Presentation of the terrorist attack of the XX century The Avivim school bus massacre was a terrorist attack on an Israeli school bus on May 22‚ 1970 in which 12 Israeli civilians were killed‚ nine of them children‚ and 25 were wounded. The attack took place on the road to Moshav Avivim‚ near Israel’s border with Lebanon. Two bazooka shells were fired at the bus. The attack was one of the first carried out by the PFLP-GC. Early in the morning‚ the bus departed from Avivim heading with its passengers
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A revolution in Ukraine took place in February 2014 after a series of violent events in the capital of Kiev culminated with the ousting of the then President of Ukraine‚ Viktor Yanukovych. This was followed by a series of changes in quick succession in Ukraine’s socio-political system‚ including the installation of a new improvised government‚ the revival of an older version of the constitution‚ and the request to hold spontaneous presidential elections within months. Before
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would you ask the president or leader of your country‚ and why? Nowadays it is a popular trend among leaders of CIS countries to hold Q&A sessions with the people of their countries at least once a year. Mr. Yanukovych‚ the President of Ukraine‚ followed this trend as well and held the session at the end of February 2011 just one year after his election. Over 50 thousands of questions were sent prior to the event. One of them was mine. Among the questions on democracy issues‚ economic
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TOPIC 7: DIVERSITY AND CONVERGENCE IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD. WEDDING CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND UKRAINE UNIT 1 THE TWO OF US Functions practiced: stating and justifying opinion. Vocabulary Area: arranged marriage‚ blind date‚ compatible‚ curfew‚ date (n‚ v)‚ double date‚ divorce (n‚ v)‚ fiancé‚ fiancée‚ get engaged‚ go together socially‚ infatuation‚ keep a maiden name‚ significant other. READING AND SPEAKING Pre-reading Take a few minutes to look at the
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Ukraine in the modern globalization processes Бурдяк Віра Іванівна (Vira Burdyak) д.політ.н.‚ професор Чернівецького національного університету ім. Ю.Федьковича Author points out that globalization‚ which has enclosed the overwhelming majority of states in the modern world including also Ukraine‚ is one of the most important causes of civilization development. It is especially accentuated that under the influence of global and local factors new geopolitical economic and civilization situation
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Film Conceptualization Paper My Big Fat Greek Wedding‚ is a 2002 film‚ that portrays the main character‚ Toula Portokalos and the conflict that occurs after she decides to marry someone outside of her culture. In the film‚ Toula is the middle child of an immigrant family that proudly represents their Greek Heritage. The most prominent cultural belief is that Toula must marry a Grecian man. With the assistance of her mother and her aunt‚ Toula is able to attend college and work for her aunt’s travel
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the state: integration with the European Union‚ a deepening of co-operation with Russia and with the U.S. This is demonstrated by the analysis of the geographic structure of Ukraine’s exports of goods. In 1999‚ only 18.3% of goods exported from Ukraine were supplied to EU member countries (while there was a general tendency toward an increase in the EU share)1‚ and the share of the former USSR amounted to 29.5%‚ this figure decreasing substantially WTO mechanism and structures. Therefore‚ the development
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Foreign relations of Ukraine have started to develop after it accepted the Declaration of State Sovereignty in 1990 and especially after the Act of Independence of Ukraine was announced in 1991. Ukraine was until then‚ although it had its own seat in the United Nations and was one of its 51 founding states‚ a part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and thus unable to lead it own foreign policy. The Declaration of Independence became the cornerstone and starting point creation of the foreign
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Growth supported by domestic demand The peak of the global economic crisis and also Ukrainian financial crisis in 2009 saw growth rates slow dramatically in Ukraine. In 2010 and 2011‚ sales gradually recovered. Consumer confidence strengthened as the economy performed well‚ with GDP rising by 5% in 2010 and 2011. Ukraine’s total retail turnover grew by 15‚9% y-o-y in real terms in 2012‚ reflecting buoyant domestic demand and rising wages. Moreover‚ organized retail trade represented by hypermarkets
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The movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a very clear example cultural diversity. Cultural diversity is differences based on cultural‚ ethnic and racial factors. This movie was about a Greek female‚ named Toula Portokalos‚ who was embarrassed by her culture. Her father‚ Gus only wants her to do three things: get married to a greek boy‚ have kids with a greek boy and cook greek food. Gus is ethnocentric‚ this means that he believes that being Greek is better than being in any other culture. In the beginning
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