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    The blame for the development of the Cold War rests most heavily on the United States’ shoulders; however, the origins of the war overall stemmed from a back and forth struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union for spheres of influence. The United States was overly aggressive and preemptive in its policy to expand it’s sphere of influence and contain the Soviets’. In all fairness, these preemptive actions were not without justification; however, these justifications lay less…

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    world. The two sides were generally known as the Allies and the Axis. The Allied Powers consisted of U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, and Yugoslavia while the Axis Powers was composed of Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. The Second World War was a war fought from 1939 to 1945 in Europe and, during much of the 1930s and 1940s, in Asia. The war in Europe began on…

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    Is it right to say that people are basically selfish? Nanako Tajima Babies are obviously selfish. They ask for people to get whatever they want whenever they need. They do not care about others at all. However, they are treated as an angle though what they do is like an evil because we have an understanding that it cannot be helped that babies cry to get attentions. In another word, we unconsciously accept babies’ selfishness. People are born to be selfish and it does not change even we grow…

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    Drone warfare, first strongly used in 2002 by the CIA to target Osama bin Laden after the series of attacks that occurred on United States soil on September eleventh. During the time of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, there was an estimated total of 100,000 flight hours by conducted by drones in support. Also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs for short, drones are used by the military primarily for surveillance purposes. However, during recent years, drones have…

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    Therefore, the need to put off conflict from arising and solve those that are taking place. Humanitarian intervention. Humanitarian intervention has been defined as when a state or a group of states employs military force within another country’s territory to protect civilians against atrocities and/or the consequences of a humanitarian conflict. (Hrea.org p132). It is in every essence different from humanitarian aid which is provided by non-governmental organizations such as Red Cross.…

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    The collapse of the formal government in eastern countries caused them to rise back up as an independent nation, forming their own government. For example, Yugoslavia who was formally known ruled by Russia is now ruled by their own government. At the end of the Cold War Eastern Europe had started an era filled with economic growth and a large number of liberal democracies, but in other part of the world like…

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    Reading Questions: 3. The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first major piece of immigration legislation in the United States and set a path for immigration in the 20th century. In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was created and it only affected Chinese Laborers. This act made it illegal for Chinese laborers to enter the United States, but continued to allow merchants and teachers from China into the country. The textbook stated that the act was renewed in 1892, and made permanent in 1902, and…

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    due to immigration of people from other countries to Sweden. Most of the immigrants are from other parts of Europe(Finland,Poland,Germany,Turkey,Denmark,Norway,Romania,United Kingdom, Hungary) , Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Syria, Thailand, Chile, Former Yugoslavia, and may more. Moreover, many citizens from the rural areas in Sweden are moving to the urban areas which decrease the population in the rural area and increase the population in the metropolitan area. Although the birth rate is not high, the…

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    INVESTIGATION OF PLEA OF ALIBI: In criminal trials the accused persons most of the times place reliance on the plea of alibi for their defence as they believe that such a plea would be easy to prove through simply creating an impression that the accused was not present at the place where the occurrence of crime took place. However, it does not mean that a plea of alibi, pleaded by an accused, is not subject to the confirmation of court by means of proper investigations. This is to say that a…

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    Throughout history, it has been seen that human societies have collapsed, and ceases to exist today. Some societies include Somalia, Ruanda, and Yugoslavia. Today, there are societies that are at risk of collapsing, such as Nepal, Indonesia, and Columbia. Jarred Diamond believed that the study and analysis of why some societies collapsed is the only way for us to avoid making the same mistakes and suffering the same fate. He has developed a five point framework that allows him to understand the…

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