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    Somalia: Frame of Reference for the United States and the UN Peackeeping Mission The victims of the 1992 Somalia war are publicized across the world. Americans are shocked by the images of malnutrition; video of underfed children in Somalia with swollen bellies and skeletal men and women hawking over bits of grain and brown water. By 1993 year‚ nearly 300‚000 Somalis die of starvation due to clan infighting following the ouster of Mogadishu dictator Siad Barre (CITED THIS). This widespread famine

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    Somalia was colonized by Europe between 1839-1897. The Northern part of Somalia was colonized by the British‚ but the majority of Somalia was controlled by Italy. Somalia had a lot of minerals‚ such as copper‚ tin‚ iron ore‚ and salt‚ as well as rich farming land that the natives had used to fuel their agricultural community for millennia. During the European colonization of Somalia cultural aspects of the population changed and some stayed the same. One of the things that changed during the colonization

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    off the coastlines of Somalia have been the greatest concern of the international community with its ever growing fear of threat to international shipping. Within these concerns comes the heated debated as to why these acts of piracy began. Many believe that the absence of government and the lack of natural resources have played a major role‚ along with the illegally fishing and dumping of toxins in the waters of Somalia. With the ongoing plague of war since the 1980s‚ Somalia has become one of the

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    Somalia vs United States Somalia‚ which is about the size of Texas‚ is a small country located in Eastern Africa next to the Indian Ocean. The United States‚ which is located on the Western Hemisphere‚ is bordered by Mexico and Canada and is between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Separated not only by the Atlantic Ocean‚ Somalia and the United States are also separated by the differences in economies and populations. These two countries that are quite opposite in size have some similarities

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    Committee: UNHRC Country: Somalia Date: 22/09/2012 Violation of Human Rights in the wake of the Arab Spring of 2011/2012 The situation in the Arab nations today can be best described as Volatile. The yearning for change witnessed in Tunisia‚ Egypt‚ Libya and Yemen has created instability which needs to be resolved before it leads to greater respect for democracy and human rights. The country of Somalia is trying to do everything it can to help our fellow Arab Nations. Somalia has worked in close collaboration

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    The main symptoms of cri du chat are first and foremost is that when they are babies they have a very distinct high pitched cry that sounds like that of a cat‚ which explains the name cat cry syndrome‚ intellectual disabilities‚ delayed development and low birth weight. The other symptoms are abnormality of the voice‚ cognitive impairment‚ low set‚ posteriorly rotated ears‚ microcephaly (head is smaller than expected)‚ muscular hypotonia (decreased muscle tone)‚ round face‚ wide nasal bridge and

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    Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH) Abstract Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH) is a rare syndrome that not only causes physical conditions but emotional. The psychological effects of woman diagnosed with MRKH have never been fully discovered. The hypothesis and or purpose of this study is to evaluate self-report measures of psychological distress in woman with MRKH syndrome compared to woman without MRKH syndrome. A group of woman with MRKH will

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    Micro-deletion syndromes Di- George syndrome Aetiology Deletion of part of the long arm in chromosome 22 at location 22q11.2(1) The most common deletion includes the  TBX1 gene (85% individuals)‚ see figure 1 below. Defect in neural-crest tissue (thyroid‚ thymus‚ and conotruncal septum of the heart) due deletion of region in chromosome 22 (2) Inheritance pattern is autosomal dominant (2) Hypoplasia of thymus and parathyroid glands resulting in hypocalcemia Acronym CATCH22 is used for

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    Down Syndrome Down syndrome occurs when there is an extra copy of chromosome 21. People with this abnormality is described to be having a physical feature like excess skin at the nape of the neck‚ flattened nose‚ single crease in the palm of the hand‚ small ears‚ small mouth‚ upward slanting eyes‚ wide‚ short hands with short fingers‚ white spots on the colored part of the eye.  The condition is often associated with some level of mental retardation or learning disabilities. These individuals are

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    Reye Syndrome Reye Syndrome is an extremely rare‚ non-contagious disease thought to be triggered by aspirin use. The actual origin of the disease is unknown. Reye’s Syndrome‚ occasionally called Reye-Jacobsen’s Syndrome‚ is known to follow any viral infection. Two of the most common viral infections it precedes is influenza‚ "the flu"‚ and chicken pox. A now-familiar warning on bottles of aspirin‚ most notably Tylenol‚ is not to give Tylenol to a child who is recovering from the chicken

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