POLITICAL
WAR ON TERROR
- Ever since 9/11 attacks the U.S. has been in war against terror
- Iraq War Troop Surge of 2007 - Known as "The New Way Forward"
- Protect America Act of 2007 was signed into law in August 2007
NORTH/SOUTH KOREA
- North Korea and South Korea agree on building a train that will cross the 38th parallel
- First time trains have crossed demilitarized zone since 1953
ANTI-WAR PROTESTS
- Two major protests against the war on terror
- United for Peace and Justice sponsored the anti-war protest in January 2007
- Veterans for Peace and the ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition sponsored the anti-war protest on September 15, 2007