... interview with Anderson Cooper last month. She claimed she was abducted at a government checkpoint and held for days while officials bound, beat, poured alcohol in her eyes, and gang raped her repeatedly. The accused men plan to sue her, according to government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim (The Huffington Post). Al-Obeidy fled from Libya into Tunisia aided by a defecting military officer and his family. Apparently, she ... al-Obeidy. "We tried all night to prevent her deportation," said Vincent Cochetel of the UNHCR office. UNHCR argued that al-Obeidy had refugee status, but they procured a...

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The United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women recently awarded $10 million in grants to 13 initiatives in 18 countries. The UN Trust Fund, which is managed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women, or UNIFEM, was established in 1996 by the United Nations, and still remains the only multilateral grant-making mechanism solely devoted to supporting local and national efforts to end violence against women and girls. Its recent grant completed the UN Trust Fund's 14th grant-making cycle of 2009, which awarded a total of $20.5 million to 26 projects ...

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... Korea promised a "catastrophe" if the drills were conducted and South Korea answered that it would strike back harder than it did last month if it were attacked again (Lederer). South Korea defended itself stating that the drills were merely routine procedures, defensive in nature, and not ... hours of negotiations behind closed doors, Russia conceded on its original draft statement and compromised a new version that condemned North Korea. However, China refused to agree to this condemnation and further pushed for the words "Yeonpyeong Island" be taken out of the text and replaced only b...

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... a legitimate news event and should not be threatened or intimidated for doing their jobs. The association said the threats send "a chilling message to the international media and raises serious questions about Israel's commitment to freedom of the press" (Weiss). The flotilla participants are largely unaffected by the warning, however. In fact, instead of backing down, many are simulating encounters with the Israeli ... Navy instead (Chick). On the other hand, the Israeli forces have undergone several months of training to stop the flotilla (Weiss). Approximately ten ships are still inv...

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... with political transformation. In the late 1700's, the thirteen colonies of the eastern United States struggled to gain independence from Britain. After gaining independence there was a period of time where citizens were unhappy with the US government. Alike the Iraqis, they did not have the right to chose their own political leaders. Therefore, the United States of America should realize how complicated it ... existing laws, and governmental procedures, and re-instituted the prior democratic governments of both Japan and Germany. They did not need to start anew attempting to do what th...

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... our partners we remain very vigilant regarding preventing the use of chemical weapons, which for the international community would be a legitimate reason for direction intervention," said Hollande to French ambassadors, in an attempt to further nudge Syria into settling (Erlanger). Rebel groups first took up arms almost 18 months ago, and violence has increasingly gotten worse recently. Although almost all United ... is formed" (Erlanger). After reiterating the United States' President Barack Obama's statement, which was in turn backed by Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, Hollande...

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... born in Ghana, on the 8th of April 1938, and assumed his current post in January 1997, and was reappointed in January 2001. His career highlights have been a mission to ensure transfer to democratic rule in Nigeria in 1998, brokering an agreement between Libya and the UN's security council concerning responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing in 1999 and he organised an international ... helping his organisation cope with war in Iraq. While remaining strictly neutral in the conflict himself, he made strong efforts to try and ensure the continuation of weapons inspections under Hans Blix i...

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... higher education as it will yield the benefits of planned diversification and will eventually lead to an improvement in governance. They should also seek to provide equal access to education for both sexes. This progress will benefit the country greatly. It has been proven that most industrialized countries did not achieve significant economic growth until it attained universal primary education, this shows the importance ... and UNESCO of fourteen countries found that one-third of the classrooms in most countries lacked a blackboard and were in need of urgent repair, 30% did not have c...

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... of Hama, killing almost 100 Syrians over the span of a weekend. In light of the unprovoked violence, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss what action they would take, but Russia and China disagree with the majority. Ban expressed his disgust with the Syrian military and President al ... -Assad. "Since the beginning of this situation, I have issued many statements, I have spoken to President Assad several times, and I have expressed my sincere wish and genuine wish that he should genuinely, genuinely address these issues in a peaceful manner," ... . Brazil, India, and South ...

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... of Hama, killing almost 100 Syrians over the span of a weekend. In light of the unprovoked violence, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss what action they would take, but Russia and China disagree with the majority. Ban expressed his disgust with the Syrian military and President al ... -Assad. "Since the beginning of this situation, I have issued many statements, I have spoken to President Assad several times, and I have expressed my sincere wish and genuine wish that he should genuinely, genuinely address these issues in a peaceful manner," ... . Brazil, India, and South ...

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... . The requirements of demand and supply are firmly in place. More importantly, the trade is a thriving one. The human trafficking industry is believed to be worth approximately $13 billion (Tran, 2007, p.22), a sum that no doubt keeps the trafficking organizations highly motivated. Given the high stakes ... highly complicated one that includes corrupt officials, ships and extensive networks. "The success of human trafficking depends on frequent transportation of victims to the many different service sites used every day. Successful trafficking thus requires easy and frequent crossing of ...

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Did the elimination of nuclear weapons increase or decrease the security of the Kazakhstan? With disintegration of the Soviet Union the concept ... made a rational decision, cause it increased its security. Military security guaranteed by nuclear weapons was replaced by military security guaranteed by the global community. In addition to this security, Kazakhstan got economic, environmental and political securities not foreseeing by the possession of nuclear weapons. The rejection of all types of nuclear weapon made ... soil and water have always been contaminated, thus affecting the food cha...

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... the famine that currently devastates their country. After nearly twenty years of civil war and two annual droughts, livestock and crops died off, causing malnutrition to rampage through the country and food prices to reach unprecedented amounts. To make matters worse, Al-Shabab, the militia associated with al-Qaeda that now holds power in much of southern Somalia, prohibits any international aid ... the elderly or the very young - seek refuge in neighboring countries. Kenya welcomes about 1,300 Somalis everyday, while Ethiopia receives almost 400 more daily (Raghavan). Since 2009, al-Sha...

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... weeks, collecting evidence from both the Jewish Agency and the Arab Leagues. However, the issue of the Jewish displaced persons had become the main priority of UNSCOP. During UNSCOP's visit to Palestine, coincidently, one incident was particularly significant. The members of the committee had developed sympathetic feelings for the Jewish such as the callous treatment of Jewish displaced persons who arrived ... further justifies that it is a primary source. The source is a translated letter and informs the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Hungary with such suggestions and warnings of the ...

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... name as the Rape of Nanking. During these genocides the entire world stayed away from the countries and didn't act until it was too late to do any good. Yes after World War Two we held the a conference and stated that the countries had state sovereignty, and other countries couldn't ... Nations decided that genocide cannot occur again. With this being said, the United Nations all signed this document in hopes of genocide finally being put to an end. This lasted about thirty years until the next large scale genocide in 1975, this is when the Cambodian genocide began. The document itself ....

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... game being played when diplomats negotiate with other nations. His model demonstrated Level I as the "bargaining between the negotiators, leading to a tentative agreement"; meanwhile, Level II was defined as the "separate discussions within each group of constituents about whether to ratify the agreement" (Putnam 436). Putnam's article was published in 1988, a time before the enormous rise in the NGO phenomenon. When he wrote this ... own little version of the "Level II game," where they have to consider the viewpoints of the NGOs who have strong interest with their committee's activiti...

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... stand on the sidelines and watch " (Hume). Harper then acknowledges the fact that it "is a direct threat to this country [Canada] " (Hume) with the reason that ISIS is "a terrorist caliphate not simply slaughtering and threatening to slaughter hundreds of thousands of people " (Hume). Although Harper did not state Canada's specific roles in fighting ISIS along with United States; he strongly denies the saying ... that Canada has "responded to America reluctantly " (Hume) Thus Harper believes that Canada will "do its part " in the fight ... idea has faced critics from the NDP and Liberal...

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... CULTURE Rapid changes in technology in the last several decades have changed the nature of culture and cultural exchange. People around the world can make economic transactions and transmit information to each other almost instantaneously through the use of computers and satellite communications. Governments and corporations have gained vast amounts of political power through military might and economic influence. Corporations have ... shape the culture of less powerful societies, a process some researchers call cultural hegemony. Today, many anthropologists openly oppose efforts by dom...

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... However, in terms of cultural diversity the bias associated with bilingualism could have a negative effect in the long run. This article will discuss four languages and their potential rise to global dominance. The importance of English is widely recognised in most countries. English is the official language in fifty four countries, twenty-seven non-sovereign entities and about twelve international ... become a requirement in a number of fields, occupations and professions such as medicine and computing and as a consequence over a billion people speak English to at least a basic level i....

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... Hutu militia Interahamwe (Destexhe. 1995). There are a multiple of reasons why UN failed Rwanda during one of the most tragic events in recent times. The genocide could have been avoided because there were multiple warnings from high end officials (Stanton, 2009). In addition, the limited mandate given to UNAMIR despite requests to change it up from Dallaire which were rejected showed lack of ... and prevent actions of genocide during peace and wartime " (Genocide convention, 1948).UN Member States who did not show preparedness to send either troops or material to RwandaMany major UN me...

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... evacuated a number of well-known leaders of the extremist Hutu Power movement, including the wife of the murdered president and her family. All non-UNAMIR troops left within days, immediately after their evacuation mission was completed. From the beginning of the genocide to its end, no government or organization other than NGOs formally described events in Rwanda as a genocide. From beginning ... They were seeking protection against menacing militia and government soldiers outside the compound. In the midst of the stand-off, the Belgian soldiers were ordered to depart ETO to assist in e...

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... reckoned throughout most of its history in all categories of life. Ever since England formally became a nation of its own, she has spread her arms to encompass the globe whether economically or militarily. Nearly every conflict, almost all attempts at peace, and most all civil wars spanning the globe have either seen the involvement or fallen ... most technologically advanced, economically fueled, and politically savvy superpowers in history. Not only did England fuel the birth of this nation but in later years actually became an ally and fought alongside of the daughter nation it crea...

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... of state sovereignty and nonintervention. The international society was repulsed by the process of ethnic cleansing in Rwanda, including the United Nations who failed to act upon the Tutsis cry for help. The UN and the rest of the world ignored Rwanda's obvious genocide, resulting in an estimated 800 ... because the United States government vowed to stay away from conflict it did not understand which was shadowed after their failure in Somalia (pg 39). The UN was guided by morals to help the civil war in Somalia, but ethical solutions failed them which was why using it as their drive in ...

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... in conflict with each other. Therefore, international organizations such as United Nations can reduce the chance of civil wars in developing nations. Taking economic issues into account, international organizations can send many aids to developing nations which are heavily in debt. Many developing nations including African countries are poor and do not have lots of secondary industries ... to produce goods and sell it to other countries. International Organizations like World Bank send many bilateral aids form one country to another or tied aids from many countries to one country each y...

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... can process and store. It is a area that is enjoyed by more people in the world than any other and as technology advances so does the internet's worth and importance to all. So why is it that recently in Dubai, the International Telecoms Union (ITU) which is a UN agency for information and communications technology, holding meetings ... , of the radio-frequency spectrum and associated orbital slots.(ITU.int, 2013) So as the science of communication expanded, so did the reach and spectrum of the ITU. This is a common theme and as such the desire for this organization to petition for contr...

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