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Ten Questions: New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras, EU bird flu update
RELATEDSPECIAL REPORTCNN STUDENT NEWS(CNN Student News) -- February 27, 2006 Answer the following questions about today's featured news stories. Write your answers in the space provided. 1. What is Mardi Gras, and when does it take place? By what other name is this celebration known? * * 2. What types of Mardi Gras events are currently taking place in New Orleans? * * 3. If you could design a parade float for this year's celebrations, what would be the theme of the float? * * 4. Do you think that it is important for this hurricane-ravaged city to have a Mardi Gras celebration this year? Why or why not? * * 4. Where is Hampton University located? What is this school's dress code policy, and why does the school have it? * * 5. According to the segment, what are some of the pros and cons of this policy? * * 6. What is your view of school dress codes? If you were in Quentin Miles' shoes, would you have cut your hair? Why or why not? * * 7. What country was the site of the EU's first outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in commercial poultry? Who is the president of this country, and what statement did he make in response to this outbreak? * * 8. What is the status of bird flu in the Indian state of Gujarat? How have health officials responded to this situation? * * 9. According to the segment, what have been some of the repercussions of these recent bird flu outbreaks? In your view, what economic, political and ethical issues might arise if bird flu were to become more widespread? * * 10. How worried are you about the spread of bird flu? * * 
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