Montenegroians d.up to 329‚000 people e.no‚ wars ended in various stages and resulted in full international recognition of new sovereign territories Kosovo: a. Serbia took direct control of Kosovo and launched a ethnic cleansing of the Albanian majority b.1990‚ no c. Albanians and Serbs d. 10‚000 people e. yes‚ NATO stepped in to find a way to solve the issue peacefully Jordon: a. both the Israelis and Palestinians claim the land as theirs because of religious reasons b. 1948‚ yes because they are
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Cited: "Association of Albanian Girls and Women: Anti-Trafficking Educational Curriculum: High School: Lesson 1." Association of Albanian Girls and Women: Home Page. http://www.aagw.org/Education/HighSchool/ (accessed April 23‚ 2010). Erez‚ Edna ‚ Peter Ibarra‚ and William McDonald. "Transnational Sex Trafficking: Issues and Prospects
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Parliament clears visa-free travel for Albanians‚ Bosnians [de] [fr] Published: 08 October 2010 [pic][pic][pic] The European Parliament yesterday (7 October) backed visa-free travel to Europe’s Schengen area for Albanian and Bosnian citizens‚ setting the EU assembly on a collision course with France‚ which opposes the proposal following its controversial crackdown on illegal Roma camps. Background Schengen is a village at the border between Luxembourg‚ France and Germany‚ where on 14 June
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Introduction- I would say that the perspective linking US strategic and economic interests to so-called ‘humanitarian interventions’ is a correct one. Following the Cold War‚ the US still maintained its designs for global hegemony. It had economic interests in many regions of the globe. The health of these interests mainly depended on accessibility and security for US investment in resource-rich areas. More importantly‚ in order to preserve the existence of NATO(which the US counted on in order
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land‚ they fight for ideas‚ and they fight for proof that they are best race. The fighting between these three have taken a devastating turn in the latter part of the 20th century. The Serbs (Orthodox Christians) have systematically killed Ethnic Albanians (Muslims)‚ both soldiers and civilians. This is called genocide. Genocide is the systematic destruction by a government of a racial‚ religious‚ or ethnic group (encyclopedia.com). The war that this genocide was a part of started in 1992 when the
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Mother Teresa‚ (birth name Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) was a Nobel Peace Prize winner of 1979. She also received other awards‚ for example the Pope John XXlll Peace prize in 1971‚ and the Nehru Prize in 1972‚ and the Balzan Prize in 1979. She was Albanian by blood‚ but born in Macedonia. Mother Teresa wanted to spread the love of Jesus. She felt great connection to God at a young age‚ and wanted to spend her life devoting herself to being as Jesus was.After she had gone to Ireland to train in a community
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Miloševic’s Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo Liberation Army erupted into full-scale fighting. Battling to end Serbian oppression‚ the KLA also sought independence for Kosovo. On January 15‚ 1999‚ Yugoslav forces massacred 45 Kosovar Albanians in the village of Racak. News of the incident sparked global outrage and led NATO to issue an ultimatum to Miloševic’s government calling for an end to the fighting and Yugoslavian compliance with the demands of the international community. To settle
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The Balkan Nations In 1918‚ a new term crept into the English language: balkanize. The word balkanize means to break up into small‚ mutually hostile political units. It is what occurred in the Balkans after World War I. the term grew out of the complex cultural and political geography of the Balkan Peninsula. Perhaps the one thing that Balkans share is their historical experience. The peoples of this region have all known the ordeal of foreign domination. Today the Balkan Peninsula is divided into
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rarely mentioned. This essay will demonstrate that the Serbs legitimately feared Serbian expulsion from Kosovo‚ as well as the separation of Kosovo from the FRY. Serbian nationalism was not the cause of the 1999 Kosovo Crisis. Rather‚ the KLA‚ an Albanian paramilitary organization supported by NATO‚ was used to exacerbate ethnic tensions in Kosovo in order to legitimize a NATO intervention. This conflict occurred in the context of broad Western‚ particularly U.S.‚ objectives in the Balkans. After
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For many years‚ foreign travel to and from Albania was severely restricted. Although the country has been a tourist destination for Europeans for several years‚ the majority of people in the United State still know very little about this Eastern European country. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the geography‚ people‚ government and economy of Albania and to provide facts and information about this fascinating country. Albania is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas and is surrounded
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