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(CNN Student News) -- February 13, 2009

Fill in the blank - The following sentences relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Student News. See if you can identify the missing element from each sentence. Write your answers in the space provided.

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1. Deadly bushfires blazed a destructive path across the Australian state of __________.

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2. Baseball star ________________ confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs from 2001 to 2003.

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3. The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act imposes stricter limits on the amount of _____ allowed in any product for kids 12 and younger.

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4. __________________ is considered the "Father of Black History."

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5. ______________ was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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6. Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in as the prime minister of _______________.

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7. America celebrated the bicentennial birthday of former President _________________.

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8. Tzipi Livni and Benjamin Netanyahu both declared victory in the election for prime minister of ________.

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9. Scientists are studying debris from the collision of two _____________ this week.

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10. The 1995 production "Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk" earned _______________________ a Tony award for best choreography.

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