What is meant by Blood Diamonds (or conflict diamond)? How‚ as portrayed in the video‚ does it impact on political‚ economic and ethical stability? It is sad to witness the abuse and unfair treatments of the poor people in countries such as Africa have to undergo in order to make some money. Also it is sad to know that after all that hard work these people put into what they do‚ these diamonds are smuggled and used to fund illegitimate activities. The Blood Diamond conflict has had serious
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A quick google search would fill your screen with horror story after gruesome tale on the inhumane actions of scientists towards animals in the name of ‘research’. Animal rights activists are quick to fight for the end of these appalling incidents and heinous actions. The immediate reaction is to abolish‚ or at least substantially curtail‚ researchers ability to do testing involving animals. Abuse of this ability is actually a minority‚ but only extreme stories and drastic accounts catch on in the
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the Australian Home front The First World War was a divisive experience on the Australian home front because when the United Kingdom declared war on Germany‚ the Australian government followed without hesitation. This was an expectation by the Australia public‚ as there were a large number of British-born citizens and the strong alliance between Australia and Britain. Therefore‚ this paper will argue that World War one was a divisive experience on the Australian home front because it caused disagreement
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Improvised.Electronic. Device.... Always expanding and reconstructing electronic and industrial music to its breaking point while keeping rhythm and melody intact‚ FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY are preparing to unleash the latest chapter in their storied history with the release of IMPROVISED. ELECTRONIC. DEVICE. on June 25‚ 2010 on Dependent. "I.E.D. is definitely furthering the direction of the band and sound‚ creatively and artistically‚" explains founder and mastermind behind FLA‚ Bill Leeb. "We’re finding
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donors or helpers for each other throughout the scenes. Solomon Vandy is one of the heroes who fill out half of the traits it takes to be called a hero in most situations. Solomon Vandy is a Mende fisherman who is captured by the Revolutionary United Front RUF rebels during a raid in his village in Shenge. Instead of cutting off his hands the rebels put him to work as a miner in the diamond fields under Captain Poison uses the diamonds to fund their war trading them for weapons. Solomon recovers an enormous
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Briefing notes about Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone In 1991‚ The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) attacked Sierra Leone in an attempt to obtain diamonds and overthrow Joseph Momoh’s Government. The resulting civil war lasted for 11 years and left over 50‚000(Hara-Kiri‚ 2008‚ 8th fact)‚ including children recruited to fight in the war. 3‚710 had been used as child soldiers with the RUF‚ 2‚026 with the pro-government Civil Defence Forces (CDF)‚ 471 with the Sierra Leone Army and 427 with the Armed
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funding donated to their tax-exempt organizations for the purpose of helping animals. Arson‚ vandalism and assault are common tactics used by underground animal rights groups to further the animal rights cause. Groups such as the Animal Liberation Front‚ which have been classified as terrorist by the FBI‚ routinely use criminal activities to further their cause. These people are taking their fanatical ideas to the extreme. Some have said things like‚ babies that are born mentally
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in the late 90’s‚ it was whether I could survive another hour of the atrocities that were taking place right in front of my own eyes. Each day I wondered if my family and I could escape the clench of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF)‚ which at that time was under the control of former army corporal Foday Sankoh. The war was fueled by blood diamonds that the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) mined using slave labor. The civil war in Sierra Leone was a long and extremely bloody fight that took
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trade. Based in Sierra Leone‚ Africa‚ in 1999‚ it depicts the story of two mercenaries fighting to locate a rare blood diamond the size of a golf ball. The local region‚ engulfed in a civil war between the government and the RUF (Revolutionary United Front)‚ is a backdrop for indiscriminate torture and murder‚ all propagated by the illegal diamond market. This is the premise for the movie. The story line aside‚ Hollywood‚ or most notably the director‚ Edward Zwick‚ is attempting to demonstrate to audiences
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Many movies and novels throughout world war history talk about experiences such as the increase of nationalism and patriotism‚ but “All Quiet on the Western Front” based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque does the complete opposite and engages the audience in the real horrors of war such as the lost of pride‚ innocence‚ and emotion that eventually leads to the defeat of the central powers. The movie only talks about those changes‚ but how patriotism fueled the war and the millions of men that fought
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