During the Holocaust‚ Germany had just recently come into Nazi control under facist dictator‚ Adolf Hitler. In 1933‚ Hitler was elected as Chancellor of Germany‚ and he almost immediately began anti-Semitic Laws aimed to eliminate Jews’ rights. Hitler had specific features
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Terror was all anyone felt anymore in Cambodia. Terror and anxiety as people counted the days until tragedy would take over life‚ as they knew it. There was no solace to be found and no comfort to be given. The entire nation was a shambles as everywhere families‚ friends‚ and individuals ran to escape the nightmare of war and rebellion. There was neither enough food nor water‚ so starvation made its home among people. Poverty went up as jobs became scarce and the death toll increased as people died
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. GENERAL INFORMATION OF CAMBODIA Cambodia is a country with area of 181‚035 km2‚ located in Southeast Asia; bordered to the northwest by Thailand‚ the northeast by Laos‚ the east by Vietnam and the southwest by the Gulf of Thailand. Population: young; 14‚139‚000 people (in 2010) 2007 2008 2009 2010 GDP growth (%) 10.2 6.7 0.1 6.0 GDP per capita (current US$) 632 749 744 795 Inflation‚ consumer prices (%) 7.7 25.0 -0.7 4.0 Interest rate: Commercial bank
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Vietnamese Army/Viet Cong/Viet Minh: Ho Chi Minh wanted Independence/unification/Regional influence. -King Sihanouk’s Kingdom of Cambodia: King Norodom Sihanouk wanted Consolidate/Retain Power -Khmer Republic: General Lon Nol = Attain/Maintain Power -Communist Party of Kampuchea: Pol Pot = Overthrow Khmer Republic 2. Sihanouk Policy (foreign and Domestic) -Cambodia foreign policy was based on Neutrality (non-alignment) within the region -Sihanouk received large amounts of aid from the USA
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Genocide As stated by the United Nations Genocide Convention‚ genocide is a coordinated plan to destroy‚ in whole or in part‚ a national‚ ethnic‚ racial‚ or religious group‚ by killing‚ causing serious bodily or mental harm‚ inflicting conditions designed to bring about its destruction‚ preventing births within the group ‚ or removing children from the group. The term did not exist until Raphael Lemkin devised the word in 1944. Therefore there was no legal mechanism for the international community
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Dr. Betty Taylor Education in Cambodia The Kingdom of Cambodia‚ common referred to as Cambodia‚ is a beautiful country. It is located between Vietnam‚ Laos‚ and Thailand on the southern end of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. Before starting my studies this semester‚ Spring 2013 at USF‚ I knew little of Cambodia. I met another IME student here at USF whose family fled Cambodia during the civil war that started in 1970. Life in Cambodia became more dangerous during the Khmer
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Genocide: For the Dead and Living We Must Bear Witness Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: Everyone has the right to life‚ liberty and security of person. The right to life seems like the most basic right; a person is born‚ and they have the right to breathe air‚ drink water‚ and make any other necessary decisions to live. However‚ every now and then someone (or a group of people) decides that a person‚ or an entire race‚ does not deserve to live. Genocide‚ the purposeful
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The Holocaust isn’t the only genocide in History. The definition of genocide is “The deliberate and systematic extermination of a nation‚ racial‚ or cultural group. Two groups in Rwanda‚ the Hutus the dominant and the Tutsis the smaller are at war. The Rwandan Genocide started because of a death of the Rwandan president‚ but no one knows who caused it. To start‚ the Rwandan Genocide was a war between two groups in Africa. There were 2 groups‚ the Hutus and the Tutsis. To start‚ it was originally
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Millennium Development Goals in Cambodia International Organizations 04/21/2013 Introduction The road to development is unpaved and very expensive. A developing country in the 21st century faces stark challenges as it grows. Neoliberal policy dominates the global economy‚ making capital a necessity for development. Capital may come easy to some states‚ especially those that are rich with natural resources‚ but many developing states continue to struggle from past events likes wars‚ natural
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Cambodia: Issues and Globalization Cambodia: Issues and Globalization Introduction In the globalization trend of the world‚ many countries join in regional or international organization as EU‚ APEC‚ ASEAN‚ and especially‚ WTO‚ the largest global organization. When they join those organization‚ they hope to reform their own economies and seek for chances to access foreign markets. However‚ WTO‚ or globalization‚ is not a game that every player can win. There are not only winners but also
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