vignette of Safe Area Gorazde. The story takes place in Gorazde‚ a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina‚ where political tension is rising and a war is clearly escalating. Fearing the worst‚ Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia‚ while Bosnian Serbs are quickly trying to organize their armed forces. All this turmoil at home causes Edin‚ the main character and a graduate student who was studying engineering in Sarajevo‚ to return to his homeland in order to protect his family. Days before
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Report for Congress. Available at: http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42995.pdf Jaffee‚ D. The U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Issues Raised and Lessons Learned. [online] World Bank. Available at: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2010/12/01/000333038_20101201234552/Rendered/PDF/577270NWP0Box353766B01PUBLIC10gcwp028web.pdf Marshall‚ J. The financial crisis in the US: key events‚ causes and responses. [online] HOUSE OF COMMONS LIBRARY. Available at: http://www.voltairenet
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Cuban Missile Crisis * The Soviet Union had secretly stationed nuclear weapons on the island of Cuba‚ and when the government of the United States discovered them‚ and demanded their withdrawal‚ the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War followed. For America‚ Cuba provided a naval base at Guantanamo; it was an exotic‚ but conveniently close‚ tourist resort; and low paid Cuban labour made it an attractive investment area‚ much of the island’s agriculture and industry being American-owned
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GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS A CHALLENGE TO ACCOUNTING PROFESSION By SHEHU USMAN HASSAN Department of Accounting Ahmadu Bello University‚ Zaria. 08067766435‚ 08057777085 Shehu.hassanus.usman@gmail.com A paper presented at International Conference with the theme: Global Financial Crises and African Quest for Development‚ Faculty of Administration‚ Ahmadu Bello University‚ Zaria. Kongo Conference Hotel‚ Zaria. Kaduna State‚ Nigeria. JULY 20th - 22th ‚ 2010 Abstract Accounting practices
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resource for people everywhere. However‚ our water supply is decreasing due to many factors. In exploring this dilemma module 5 raises questions such as Who will be entitled to water when supplies become scarce? In the text‚ Facing the Fresh Water Crisis‚ Rodgers claimed that the exponential water consumption will eventually degrade all ecosystems on Earth. In response to the question raised by module 5 Rodgers argued that current technologies can avert a water war between societies. He takes a preventive
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Discuss the causes of the sub-prime crisis and the parties responsible for such a crisis. Sherman Oh E S Principles of banking & finance (PBF) Mr Marvin Ang 26th January 2013 According to www.investopedia.com‚ the world “subprime” defines to “A classification of borrowers with a tarnished or limited credit history” and that is what led to the titanic crisis of 2008-2009. This essay will explore the events‚ which eventually led to many mortgage delinquencies and foreclosure of these sub prime
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Theme: Crisis and Opportunity Topic: Water Crisis- a catalyst of Innovation and International Cooperation 1) Introduction Nowadays‚ we have created our own world of technology. Convenience and efficiency are catered through it. Yet‚ the earth‚ the natural world‚ seems to rebel against such artificial world‚ by sending signals of natural crises to us. In this project‚ we are going to talk about "How people benefit from Water Crisis" surrounding the theme "Crisis and Opportunity". The water
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What is the role of hr in global crisis to retain the talented employees ? http://www.edalys.fr/documents/Stakeholders%20theory.pdf http://lexicon.ft.com/Term?term=stakeholder-theory Article - 1 Employees are not the most important asset of the company but the “right” employees are. Human Resource Management (HRM) plays a strategic role in the survival of an organization. In this time of global financial crisis‚ Human Resource (HR) managers must not only innovate but must also act as change agents
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The Suez crisis was a conflict that could have easily turned into a third World War. With a battle between the Israelis and Egyptians at Sinai‚ the British and French invasion of Egypt‚ and nuclear threats from the Soviet Union‚ all of the elements were present to escalate the conflict and pull other countries into the fray. Canada had no direct ties to the Suez crisis‚ in terms of control or economic interest. However‚ Canadian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs‚ Lester B. Pearson‚ persuaded
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jeopardized careers and mortgaged these institutions’ futures”(Wallace‚ 2008). The nation is currently attempting to deal with the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression. It is now imperative that a way be found which will re-regulate finance without undermining finance’s needed innovative capacity. The origin of the financial crisis can be dated back to 2006. During that period in time‚ companies began buying trillions of dollars of complex financial products called ‘structured credit
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