leader arose by the late 1980s‚ a Serbian named Slobodan Milosevic. Slobodan was a former Communist who had turned to nationalism and religious hatred to gain power. He inflamed tensions between the Serbs and the Muslims in the independent provence of Kosovo. Christian Serbs claimed they were being mistreated by the Albanian Muslim majority. The Christian Serbs were in the minority. On November 1‚ 1995‚ leaders of the warring factions including Milosevic traveled to the U.S for peace talks at Wright-Patterson
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groups in the US (1991) Picture 6 War Cemetery (1991) 16 Picture 7 Tongues (1991). In the Middle East‚ this image was considered pornographic. Picture 8 Girl with Doll (1992) Picture 9 A bird stuck in an oil slick (1992) Picture 10 Killing in Kosovo (1992) Picture 11 A boat overcrowded with Albanians (1992) Picture 12 A man (David Kirby) dying of AIDS surrounded by his family members (1992) 17 Picture 13 An empty electric chair for execution (1992) Picture 15 Faces of AIDS (1994) Picture
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Customary International Law in the 21st Century: Old Challenges and New Debates 1. Roozbeh (Rudy) B. Baker* 1. *Adjunct Professor of Law‚ Pepperdine University‚ Malibu‚ Cal. BA‚ University of California at San Diego; JD‚ University of Illinois; LLM‚ University of California at Berkeley; PhD Candidate (Politics and International Relations)‚ University of Southern California. Email:Rudy.Baker{at}yahoo.com. Next Section Abstract This article will survey the new non-traditional scholarship which
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Oliver Goschow The Bosnian Genocide and How It Changed Society The Bosnian Genocide is one of the most horrific events of our modern history. Under the former Yugoslavia‚ different ethnicities were all compressed under the regime of Josip Broz “Tito”‚ who managed to keep them united for 35 years‚ however after the death of Tito‚ violence escalated. Under General Ratko Mladić’s leadership‚ neighbors started killing neighbors‚ and changed the way Serbs‚ Bosnians and Croats treat each other
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OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR For Greece’s Economy‚ Geography Was Destiny By ROBERT D. KAPLAN Published: April 24‚ 2010 THE debt crisis that caused Greece to ask for an international bailout on Friday has been attributed to many things‚ all economic: Greece’s budget deficits‚ its lack of transparency and its over-the-top corruption‚ symbolized by the words “fakelaki‚” for envelopes containing bribes‚ and “rousfeti‚” political favors. But there is a deeper cause for the Greek crisis that no one dares mention
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Population redistributions based on ethnicity have defused intense rivalries in the recent past‚ and could be a solution to the internal ethnic crises for nations such as the former Yugoslavia. Currently described by the media as "ethnic cleansing"‚ Population redistributions have been the focus of much controversy throughout U.S. and world history. To those affected‚ Population redistributions can be economically and emotionally devastating. It can also lead to enormous tragedies causing thousands
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conflict between the Jews and Arabs is a prominent representation of this concept because of their past prejudices; Jews and Arabs have had very conflicting views in history and thus there was lots of confrontation. In another example‚ the genocide in Kosovo was a result of Serbians disliking the Muslim religion and resulted in a mass “ethnic cleansing” in their attempts to separate from the different culture. With a more thorough understanding of the differences in their cultures and a clearer interpretation
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History often repeats itself. From the Bosnia and Kosovo Wars to the Vietnam War for the United States and the Afghanistan War for the Soviet Union‚ history has a way of showing us that we can try to prevent events from happening‚ but eventually they will happen again in a different generation and country. In fact‚ history is repeating itself right now‚ playing out across the globe‚ reenacting wars and genocides that happened years ago‚ allowing us to create predictions of how these wars will end
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Political Corruption - Political corruption is one of the biggest problems in the United States government‚ but not just here in America‚ in other parts of the world as well. This global issue is making big headlines and it is all over the internet‚ yet people still don’t fully believe that U.S. politicians are corrupt. The people that are making all of the “under the table” deals have got the American people blinded with false promises. The national debt is growing and we‚ the people‚ are
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is about‚ the soldiers. Memorial Day for me is all about soldiers and veterans. About four years ago I would always wait anxiously on every Sunday morning from a call from my dad‚ who was 3‚000 miles away on a tiny new found country called Kosovo. Memorial Day is supposed to be a day of remembrance‚ but some people can’t even bare the thought of thinking about loosing their veteran‚ like me. Memorial Day was created to honor the soldiers of America‚ but now it is known for honoring
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