... Shan States. In 1996, the Mong Tai Army (MTA) surrendered to SLORC forces; it had been the largest Shan army in a 35-year war of independence. Earnest planning and exploration of the dam site began in 1997. Only today, with Shan armies at their weakest, can the dam ... Shan armies also have been buoyed by communities of Chinese mercenaries and refugees, the losers of Yunnan's Panthay Rebellion (1855-1873) and the Civil War (1945-1949). In this way, the conflict has less of a Shan-Burmese ethnic conflict, and more of a regional conflict. The most important ... Shan armies allied with the c...

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... soldiers and paramilitary police officers to put down the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), which comprises approximately 5,000 guerrillas who have been waging a war for independence in the dense, mountainous forests for the past 30 years. Indonesia's military chief, General Endriatono Sutarto, has ordered his soldiers to ... guerrillas is that they enjoy the support of the vast majority of the Achenese. While the Achenese are mostly devout Muslims, this is not a war about religion, but about politics and economics. According to a recent report from the Rand Corporation, a U.S. Air Force think ...

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... the first historical document that gave Catholic/Nationalists concrete advancement, Unionists finally knew their place and were compelled to compromise. (anti-catholic hysteria) The war of religion between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland dates from the Jacobean era, where King James planted Protestants into Ireland in attempt to have loyal English ... much property you owned, despite Prime Minister ONeills concessions Catholics tended to be poorer due to discrimination in employment e.g. Of 10,000 workers in a shipyard company 400 were Catholics. Protestants owned 2/3 of the houses ...

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... . The situation is a reflection of the corruption in the governments of countries such as Burma that are conveyors of this exploitation. Also at the mercy of exploitation are immigrants fleeing war torn countries and facing tuff immigration laws. These people are forced to live illegally and usually have to turn to more degrading conditions of work, because of their status as ... an illegal immigrant. It is a rather complex situation for these people fleeing their countries that have been ravaged by war or other problems. Other countries that are also infamous for exploitation are Bangla...

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... , health care, a home, and say in our futures (Mason, 88). The notorious sweatshops of the age of Big Business (the late 19th and early 20th centuries) virtually disappeared after World War II because of increased government regulation of monopolies and the rise of trade unions. Sweatshops began to reappear again, however, during the 1980's and 1990's because of economic globalization. Today ... sweatshops. The U.S. is the biggest market for the garment industry and 5 corporations control almost all the garment sales in this country. These include Wal-Mart, JC Penney, Sears, The May Comp...

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