Global Hot Spots 2003

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1. The number one hot spot for the year had to be Iraq, which was invaded by U.S.-led forces early in the year and which then was occupied for the rest of the year. Former ruler Saddam Hussein was finally found in December, hiding in a hole near his hometown of ____________. Ar Rutbah Baghdad Tikrit An Najaf

2. Another hot spot was Liberia. Who was the ruler who finally bowed to international pressure and gave up power in Liberia and left the country? Boris Yeltsin Idi Amin Charles Taylor Hugo Chavez

3. Who was the first head of state to come under indictment for war crimes while still in office? Fidel Castro Saddam Hussein Slobodan Milosevic Idi Amin

4. In July, 2003, Australia sent 2,000 troops and police to which South Pacific country? Marshall Islands Indonesia Tonga Solomon Islands

5. Guerilla warfare in the Russian republic of Chechnya continued in 2003. Chechnya is located in which part of Russia? South-central Northwest Southwest Central

6. Although peace talks continued during 2003, which country had been embroiled in a civil war for all but ten years since its independence from the United Kingdom in 1956? Zambia Madagascar Singapore Sudan

7. Which country, that continued to be a hot spot in 2003 because of an ongoing dispute with neighboring Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh province, is the subject of this quote from writer William Saroyan: "I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy _________. See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a new _________."? Armenia Georgia Hungary Austria

8. In which African country were Hutu forces continuing to battle the Tutsi-led government in 2003? Egypt Algeria Libya Rwanda

9. In December a devastating earthquake hit the city of Bam, killing over 20,000 people. Bam is located in which country? China Iraq Iran Afghanistan

10. Frederick Chiluba went on trial in 2003 for corruption and theft. Chiluba is the former leader of which country? Singapore Zambia Nigeria El Salvador