The metric units of measure and the customary units of measure are two systems of measurement used in the world today. The metric system is an alternative system of measurement used in most countries and is based on joining one of a series of prefixes with a base unit of measurement (ten). The customary system of measure is a system of measurement used primarily in the United States of America and measures in inches‚ feet‚ yards‚ et cetera. The first use of the metric system was in 1799‚ during the
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PEACEKEEPING Introduction about Peace Keeping: Peacekeeping refers to activities that tend to create conditions that favour lasting peace. The Peace Keeping emphasised non-coercive activities aimed at re-establishing and maintaining peaceful international intercourse. Nonviolent accompaniment or interventions‚ Speaking out for those who have little or no voice‚ Bearing witness to the facts‚ mechanisms‚ dynamics‚ and results of violence and oppression‚ standing in the way of i.e.‚ nonviolent resistance
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FRAMEWORK OF ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COMBATING OF FINANCIAL TERRORISM IN THE ECOWAS REGION By Oladeji Ifeoluwa Temilolu 1.0 Introduction Money laundering as a form of cross border crime involves the use of legal tender in a financial transaction in order to conceal the origin‚ source or destination of such legal tender derived through illegal means. The sole aim of every money launderer is to misrepresent to any law enforcement authority or agency that the source of the funds are clean.
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Uncle tom’s cabin starts with a slave owner‚ mr Shelby‚ being forced to sell two of his slaves‚ harry and tom‚ to mr haley because of a debt that he owes. When’s harry’s mother‚ eliza‚ hears of this‚ she decides to flee to Canada to be free with her husband george. As they are escaping‚ mr haley sends men after them to catch them‚ but they manage to cross the river and evade capture so mr haley hires a slave hunter to find them and bring them back. Eliza harry and george all reunite at a quaker settlement
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Everyone has heard of slaves‚ gold‚ and an elephant’s ivory. Gold is still an expensive item‚ ivory is illegal‚ and slaves are now illegal to have and shamed upon in most areas of the world. It was not always like that back then. So what drove the European Imperialism in Africa? Imperialism can be defined as a state’s power‚ both economically and physically. This is good for the European countries‚ but awful for Africa because they have no control on what they can and cannot do. The sources discussed
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The book I have chosen was A Long Way Gone‚ I have read a lot about the war in Sierra Leone in 1991‚ where the book was based around. The war had started when the Special Forces of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) had interviewed with Sierra Leone to try to take down the government. There was a lot of talk about how the human rights had joined in to help stop this war‚ not doing much to help thought. This war was characterized by “extreme brutality and widespread human
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large‚ rich‚ prosperous countries such as the United Kingdom‚ the USA‚ France and Russia selling weapons to other countries. Over 75% of the weapons sold by the UK in 1989 were sold to poor‚ developing countries such as South Korea‚ Sierra Leone and Liberia. At first‚ there may seem to be nothing wrong with this common practice but a closer look reveals the brutality and horror behind this industry. As I previously said the majority of the weapons are sold to impoverished countries. In most cases
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Andrew J. Foster Andrew J. Foster is an extremely important figure in Deaf History due to the significant impact he had of deaf culture. By establishing dozens of schools for the deaf‚ he was able to provide many people the opportunity to learn and have an education. He was able to succeed his mission with lifelong commitment and determination along with the ability to overcome conflicts that interfered. Although Mr. Foster was born in 1925 on June 27th with the ability to hear‚ he developed Spinal
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Background/history What is a conflict diamond? Diamonds from peace countries which are most likely third world countries‚ are controlled by the government. Its industry monitors the imports to avoid conflict diamonds to be imported to their country (Natural Resources Canada: The Canadian Diamond Industry). Diamonds that are imported from conflict countries are called blood diamond or conflict diamonds because they are retrieved from war zone and traded in the black market to fund rebel fighters
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Insecurities vary significantly across countries and communities. Both their causes and expressions depend on a complex interaction of international‚ regional‚ national and local factors. The one way bilateral approach to achieving human security is a misconception and farfetched approach which is often less realistic and at times destructive. Multilateral approach has important implications for policy making as it accepts that human insecurities cannot be tackled in isolation through stand alone
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