MYANMAR 1. ETYMOLOGY * Derived from BAMAR * ‘Burma’ - spoken form * ‘Myanmar’ - literary form 2. BASIC FACTS * Official Name – Republic of the Union of Myanmar * Capital – Naypyidaw * Form of Government – Unitary Presidential Constitutional Republic * President – Thein Sein * Vice-President – Nyan Thun (Navy Chief) * 2nd Vice-President – Sai Mauk Kham * World Organizations – UN (1948)‚ ASEAN (June 23‚ 1997) * Ethnic Group – Burmans 68%‚ Shan
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1. Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe Age: 85 In power since: 1980 Last year’s rank: 6 Inflation in Zimbabwe is so bad that in January the government released a $50 billion note — enough to buy two loaves of bread. The unemployment rate has risen to more than 85%. In 2008‚ Mugabe agreed to hold an election‚ but it became clear that he would accept the result only if he won. His supporters launched attacks on the opposition‚ killing 163 and torturing or beating 5000. He ultimately signed a powersharing agreement with opposition leader Morgan
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FEMINISM‚ GENDER EQUALITY AND THE HYPOCRISY OF IT ALL. Let me first state that I expect to be condemned and hung on a stake like our Lord Jesus Christ was by those he chose to save. And like him‚ I am fully prepared for the battering that will come with this write up. It amuses me and burdens my heart when I see educated women‚ so called “feminist advocates” come forward to misinform their womenfolk‚ display nothing but sheer confusionist and distractionary tendencies on national TV‚ newspapers
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GILEAD AS A DYSTOPIAN NOVEL “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood takes place in the Republic of Gilead‚ a totalitarian and theocratic state where women are seen as an object. Because of low reproduction rates‚ the Handmaids are assigned to bear children for elite couples. Atwood wrote this novel based on a dystopian society to warn the reader about the dangers of a theocratic and oppressive society. She creates a dystopia with the elements such as; the oppression of women‚ the perversion
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Introduction With the total area of 676‚552km2 and approximately 48 million populations‚ estimated in 2008‚ Myanmar officially acknowledged as Union of Myanmar‚ the republic in Southeast Asia‚ which share the border on the west with Bangladesh‚ on the northwest by India‚ on the northeast by Yunnan Province‚ China‚ and on the east by Laos and Thailand. The longest land border is communal with People’s Republic of China. Burma is known to the world as the nationally official name until 1989;
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Barack Obama! Throughout‚ American history there has been many influential leaders who have brought justice‚ freedom‚ and change to its nation. From George Washington‚ Abraham Lincoln and now finally the 44th president of the USA “Barack Hussein Obama”‚ there have been many great people who have made history. As the first African American to become president and instil the ideology “Yes We Can” a motto now embedded in American tradition. Obama has succeeded in bringing free health care as
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borders from 114 to 113. All happening from 2013 to 2014‚ this ensure more business hence more profit for the country thus more resources to provide for the country so in conclusion a more peaceful state. Elections After a difficult election‚ with Suu Kyi herself winning a parliamentary seat‚ and possibly even taking a cabinet post alongside President Thein Sein‚ Myanmar can be said to have a real multi-party system for the first time since the military coup in 1962. The elections took place alongside
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Breaking the Glass “Feminist: someone who advocates the social‚ political‚ legal‚ and economic rights for women equal to those of men.”1 This is the 21st Century. A time when women and men compete for commercial‚ economic‚ social and political power. But the fight is not fair. The modern woman remains subjected to an intolerable level of inequality. No matter how hard we try to conceal this‚ it remains apparent in today’s society. The number of women working in industries such as engineering was
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speech “On not winning the Nobel Prize” and Margaret Atwood’s “Spotty-handed Villainess”‚ fundamentally highlight the significance of language and learning as a means to encourage and advocate social change within its audience- primarily through the speeches’ clever use of rhetorical devices. Doris Lessing’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech is one of incredible sentimentality as it highlights emphatically the absolute necessity of education‚ attempting to pursue greater equality and accessibility
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Chapter 1 What Do We Mean by Leadership? In the spring of 1972‚ an airplane flew across the Andes mountains carrying its crew and 40 passengers. Most of the passengers were members of an amateur Uruguayan rugby team en route to a game in Chile. The plane never arrived. It crashed in snow-covered mountains‚ breaking into several pieces on impact. The main part of the fuselage slid like a toboggan down a steep valley‚ coming to rest in waist-deep snow. Although a number of people died immediately
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