Al-Shabaab or the “Youth” terrorist organization HLSS June 9‚ 2013 The organization Al-Shabaab‚ or "The Youth‚" is an al-Qaeda-linked group and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization fighting for the creation of a fundamentalist Islamic state in Somalia.i The group‚ also known as Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen‚ and its Islamist affiliates once held sway over Mogadishu and major portions of the Somali countryside‚ but a sustained African Union military
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Cody Saben 0963439 POLS 321 – AF “Easier Said Than Done” Researching foreign policy comparisons between George W. Bush and Barack Obama turns out to be quite the depressing venture for someone who fell in love with our current president during his first race for president. From Iraq to Afghanistan to nuclear proliferation‚ Obama’s 2008 campaign took every opportunity to distance his policies with those of Bush due to public displeasure and ideological differences. After seeing Obama’s first
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“When I think of pirates‚ I think of the Caribbean Sea or the Gulf of Aden. I don’t think of the Ohio River.” (Lepper) Mark Twain lived during a time when hearing someone’s relation of a river pirate in America was typical‚ and stores along the rivers were frequently being pillaged. He had much experience on the rivers due to his early profession‚ and witnessed first-hand the crimes that they committed. Twain expressed his thoughts toward piracy through his literature‚ written around the time
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“In the beginning there was the Word‚ and the Word was ‘Arrrgh!’”. These famous lines taken from Piraticus 13:7 are the first words you will see in the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Many do not know what exactly Pastafarianism is‚ and so I am here to spread the Word! Pastafarians stand for all that is good‚ and are against all that is bad. What more could someone ask for? The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster‚ while having existed in secrecy for millions of years only recently came
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“Throughout history‚ it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.” -Haile Selassie The name "Ethiopia" derives from the Greek word ethio‚ meaning "burned" and pia‚ meaning "face": the land of burned-faced peoples or in some points also means “something divided”. Ethiopia also known as (Abyssinia) is the tenth largest country
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Guided Reading Chapter 13 Terms: 1. Tropics- Areas with high humidity and temperatures 2. Monsoons- an overflow of water from rivers 3. Ecosystems- communities of living things within a certain climare 4. Bilad al-sudan- West African Jewish communities who were connected to known Jewish communities from the Middle East‚ North Africa‚ or Spain and Portugal. 5. Dhow - any of various types of sailing vessels used by Arabs on the east African‚ Arabian‚ and Indian coasts‚ generally
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November 5‚ 1990: First Bin Laden-Related Terror Attack in US as Jewish Rabbi Is Assassinated Meir Kahane. Egyptian-American El Sayyid Nosair assassinates controversial right-wing Zionist leader Rabbi Meir Kahane. November 4‚ 1991: Al-Qaeda Linked Assassination Attempt on Exiled King of Afghanistan Zahir Shah. [Source: Associated Press]An assailant posing as a Portuguese journalist stabs Zahir Shah‚ the former king of Afghanistan‚ in his home in exile in Rome. Dec. 29‚ 1992 In the first
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HIST 325: PRECOLONIAL AFRICA Winter 2013 – TR 6:00-7:20pm‚ McKenzie 214 – CRN 23274 Version 1.00‚ 7 Jan 2013 Professor: Dr. L. F. Braun Office: 311 McKenzie Hall Telephone: x6-4838 on-campus. Email: lfbraun@uoregon.edu Office hours: T 2:00-4:00pm & by appt. Overview and Objectives Africa is central to human history. It is the continent where our species arose‚ where some of the greatest ancient civilizations throve‚ and where dynamic‚ complex‚ and innovative cultures confronted a variety of social
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Chapter – 1 Introduction - Company Profile The name Reliance is synonymous with success‚ a story as unique as its founder Dhirubhai H. Ambani‚ who built the Reliance empire from an initial capital of just $300. It is a story of dreams becoming reality‚ of vision igniting passion‚ and an Indian enterprise transforming itself into a global conglomerate. Today‚ Reliance Industries Limited‚ led by its Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh D. Ambani is India’s largest private sector company in all
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into villages. They built homes and grew simple crops such as corn and beans. They also created pottery to store their abundance of crops. The largest civilizations in North America were the Pueblo- Hohokam -Anasazi Indians of the southwest‚ the Aden-Hopewell Indians of the Ohio River Valley‚ and the Mississippians of the Mississippi River. In South America the Mayas‚ Aztecs and Incas developed more advanced civilizations. The Aztecs became wealthy due to vast resources of gold‚ silver‚ jewels
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