LIST OF COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS S.No S.No 1 Afghanistan ----> Kabul 41 Cyprus ----> Nicosia 2 Albania ----> Tirana 42 Czech Republic ----> Prague 3 Algeria ----> Algiers 43 Denmark ----> Copenhagen 4 Andorra ----> Andorra la Vella 44 Djibouti ----> Djibouti 5 Angola ----> Luanda 45 Dominica ----> Roseau 6 Antigua and Barbuda ----> Saint John’s 46 Dominican Republic ----> Santo Domingo 7 Argentina ----> Buenos Aires 47 East Timor (Timor-Leste) ----> Dili 8 Armenia
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worked towards expanding the number of institutions willing to provide refugees with the same services which are provided to the local population‚ for example‚ vocational and language training. Most of the asylum-seekers came from Africa (Angola‚ Liberia and Sierra Leone) and Latin America (Colombia‚ Cuba and Peru). Overall in the region‚ there has been an increase in the number of Colombian asylum-seekers arriving in south America. In Chile the number of asylum seekers have doubled due to an increase
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country’s civil war. Sierra Leone descended into a brutal and chaotic civil war between Foday Sankoh’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and corrupt Action Peoples Congress (APC). The conflict lasted most of the 1990s and‚ in common with the civil war in Liberia‚ became intimately linked with the use of child soldiers. Sierra Leone is a former British colony in West Africa. This book was very interesting because‚ the main character himself (Ishmael) takes us on a journey. Ishmael was separated at the age
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Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften SE Der Bürgerkrieg in Sierra Leone SoSe 2009 Silke Strickrodt Die Revolutionary United Front (RUF) Irena Kpogbezan-Lämmerer Leipziger Straÿe 41 10117 Berlin Tel.: 0176/6300 4127 Mail: laemmeri@cms.hu-berlin.de 14. Dezember 2009 Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Einleitung 2 Intellektuelle oder lumpen soziale Ursprünge der RUF 3 Greed or Grievance Motive der Rebellen 4 Willkürliche Gewalt oder rationales politisches Kalkül? 5 Fazit 6 Bibliographie 2 4 8 12
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A brief background and history of African Music The African continent is the second largest continent in the world‚ and its people constitute a 10th of the world’s population with about one thousand indigenous languages spoken throughout the continent (Stone‚ 1998‚ p.2). In this context‚ it is important that a brief history of African music cannot be conclusive and is more complex than we realize. No scholar managed to offer a perspective about African culture that has not been contested. Given
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Is UN Peacekeeping Seriously Flawed? “The United Nations exists not merely to preserve the peace but also to make change-even radical change-possible without violent upheaval. The United Nations has no vested interest in the status quo. It seeks a more secure world‚ a better world‚ a world of progress for all peoples.” -Ralph Bunche Summary of the issue: The United Nations was established in 1945 as a result of World War II. To avoid a repeat of the loss and misfortune‚ a majority
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Europe would not fight over the land they met in Berlin in 1884-1885. They decided that to divide up the land they would claim it and show they had control over it. This is when everyone began grabbing the land. By 1914 the only free countries were Liberia and Ethiopia. Soon after the colonization‚ Europe began building plantations that grew products anywhere from peanuts to rubber. They took tin and copper from the Congo‚ diamonds and gold from South Africa. In South Africa
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8-6-10 AP Human Geography Summary The story begins in 1993. Ishmael‚ his brother‚ and some friends are heading down to the village Mattru Jong for a talent show. They plan on performing some rap songs and dance that they learned‚ but when they arrive at Mattru Jong they discover that rebel soldiers‚ part of RUF‚ have attacked their home village and are now heading in their direction. The boys flee into the forest‚ and as they run they encounter horrid scenes of brutality and violence
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As we all know the UNO is an international organization of almost 192 member countries of the world and was founded – rather replaced by the League of Nations some 63 years back in October 24‚1945 in San Francisco‚ California‚ shortly after World War -II. No doubt the tragedy‚ bloodshed‚ massacre‚ hunger and nuclear atrocities by the USA gave alarming feelings to the nations to freeing the world from the possibility of wars in future. However‚ its successes and failures in achieving this objective
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Indian Removal Act “Like rain‚ the tears of anguish fell‚ sad moments locked in time …. Where each tear fell‚ as some will tell‚ will be seen a Cherokee rose‚” (“A Cherokee Rose” by Rick Brown)‚ tells that thousands of Cherokees were forced out of their homes and start heading west‚ during the trip to Oklahoma at least 4‚000 Cherokee died. Many Cherokees died suffering through cruel and unfair government. In 1830‚ President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act‚ which was a law that forced
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