NewsDepth for Thursday, March 6, 2008

Season: 2007-2008 ~ Episode: 23 ~ This Week's News Quiz
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Show Topics:

• Clinton Wins Ohio Democratic Primary; McCain Wins Republican Race

• Russia Elects New President

• Iranian President Visits Iraq

• India’s Mobile Courts Take Courtroom to Villages

• Ninety Six Dog Teams Start Iditarod in Alaska

• AMP-Ohio Plans New Coal-Fired Eneergy Plant in Southern Ohio

• Annabelle the Bulldog Entertains Cuyahoga Falls Seniors

• Clevelands Slavic Village Neighborhood Suffers Many Foreclosures

• Biologists Check Out Mother Bear and Cubs

• High School Student Succeeds in Sports with One Arm

• Donkey Basketball Raises Money for School Athletics

This Week's News Quiz

Question #1:
Russia, also known as the Russian Federation, held an election recently for a new president. Who was elected President?

Answer: Dmitry Medvedev.

Question #2:
Russia stretches from eastern Europe across Asia, almost to Alaska. What body of water separates Russia from Alaska?

Answer: The Bering Strait.

Question #3:
The Iditarod commemorates the race by dogsled in 1925 to bring life-saving medicine to a town sick with diphtheria. What Alaska town is still the end of this race?

Answer: Nome.

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