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    What is meant by Blood Diamonds (or conflict diamond)? How‚ as portrayed in the video‚ does it impact on political‚ economic and ethical stability? It is sad to witness the abuse and unfair treatments of the poor people in countries such as Africa have to undergo in order to make some money. Also it is sad to know that after all that hard work these people put into what they do‚ these diamonds are smuggled and used to fund illegitimate activities. The Blood Diamond conflict has had serious

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    Reese Weingaertner Miss Knight English 1 (PreAP) - Fifth Hour 11 December 2013 The History and Curse of the Hope Diamond Behind the beautiful steely blue Hope Diamond lies a cruel and often bloody history‚ a history that is full of mystery and intriguing stories. This ornate diamond has changed hands many times throughout its long past. The most interesting part of this is the fact that it is said that many of its owners have met with a gruesome fate. It is because of this occurrence that there

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    South Africa: A Diamond In the Rough South Africa has been connected to the world economy with its abundant natural resources‚ for which there have long been international markets and purchasers‚ since the first Dutch explorers landed there in the 17th century.  Unfortunately‚ South Africa ’s pervasive‚ severe and seemingly perpetual social problems have always been and remain today a substantial drag on South Africa ’s ability to fully develop a world-class economy.  This paper

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    population situation that required a pro-natalist population policy to be implemented. How the population policy works. How are the French population encouraged to increase the fertility rate? How successful has the population policy(ies) been? 1) France has an ageing population‚ in which there is a large number of pensioners being supported by a declining number of workers. In 2013‚ 67% of the population is of working age‚ however in 2050 only 57% of the population will be of working age‚ showing

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    Industrial Analysis The Plastic Pipe Manufacturing Industry Prepared by Lau Yee Leong‚ Mike Master of Management‚ Taylors University Lakeside Contents No. | Description | Page Number | | | | 1.0 | Market Assessment | 3 | | | | 2.0 | Internal Rivalry | 4 | | | | 3.0 | Barriers to Entry | 5 | | | | 4.0 | Supplier Power | 6 | | | | 5.0 | Buyer Power | 7 | | | | 6.0 | Substitutes | 9 | | | | 7.0 | Conclusion | 10 | | | | 8.0 | List

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    focuses on the illegal trade of conflict diamonds. The diamonds are called conflict diamonds because slave labor is used to mine them‚ weapons trade is used to acquire them‚ and armed conflicts and massacres are related to enlisting recruitments of child soldiers and fighting between local governments and rebels. A fisherman named Solomon Vandy has his village massacred and gets separated from his family as he is forced to work as a slave mining for diamonds for a rebel organization known as the Revolutionary

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    answer questions from the following reading: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/louis.htm The Execution of Louis XVI‚ 1793 1. In what year did Louis XVI become king of France? 2. What was the unemployment rate in Paris estimated at in 1788? 3. List at least two major problems that King Louis XVI had to deal with in France In the 1780s? 4. What organization curtailed King Louis XVI power in 1788? 5. What was King Louis the XVI put on trial for in 1792? 6. How many guards escorted

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    The fist argument argue that‚ diamond mining is a hazards associated with the industry‚ and it should lead to ban. While the second argument argue that‚ the companies are sufficiently improving practices and addressing public concerns. The opponents clearly state that‚ the diamond mining have affected nearly 10 millions people around the world. While some companies and countries have made a fortune from diamond mining‚ the diamond mining has a whole history of abusing human rights and exploiting

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    new surroundings. The founding of New France‚ the missionaries‚ and the original traditions and customs of the Natives were important influences on the success of converting the area to Catholicism. Religion was a very important aspect of French culture in these early stages of colonization. Throughout these stages‚ French Jesuits and Ursalines commissioned by King Louis XIII played a major role in developing religion in New France. The founding of New France had a major religious impact on the Aboriginals

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    taken and ends up as a slave in one of the country’s diamond mines. The diamonds that are dug up are usually the size of small beads‚ but one day‚ Solomon finds one that is much bigger than the usual diamond. Solomon sneaks away to bury it but he gets caught by the boss Poison. At that moment‚ the diamond mine is attacked by the government and Solomon ends up in prison. This is where he meets Danny Archer. Archer has been arrested for smuggling diamonds out of the country. Captain Poison is put in the

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