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    Teachings and Jihad). In 2009, the Boko Haram began a series of attacks in Nigeria that included taking hostages and bombing the government facilities, security installations, banks, schools, and other public places. In 2011, they bombed the United Nations Headquarters in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. The terrorist group raided villages, torched houses, and staged mass abductions, which became increasingly frequent in the bloody, violent conflict” (“Boko Haram Hostage Crisis in Nigeria”). Genocide has been

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    that is heading towards many domestic and foreign changes. Some foreign changes that can be predicted in Iran’s future will include a foreign relations change with the United States and Israel. The relationship with the United States will improve with the negotiations of a nuclear deal. With an improving relations between the United States and Iran, Israel thinks it will lose its qualitative edge on Iran. Therefore, the Israel and Iran relation will worsening. Coming back inside the country, a domestic

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    for these causes. When problems are not solved between countries, worse case scenario would be to involve the military forces to threaten each other. The United Nation is the mediator amongst these countries to hopefully come into a state of resolution or compromise in order to reduce massive destructions. The economy and trade amongst nations often determine the power, status, and the relations amongst each country as to be either good or bad. Conflict of ideas consists of ethnic, religious, ideological

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    Domestic terrorism consists of violations against federal and state law that put humans into danger. The purpose of domestic terrorism is to influence or to instill fear into the population and government. Terrorism comes in forms of gun violence, assassinations, and destruction (1). Since 1970, there have been 2,608 attacks and 226 fatal attacks up until 2011 (3). In 1867, the development of dynamite contributed to increasing terrorism, and radicals have used explosives to bring attention to political

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    of trade, food, and health. The council is also held accountable by the Assembly of the African Union, and helps prepare anything that the Assembly may need. In addition, the Peace and Security Council helps maintain internal peace among member nations. Overall, these are just a few of the councils and committees that make up the structure of the AU. When examining the current financial situation of the African Union, one may question if whether or not the AU can really exist for much longer.

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    ideas on what has happened in Mali with terrorism. Following with what leads to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the effort of terrorism in Mali. To follow up with why the realist critique fits the terrorism in mali. Ending with the proof if the UNSC response and current issues and if the UN is still there to this day. Wrapping it all up with a final conclusion of my research and thoughts. In nations there is always confrontation on differences of life. The most radical and severity

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    Two o’clock in the morning on August 29,1949 the first nuclear atomic bomb was dropped known as the “First Lighting.” It was dropped on the testing site in Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan. This nuclear bomb was produced by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) also known as the Soviet Union. Igor Kurchatov was the director of the scientific soviet nuclear bomb program. There were two practice rounds two weeks prior to the explosion. During these two weeks period the Special Committee on the

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    Homeland Security

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    Spring Semester Outline I. Topic: The United States Homeland Security and The War on Terrorism II. Thesis Statement: Homeland Security plays a major role in the war on terror. Topic Sentences 1. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 reduces the vulnerability of the United States to terrorism. 2. The Department of Homeland Security was created for the war on terror. 3. The role of the Homeland Security Committee. 4. The history of the United States on foreign policy. 5. How terrorists

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    North Atlantic Treaty Organization Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Capabilities The first alliance to bring North America and eleven Western European nations together was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in April 1949. This treaty still remains intact today with twenty-nine countries acting as an international organization with an internal decision-making body known as the North Atlantic Council. This department brings representatives from all of its members to make

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    The Roles Of Emma Watson

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    model, and style icon. In 2014, she graduated from Brown University with a degree in English. Since then she has promoted the education of girls in many countries including Bangladesh and Zambia (United Nations, 2014). In July of 2014 she was appointed as a UN Women Goodwill ambassador. According to the United Nation’s News Centre, “The role of the Goodwill Ambassador is to promote the empowerment of young women and to serve as an advocate for UN Women’s ‘HeForShe’ campaign.” ‘HeForShe’ is a movement

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