Recently‚ the Marine Corps and the Navy have used their amphibious capabilities through the means of humanitarian aid in Haiti and Japan (“Global Impact‚” 2016). In 2006 during the Israeli-Lebanon conflict‚ Marines aboard amphibious ships were able to conduct an amphibious withdrawal of U.S. citizens from Lebanon (White
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safety in the neighboring states of Jordan‚ Turkey‚ Lebanon‚ and Iraq. The rate of people seeking refuge has brought the total to over 235‚000 registered refugees‚ according to The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR. The number of unregistered refugees is estimated to be a far greater number‚ possibly as high as 1.5 million. Even though the refugees escaped the civil war when they crossed the border they now face new problems. Jordan‚ Lebanon‚ and Iraq are not capable of handling the crisis and
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and military troops was a war which as little Ruby got to discover in her quest to render sanity in her family was based in the name of race and faith. What started as a some-what operation to destroy terrorist attacks on the IDF forces along the Lebanon-Israeli border‚ later escalated into war when the supposed short-term movement led further into the outskirts of Beirut‚ (Ynetnews‚ 2008). The course of the war led to Internally displaced persons‚ camps being set up and Palestinian refugees struggling
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Truth is defined as a property of being in accordance with fact or reality‚ nonetheless truth or validity often becomes subjective within our ever-changing international society. When evaluating the possible subjectivity or objectivity of truth it is predominantly essential to weigh what the implications of universal are. While it is true that fact should‚ and mostly is‚ accepted by a majority of people‚ the perspectives of our varying world cultures can often alter the scope of the word universal
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Up to the beginning of 2017‚ 5% of the population in Lebanon are dead from modern slavery‚ 10% of the population in South Africa are suffering under their master’s control and over 25% of world population are slaves. Human right abuses among different forms of modern slavery worldwide are the direct result of laws and government corruption. Additionally those populations lost their original human right of not being slaves due to their poor living conditions (poverty) but also affected by another
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“The Effect of Leadership on Motivation in Lebanese Non-Profit Organizations” Submitted to: Advisor: Dr. Sylva Karkoulian Second Reader: Dr. Abdul Nasser Kassar Baria Daye ID: 201000016 Spring 2012 Table of Contents Abstract ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 Objective ................................................................................................
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Outing the sexual taboo Unveiling issues of sexuality among university students in Lebanon Open public discussion of sensitive issues and long-standing taboos like sexual habits and perceptions is uncommon in Lebanon and there is a lack of thorough research on the subject. However‚ a recent conference by the American University of Beirut on ‘Sexuality in the Arab World’ tackled some of those topics‚ including sexual attitudes‚ behaviors and virginity. An opinion poll conducted by Information International
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Palestinians lost their homes and property. While many people left‚ a larger number of Jews were forced to leave all Arab countries in the Middle East. The Palestinians then took the Gaza Strip under their security ruled by Egypt‚ Jordan‚ Syria‚ and Lebanon. Another conflict started in 1967. Israeli troops took control of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip that were part of the “Occupied Territories‚” according to the Palestinians. Less than one million Palestinians remained in the West Bank after a large
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References: Torbey‚ C. (2005‚ August 29). Lebanon ’s gays struggle with law. Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4154664.stm Whitaker‚ B. (2006). Unspeakable love: Gay and lesbian life in the middle east. Retrieved from http://www.dissentmagazine.org/democratiya/article_pdfs/d6Simonon
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James S Feliz September 11‚ 2001: Why Is America a Target? America was a target of terrorism on September 11‚ 2001‚ and will continue to be a target of terrorism because it bears a significant degree of responsibility for generating the political‚ religious‚ and economic causes of terrorism. As a global superpower and the dominant economic power in the world‚ the United States has pursued policies which have embittered millions of people throughout the Middle East and the Third World
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