to blame for decreasing lemur population. Climate changes and the inability to find a suitable habitat is causing shrunken lemurs as well as a possible need for their migration into more formidable regions. Both man and nature have created a future that now worries many researchers.

Q3Claude#1 On Wednesday a British military health worker was tested positive for Ebola while working in Sierra Leone. An investigation as to how the health worker was exposed to the illness. Airport officials said that an airplane was said to be landing at midnight to transport the patient back to the United Kingdom.

Q3Claude#2 Paris museums and soon other highly visited landmarks are moving to ban the “selfie stick”. Selfie sticks are commonly used while sightseeing. Although the world most visited museum, Louvre is also looking into banning the selfie stick due to it danger of other visitors and the precious artwork.

Q2Claude#3 At least five people were killed in a terrorist gun attack at the La Terrasse restaurant. The attack began around 9:00 am leaving nine people wounded and five dead. Two of the suspects were arrested and are being interrogated.

Q3Thompson#1 French middle school students recognize a man who executes a Arab Israeli man. Some students in Toulouse in the south of France said that they recognize the boy who can be no more than 12. Students at the secondary school would have know the boy while he was still in secondary school.

Q3Thompson#2 French schools are boosting the learning of a foreign language for students. The changes will begin at the start of the 2016 school year if approved by Parliament. All of these middle school students will begin to learn a foreign language earlier, at the age of 12. Even though they start teaching a language around the age of 8 in primary school, they want to change this for middle schools, so that these students can boost their English skills.

Q3Thompson#3 President François Hollande say that the Euro has reached a "good equilibrium" against the Us dollar. The Euro dropped to a twelve year low. The single European currency briefly fell below $1.05 in Asian trading. The first time it fell that low in 12 years! Meanwhile, the attractiveness of the dollar has risen for investors.