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    fisherfolks from Kabinga-an, Tapul Island. According to friends, Nur was so poor that he could never have gone to college were it not for a kindly teacher in Jolo who recognized his potentials and pulled off a scholarship for him as a Commission on National Integration (CNI) scholar at the University of the Philippines (UP) in Manila. Nur recalls being an "ordinary child without ambition. All I wanted was to go to school and serve my family." In 1958, Nur left Jolo to attend the university, where

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    nature of PETA's campaigns has caused concern, as has the estimated 85% of animals it euthanizes. PETA was further criticized in 2005 by United States Senator Jim Inhofe for having given grants several years earlier to Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and Earth Liberation Front (ELF) activists, two groups that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has identified as agents of domestic terrorism. PETA responded that it has no involvement in ALF or ELF actions and does not support violence, though Newkirk

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    reinforcements. This was futile because the mob repeatedly broke through the barricade and set fire to the bar. When reinforcements arrived, they were able to take out the fire but were unable to stop the riot. Every time they dispersed the crowd in front of them, a new one would form behind them in minutes. The riots persisted for six days: The Stonewall became "home" to these kids. When it was raided, they fought for it. That, and

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    Today one hundred and ninety-two observe earth day as a national holiday. Although the environmental movement is considered a subculture, it has integrated itself into modern day society and made a monumental impact. The call to reduce, reuse, and recycle is seen everywhere you go. Schools all over the nation

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    To analyze this cases, it can be found that there were contrast between Aceh and Sulu. In the arrival and spread of Islam, it has been stated that Aceh period was in the 13th century while 15th century in Sulu, where the sultanate system was found thus declaring both were Islamic oriented kingdom. Aceh regarded as the first state to received Islam in Indonesia as Edward Aspinall (n.d) stated the oldest kingdom in Southeast Asia was Pasai well known as Aceh in present day, it becomes the first contact

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    way’’(PETA). This motto officially means that animals are not ours to use or cause essential harm to by no means necessary. PETA was created in March of 1980, after founders, Alex Pacheco and Ingrid Newkirk were inspired by Peter Sanger’s book ‘’Animal Liberation’’; which Ingrid Newkirk has said the book gave her

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    In a world where one hundred fifty billion animals are killed yearly, the same question of these animal’s rights are debated relentlessly. Whether for religion or moral values, activists banded together to form anti-cruelty groups to stop these murders. As time passed, groups emerged and started to campaign against animal testing for research. With the goal of abolishing these tests in mind, orginizations looked to the public in order to convince legislatures to abolish using animals in biomedical

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    It became accepted to see both women and children join the troops during those chaotic times. In 1979 to 1981, an estimated 30,000 people were killed by death squads formed by the anti-government organization known as Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) as explained by Info Please (2017). The United States Army sent their Green Berets to help intervene and

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    how we should treat head injuries. The team that worked for him recorded the data via videotapes. Unfortunately, as much as he tried, Thomas Gennarelli flopped and could not create duplicate head injuries. In 1984, participants of the Animal Liberation Front broke into the University of Pennsylvania’s Medical school and swindled the tapes that’s withheld the data from the experiments. They edited the tapes to show the most gruesome abuses of the primates and submitted it to People for Ethical Treatments

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    Essay on Animal Testing in the Research Field

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    Animal research, or animal testing, is the use of animals in scientific researches to study and develop drugs for the life-taking diseases that human beings contract. It has been practiced for hundreds of years. Animal testing helps produced many vaccines and other drugs, like penicillin, and thus, save many human lives. On the other hand, animal testing also causes pain and kills a lot of animals used during the researches that many people oppose this practice. Supporters show their support, while

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