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The City of Malden official site Malden in Wikipedia Massachusetts official site

Current Events & Summer Opps for HS Students

Elizabeth Warren on the history of and need for finanical regulation

Occupy Wall St Blog - We are the 99 Percent We are the 53 Percent - response blog Article on the launch of We are the 53% blog with explanation Video of Occupy Wall St and Michael Moore interview media type="youtube" key="50jIRIf3fSw" height="315" width="560" News Video - Occupy Boston Greed is Good!

Video of Quotes from Occupy Boston participants Speech from Occupy Boston

Progressive Magazine.org - lots of articles on the Occupy movement & more

100 Troops sent to Africa - October 14, 2011
Time article - 100 troops sent to Africa CBS news clip (36 secs)

The War in Iraq
Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq? procon.org - tons of info

@http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2097533,00.html Time article on Obama announcement from 10/21, also has pictures from Iraq - troops & revitalization

@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFzHVvq5TlE Obama speech on withdrawal (6 mins)

@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnbRAy5wG9I Obama announcement of troop withdrawal (2 mins)

@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTuRflCssUU&feature=related ABC news overview of the war and its “end” (3 mins)

@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcefuqTQjU4 troops prepping to leave (1:15)

The ongoing War in Afghanistan
60 Minutes segment on the current status and the 10th anniversary

cost of war tickers: http://costofwar.com/en/

world map w countries http://www.mcedtech.net/worldcrew/assets/world-map.gif

map of the region: http://www.missionslaunch.com/files/2008/09/map.png

10th anniversary news clip from Al Jazeera English: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h0uMEaQYrQ centers on Kandahar - former capital?

Ap 2 min video on 10th anniversary http://www.5min.com/Video/Ten-Years-of-War-517174081

one video from Rethink Afghanistan, on the costs: http://rethinkafghanistan.com/part3_trailer.php

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15206239 good story and then a bunch of videos and other links at the bottom including this story of daily life fighting, with some good pics: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14897977

Huffington Post Afghanistan page: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/afghanistan

Fruits of our Labor documentaries: http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2011/10/07/afghan-film-war http://csfilm.org/films/fruit-of-our-labor/

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