Tag Archives: Kenya

R&D from Prepd: Kenya’s Anti-Poaching Effort

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Logan Scisco

[fblike] Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd, the only software built specifically for extemp. Prepd makes it easy to research, practice, and compete! Visit www.prepd.in to learn more. Like Prepd on Facebook for special info and contests. This R&D provides resources … Continue reading →

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R&D: Kenya & al-Shabab

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Logan Scisco

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The Westgate Mall Shooting

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Logan Scisco

[fblike] Two weeks ago, terrorists from the Somali al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabab entered the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya and after telling all Muslims to leave began firing indiscriminately on those that remained. After a four day siege, the Kenyan government’s … Continue reading →

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R&D: The Westgate Mall Shooting

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Logan Scisco

[fblike] Here is today’s premium R&D to accompany today’s premium topic brief on the Westgate Mall shooting in Kenya. The BBC’s Panorama programme has spent two weeks tracking al-Shabab’s recruitment network from Kenya to Somalia http://t.co/wye50v3sw0 — BBCPanorama (@BBCPanorama) September 30, 2013 … Continue reading →

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R&D: Japan’s Non-proliferation Future, U.S. Support for Euthanasia, The Failures of Legalized Prostitution in Germany, and More

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Logan Scisco

Can Japan Remain Committed to Nonproliferation by The Washington Quarterly This academic article, from the Spring 2013 edition of the Washington Quarterly, provides an interesting overview of whether Japan can afford to not have a nuclear weapons program. However, the … Continue reading →

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R&D: Cuba is Cutting State Employees, Election Day in 7 States, and Bush Tax Cuts 101

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for September 14th: Cuba to cut 500,000 from state payroll from the Financial Times of London In a sign that the Cuban economy is changing, the country’s trade union federation announced Monday that more than a … Continue reading →

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R&D: The Collapse of the United States, Obama Criticized on UN Human Rights Report, and Infighting in the DPJ

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for August 26th: What I learned from Jared Diamond from Foreign Policy Jared Diamond’s recent book Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed describes why certain societies prosper and others decline based on a myriad … Continue reading →

Posted in R&D | Tagged Barack Obama, Democratic Party of Japan, DPJ, housing market, human rights, Ichiro Ozawa, Japan, Kenya, Kenyan constitution, Naoto Kan, President Obama, R&D, top five news stories, U.S. economy, United Nations, Universal Periodic Review | Comments Off

CFL Nats R&D: Africa, Australia, and Oceania

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Logan Scisco

South Africa’s World Cup: Who Profits Most from the Economist Australian price on carbon is inevitable, concedes Hockey from the Sydney Morning Herald Old ills could dash a new southern Sudan’s hopes from the Los Angeles Times Namadi Sambo confirmed … Continue reading →

Posted in R&D | Tagged AIDS, al-Qaeda, Australia, cap and trade, EU, European Union, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, piracy, R&D, Somali piracy, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, the Netherlands, top five news stories, Uganda, World Cup | Comments Off

R&D: Top Five News Stories/Reports You Will Want to Read Today

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D top five for December 4th: Six ideas Obama heard at the White House job summit from the Christian Science Monitor Kenyans draw weapons over shrinking resources from the Los Angeles Times Africa: ‘Development More Important Than … Continue reading →

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of November 10th-16th, 2009

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Logan Scisco

Here are your International extemp questions for the week of November 10th-16th. United States questions will be released tomorrow morning. Since there is more content on the site now, if you can’t find the questions in the future just click … Continue reading →

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