Since the second phase of the Somali Civil War‚ which started in the early 2000’s‚ piracy off the coast of Somalia has been a great danger to international shipping. Starting in 2005‚ many international organizations‚ which include the International Maritime Organization and the World Food Program‚ have expressed major concern over the rising acts of piracy. Piracy has made trouble for the delivery of shipments and raised shipping costs‚ which have risen to an estimated 10 billion dollars a year
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THE PIRATES OF THE SILVERLAND - PALM OIL PIRACY Summary of the case: Palm Haul Sdn Bhd (PHSB) established in 2002 at Taiping Perak. It was a small and medium sized enterprise in crude palm oil (CPO) transportation business. PHSB was managed by En.H.Rossly and son in law of its founder‚ Datu S. Najeed. PHSB was facing the same problems likes others transportation companies which is drivers embroiling in oil piracy. The transportation companies will bear the responsibilities of compensation of the
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From A Passage to Africa George Alagiah writes about his experiences as a television reporter during the war in Somalia‚ Africa in the 1990s. He won a special award for his report on the incidents described in this passage. I saw a thousand hungry‚ lean‚ scared and betrayed faces as I criss-crossed Somalia between the end of 1991 and December 1992‚ but there is one I will never forget. I was in a little hamlet just outside Gufgaduud‚ a village in the back of beyond‚ a place the aid agencies had
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How have Recent Technological Changes Contributed to Society‚ Culture and Media? Is this progress? In the past fifty years technology has revolutionised the way we live. The advancements in technology have not slowed into the new millennium and as they continue to advance so must we and the world around us change to keep up. Before the turn of the century we were in a world of mass media. As a population we were clumped together and all marketed at in the same style regardless of class and
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“We’re all damaged in our own way. Nobody’s perfect. I think we are all somewhat screwy‚ every single one of us‚” Depp once said. Johnny Depp is an American actor who has faced his own share of challenges. Despite his tribulations he has excelled in his acting career. Johnny Christopher Depp III was born in Kentucky on June 9‚ 1963. He grew up with three other siblings‚ two older sisters‚ and an older brother. Depp and his family moved to Florida when he was young and Depp hated it. When they first
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This is the story of the growth of the personal computer industry. The movie while based on historical fact‚ did alter things a bit for dramatic reasons. The Movie begins with IBM in the early 1980’s‚ the big brother in the computer world that everyone else feared. Everyone dressed alike at IBM‚ company songs and jingles filled the air‚ and men in suits were everywhere. Steve Jobs along with his friend who he calls "Waz" delight in working with computers. They eventually form their own company
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Name: Daniel Afonso de Solar Student number: 08753644 Understanding Famine: Famine is usually understood to be a decline in food availability. A sudden‚ sharp reduction in food in any particular geographic locale usually results in widespread hunger and famine. Understanding Somalia’s famine or any famine goes far beyond the traditional generalist statement mentioned above. A complex environment influences Somalia’s current and previous famines. Political instability‚ an undefined economic
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Ethnic Groups of Eritrea (Tigrinya‚ Tigre‚ Saho and Afar) The country of Eritrea consists of nine ethnic cultural groups. They are: Afar‚ Tigrinya‚ Kunama‚ Tigre‚ Saho‚ Bilen‚ Nara‚ Beja‚ and Rashaida. Of those nine ethnic groups the four that make up most of the population around Eritrea are Tigrinya‚ Tigre‚ Saho and Afar. Tigrinya makes up 50% of the Eritrean population occupying the central and northern highlands of the country. The official language of the Tingrinya is Biher-Tigrinya. Most
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Cultural Competence in the Emerging Somali Population in Arizona DeLana Brown Grand Canyon University Cultural Sensitivity Paper NUR 502 July 22‚ 2012 Cultural Competence in the Emerging Somali Population in Arizona The purpose of this paper is to find an article from a nursing journal that is focused on a cultural group and relate it to the cultural sensitivity in the work force environment. The article chosen by this writer is from the “Online Journal of Nursing Issues” republished
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that pirates and explorers are the same. Some reasons that shows they are alike is simply‚ how society has portrayed them how we think and how movie/book show that pirates are evil and manipulative and explorers are brilliant and heroic. Another reason they are alike is there greed‚ there has been many times that explorers and their greed has taken over. The last reason is what they’ve done‚ and how both of them have done horrible things. These are the three reasons why I think that pirates and
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