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    Greenpeace and Politics

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    Greenpeace is an organization which often collides with governments in countries all over the world in its attempt to stop things like global warming‚ deforestation‚ overfishing and more. Greenpeace tries to reach their goals by direct action and lobbying. This is the part where they often collide with the governments. My questions about this topic are: - What conflicts does Greenpeace have (or did they have) with the government and corporations in the Netherlands and governments and corporations

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    and a Small southern town turned upside down by the process of refugee resettlement. In the 1990s‚ that town‚ Clarkston‚ Georgia‚ became a resettlement center for refugees And a modern-day Ellis Island for scores of families from war zones in Liberia‚ Congo‚ Sudan‚ Iraq and Afghanistan. The town also became home to Luma Mufleh‚ an American-educated Jordanian woman who founded a youth soccer team to help keep Clarkston’s boys off the streets. These boys named themselves the Fugees --short

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    Blood Diamonds

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    Sierra Leone‚ located in the west side of Africa‚ between Guinea and Liberia. It had gained its Independence in 1961‚ now with the population of 6.2 million. Almost have of the population lives off of subsistence agriculture‚ however‚ Diamond mining is considered for half of Sierra Leone’s exports. Diamonds were first discovered in Sierra Leone in 1930‚ and a war broke out between 1991 and 2002 over diamonds that led to the name blood diamonds. Blood diamonds are defined by diamond mining in a war

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    Ak47 Research Paper

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    AK-47: The True Weapon of Mass Destruction How does one counter a gun that makes an average civilian as deadly as a professional soldier? This unanswered question has been puzzling superpowers for years. The AK-47 is the most readily available and easily fired gun in the world. It is quite indestructible and cheap to produce. No other gun comes close to it in its simplicity‚ which is what makes the gun world renowned. But the AK wasn’t always in the spotlight. For decades‚ the world’s leading

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    Effect of Imperialism in Sierra Leone In 1787‚ British humanitarian founded the "Province of Freedom" which later became Freetown‚ a British crown colony in 1808 and the principal base for the suppression of the slave trade. Throughout the 19th century‚ the colony steadily grew through various treaties of friendship from the local chiefs. After the British abolished their slave trade the new colony was used as cornerstone from which the abolishment could be enforced (Gascoigne‚ Bamber). By 1855

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    ebola

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    outbreak since the Ebola virus was first discovered in 1976. There have been more cases and deaths in this outbreak than all others combined. It has also spread between countries starting in Guinea then spreading across land borders to Sierra Leone and Liberia‚ by air (1 traveller only) to Nigeria‚ and by land (1 traveller) to Senegal. The most severely

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    Tools of Exploitation Analysis The film/documentary‚ titled Tools of Exploitation‚ chronicles‚ analyzes and explains Western civilizations influence on African culture/livelihood throughout the period of colonialism (the film covers the slave trade for a brief moment as well) leading to the modern day. Narrated by scholar/author Ali Mazrui‚ the film focuses on the usurping of Africa’s future potential due to European powers stymying Africa’s growth for their (Western) own gain (hence the name

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    JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY The Role of FDI and Openness to Trade in Economic Growth A study of Africa and Asia Bachelor thesis within Economics Author: Maria Beradović 851117-2986 Jeanette Hennix 801004-4827 Tutor: Ass. Prof. Scott Hacker Ph.D. Candidate James Dzansi Jönköping 01-2009 Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Associate Professor Scott Hacker and PhD Candidate James Dzansi for the help‚ guidance and support during the process of

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    Captivity in Uncle Tom’s Cabin Tell someone that Uncle Tom’s Cabin is about captivity‚ and it is unlikely they would bat an eyelash in response. After all‚ Harriet Beecher Stowe’s seminal novel tells a story of escaped slaves and their struggle to avoid capture‚ making captivity an obvious theme. However‚ in addition to its more literal exploration of the concept of captivity‚ Uncle Tom’s Cabin also examines several types of metaphorical captivity. There is the financial captivity to which those

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    Why I Believe Assignment?

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    Nyonkour Karlar 10/17/2014 Believe Assignment ENG 110. I belief that whatever you put your mind to it doesn’t matter where you are or who you are‚ you can achieve it. The reason I have this believe started when I was a child back home in Africa. When I was at the age of 7 I believed that one day I will graduate from high school‚ and become a great soccer player. In my hometown in west Africa if you’re a high school graduate it’s a huge thing‚ not many of my friends when to school because

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