The Felis margarita‚ most commonly know as the Sand cat or the Sand dune cat‚ is a small‚ stocky‚ endangered feline. Its legs are relatively short and its tail is longer than average. Their fur is a pale sandy ocherous color with black and white markings differing between each individual. A broad head with pointy ears is an unique distinguishing factor of these desert hunters. (1) Sand cats are primarily found in true deserts‚ such as northern Africa and southwest/central Asia. Although there have
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system Efficiency of the Semi-Presidential System The two countries that are most famous for using the Semi-Presidential system are Russia and France. France’s semi-Presidential system was enacted in 1958‚ when a threat of civil war broke out over Algeria. French leaders invited General de Gaulle to set up what is now called the “Fifth Republic.” After the fall of the Soviet Union‚ Russia was in need of setting up a new government. Beginning in 1990 and lasting till 1993 the Russian Government went
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EUROPE (49 - including Russia and Turkey) Country Capital Country Capital Albania Tirana Liechtenstein Vaduz Andorra Andorra la Vella Lithuania Vilnius Armenia Yerevan Luxembourg Luxembourg Austria Vienna Malta Valletta Azerbaijan Baku Macedonia Skopje Belarus Minsk Moldova Chisinau Belgium Brussels Monaco Monaco Bosnia & Herzegovina Sarajevo Montenegro Podgorica Bulgaria Sofia Netherlands Amsterdam Croatia Zagreb Norway Oslo Cyprus Nicosia Poland Warsaw
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Imagine a man so absurd‚ yet so in tune with himself that he does not go through the motions of life for anyone. This man has been brought to life in The Stranger by Albert Camus. The story takes place in a costal town of Algeria. The main character is named Meursault. He is an ordinary office clerk with no real aspirations of progress‚ love‚ or greatness. He does not have any false emotions and does not do anything to please people. He did not even cry or feel bad at his own mother’s funeral because
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Collusion is an agreement between two or more parties‚ sometimes illegal and therefore secretive‚ to limit open competition by deceiving‚ misleading‚ or defrauding others of their legal rights‚ or to obtain an objective forbidden by law typically by defrauding or gaining an unfair advantage.[citation needed] It is an agreement among firms or individuals to divide a market‚ set prices‚ limit production or limit opportunities.[1] It can involve "wage fixing‚ kickbacks‚ or misrepresenting the independence
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TRAINING YEAR SEMESTER Instructions to the Trainee: 1. Fill in the details below and use this as the cover sheet for your submission. 2. Work presented after the submission deadline will not be considered for grading. 3. Any work that is plagiarized / copied will be given unsatisfactory (U) grade. Student Name: ____________________________ Student ID: __________________ Student Signature: _________________________ Date: ___________________ Comments and feedback to
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corrupt and inefficient. Its industrial progress was slow. But Italy had great territorial ambitions. Italy wanted Tunis and Tripoli in northern Africa. This brought Italy into conflicts with France because Tunis was adjacent to the French colony‚ Algeria‚ and was long regarded by France as French sphere of influence. Italy also wanted Italia Irredenta-Trieste‚ Trentio and Tyrol. Although the majority of the people in these places were Italians‚ they were kept under the rule of the Dual Monarchy. Thus
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Unrest in the Arab World Will the United States be on the right side of history? The Right Side of History? The wave of demonstrations‚ uprisings and revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East has presented the United States with a complex set of diplomatic problems. While a key component of U.S. foreign policy is promoting and supporting democracy‚ it is vital to U.S. interests that the Middle East remains relatively stable. A truly democratic Arab world is a new concept‚ and
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Born on November 13‚ 254 A.D.‚ Augustine lived in Souk Ahras‚ Algeria with his parents until his late teens. Patricius‚ his father‚ operated a farm and determined to raise his son into a man of intellect and expression (46 Piper). Augustine’s personal integrity and moral virtue mattered little to his father (47). During
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independent -Cote d’Ivoire‚ Mali‚ Senegal‚ Cameroon‚ Congo-Brazzaville‚ Gabon‚ Central African Republic‚ Chad‚ Mauritania‚ Togo‚ Burkina Faso‚ Niger‚ Benin - illustrates the domino effect of decolonization -pressures of Algeria (the French were focussed on keeping Algeria) Frantz Fanon -Black psychiatrist from Martinique (French West Indies) -The Wretched of the Earth (1961) -Psychological oppression of colonialism
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