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

Here is your R&D for January 5th: Census 2010 Can Count On Controversy from the Brookins Institute Health Spending Rises in 2008, but at Slower Rate from The New York Times Chile’s presidential January 17 run-off in its decisive leg … Continue reading

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

Here is your R&D top five for December 11th: 2020:  The IEA Puts a Date on Peak Oil Production from the Economist Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy: banks should pay for climate change from the London Times Illegal Immigrant Students … Continue reading

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

Here is your R&D top five for November 24th: The U.S.-Russia Nuclear Thicket (Interview) from the Council on Foreign Relations Where the Public Stands on Immigration Reform from The Pew Research Center Spain Believes EU Should Create G-3 with U.S., … Continue reading

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

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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Extemp Questions for the Week of June 3rd-9th, 2009

1. Will recent fighting between Fatah and Hamas forces in the West Bank doom hopes for a unity government? 2. Twenty years later: Did Tiananmen Square fail to change China? 3. Will the government’s plan for GM prove fruitless? 4. … Continue reading

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Extemp Questions for the Week of May 27th-June 2nd, 2009

1. Should the international community recognize North Korea as a  permanent member of the world’s nuclear club? 2. Would sizeable BNP gains in the European parliamentary elections reflect poorly on Britain? 3. Should the GOP filibuster Sotomayor? 4. Is the … Continue reading

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Extemp Questions for the Week of May 20th-26th, 2009

1. Should Gordon Brown follow Michael Martin’s lead? 2. Is Netanyahu’s idea of an Israeli-Sunni Arab coalition to check Iran’s nuclear ambitions realistic? 3. Should Obama nominate a woman to fill the Souter vacancy on the Supreme Court? 4. Was … Continue reading

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Extemp Questions for the Week of April 22nd-28th, 2009

1. Will the tea party movement have an immediate impact on the American  questions political system? 2. Does the PPIP need more safeguards? 3. Would South Africa be better off if the ANC were weaker? 4. Will the recent decision … Continue reading

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Extemp Questions for the Week of April 15th-21st, 2009

1. Why did the Thai protests stop?  2. Will America’s recent response to Somali piracy make the problem of piracy worse? 3. How should Australia handle Fiji’s suspension of its constitution? 4. Should Notre Dame rescind its invitation to President … Continue reading

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Extemp Questions for the Week of December 9th-15th, 2008

1.  Is Somalia the next Afghanistan? 2.  Does the print news industry deserve a government bailout? 3.  After an outbreak of violence by Zimbabwe’s army, is Mugabe’s regime in its final days? 4.  Is the world closing in to becoming … Continue reading

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