Drugs and the Olympics.

In this years Summer Olympics they are going to be major changes with the drug testing portion. Summer Olympics this year are going to be held in London, England from July 27 to August 12, 2012.

Fours years ago at the Olympics in Beijing there was about 4,500 blood and urine that were taken. They had 150 scientists on site 24-7. This year they suspect to take around 6,250 samples of blood and urine. The list of drugs that are banned cover 10 to 15 full pages and there is already hundreds of drugs that are already banned.

After the Olympics are over they keep their samples for another eight years of which they re-test them so if someone wins a medal from the previous Olympics it could be wiped away if the find any drugs in the blood or urine.

Nuke!

This Thursday India launched a nuclear missile that has the capability to reach the cities of Beijing and Shanghai which are located is China. India is saying that this is the first step to being not only a regional power but also a world power.

Agni-V is what the nuke was named. It has a range of 5,000 kilometers which is equal to 3,100 miles. This missile has to complete several test before it gets placed in Indias arsenal and that wont be until a few years. Officials stated, this launch is proof that India has taken a place beside the world's most advansed powers.

Even though this may not pretain to us, the United States specifically, it may in the future.

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Lights Off.

Saturday, March 31 was not only the day of our prom but also Earth Hour. Earth Hour is an organization that held the event where at 8:30 pm Saturday, March 31 businesses, cities, towns, and individuals across the world are supposed to turn off all of there lights exactly at 8:30. Andre' Kuipers (World Wildlife Fund ambassador) and European Space Agency astronaut recorded, from space, who all turned off there lights, as each time zone hit 8:30.

There were more than 5,200 cities and towns in 135 countries that participated. They expected 147 countries and 5,000 towns to participated. Including the Sydney Opera House, Empire State Building and Eiffel Tower.