The U.S. government shutdown ended just in time for this week’s news quiz. Check if you kept up with the globe’s headlines while Washington slumbered! 1. The African Union on Sunday called for international intervention in Mali over an ongoing blockade of what resource by an al Qaeda-linked group? Medicine Fuel Food Water The blockade in the capital, Bamako, has also led to the temporary closure of schools and businesses, FP’s Nosmot Gbadamosi writes in Africa Brief. 2. Employees of Venetian