... a given party. Contrary to Article 47 of Additional Protocol I The convention: - Establishes mercenary acts as international offences (Article three); - Establishes the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries as international offences (Article two); - Establishes as an offense to be accomplice of a person who commits or attempts to commit a mercenary activity (Article four). The Convention stipulates a number of State ... persons responsible of mercenarism or mercenary-related activities. The Protocol does not oblige to sanction. It simply refuses to consider a mercenary e...

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... world. Many argue that the Depression was an important cause of the rise of fascism, communism and the Second World War. In the 1940s, international institutions were established to try and strike a balance between nineteenth-century internationalism (globalization if you like) and the Depression era's collapse of international economic exchange. This middle way involved a reasonable degree of ... power vacuum making it difficult to establish stable authority, particularly where national borders had been drawn with a ruler to suit colonial administrators. A combination of guilt, altruism...

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... 11 September 2001. In Western European history, the majority of tensions have primarily been between Germany and France, dating back to the Napoleonic War of the early 19th Century, and followed by the Franco-German War of 1870, and the two World Wars of the 20th Century. The root of much tension had been over the Alsace Lorraine region of France that was economically beneficial to ... its occupier. At the end of World War II, the immediate establishment of the League of Nations ( ... that European states have only two basic security interests: self-determination and a stable order Eur...

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... he enforced a work ethic over cultural exploration; he describes a novel as a great obstacle' in the education of youth, and discouraged sending children and young adults for cultural enlightenment in Europe. So rather than freedom of expression through artistic means, as American culture today encourages, Jefferson ... and Winthrop's city on a hill'. Throughout the document Jefferson, with his associates, discusses the perfect American ideal, and is implicit of a feeling of some regret in this fight for separation from Britain; We must endeavour to forget our former love for them, and h...

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... they were forced to pay heavy taxes to the French regime (Franchini 1988). This sense of nationalism resulted in the French losing their foothold within Cambodia during the Second World War and consequently led to the independence of Cambodia in 1953. The next two decades in some sense were represented by single man dominance in Cambodian politics with king Sihanouk, dictating everything ... development of rural Cambodia with the aim of so-called securing votes in order to stay in power (Freedom House). Moreover, corruption was ultimately established and deeply rooted into the newly struc...

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... immigrant communities enables immigrants to overcome the pluralism and its corresponding conflicts. In Immigration And National Identity In Obama's America: The Expansion Of Culture-War Politics, Williams reviews immigration problems in America focuses on culture diversity establishment and equilibrium. In his argument, Williams emphasizes: But the years after 2004, and particularly since the 2008 presidential election season, ... Overall, intense competition contributes to the expansion of collective intelligence. In the article Exploiting the Exiles Soviet Émigrés in U.S. Cold War Str...

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... terrorism whose strength lies in the capacity of its perpetrators to have access to modern communication methods to convey their ideas and achieve their goals? And if and when several forms of terrorism emerge in the same territory, should we adopt different approaches according to the specific nature of ... not at its first attempt to establish a constitution, although it is still a burgeoning Republic. Indeed, following the war of independence which led to the Treaty of 1922 granting autonomy to the south of the island, a Constitution had already been put in place ... law of 15 Januar...

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... he states "results of this kind go to show that the state has yet to learn the right method of handling its subject population", in reference to Sparta's annual war against the Helots and use of the Krypteia. Yet Roebuck (1966, 201) argues that the Helots "economic position was not desperate paying a fixed portion of their production was an inducement to ... of rising inequality on the state. Nevertheless, this also demonstrates how the unsuccessful economic organisation of Sparta had affected the socio-economic structure. Despite differences, both these two issues of land tenure and inh...

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... the utopian themes of Anarchist plays. Futurist theatrical utopian visions certainly borrow certain Anarchist elements, but by contrast are extremely well defined in terms of form and content through two manifestos 'The Variety Theatre' in 1913 and 'The Synthetic Theatre Manifesto' in 1916. These manifestos show us that Futurist theatrical visions of utopia share a key theme with Anarchist theatrical utopias, that of an ... the deaths that they caused as well as the protagonists' executions, these attacks were not overtly aestheticised in the way that Futurists, several years later, dec...

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... related crime throughout the country. The general public perceived the epidemic to be the result of lenient laws and many advocated for more punitive practices to be implemented by law enforcement in retaliation. This era, known as the War on Drugs, introduced zero-tolerance policies as a measure of combating this crime wave that so many feared. ... of the Zero-Tolerance philosophy is the assumption that harsh punishments for violence successfully deter students from behaving in a violent or disruptive manner. The concept of deterrence maintains two major assumptions: first, that imposi...

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... speed at which they receive the information could save many lives. At last, quantum teleportation can also be used-besides business and war-in space. NASA is known for its astronomical space exploration and its research made by famous physicists like Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein. The people from NASA have made many missions which involve launching a satellite into space to conduct research on ... stated in the article written in (PhysOrg), is by analyzing how the myth of special connections between twins, also known as ESP, actually works. The myth basically states that between t...

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... activities. Games activity can be easily modified based on the ability level witnessed; hence all pupils can gain a sense of achievement whilst developing motor co-ordination skills and knowledge. Within physical education games activity promotes enjoyment amongst pupils, allowing social interactions to develop friendship groups. Through these social interactions, games activity can allow ego identity, ... that learning (Brown & Smith, 1997). As stated by Ofsted (1993) assessment helps teachers plan the next phase of learning. Assessment categories include formative, summative, diagnosti...

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... included in their financial statements. The company would also sell their bad (not profiting or old) assets to the SPE's to get them off their balance sheet and record a gain and then would turn around and hide all their losses under the SPE's name instead of their own (Buckstein). Little tricks like these, along with falsifying the "fair value" of their ... stock options be expensed as many people had hoped, it did mandate that they now have to be fully disclosed in the financial statements (Jickling). Besides disclosure of stock options and mandating a code of ethics, the Sarbanes Oxl...

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... But even if judges' sentencing decisions are wholly unaffected by race, racial inequities in sentencing outcomes can occur by virtue of biases that were introduced at earlier stages in processing and that reverberate through subsequent stages. Judges can only make sentencing decisions made by police (e.g., decisions to arrest versus release with a warning) or by the prosecutors (e.g., charging decisions ... reason for concern that minorities may be subject to differential "overcharging"-especially in cases that are stereotypically linked to minority offenders (e.g., cases involving drugs,...

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... and can't afford to by cool clothes, a mobile phone or an iPod like most of her classmates, she is also in receipt of free school meals. Her look is unimposing and she is wearing the old clothes which are often unclean and starting to tear, from her two ... older sisters. Stephanie is one of her class mates who is completely different to Christina and thinks that she is a joke. Stephanie's peer ... group behaves like a fan group. They exclude Christina as much as they can. Mrs Maughan is the class teacher. She has already recognized that Christina is a case of social exclusion and ... ...

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... Brabantio when he found that his jewel' had been stolen from him. These occasional indications that Iago is a victim of his own frustration and failed ambitions, and that he is guilty of the same submission to emotion of which he accuses others, show that he is human, if admittedly a ... progression of the play. This external image of Iago as a Vice figure is cemented within his first two sentences, which use the words abhor' and despise' to immediately create an association between Iago and this idea. This factor, along with the frequent soliloquies from Iago in which he attempts almost...

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... side through the use of a split screen. Although the men essentially share the same routine, the split screen highlights a series of juxtapositions that creates an antithesis between the lifestyle and challenges of the two generations. This series of differences supports the main theme of the advert as it creates the narrative that the Grandpa is happier in life as a result living a healthier ... use portrays a more convenient yet less physically active way of life. These differences reveal how technology has developed between the times of the two generations and this forms the idea tha...

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... Non Rapid Eye Movement) sleep due to their differing electromyogram (EMG) recordings, (Greene & Siegel, 2004). NREM sleep has been further split into four stages of sleep with stages one and two marking the onset of sleep. These stages are distinguishable on the EEG by a reduction in Alpha wave frequency, instead being replaced by slower, low voltage theta waveforms with the sudden ... , physiological changes such as a slowing heart rate and the relaxation of skeletal muscle. Stages three and four of NREM sleep are associated with even deeper relaxation than stages one and two and it is a...

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... 20. Pregnancy will also include all pregnancy outcomes; births, abortions, and miscarriages. The research will be conducted in a quantitative manner, and collecting information through surveys. Literature and Theoretical Framework When addressing the issue of childhood sexual abuse and if it qualifies as a risk factor through research there are two key issues you must review. The first is teen pregnancy; the ... prevalence, the potential effects on both the mother and the child's life trajectories. The second ... researchers are able to either establish if there is or is not a positive ...

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... it is seen that the development deviates towards general health education and promotional activities and issues. According to a study and research by Carol Wilkinson, Principal Lecturer and Faculty of Social and Life Science in the Department of Psychology and Health of University of Lincoln and Humberside, after interviewing health and safety, and management specialists, it was identified that most managers considered health promotion ... fulfilling these regulations may result in actions taken against the organisation. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspect or...

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... relationship between popular music, culture, and society. Popular music is commonly understood as being intrinsically linked to popular culture. Sociological studies of popular music audiences tend to use either questionnaire-based survey methods; ethnographic approaches, such as participant observation and in-depth interviewing; or a combination of the two. Through survey research, tastes in popular music are understood as being shaped by a person's gender ... , age, social class background, and race/ethnicity. To a certain extent, sociological approaches to studying popular music stem ...

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... of creating huge quantities of wealth, but also has serious deficiencies when it comes to the equitable redistribution of its fruits and the encouragement of growth in less developed areas. The agrarian structure of developing countries is often distinguished by a two-tier form of distribution, with a small number of large landowners possessing most of the arable land, while substantial numbers ... of very small owners, tenants and settlers farm the remaining land, which is often of inferior quality. Large holdings are still a feature of ... A second important cause of the failure of ag...

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... . The battle lines would be drawn around the question of democracy versus communism (the fact that communists had been the most effective campaigners against fascism in Italy during the war being ignored), and as United States intervention effectively campaigned it; it was a matter of "communist dictatorship- versus the idea of "freedom for all-. The United States intervention in Italy began with their ... the democratic way of life. Feature films such as "Nikotchka- which satired the lives of Russians went a long way in winning the war against communism. This film was repeatedly shown i...

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... their problem. There was later, in 1927, a nationalist-lead group called the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang, the Indochina Communist Party whose aim was to overthrow the French, and the rise of two religious groups who attracted nationalists support. It is no surprise then, that the Empire was slowly falling into decline, but it was topped off in 1940 when pressure from ... an inevitable conflict.3 Considering that Indochina was already a land of two different cultures, it is no surprise that nationalism was on the rise, having been already indigenous peoples living there with their own traditi...

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... of the new reality came to be provided by pop art" JFK was by now one of the most famous and loved people in America, two years after his death he was already becoming iconic, and paintings like oil on canvas only reinforced this. The picture of him is Blue, which could connote sadness after his ... Turkey be removed that Cuba would remove theirs, the American people at the time were unaware of this information and saw Kennedy as the hero, the fact that he removed the missiles without starting world war three enabled the American public to continue to embrace him. As with Vietnam, after t...

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