Doctors Without Borders: Customs-Free Physicians In times of war‚ civilians bear the greatest amount of suffering. Often during gory conflicts villages are destroyed‚ women are raped‚ children become severely malnourished‚ and access to medical care becomes extremely challenging. In other instances‚ it may be a powerful natural disaster that cripples an entire region or country. Many states are either unable or unwilling to provide necessary medical care during a crisis. Tragedies‚ such as these
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The north african campaign also know as the Desert War took place in the early 1940’s during world war II. “The North African campaign had three phases: the Western desert campaign (western Egypt and eastern Libya); Operation Torch(Algeria and Morocco); and the Tunisia campaign”. After the defeat of France and the withdrawal of British forces at Dunkirk‚ the center of warfare soon came to be north africa between the axis and allied forces america wasnt involved in the desert war physically but materilistic
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the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina was the first by the battle fleets of the two belligerents in the Mediterranean in World War ii. It was the result of both Britain and Italy simultaneously sending supplies by convoy to their forces in Egypt and Libya respectively. It took place off Calabria (the toe of Italy)‚ 50 miles east of Punta Stilo‚ and about 250 south of Taranto. Figure 1.1: Map of Mediterranean Sea Source: http://www.landkarten.aridocean.com‚ Date accessed 27th September
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Henry Duong Political Science 139 Professor Bordenkircher Analytic Paper Pop American Culture Vs Middle East Culture In Richard Poplak’s the Sheikh’s Bat mobile he shares with us a variation of stories about his two-year tour throughout the middle east. Poplak embarks on this trip in order to see what happens when our pop culture meets the Muslim world. Each country Poplak visits he shares his occurrences and exchanges with over hundreds of people. Richard Poplak wants to know how his American obsessions
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government. The uprising started in Tunisia by a man named Mohamed Bouazizi who set himself on fire in protest for the harassment and repression from the Tunisian government. Rebel groups throughout the Arab world in countries such as Tunisia‚ Egypt‚ Libya‚ Syria and Bahrain‚ were formed with the intent of overthrowing their government and/or changing their regime. This came as a shock to many political scientists because they widely understood that the dictatorship was stable in the Middle East. However
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On September 11‚ 2012‚ American Ambassador Christopher Stevens was attacked in Benghazi‚ Libya (BBC‚ pars. 1). Along with Stevens‚ three other Americans were killed‚ and the American Consulate was set on fire (BBC‚ pars. 1). The ambassador was still breathing when Libyans found him inside a room in the American embassy (BBC‚ pars. 1). They pulled him out and drove him to the Benghazi Medical Center where a doctor announced his death (BBC‚ pars. 1-2). A Libyan doctor believes that Stevens died of
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also meant that many southern Italians emigrated to America‚ but once they stopped Italians from entering the country‚ this was no longer an option. It is argueable that the government did however attempt to solve this problem with the invasion of Libya on the 29th september 1911. This was a promising decision made by Giolitti because it not only kept the Nationalists happy for a short while but it also meant that people in Italy now had somewhere else that they could emigrate to which meant that
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Foday Sankoh’s downfall began when he felt as though he didn’t have to listen to the lome peace accord‚ and how he wanted control of the diamonds. Sankoh was born on October 17‚ 1937. (Brown‚ 2000). In the early 1960s‚ Sankoh served as corporal in the Sierra Leone army‚ but he failed the United Nation peacekeeping operations‚ which made him have hatred towards the UN. (Foday Sankoh‚ 2003). Also‚ Foday used to be a wedding and portrait photographer‚ and a cameraman for the state TV service. (Karon
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ARAB SPRING The Arab Spring is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on Saturday‚ 18 December 2010. To date‚ there have been revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt; a civil war in Libya resulting in the fall of the country’s government; civil uprisings in Bahrain. Syria‚ and Yemen; major protests in Algeria‚ Iraq‚ Jordan‚ Kuwait‚ Morocco‚ and Oman; and minor protests in Lebanon‚ Mauritania‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Sudan‚ and Western Sahara. Clashes at the
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Ward and Josephson (2012) expand upon Dueck’s (2015) realization that Obama may have opposed the Iraq War of 2003‚ but he has repeated the same unilateral military actions against Libya. Politically‚ Obama track record defines a massive change in the perceived “anti-war” sentiment that has been identified with President Obama. In fact‚ the veneer of “anti-war” sentiment has completely vanished due to the pro-active wars in Libya’s
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