76: January 3, 2016 — Au Courant Weekly
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2016
⏱️ 11 minutes
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The latest news and world events along with a dash of inspiration and a brush up on French language and culture. Tune in to become up-to-date in fewer than fifteen minutes each Sunday morning.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the simple Sophisticus weekend edition Aukuron Weekly. |
| 0:15.9 | I'm your host Shannon Ables and part of living well is being in the know. |
| 0:20.4 | Whether it's being knowledgeable of news from around the world or informed of goings on right in your own community, because it's not what you think, it's that you think. |
| 0:30.0 | All of the information shared in each week's A'Korant Weekly will enable you to go forth into the weekend |
| 0:35.9 | ready for either an engaging conversation or being mindful of the most recent current events. |
| 0:41.4 | From that point it is your job to formulate your very own opinion. |
| 0:45.4 | So thank you for joining me and in fewer than 15 minutes I will have you off Kura. |
| 0:51.8 | Let's get started. |
| 0:54.0 | Good morning and welcome to |
| 1:00.0 | Sunday, January 3rd 2016. Let's say that again |
| 1:08.0 | 2016 a new year has officially begun and Aacorant has returned. I'm so excited about that. |
| 1:17.0 | We have a handful of stories and headlines to share with you today, plus our French Word of the |
| 1:21.8 | week. |
| 1:22.6 | Let's not waste any more time. |
| 1:23.9 | Let's get right to it. |
| 1:25.7 | On Monday in international news, Iraqi forces reclaimed Ramadi, |
| 1:30.4 | a key city in Iraq from ISIS, |
| 1:32.4 | who has maintained control for the past seven months. |
| 1:35.8 | The New York Times reported that if Iraqi forces are able to maintain control of Ramadi, |
| 1:40.4 | it could prove pivotal in pushing ISIS out of Iraq and reversing the |
| 1:44.8 | gains in Syria. In our second story of international news in the Israeli |
| 1:49.6 | coastal city of Tel Aviv on Friday afternoon a man opened fire at a popular bar |
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