10–14‚ 1960‚ by Iran‚ Iraq‚ Kuwait‚ Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. The five Founding Members were later joined by nine other Members: Qatar (1961); Indonesia (1962) – suspended its membership from January 2009; Libya (1962); United Arab Emirates (1967); Algeria (1969); Nigeria (1971); Ecuador (1973) – suspended its membership from December 1992-October 2007; Angola (2007) and Gabon (1975–1994). OPEC had its headquarters in Geneva‚ Switzerland‚ in the first five years of its existence. This was moved to Vienna
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FINANCING TERRORISM Introduction Terrorist organizations need money to operate. Weapons and ammunition are expensive. Major international operations require substantial investments for personnel‚ training‚ travel and logistics. Organizations must have substantial fundraising operations‚ as well as mechanisms for moving funds to the organization and later to terrorist operators. These functions entail considerable risk of detection by authorities‚ but also pose major challenges to both the terrorists
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In Albert Camus’ “The Stranger” the “story of an ordinary man who gets drawn into a senseless murder” is told. Taking place in Algeria this man‚ Meursault‚ is constantly in a climate of extreme warmth‚ as are all the inhabitants therein. The sun‚ the source of light and the cause of this warmth‚ is thus a vital and normal part of his life. It brings warmth and comfort yet it can also cause pain and sickness. Throughout most of his life Meursault has lived with the
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development of Western Christianity and Western Philosophy. Upon Augustine reading Cicero’s Hortensius‚ it introduced him to philosophical questions that he would ponder all through his life. Augustine became the bishop of Hippo Regius (modern-day Annaba‚ Algeria)‚ in Numidia (Roman province of Africa). Although he died roughly 1600
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The Stranger by Albert Camus is a novella that focuses on the philosophy of existentialism. The story is about a young French man named Meursault living in Algiers‚ Algeria. He is a man that undergoes isolation from the world because of the way he lives his life. As the narrator and protagonist of the book‚ the readers watch Meursault build meaningless relationships‚ reject moral standards‚ and become a threat to society in the eyes of the public because of his careless decisions that derive from
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To what extend did the Revolution in 1974 affect Portugal? Portugal was a kingdom since 1139 until 1910 when it turned into a Republic and in 1926 Portugal tuned into a dictatorship. On April 25th 1974‚ a Revolution took place in Portugal and was known as “Revolução dos Cravos” also known as the Carnation Revolution. Since no one was injured and no bullets were used the population started offering carnations to the soldiers and at the end of the Revolution‚ this resulted as the Carnation revolution
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developing countries become more industrialized and urban‚ they too face a high cost of raising children. In Mexico‚ where fertility rates have declined precipitously‚ the population is aging five times faster than it is in the United States. By 2050‚ Algeria could well see its average age increase from 21.7 years to 40 years. One of the greatest declines in population growth is occurring in China‚ where government policy has long supported one child per family. It predicted that 60 percent of China’s
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg‚ which is being performed by the Two Rivers Theatre Company‚ is a remake of a 1964 bittersweet French musical romance originally directed by Jacques Demy. The only way I can describe this play is as a sugary‚ jazz pop opera with an unexpected ending. There is no spoken dialogue in this play; the actor sings every word you hear. Surprisingly‚ the sung dialogue was not as intolerable as I first imagined it to be. I was conscious to the constant singing in the beginning
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mainly placed around or in Sub-saharan Africa. They prefer flat grass or dirt covered ground in which they can pick up speed to kill prey. They also like big trees to hide their preys dead bodies from other competition.Some are still found in Southern Algeria‚ Northern Niger‚ and
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is still the date of the celebration for the Armenian Apostolic Church and in Armenia‚ where it is a public holiday. Countries in which Christmas is not a formal public holiday include China‚ (excepting Hong Kong and Macao)‚ Japan‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Algeria‚ Thailand‚ Iran‚ Turkey and North Korea. Let’s move on to the next point: traditions of Christmass Day So‚ what do people in England do on Christmass Day? There are some activities on this day. Many people
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