The Syrian crisis began in early 2011 when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began a brutal crackdown on growing peaceful protests throughout the country. With the use of tanks‚ attack helicopters‚ and artillery against protesters and the torture and execution of children‚ protests spread and opposition groups took up arms. The attacks and counter-attacks escalated into a full-fledged civil war between the Assad regime with allied militias and an array of opposition groups. The death toll has now
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The genocide in Rwanda is arguably one of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century. In 100 days approximately 800‚000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were murdered in brutal waves of violence. Despite this‚ the international community stood by and did nothing. There have been many arguments made over just why this was‚ ranging from ignorance of the situation‚ apathy towards peacekeeping missions‚ or simply having more pressing issues than a tiny state in Central Africa. This essay will examine why
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Genocide is a terrible thing and the Darfur War is no exception. The darfur war started in 2003 and has increased to at least 480‚000 people killed‚ 2.8 million people displaced and made refugees. The people who were targeted were the non-Arab individuals‚ attacked because rebels to the country were attacking the government. The rebels claimed that the non-arab population was being suppressed by the government. When these rebels attacked an air force base‚ the Sudanese President Omar Bashir hired
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Long Live Democracy: The Determinants of Political Instability in Latin America Luisa Blanco* Department of Economics University of Oklahoma Norman‚ OK 73019 lblanco@ou.edu Robin Grier Department of Economics University of Oklahoma Norman‚ OK 73019 rgrier@ou.edu Abstract In this paper‚ we investigate the determinants of political instability in Latin America. In a panel of 18 Latin American countries from 1971 to 2000‚ we find that democratic countries experience less average
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Rwanda Genocide Throughout modern history there have been numerous attempts to kill and control specific targeted populations for various political‚ social‚ economic‚ and cultural reasons. This is known as modern day genocide. Although many may have suffered at the hands of these more powerful‚ wealthy genocides. Few small‚ isolated countries like Rwanda were nearly eradiated through intentional and government sponsored genocides. In 1994 Rwanda was divided into three groups: Hutu‚ Tutsi‚ and
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The first stage of genocide is described as classification describing the differentiating between hated groups from normal society (Stanton‚ 1996). As investigated by the USHMM (2015)‚ classification throughout Europe was know as the difference between “Inferior” and “Superior” races. The races considered “Inferior” were Jews‚ Roma gypsies‚ Homosexuals‚ Jehovah’s Witnesses‚ the Polish‚ upon others. While these groups were classified as “Inferior” Hitler often referred to the Aryan race as the pure
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6 Academy of Management Perspectives February E X C H A N G E Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects of Overprescribing Goal Setting by Lisa D. Ordonez‚ Maurice E. Schweitzer‚ Adam D. Galinsky‚ and Max H. Bazerman ´˜ Executive Overview Goal setting is one of the most replicated and influential paradigms in the management literature. Hundreds of studies conducted in numerous countries and contexts have consistently demonstrated that setting specific‚ challenging
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Research paper Topic: 10 Genocides against Bošnjaks Student: Professor: Faruk Hodžić Prof. Muhidin Mulalić ID number: 1210195 Contents Abstract Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction‚ in whole or in part‚ of an ethnic‚ racial‚ Caste‚ religious‚ or national group. Generally speaking‚ genocide does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction
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the public in an instant‚ a life without media is inevitable. Although the media can be beneficial‚ it can be a source of unreliable and biased information‚ deviating the opinions of the viewer. This phenomenon is depicted in Gillian Flynn’s novel‚ Gone Girl‚ in which a married couple
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10 Ways to Save Paper Use both sides of every piece of paper. Find out how to make double sided copies when you photocopy. If you have a piece of paper that is printed on one side only‚ use the back as rough paper before you finally put it in the recycling box. Schools and offices are some of the worst offenders for sending out sheaves of A4 sized single sided letters and memos with only a couple of lines of text. Could you send out that memo A5? Could you include several topics in one letter
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