... 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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... 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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... Nations embodied none of these principles which meant that it was doomed to fail from the onset. However to understand exactly why the League failed to embody these principles, one needs to look further into the failures of the League to understand why it failed, and where, if anywhere, it succeeded. There are many reasons why the League failed. Professor Northedge argues that it was a "fundamental flaw in ... example of this was Britain and France. The League of Nations depended largely on the support of Britain and France, but these countries were too nationalistic. They were not prep...

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Although protestors around the world, particularly in Syria and Egypt, vowed to temporarily forego their demonstrations in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Syrian government carried out brutal attacks on its people the entire month. The United Nations recently reported the death toll to be at 2,200 people. Like the rest of the world, Turkey was appalled and outraged at the utter violence taking place in Syria. However, Turkey took a special interest because of their recent investments in Syria and stepped in to resolve the current conflicts between the Syrian government and its p...

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... it was more important that they earned political help. This help earned the USA respect and helped to create the image of the present USA. It is very hard to actually point out a clear example, because the politicians managed to hide these activities. Probably that is why the USA has its good reputation some places. Because of the United States desire for money and ... be called nonaligned. It is very sad that while the United States tried to make profit from those countries, it tried to weaken them at the same time. The politicians had more than enough dominance to do that. They did no...

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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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... apparent, however, that the United Nations alone would not be able to provide peace and stability throughout the world. One reason for this was that the UN did not have enough power. It could not force a nation to do something it did not want to do. In part, this was because the United Nations did not have its own free-standing army. As events of the ... Cold War evolved, bringing the world close to nuclear war, the shortcomings of the United Nations became ... the Soviet Union's western borders against attack. In addition, the Soviets wanted to keep Germany very weak so that it could ...

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... it was more important that they earned political help. This help earned the USA respect and helped to create the image of the present USA. It is very hard to actually point out a clear example, because the politicians managed to hide these activities. Probably that is why the USA has its good reputation some places. Because of the United States desire for money and ... be called nonaligned. It is very sad that while the United States tried to make profit from those countries, it tried to weaken them at the same time. The politicians had more than enough dominance to do that. They did no...

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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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... (Myers 1). Not only would it leave the nation vulnerable to a quick and devastating attack from other nuclear nations, but it would also cost the tax payers a good bit. Everybody should know that building a bomb costs money, but also destroying a bomb can cost money too. If eliminating the nuclear arsenal would threaten national defenses why should it be done (Myers 2)? Tax payer's money ... and equip incase of an attack or war? All decisions about nuclear weapons have been made largely in secrecy with little involvement from the public (Cadlicott 9) Taxpayer money needs to go into stre...

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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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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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... into almost unmanageable concern. Issue and Main Causes With a rising population of over 7 billion, the demand for food is multiplying beyond comprehension and in many places is severely outweighing supply. To accommodate the needs of this growing population and globalisation, more green-house gases and dirty emissions are being released into the atmosphere than ever, spurring on the catalyst of the ... (World Hunger and Poverty, 2010). Who is Affected and How are They Affected "1.2 billion people in the world are currently suffering from hunger" (Causes of Hunger are related to Poverty,...

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... into almost unmanageable concern. Issue and Main Causes With a rising population of over 7 billion, the demand for food is multiplying beyond comprehension and in many places is severely outweighing supply. To accommodate the needs of this growing population and globalisation, more green-house gases and dirty emissions are being released into the atmosphere than ever, spurring on the catalyst of the ... (World Hunger and Poverty, 2010). Who is Affected and How are They Affected "1.2 billion people in the world are currently suffering from hunger" (Causes of Hunger are related to Poverty,...

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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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... example of a confrontation that was solved diplomatically, when it would have otherwise ended with the colossal damages of nuclear warfare. In 1960 Khrushchev wanted to gain a sphere of influence within the bounds of America's own western sphere. Cuba signed a $100 million trade agreement with the Soviet Union ... disastrous, and a great embarrassment for John Kennedy's new administration. Although in 1962 the Soviet Union assured Kennedy that there were no threats intended to the United States, they continued arms supply increase in Cuba. On October 14, 1962 and American U-2 flying over ...

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... act. On top of this, the U.N has also suggested its concern in saying that, "It would not be in our national interest, however to take action in Korea which would involve substantial risk of general war" (National Security Council, Sept. 1950). The U.N's security council is claiming ... the very moment with America driving the invasion force of the North out of the South that the U.S can contain the North. This containment could lead to a Korea, "We could eventually tolerate for a certain period of time provided this state of affairs were brought about gradually and not too conspicuously...

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... Adolf Hitler came into power because of the Enabling Act. The Enabling Act granted the government the right to decree laws for the following four years. The Enabling Act gave the regime free rein to pursue its politics through terror and compulsion. In addition, the Enabling Act also gave the regime full ... power over the government states. Also, the boycott of all the Jewish owned stores helped Hitler in his gain of power. They used these powers to destroy the other political parties. Hitler claimed the German people only needed one party. Hitler violated a few things while he was in p...

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... broken its most sincere promise in only 50 years, to never allow the extermination of a single group of people. A promise made immediately following the end of the holocaust. All the UN really did was to send troops over there but that did little, the number of troop at one point was only a couple hundred, not nearly enough to stop the Hutu army. They also asked the ... US military to send in several APC, (Armored Personnel Carriers) only a few of which were sent into Rwanda ... Tutsis hanging over their heads. The United States, our own country, acted in a completely inappropriate man...

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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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... from Lebanon now would be disastrous" (Halloran A1). True at the time some form of troops might have been needed in Lebanon, but why does America feel like we have the responsibility to send our troops. The U.S. as well as Lebanon are apart of the United Nations, so why is there American troops in Lebanon and not U.N. soldiers. The reason the U.N. was started was ... to have an ordered body of countries to take care of military problems that would arise. The United States should not be taking over a job that ... Middle East then it will cause a set back in the American interest. It is ...

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