“A lot of people are not happy about the last election. I don’t think it was fair.”
Alena Orlenko from Russia
Brief: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin faced mass protests in December 2011 over alleged election fraud. An estimated 30,000 people protested in downtown Moscow demanding a recount of the disputed Dec. 4 parliamentary poll. White ribbons have become the symbol of an anti-Putin Russia and protestors held signs saying “For Russia without Putin.”
“Our president was diagnosed with cancer.”
Alex Sbatella from Argentina
Brief: President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and underwent surgery Jan. 4.
According to the president’s spokesperson, the president will take a three-week break from her duties in office. The news comes two months after she was elected for her second four-year term as president.
“The recent change of military strategy is worth noticing. I bet we pissed off one or more
Tom Monahan from United States
Chinese citizens.”
Brief: The Chinese government warned the U.S Jan. 9 to be careful with its words and actions after the U.S. announced a change in military strategy. The new strategy stresses a military response to China’s rise to a world power by redirecting U.S. resources to bases in ally countries in and around Asia.
