West Philippine Sea/South China Sea Dispute: Philippine Claims Over the Spratly Group of Islands or “Kalayaan Group of Islands ALFONSO G. PARUNGAO IV “We owned the West Philippines Sea”. – Philippines. Even China is a signatory in these and they even agree with this together with the United Nations. South China Sea or West Philippine Sea as the Filipinos named it is composed of several contested archipelagos or groups of islands. One of the groups of islands currently disputed is the Spratly Group
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Summary In the article‚ “Who Killed Easter Island” by Jared Diamond he states that people can affect and destroy our environment and natural resources. Easter Island can be used as a warning that cultural and environmental dangers exist due to overexploitation. Although‚ civilizations have vanished from the island it still has a remaining mystery and history to its untouched landscape. Easter Island was formed out of an ancient volcanic eruption; the island is only sixty-four square miles with habitable
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may be various ways to address this‚ but in reality once power is attained by those who are not genuinely support democracy‚ rarely is it easily given up. Present statistics show that the voter turnout for the UK Central Govt. General Elections have been reducing continuously during the past elections. This is how the citizens are criticizing the democratic system in the UK‚ by not voting. This is known as "Voters Apathy". The many criticisms bring about the voters apathy making each newly elected
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THE ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION APEC It is an association of economies that share the boundaries of the Pacific Ocean. Under APEC‚ member economies work together to: * reduce barriers to trade‚ * ease the exchange of goods‚ services‚ resources and technical know-how‚ and * Strengthen economic and technical cooperation between and among them. These concerted efforts‚ ultimately‚ would result in a greatly improved global economy and the forging of stronger ties
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STUDENT NUMBER: 50990071 ENN103F ASSIGNMENT 01 Section A 1. Yes‚ affirmative action is morally defensible in a sense that; South Africa has been characterized by many years of workplace inequalities and imbalances of the past‚ particularly blacks who were treated in an inhuman manner. The new democratic government introduced and legislate the affirmative action to eliminate all forms of discrimination. Since blacks were given certain jobs and skills were reserved for white minority in some
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INTRODUCTION A. Do you know about Palm Island? B. Of course you ever heard about this world’s largest man-made islands. C. I believe all of you are interested to know more about this precious creation in the world. D. There are many interesting story about this island. E. Today‚ I would like to inform you about the Palm Islands.(Let’s me start by explaining a little bit about Palm Islands.) | BODY 1. Palm Islands are artificial islands in Dubai‚ United Arab Emirates which constructed
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outside‚ they leave with the documents before Billy’s pursuers ransack the inn. Jim realizes that the contents he has snatched from the sea chest must be valuable‚ so he takes one of the documents he has found to some local acquaintances‚ Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney. Excited‚ they recognize it as a map for a huge treasure that the infamous pirate Captain Flint has buried on a distant island. Trelawney immediately starts planning an expedition. Naïve in his negotiations to outfit his ship‚ the Hispaniola
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The War on the Pacific Front The war on the pacific started on December 7th 1941 when the Japanese military attacked pearl harbor the reason on why they attacked pearl harbor was the American government put an oil embargo which it dropped Japan’s oil supply and import by 80%. The process of this made the Japanese look south for supplies‚ the attack at the base was to weaken the American navy and destroy their oil supply for their ship’s. The reason why America put up the embargo was to make Japan’s
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“Computers* have been detrimental to society” *(PC’s- Personal Computers) Nowadays‚ computers are becoming more and more affordable‚ acting as a major time and effort convenience for families across the world. The advancement of this technology within the last twenty years been tremendous and suggests much more progress is yet to come. But as the abundance of computers has increased immensely‚ society has fallen into an over dependence and reliance of them and the effects have been quite evident
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Strategic Forum Institute for National Strategic Studies National Defense University http://www.ndu.edu/inss No. 239 April 2009 The United States and the Asia-Pacific Region: National Interests and Strategic Imperatives by James J. Przystup Key Points Notwithstanding the 2008–2009 financial crisis‚ East Asia today remains the home of the world’s most dynamic economies. In 1990‚ the region’s share of global gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to 26.5 percent; in 2006‚ that figure stood at 37.5
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