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This Maricopa county Arizona sheriff, one of the toughest, front-line fighters against illegal immigration endorsed Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry in November.
Who is Sheriff Joseph Arpaio?
100
An airstrike by this country killed a 12-year-old boy and a militant in the Gaza Strip.
What is Israel?
100
After 244 years since its first publication, it discontinued its print edition.
What is the Encyclopædia Britannica?
100
He is accused of killing 16 civilians in an armed rampage in the Panjwai district of Kandahar..
Who is US Army Sgt Robert Bales?
100
He said that U.S. drug agents are not welcome back in his country despite the newly announced normalization of diplomatic relations with Washington.
Who is Bolivian President Evo Morales?
200
In 2011, Texas' use of this punishment was the lowest in 15 years.
What is the Death Penalty?
200
Fears of war between Israel and Iran were based on this program.
Who is nuclear?
200
Her Diamond Jubilee marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
200
At least 24 people are killed in protests about this.
What is the burning of copies of the Koran at the US Bagram airbase? US officials reportedly believed Taliban prisoners were using the books to pass messages.
200
A Texas infant who vanished eight years ago was reunited with his mother after police arrested this person who is accused of kidnapping him, authorities said Wednesday.
Who is Hugo CHAVEZ Frias?
300
This mistakenly happened to Dallas runaway Jakadrien Turner after she gave a false name and age when she was arrested for shoplifting in Houston.
What is she was mistakenly deported to Colombia?
300
Two assailants on a motorcycle attached a magnetic bomb to his car, killing him and his driver.
Who is Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan?
300
A series of co-ordinated bombing attacks in Kano, Nigeria, results in 185 deaths. The attacks are blamed on them.
Who is radical Islamist group Boko Haram, 11 members of which are killed in a shootout in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri?
300
They agreed to open office in Dubai as a move towards peace talks with the United States and the Afghan government.
What is the Taliban ?
300
In late December, this country's supreme governing body pardoned nearly 3,000 prisoners, including some convicted of political crimes.
What is Cuba?
400
For the third year in a row, Texas students were warned not to do this for Spring Break.
What is travel to Mexico?
400
U.S. troops finally did this on December 18.
What is leave Iraq?
400
Samoa and Tokelau did this to align their time zones better with their main trading partners.
What is moved from east to west of the International Date Line, thereby skipping December 30?
400
They boycotted the scheduled Bonn Conference on Afghanistan.
Who is Pakistan and the Taleban?
400
This country has overtaken the UK as the world's sixth largest economy .
What is Brazil?
500
This law could cut eligible voter rolls by 2.3 million.
What is Voter ID?
500
This park was cleared after two months in an early-morning raid in November.
What is Zucotti Park?
500
Named Curiosity, the most elaborate one of these to date, was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in November
What is the Martian exploration rover?
500
He won the endorsement of tribal elders to negotiate a 10-year military partnership with the US at a loya jirga traditional assembly. The proposed pact will see US troops remain after 2014, when foreign troops are due to leave the country.
Who is President Karzai?
500
Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the two owners of Industry-based Woody Toys, Jia Hui Zhou and Dan Xin Li, and three company employees were arrested on these charges.
What is a money laundering scheme that allegedly funneled millions of dollars in Colombian and Mexican drug money through an American toy company, federal officials said.?