... 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 left in a military car and was ... including her cell phone, laptop, and money. When she arrived in Benghazi, she immediately went into hiding. The State Department in Washington fears for al-Obeidy's safety and is working with international organizations to find her a safe haven in an anonymous third country. Deputy spokesman, Mark Tone...

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... American President, Barack Obama. On a Web posting directed at the new president, the group's leader warns that "a heavy legacy of crime awaits" him. The message, reported to be from Ayman al-Zawahiri, Obama is criticized for his position on foreign policy and Israel, and is ridiculed for his view on the state of the world. For many people, the election of ... the arrival of Obama" are accompanied on the screen by a still image of Malcolm X on a Muslim prayer rug, as well as images of Obama wearing a Jewish yarmulke, and a picture of al-Zawahiri. "You have reached the position of presid...

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In private circles and in the media, Al Gore's movie, "An Inconvenient Truth," was the subject of many jokes, parodies, and even some serious discussion. In Great Britain, in October of 2007, a London High Court judge in an ... Change, "It stands to reason that climate change, namely sea level rise and increases in tropical storm activity, would exacerbate the damage as global warming continues." It appears that "alarmist" Al Gore is now part of a rapidly growing community of world experts. ...

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... and challenges. As rap artists often resort to drugs, sex, or violence as the means to resolve the conflicts in their songs and videos, adolescents often model this behavior, seeing it as a proven path to getting what they want. This is particularly troubling in young African- ... confidence and success in their lives, and instead, through rap music and videos, see sex and the ability to tolerate violence from a man as a means to a better life (Wingwood, DiClemente, Bernhardt, Harrington, et al, 437 - 439). What is very disturbing about rappers including Kanye West are ... to it. The gr...

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... Islamic theologian who was born to an upper middle class family in Maadi, a suburb of the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Ayman's father, Mohammed al-Zawahiri came from a long dynasty of doctors and scholars. Mohammed was a military doctor as well as a professor of medicine at Cairo University. ... attacks on U.S. citizens. He is still currently wanted by the FBI and was sentenced to death by Egypt. After the United States invaded Afghanistan, al-Zawahiri's whereabouts is unknown. Authorities believe he is hiding somewhere in the tribal regions of Pakistan. After 2003, he has been releasing vid...

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... stripes; the first red, then black and on the bottom green with a crescent moon and a star in the center. After Colonel Muammar Al-Gaddafi took over in nineteen sixty nine this flag was used by Libyan nationals as a symbol of the revolution (Nations Online). Problems in Libya ... upheaval was launched in Benghazi, mostly by members of the Libyan Signal Corps. (Huffington) During this event, the crown prince, Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Sanussi, Idris' nephew, who during King Idris trip was appointed as regent, was captured by Gaddafi's men and placed under house arrest. ... of state...

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... Used to illustrate the song lyrics of Snoop Dogg, a rapper whose lyrics are usually sexually explicit and violent). In order to prove that music videos can have a negative affect on society, the cultivation and desensitization theories will be used. Cultivation Theory Television plays a significant role in shaping viewers ... rap video. If women begin to accept their bodies being exposed to benefit others then men attitudes regarding objectification will remain the same and videos like "Beautiful " will continue to be made. The taboo of video girls showing too much of their body is now c...

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... anyone I know. I would be very concerned with those seeing these images of "booty", liquor, and the "bling bling" flaunted in these videos. It is very obvious to someone like myself, who is somewhat sophisticated to the fact, that these are merely the fantasies of the artists being ... clear in the intentions of artists to portray their fantasy to the general public in a way that will not demoralize their lifestyle. Within these videos there are many common themes. There are beautiful, half naked girls, gorgeous jewelry, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, expensive cars, and ... ...

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... most popular songs amongst teenagers. Not only are the lyrics very suggestive, but also some of the videos for these songs are downright raunchy. Popular music videos portray women in a very negative way. Music videos fling messages to young women that say that it is "cool- to dress provocatively and be promiscuous ... . Women are rarely ever showed in a decent and good-natured manner in today's music videos, not to mention fully clothed. One video in particular would have to be Christina Aguilera's video for her song "Dirrty,"" the video itself could almost ... freakish male fantasies. C...

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Various state and federal legislators have been considering laws to fine and/or criminally prosecute retailers selling minors music videos with parental advisories due to their language, violence or sexual nature. In the past, these same individuals tried similar ... about harmful affects of violence and sexual content on children, and the responsibility of parents versus storeowners in supervising youth's actions. The situation with music videos is no different: entertainment cannot and should not be legislated. When the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) examined the legislation of motion pictu...

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... the songs, "Father of Mine" by Everclear, and "Family Portrait" by Pink, send messages that reflect the culture of our society. Both of these videos demonstrate how break-ups in families can result in unhappiness and social & mental dysfunctions. The criteria that can be compared between the two are the roles of males. The most ... are the places and time. Use of colour can be both compared and contrasted. The roles of males in the video clips can be compared. In both of the music videos, the father has separated from the mother, leaving the child feeling insecure and unhappy. In the E...

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... I'm already home." This lyrics is a perfect happy ending, and it fully points the main idea of this story, which is love transcends any distance. After evaluating both Pop-music videos, A Great Big World's 'Already Home' and John Legend's 'All of Me' show me how the love changes any problem in the life. I would like to say that &apos ... of love. It uses a lot of connections of trifles to make a couple's story, and the story of this video music is so real to the viewer. After I compared two music videos, I'm easier to find out the main idea of 'Already Home'. A Great Big ...

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... Unemployment grew to five million in 1930, and up to thirteen million in 1932. The country spiralled quickly into catastrophe. The Great Depression had begun. Al Capone "Gabriele Capone arrived in the U.S. in 1894. Gabriele, who was thirty years old, brought with him his pregnant twenty-seven-year-old ... therefore satisfied. Torrio and his partners, with a physical plant worth $5 million and working capital of $25 million, grossed $12 million a year. Al Capone took a percentage of the money made, even large when Johnny retired from the business in the later years. So when the American ...

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... here, and he and Torrio became partners. But soon Big Jim was jailed, and Torrio was alone. This was where 22-year-old Al Capone came in. Al soon became Torrio's partner instead of employee and took over Four Deuces, Torrio's Levee area headquarters. It was a gambling house and whorehouse ... Jack Guzik. Jack Guzik's large Jewish Orthodox family made their living through prostitution. Guzik was a family man who acted almost like a big brother to Al. Al was not prejudiced, and that was very important in creating his destiny. Shortly after opening up a brothel in Cicero, Torrio took his el...

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... court records; however the years from 1184-1210 are almost completely blank. There is one chronically, however, that has the most thorough history of al-Andalus on the market- "Muslim Spain and Portugal" by Hugh Kennedy. A professor at St. Andrews in London, Kennedy has taught generations of ... students about Christian and Muslim Spain and has written the authoritative history of al-Andalus. Therefore, a great deal of information found herein comes from his sources. The conquest of Spain by the Muslims began in the year ... , the conquest of the north-east where they made peace agreeme...

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... that. Many Americans had the need for the illegal drink. This allowed for the rise of the Gang and the most notorious gangster, Al Capone. In the 1920's, Al Capone became the most well-known American Gangster; changing the way Americans view criminals and the way criminals conduct their business. Before you ... knew how to play the system. He did this by paying off and threatening government officials, judges, and politicians. In 1927, it was reported that Al Capone spent 30 million dollars in bribes alone (Why). He also was extremely cautious. Capone only dealt in cash; only signing one ...

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... dunes. Last June 21, 2014, my college and the Desert Camels Adventures Tours organized a trip to make the summer semester extra special-a trip to the Al Jabal Al Akdhar. The college's administrative staff, lecturers, technicians along with their families and friends signed up for an adventure going to one of Oman's top tourist ... higher ground and the elevation rose as we went up to our destination. Both the landscape and the atmosphere changed as we went up to Al Jabal Al Akdhar. We cruised the lands and felt awe with what we saw. There were magnificent rock formations on both sides of...

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... were known as deuces. In Chicago Capone met a man who would be his friend for life, Jack Guzik. Guzik was Jewish. His family lived off prostitution. Al Capone never worried about racial issues, his wife was even Irish. After Jack Guzick was roughed up by a Joe Howard, Capone let out his temper. It ... Capone's men in his own flower shop. Capone and Torrio then took over the excellent bootlegging business that was Dion's. After the Murder of Dion O"Banion, Al Capone and Johnny torrio began to fear for their lives. O"Banion's gang did not give up, at one point they struck in mid daylight. C...

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... were known as deuces. In Chicago Capone met a man who would be his friend for life, Jack Guzik. Guzik was Jewish. His family lived off prostitution. Al Capone never worried about racial issues, his wife was even Irish. After Jack Guzick was roughed up by a Joe Howard, Capone let out his temper. It ... Capone's men in his own flower shop. Capone and Torrio then took over the excellent bootlegging business that was Dion's. After the Murder of Dion O"Banion, Al Capone and Johnny torrio began to fear for their lives. O"Banion's gang did not give up, at one point they struck in mid daylight. C...

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... owl, and to travel by armored car. Once Prohibition was introduced, this turned Capone into a multimillionaire and eventually the best dressed gangster of all times. Al Capone was soon in the public eye and considered as a "nice guy" to most. The destruction of Capone came quite surprisingly. The group known ... about the evidence found for The St. Valentine's Day Massacre. The government's final blow came on a tax evasion charge, putting Capone behind bars. For Al Capone, in the end life wasn't easy, but all of that could have been different if he"d only paid some taxes. Because this bo...

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... three times before fleeing the scene. Capone later apologized. His close friends however called him snorky; which was short for elegant. Later that year, Al met a blonde Irish girl named Mae, they got married to each other at 19 after conceiving his one and only child Albert "Sonny" ... pleaded guilty to past incidents and served 9 months jail time. After his release Torrio retired and handed over the multi-million dollar business to Capone. Al managed to survive dozens of assassination attempts because he was very street smart, he would never sit with strangers, hiring 24/7 body gua...

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... or a dispute with the ruling family and parliament ensues, the National assembly is disempowered. Parliament was dissolved last December 2011 shortly before former Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Sabah was to be questioned about the alleged payment of bribes to pro-government MPs. The emir cited "deteriorating conditions" amid the corruption crisis. An allocation mechanism ... to a right to participate in political decision-making (a typical result of a rentier economy): hence the phrase: "No representation without taxation ". Having deposed of the merchants, al-Sabah had el...

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... , after a US drone attack in the mountains of Pakistan's Waziristan area resulted in the death of Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, al Qaeda's second-in-command after Ayman al-Zawahri, who succeeded Osama bin Laden following his death. "It's been confirmed that al Qaeda's number two, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, was killed earlier this week in Waziristan, Pakistan," said a senior US Administration official (Hindustan Times). Following ... conducting drone missile strikes over the mountainous areas of Pakistan. These campaigns are worsening the tension between the United States and Pakistan but have resulte...

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... will to support either leaders or policies that the agents of such violence find objectionable"(Carr 6). One of the biggest known Terrorist groups today is Al Qaeda, founded by Osama Bin Laden. This global terrorist group has been terrorizing various parts of the world since 1988, their first headquartered base ... in Afghanistan. There hate for the US is justified by Osama's words of their religious jihad. " Al Qaeda believes themselves to be defenders of the "nation" or "kingdom" of Islam generally, and they certainly consider that kingdom to be at war ... and military, and their all...

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... Yale was a tough guy who built his empire on muscle and aggression. He opened a bar, and at the recommendation of Johnny Torrio, hired eighteen-year-old Al Capone. Capone was hired to serve as bartender, bouncer, and waiter. He became popular with the customers right away. One evening, however, he insulted a ... He cut Capone's face three times before he and his sister ran from the restaurant. His scars would last a lifetime, giving him the name "Scarface Al Capone". Capone was forced to apologize to Gallucio. At that point Yale took Capone under his wing. He was a resourceful, but viol...

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