Carmen Sandiego once tried to steal the eiffel tower and the grand canyon in the same night. While its rare that "lightening strikes twice" these last few months have had there share of big events: consider the following...
The 2010 Chilean earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile on February 27, 2010, with a magnitude of 8.8 and lasting 90 seconds. Est. 15-30 billion in damage
March 21--- Obama’s Health Care Plan approved -----While it was watered down something is better than nothing. The health care bill would require most Americans to have health insurance, add 16 million people to Medicaid and subsidize private coverage for low- and middle-income people, at a cost to the government of $938 billion over 10 years.
Greece debt crisis, April 27th following a bailout request Greece bond rating decreased to junk status. In Greek fashion the people took their anger to the streets in the true Euro post-futbol riot anger. Unlike the U.S. complex bundled security mortgage market crash, the cause of the Greek crisis is simple -Overspending on the 2004 Athens Olympics.
April 15th Erruption of Iceland's glacier-covered Eyjafjallajokull volcano puts huge ash cloud over Europe stopping air traffic and causing the cancellation of thousands of flights.
Also "As Biden Visits, Israel Unveils Plan for New Settlements" Poor oversight on Netanyahu's part? "Day of Rage" response by Palestinians.
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