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    was sentenced to a 50-year jail sentence on charges of aiding and abetting war crimes during the brutal civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone. In 1989 Charles Taylor stared the Liberia civil war. He was a warlord and was elected president in 1997. For six year, before he was forced into exile in Nigeria he governed Liberia. He was convicted for 11 charges of war crime and crime against humanity. This was for his alleged role in the brutal civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone. He was accused…

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    Trauma Child Trauma

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    Mothers of children ages 0-5 who have faced a traumatic experience could be eligible for CPP in Liberia. For children, CPP would address, “exposure to trauma, internalizing and externalizing symptoms, and/or symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)” (Ippen, “The California Evidence). For mothers CPP would address, “negative attributions about…

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    Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Congo that I had no idea existed. “Beasts of No Nation” tells the story of a young…

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    The topic that I’m writing about is concentrated around globalization. More specifically trade globalization in the form of MNC’s, also known as multinational corporations. A multinational corporation is a company that is whose headquarters are located in one country but has subsidiaries of itself located in another country, thus making it a multi-national country. According to Kwan Choi, multinational companies arise because capital is more mobile than labor, and since cheap labor and raw…

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    Persepolis

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    Marjane's mother and father often attend political protests, kind of like a more violent African war, and support revolutionaries when they can, including many of Marjane's relatives, like Uncle Anoosh. I am from a small country in West Africa call Liberia. I will be expanding how Marjane’s life is similar to mine. I was born June 2, 1990 , that was the same time the Liberian war started. For most individuals that comes to this beautiful place we all call earth, would be happy to take his…

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    ideas and exercising self-discipline. Describe your leadership activities and impact on your local community to date. I am a social entrepreneur who lives in Liberia`s largest slum community. Liberia is one of the world's poorest countries, with a formal employment rate of only 15% and over 85% below the international poverty line. In Liberia, youth unemployment is not just a major economy problem but a serious threat to national security. The country is at risk of returning to political…

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    would not be socially responsible, as they do not pay the benefits, pensions and other compensations that they promise and the employees deserve. In option B, they would be harming the environment in Liberia. Therefore, TK is not environmentally responsible. They would also be harming the people in Liberia by increasing the risk of cancer due to labour-intensive, low-tech methods used in their facility. According to Kant’s, Liberians have a right not to be harmed and infected by the toxic…

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    Ebola Research Paper

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    who travel to Africa or Liberia are high candidates of getting the virus, airlines now permit to deny those boarding with serious contagious disease. The ways that you can prevent yourself from getting the Ebola virus is defiantly using good personal hygiene meaning washing your hands very well with soap and water thoroughly. Also avoid contact with blood and bodly fluid of an infected person whom might be having the symptoms of the virus. If you do decide to travel to Liberia stay away from the…

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    Ebola Research Paper

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    very quickly through a population. Due to this, the Liberian Government set up roadblocks and asked people to stay in their homes in an attempt to slow the disease. The economic toll this and other restrictions, such as the stopping of flights to Liberia, caused fewer goods to be able to make it to the people. this scarcity creates inflation, with inflation comes the higher cost of goods and increases the hardship for the population. the fear of Ebola caused many to stay away from public…

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    Devil Back to the Hell,” a dictatorship government always converges to catastrophic results. However, as Gene Sharp states, overcoming dictatorships requires mainly a strong internal resistance movement so as to promote a common direction. Taking Liberia case as a reference, the liberation the Charles Taylor dictatorship depended on the women’s ability to pressure independence. Thus, the events shown in “Pray…

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