Togo‚ a West African nation on the Gulf of Guinea‚ is known for its palm-lined beaches and hilltop villages. In the capital‚ Lomé‚ the multistory Grand Marché bazaar and the Fetish Market‚ offering traditional talismans and remedies relating to the voodoo religion. The German Empire established the protectorate of Togoland in 1884 during the period generally known as the "Scramble for Africa. Togo’s culture reflects the influences of its 37 tribal ethnic groups‚ the largest and most influential of
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The Arab-Israel Conflict and US Foreign Policy Rani Erum Lecturer of Federal Urdu University‚ Department of Political Science‚ Karachi‚ Pakistan The Arab Israel conflict remains one of the most considerable and complex dilemmas facing the international community. The enduring quarrel between Israelis and Arabs has directly and indirectly propagated many regional wars in the past five decades‚ jeopardized Western entrance to important oil resources in the Middle East‚ provided a good
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only of so-called West Germany‚ that is the areas that were occupied by British‚ French‚ and American forces. In 1990‚ five new states‚ formed from the territories of East Germany—the former Soviet zone‚ which in 1949 became the German Democratic Republic (GDR)—were incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany. Since that time‚ Germany has consisted of sixteen federal states: Baden-Württemberg‚ Bavaria‚ Berlin‚ Brandenburg‚ Bremen‚ Hamburg‚ Hesse‚ Lower Saxony‚ Mecklenburg-West Pomerania‚ North
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Take Home Test Chapter 30 1. Describe the dispute between the United States and Russia at the end of World War II. How and why did it escalade into a cold war? Roosevelt had always tried for the most peaceful agreements with Stalin and the Soviet Union. When he died and Truman succeeded him‚ Truman immediately demanded free elections throughout Eastern Europe. Stalin refused. “A freely elected government in any of these Eastern European countries would be anti-Soviet‚” he said‚ “and that we
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Layla Werner Per 4. Middle East 5-28-13 The Palestinian Peoples Party The Palestinian People’s Party (PPP)‚ which is the communist part of Palestine‚ has worked with the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) to establish a Palestinian state for their people. Palestine’s government is mainly self-run. There are many other organizations‚ such as the PLO‚ and the Palestinian Authority (PA)‚ which later renamed their group to the Palestinian National Authority
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great events of the Twentieth Century” which states that “after the war of 1948 about half a million Palestinians fled from Israel” (Source K). Most of the refugee camps that the Palestinians were forced to live in is known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank (Source K). An example of the terrible and overcrowded living conditions exists in the photograph of a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan taken in 1969. The caption states these Palestinians “ who fled from the territories seized by Israel”. Were
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Hungary‚ and Czechoslovakia in 1988 and 1989‚ new exodus points were opened to East Germans who wanted to flee to the West. Then suddenly‚ on the evening of November 9‚ 1989‚ an announcement made by East German government official Günter Schabowski stated‚ "Permanent relocations can be done through all border checkpoints between the GDR (East Germany) into the FRG (West Germany) or West Berlin." People were in shock. Were the borders really open? East Germans tentatively approached the border and indeed
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On June 15th 1961‚ Walter Ulbricht‚ Leader of the GDR‚ famously said “Niemand hat die Absicht‚ eine Mauer zu errichten!" ("Nobody intends to put up a wall”) however two months later the Berlin wall was up and at the climax of U.S‚ U.S.S.R political international relations. What began as one could describe as a “shotgun marriage” of the world’s two super powers‚ America and the Soviet Union‚ soon escalated out of error and miscalculation through both sides to a situation in which the world was
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Bibliography: Burns‚ Shirley Stewart. Bringing Down the Mountains: The Impact of Mountaintop Removal Surface Coal Mining on Southern West Virginia Communities‚ 1970-2004. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press‚ 2007. Print. Daugneaux‚ Christine B. Appalachia: A Separate Place‚ A Unique People. Parsons: McLain Printing Company‚ 1981. Print. "Groups Petition U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Water Quality
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______________________________________________________ (CAPITAL LETTERS) 4. Religion: _____________________ GEN OBC Category A Category B SC ST 5. (a) Indicate your community /category : (put a ‘ √ ’ mark in appropriate box) SC/ST/OBC candidates not belonging to the state of West Bengal should
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