At least 3.5 million children live in poverty in the UK. It’s one of the worst rates in the industrialized world and successive governments continue to struggle to bring it under control. Poor Kids offers 4 children the chance to share their insights on life on the bottom rung of society’s ladder. It is very moving‚ interesting‚ and tragic. Courtney (8)‚ Paige (10)‚ Sam (11)‚ and his sister Kayleigh (16) take us into their lives and show us the sad reality of what growing up in Britain below the
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THE UNITED NATIONS & The League of Nations Introduction: The United Nations is an international organization of independent states to promote international peace and security. Its stated aims are furthering cooperation in many international things using many different departments. On the other hand the league of Nations was an inter governmental organization in 1920. It was a cause from the Treaty of Versailles. Its main aims were the rights of man‚ women different colored‚ soldiers and avoiding
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World War 2 is considered to be the deadliest war in history. It involved over 30 countries‚ but 6 countries mainly contributed. The Axis powers consisted of Germany‚ Italy‚ and Japan. Led by the fascist leaders of Adolf Hitler‚ Benito Mussolini‚ and Hideki Tojo. The Allied powers were made up by Great Britain‚ the Soviet Union‚ and the United States. Ran by Winston Churchill‚ Joseph Stalin‚ and Franklin Roosevelt. On September 1st‚ 1939 Hitler and his Nazis troops invaded Poland which kickstarted
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The next thing on my bucket list is to visit each of the most haunted places in the U.S. The list includes historical sites‚ battlefields‚ mansions and hotels. All provide access to the public‚ and some even offer overnight accommodations. I think it would be a historically enlightening experience‚ and who doesn’t like a good scare every now and then?1. Gettysburg Battlefield‚ Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania Over ten thousand men died in the battle of Gettysburg. Located in Pennsylvania‚ the battlefield
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It has been thought for many years that the United States is a nation of liberty‚ security and good‚ but on September 11‚ the terrorist attacks on the world trade center‚ made us open our eyes and took away that U.S.’s innocence. Have you ever wonder‚ which were the United States actions‚ which cultivated that incredible amount of hatred‚ which grew in some people’s mind up to the level of wanting to take their own lives in order to hurt the U.S.? These terrorist attacks really shocked many people
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Nation-State A state is a territorial political community for which there is an independent organized Government. A nation state is a state whose primary loyalty is to a cultural self-identity‚ which we call a nation or nationality‚ and is now the predominant form of state organization. Nation states possess sovereignty and legitimacy. The significance of the nation state is that‚ once consolidated around a particular nationality‚ it is a stable form of state organization. Event history analysis
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As a world leader and a world power‚ it is imperative that the United States assumes the role of world policeman. Although this idea is proven‚ I should first explain the importance of having a world policeman. This role is so vital that without it‚ the world community would crumble faster and more completely. The idea is based off the fact that when violence and danger are present on Earth‚ someone will have to protect the rest of the peaceful people in the world. The United States of America needs
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World War 1: The Great War World War 1‚ better known as "The Great War" started because of the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand. On July 28‚ 1914 Gavrilo Princip‚ a Serbian nationalist‚ murdered the one appointed to the throne of Austria-Hungary to protest Habsburg rule of Bosnia. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia‚ Russia prepared to defend its Slavic neighbors‚ and Germany declared war on Russia.
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Uganda The United States is playing a role similar to Higgins in the George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion in which Higgins portrays a manipulative character with a hidden agenda towards Eliza Doolittle. Higgins uses Eliza Doolittle as a pawn in his bet against Colonel Pickering pertaining to linguistics and phonetics while in the process neglecting her and disregarding her eagerness for knowledge. This correlates with The U.S.’s current activity in Uganda. The U.S.‚ like Higgins‚ has a hidden
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THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE CHANGING WORLD Piotr Bystrek‚ IBP ¹ 12062 "WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED *to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war‚ which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind‚ and *to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights‚ in the dignity and worth of the human person‚ in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small‚ and *to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations
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