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Tarek Bendeck

Peru
Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Biography

My name is Tarek and I am a 6th grade student at Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Lima, Peru. As part of my Model United Nations (MUN) I have joined Action News Network. I play soccer, I enjoy playing Playstation 3. I like to travel around the world to countries such as the U.S.A.

My News Roundups

Short summaries of the top global news. Tarek Bendeck has contributed 10, including:

Nepalese Maoists Want to Conquer Mount Everest
Three years after they won the ballot battle in Nepal and opened their red flag over the Himalayan kingdom, Nepal's Maoists have now announced another plan: to conquer Mt Everest, the highest point in the world.

Air France jet crashed
Pilots wrestled with the controls of an Air France airliner for more than four minutes before it fell into the Atlantic with its nose up, killing all 228 people on board, French investigators said Friday.

Is Mullah Omar Dead or Alive?
An Afghan television channel on Monday said Taliban leader Mullah Omar was killed in Pakistan, a claim promptly denied by the Taliban.

IMF Chief Put on Suicide Watch
International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been placed on suicide watch in his New York City jail cell four days after his arrest for allegedly sexually assaulting a hotel maid.

Bomb Defused Near Dublin
Irish soldiers defused a bomb near Dublin overnight ahead of a visit by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. The bomb was scheduled to detonate on Tuesday, Irish police and the military said.

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