The Petrov Affair – An Australian Spy Story A modern spy thriller was played out in Canberra in 1954. On the 13th of April‚ the three year term of the Menzies government was drawing to a close and federal parliament was sitting for its final session. A few hours before the close‚ Menzies made a startling announcement that a soviet diplomat in Canberra‚ Vladimir Petrov‚ had been granted political asylum and that a royal commission would be established to investigate allegations of a Soviet spy ring
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Internal Affairs Investigations Mitchell Carrillo Student ID# 4069057 American Military University Professor John F. Hein 05/14/10 Every police department should be open for review and strictly accountable for their officer’s conduct while serving the community. Police employees are expected to maintain themselves in a manner consistent with a standard of professionalism necessary to ensure safety in the community. All citizens have a right‚ in good faith‚ to report a police officer’s
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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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Current Affairs‚ General Knowledge Questions and Answers for preparing all Competitive Examinations. 1. Who is sworn in as the new Chief Justice of India? Answer: P. Sathasivam. 2. Who is sworn in as the new prime minister of Australia? Answer: Kevin Rudd 3. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy received the United NationsPublic Service Award for? Answer: For his mass contact programme initiative. 4. Who is the new Railway Minister of India? Answer: Mallikarjun Kharge 5. Who is elected
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ch6.qxd 1/28/98 9:08 AM Page 135 CHAPTER 6 The 1956 Suez Crisis On July 26‚ 1956‚ Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal. The ostensible reason for the nationalization was to use the tolls to ‹nance the building of the Aswan Dam. Nasser’s action was an act of revenge against the British and the French‚ who had previously held control of the company that controlled the Canal. This con›ict precipitated an international crisis over ownership and operation
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http://www.elinxs.com/currentaffairs.asp Francesca Schiavone won the French Women Title2010 . (Italian) [pic] Australia’s Samantha Stosur won 2011 us open title Usa’s Serena Williams won 2012 us open title present Chairman of Infosys soft ware company N.Narayana Murthy world mother tongue day was observed Feb 21 company produces Electronic Voting Machines Bharat Electronics Limited‚ India named for Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace 2010 Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva president of Indian Olympics
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Current Affairs Inflation is the increase of rates of goods and services. This can affect the cupcake business in a negative way as the customers may not buy a lot of products as the prices for other stuff have increased as well. This will conclude in our business not making enough profit as we may need‚ which means that we will not be able to pay taxes and wages to the employees. This may also end up with our business not earning enough to pay suppliers. In order to prevent inflation affecting
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What would be on the exam? Post War: UN: - An international organization - Aims are facilitating cooperation in international law‚ international security‚ economic development‚ social progress‚ human rights‚ and achievement of world peace - The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations - Stops wars between countries‚ and to provide a platform for dialogue FLQ: (1963-1970) - Front de libération du Québec (FLQ; English: Quebec Liberation Front) - Paramilitary
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2011 Current Affairs at a Glance JANUARY The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act‚ UPA’s flagship aam admi scheme‚ turned five on February 2‚ 2011. On January 14‚ the Ministry of Rural Development issued a notification revising the wage rates under the MNREGA from Rs 100 per day to between Rs 117 and Rs 181 (17-30 % hike) in different States. The revision under Section 6(1) of the 2005 Act‚ coming in wake of inflationary pressures on the poor‚ adjusts the wages by indexing it
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Slovenia you have to wait in average 1.290 days for the settlement of the lawsuit between two companies. A good example is also the lawsuit of three Slovenian politicians which was involved in international affaire Patria. Patria is an international affair between Slovenia‚ Austria and Finland‚ where businessmen of Finland’s company Patria has bribed some of Slovenian politicians to get involved in business of production of 135 armored vehicles evaluated 287 000 000 EUR for needs of Slovenian army.
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