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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Improvised.Electronic. Device.... Always expanding and reconstructing electronic and industrial music to its breaking point while keeping rhythm and melody intact‚ FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY are preparing to unleash the latest chapter in their storied history with the release of IMPROVISED. ELECTRONIC. DEVICE. on June 25‚ 2010 on Dependent. "I.E.D. is definitely furthering the direction of the band and sound‚ creatively and artistically‚" explains founder and mastermind behind FLA‚ Bill Leeb. "We’re finding
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donors or helpers for each other throughout the scenes. Solomon Vandy is one of the heroes who fill out half of the traits it takes to be called a hero in most situations. Solomon Vandy is a Mende fisherman who is captured by the Revolutionary United Front RUF rebels during a raid in his village in Shenge. Instead of cutting off his hands the rebels put him to work as a miner in the diamond fields under Captain Poison uses the diamonds to fund their war trading them for weapons. Solomon recovers an enormous
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Briefing notes about Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone In 1991‚ The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) attacked Sierra Leone in an attempt to obtain diamonds and overthrow Joseph Momoh’s Government. The resulting civil war lasted for 11 years and left over 50‚000(Hara-Kiri‚ 2008‚ 8th fact)‚ including children recruited to fight in the war. 3‚710 had been used as child soldiers with the RUF‚ 2‚026 with the pro-government Civil Defence Forces (CDF)‚ 471 with the Sierra Leone Army and 427 with the Armed
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sure that their nation had a guaranteed fast win with their technological advances and all‚ it was Germany who lost in the end. Germany had been fighting a two-front war‚ but they had defeated the Russian army on the Eastern Front and forced their hands into signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk‚ so what caused Germany to lose on the Western Front? Unlike with how close Germany got to capturing France’s capital‚ Paris‚ with the
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Straperlo corruption scandal and new elections were scheduled. The new coalitions formed were the Popular Front on the left‚ which ranged from the Republican Union Party to Communists‚ as well as the Frente Nacional on the right‚ which ranged from the center radicals to the conservative Carlists. On February 16th‚ 1936 the Popular Front won by a narrow margin. The days that followed the Popular Front had launched a campaign with the support of the government against Opposition whom they accused of plotting
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funding donated to their tax-exempt organizations for the purpose of helping animals. Arson‚ vandalism and assault are common tactics used by underground animal rights groups to further the animal rights cause. Groups such as the Animal Liberation Front‚ which have been classified as terrorist by the FBI‚ routinely use criminal activities to further their cause. These people are taking their fanatical ideas to the extreme. Some have said things like‚ babies that are born mentally
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Jackelyne Guimaraes June 12‚ 2013 Keyword Outline Attention Getter: Do you imagine the pet that you love being being use for test? Relevance: Although some people agree that animal testing is fine‚but I strongly dislike the idea of the cruelty with the animal Credibility: According to Peta ’s fact sheet‚ they argue that ‘In many cases‚ animal studies do not just hurt animals and waste money‚ they kill people too.’” Thesis: Animal testing should be banned from United States. Preview: I will be
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Animal Experimentation: The Good‚ The Bad‚ and the Ugly of Animal testing Animal testing is a touchy subject to many people. The idea of using animals for the gain of the human race is seen as immoral by some people‚ while on the other hand‚ some people see animal experimentation as an impactful part of the scientific field. Through animal testing there has been many discoveries that have highly influenced the medical field. In regards to animal testing‚ is it beneficial or is it an unnecessary
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trade. Based in Sierra Leone‚ Africa‚ in 1999‚ it depicts the story of two mercenaries fighting to locate a rare blood diamond the size of a golf ball. The local region‚ engulfed in a civil war between the government and the RUF (Revolutionary United Front)‚ is a backdrop for indiscriminate torture and murder‚ all propagated by the illegal diamond market. This is the premise for the movie. The story line aside‚ Hollywood‚ or most notably the director‚ Edward Zwick‚ is attempting to demonstrate to audiences
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