more oil” [Roger]. When oil was first discovered in 1908‚ in what is modern day Iran‚ the importance was immediately recognized. Surely nobody could foresee what an international commodity it would become‚ and the control it would have on the global economy. D’Arcy and Burmah‚ which was the company that first discovered oil in this region in 1908‚ reorganized their holdings in 1909 as the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. (which became the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. in 1935‚ British Petroleum in 1954 and BP in
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Terrorism is an act of violence‚ usually done in the public sphere‚ which is used to incite fear in a population in order to coerce change in public opinion or a government’s position on an issue. In many parts of the world‚ groups wage war with their countries‚ either to separate from the government or to overthrow it entirely. Sometimes these people are treated unfairly by their government‚ and their struggles are justified. Other times‚ these groups use violence against both military and civilian
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Terrorism can be described as any act of violence intended to cause death or serious bodily harm in order to intimidate the population or to compel a government and international agencies from doing something. To the United States‚ the most horrific terrorist attack to happen occurred on September 11th 2001 when terrorists hijacked four planes and crashed them into the twin towers and the pentagon. It not only resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians‚ but it would change American
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Genesis of Suicide terrorism Scott Atran To cite this version: Scott Atran. Genesis of Suicide terrorism. Science‚ American Association for the Advancement of Science‚ 2003‚ 299‚ pp.1534-1539. <ijn 00509568> HAL Id: ijn 00509568 http://jeannicod.ccsd.cnrs.fr/ijn 00509568 Submitted on 13 Aug 2010 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents‚ whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research
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Global Warming and the effect it has on our Oceans Animals I often wondered what kind of effects the global warming is having on the oceans animals‚ being from California originally‚ I have heard some stories‚ about the seals and sea turtles being affected there somehow‚ but I would like to know more about the oceans animal and how they are affected. They say that many of the animals are already feeling the effects of global warming. Like the Sea Turtle. The rising temperatures and the rising
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internationally when it goes across borders. Some of the major global crimes that affect the international justice systems include: drug trafficking‚ terrorism‚ alien smuggling‚ fraud‚ extortion‚ money laundering‚ bribery‚ gangs‚ counterfeiting and cybercrime. Cybercrime is any crime that uses a computer and a network. Cybercrime can include crimes such as cyber-bullying‚ computer hacking‚ identity theft‚ piracy‚ credit fraud‚ and cyber-terrorism. All countries have crimes and there is no way to stop
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Global warming Global warming has been a hot topic in recent decades. According to the Climate Literacy‚ global warming refers to is a natural phenomenon whereby heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere‚ primarily water vapor keep the Earth’s surface warm. Human activities‚ primarily burning fossil fuels and changing land cover patterns‚ are increasing the concentrations of some of these gases‚ amplifying the natural greenhouse effect.. I had learned some basic concepts about global warming when
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but an acknowledgment of the critical role played by the press in American society.” With that being said‚ this writing will reveal how the media can be used as a weapon; whether the media coverage of terrorism and terrorist events have had an impact on future acts of terror‚ and what the effect of including or excluding certain details from a story has on the authenticity of the story. The media‚ newspapers‚ world-wide-web‚ television and radio play a vital part informing their viewers of events
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盈富基金 Tracker Fund of Hong Kong 股份代號 : 2800 網 址 : www.trahk.com.hk Stock Code : 2800 Website : www.trahk.com.hk 二零一二年年報 Annual Report 2012 二零一二年一月一日至二零一二年十二月三十一日 1st January 2012 to 31st December 2012 Tracker Fund of Hong Kong Annual Report 2012 Contents Statement of Responsibilities of the Manager and the Trustee 2 Report of the Trustee to the Unitholders 3 Independent Auditor’s Report 4 Statement of Net Assets 6 Statement of Comprehensive
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millions of American lives‚ it can also be people who live on the same street as you. It’s common to mistake what terrorism really is‚ especially without knowing the history of our nation. When you hear about a shooting at a school‚ or attacks on any specific race‚ what do you define that as? Well‚ if it’s not terrorism‚ you’re mistaken. Any of these awful attacks should be defined as terrorism to this nation. The killing of Americans in America should be just as noticed as ISIS and other terrorist programs
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