Norway i/ˈnɔrweɪ/ (Norwegian: Norge (Bokmål) or Noreg (Nynorsk))‚ officially the Kingdom of Norway‚ is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula‚ Jan Mayen‚ the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and the subantarctic Bouvet Island.[note 1] Norway has a total area of 385‚252 square kilometres (148‚747 sq mi) and a population of about 5 million.[9] It is the second least densely populated country in Europe. The majority of the
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One of the oldest questions in philosophy is whether humans have free will. When I look in retrospective‚ my journey to Miami makes me wonder is everything predetermined. Ever since I was a kid‚ I had vivid dreams about a sunny beach‚ soft golden sand‚ palm’s waterfall‚ and beautiful girl who will love me unconditionally. The tale started on one gray and rainy May day in my hometown. My original plan to move to Moscow fell apart because Russian government didn’t issue permits to
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the events and people portrayed throughout the film‚ such as Charlton Heston‚ making it entertaining and humorous. The documentary uses a fast editing pace‚ with Michael Moore creatively putting shots that seem to be unrelated together‚ such as the Kosovo bombings and the September 11 attacks. As well as making it more captivating for the audience these shots evoke strong emotion and manipulates them into taking Moore’s side. His intensive use of music as
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Wiesel on Indifference • Talks about him as a boy. • Filled with gratitude for the American people for freeing him. • “Gratitude is what defines the humanity of the human being.” • Grateful to Mrs. Clinton for what she said‚ what she is doing for the children of the world‚ for the homeless and the victims of injustice and for the victims of density and society. • “What will the legacy of this vanishing century be? How will it be remembered in the new millennium? Surely
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“Give War a Chance” is an article written by the American economist‚ historian and military strategist Edward Nicolae Luttwak in 1999‚ in the American magazine Foreign Affairs. It make an easily understandable “buzz”‚ since its main assumption is that most kind of peacekeeping or humanitarian operations are‚ in an objective point of view‚ a bad thing for the peace‚ and that it tends‚ paradoxically‚ to slower its establishment. We will analyze here the main hypothesis that Luttwak is developing among
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“Consider the case of a farmer who owns a flock of chickens. He kills them and this is his business. If you interfere‚ you are trespassing.” Raphael Lemkin‚ an impressionable philology scholar at the University of Lvov discovered that the cardinal sin of violating state sovereignty could be used to safeguard those who attempted to exterminate minorities. After learning this‚ he studied and lectured international law. Lemkin postulated the tendency of history to repeat itself‚ regardless of context
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I have always considered myself an open and welcome person who treated everyone fairly. Other people that I knew would often express views that people‚ who lived in the United States‚ whether legally or not‚ should learn how to speak “our” language. While I tended to agree with them I never gave it much thought‚ until I found myself in a foreign country‚ and unable to speak the language. It was there that I learned‚ not only how it felt to not be able to communicate easily‚ but to be more tolerant
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Angelina Jolie: Model‚ Actress‚ and Humanitarian Angelina Jolie is arguably the most well known actress in Hollywood‚ but her acting/directing career is not what is catching the public’s attention lately. Since the filming of her action adventure movie “Tomb Raider” in Cambodia‚ Jolie has dedicated her life to helping developing countries create more infrastructure. Including her mission work in African countries Jolie has also taken orphaned children from the countries she has visited and adopted
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The Vatican City State Should not be Recognized as a State Paolo Gabriele‚ the pope’s ex-butler who was sentenced for 18 months in prison because of leaking confidential documents of the Vatican to the press‚ was recently released. Pope Benedict XVI‚ who was both victim and supreme judge in the case‚ pardoned him for his actions. It seems that the Vatican applies quite a flexible law‚ different from how we know it‚ especially because there is no separation of powers: the Pope has not only the
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