Panic of 1890: The Baring Crisis The Baring Crisis was a unique panic happened in Argentina during 1890 as it was related to sovereign debt. This financial crisis was not just affecting the country‚ but it was also affected some European countries like England and France. The name of the crisis itself came from one of the largest merchant bank in England‚ Baring Brothers & Co. Before the crisis happened‚ Argentina attracted a huge amount of foreign investors to invest and loan money to them. They
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Assess the reason for the 1905 revolution in Russia. The turn of the 19th century brought together a series of events‚ discontent and public tension together to form the 1905 revolution‚ which eventually brought an established autocratic Tsarist regime to an end. But previously‚ Russia was in turmoil. With a land mass of over 8 million square miles entailing over 100 ethnic races; limited communication organization and transport which was often impassable leaving sections of Russia detached from
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The Trent Affair‚ also known as the Mason and Slidell Affair‚ was an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War. On November 8th 1861‚ the USS San Jacinto‚ intercepted the British mail packet Trent and removed it as contraband of two war Confederate diplomats‚ who were James Mason and John Slidell. The envoys were bound for Great Britain and France to press the Confederacys’ case for diplomatic recognition by Europe. The initial reaction in the United States was
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The Haymarket Affair For many‚ America is not just the country they happen to live in but also it is a place of freedoms‚ liberties and independencies and even a refuge for some people. In 1886 though‚ a group of people attempted to share their opinion in Haymarket Square‚ Chicago‚ which led to a dangerous riot and a series of trials with convictions and executions. Throughout the affair‚ innocent lives were lost‚ people were wrongly accused‚ and the judicial system was revealed as flawed. Throughout
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2013 IBPS-NEWS Admin February 2013 Current Affairs POWERED BY www.ibps-news.blogspot.com [FEBRUARY 2013 CURRENT AFFAIRS] Here is a list of important current events of February 2013 on National & International news‚ Sports news‚ Prize & Award‚ Science & Technology news helpful for upcoming IBPS‚ SBI‚ SSC‚ UPSC etc. recruitment exam. Downloaded from www.ibps-news.blogspot.com Page 1 February 2013 Current Affairs National News • • • • • • The 2001 Indian Parliament attack case victim
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CURRENT AFFAIRS The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill‚ 2013 Passed By Rajya Sabha Sunila Abeysekera‚ the Sri Lankan Activist‚ Died in Columbo at 61 Russia Lifted Ban on Import of Non-Basmati Rice and Oilseeds from India Harish Lakshman Elected New President of Automotive Component Manufacturers Association New Delhi Declaration on High Blood Pressure Adopted by Health Ministers of 11 SEARO Countries First Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular & Peace Award 2013 presented
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3.0 Christine Keeler and the Profumo affair Christine Keeler was born in Uxbridge on 22nd February in year 1942. Her father deserted the family during the Second World War. Her mother‚ Julie Payne‚ later lived with Edward Huish and the couple set-up home in a converted railway carriage in Wraysbury. Christine later recalled: "The railway carriage was on wheels and I felt like a character from the American television series about the legendary Wild West train-driver Casey Jones." Keeler left the
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Cold War started with one man: Igor Gouzenko. Born in Rogachev‚ Russia in 1919‚ he studied at the Moscow Engineering Academy and the Moscow Architectural Institute before enlisting in the Soviet military (the Red army) at the beginning of Russia’s involvement in World War II. He caught the eye of the NKVD (Soviet secret police agency) and trained as a cipher clerk for the GRU (Soviet military intelligence)‚ serving as an intelligence officer on the front lines during WWII battles against the German army
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The Haymarket Affair was a series of conflicts between labor protestors and police officers in Chicago that resulted in violence and bloodshed‚ but it certainly did not end there. The outcome of this incident resonated with supporters of the protests‚ and dramatically changed the course of history for workers; not only in Illinois but across the entire nation. The aftermath of this conflict can still be felt and even seen to this very day‚ due to the construction of two separate monuments in recognition
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from several sources. Primarily this debt has accumulated due to the continuing conflict with India over the Kashmir region. Kashmir is a predominantly Muslim state within India. As such‚ the possession of this region has been a source of contention between mostly Hindu India and mostly Muslim Pakistan. This border conflict has been raging on and off for the last half of the twentieth century. Due to these hostilities‚ the Pakistani government spends roughly one fifth of its budget on its military‚ further
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