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  • social order as essential components in the process. The underpinnings ... A major force in world politics since the early twentieth century ...
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  • [[Image:Cannibals.23232.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Cannibalism in Brazil ... #039;s own species and usually refers to human beings eating other humans ...
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  • campaigning for internationally recognized human rights. In particular, Amnesty ... Amnesty International was founded in 1961 by a Roman Catholic British ...
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  • 6, 1920) – September 3, 2012), was born in North Pyeongan Province, which ... understanding and build lasting peace in the world. A long-time opponent ...
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  • 2019 to 2023. Before being elected Speaker in the 110th Congress, she was ... Speaker of the House, Pelosi ranked second in the United States line of presidential ...
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  • and one of the four "big cats" in the Panthera genus, along with ... which are either all-black or very dark in coloration, are known as black ...
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  • has not been complete. Equally, a crime in one jurisdiction may not be ... :In law, rendition is a "surrender" or "handing over ...
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  • a relaxing or easing; the term has been used in international politics since ... The two sides in the Cold War, the NATO powers and the Warsaw Pact ...
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  • The U.S. ended its occupation in part to bolster its efforts in the ... and maimed vast numbers of civilians. Partly in response to devastation caused ...
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  • AH-see-ahn in English (the official language of the bloc) ... , is a political and economic membership organization of 10 countries ...
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  • military leaders who was instrumental in defeating the Japanese in World ... MacArthur served in the U.S. Army most of his life, participating ...
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  • [[Image:Japanese internment camp in British Columbia.jpg|thumb|250px ... and murder. Today, this term is used only in this extremely pejorative sense; ...
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  • is an international organization established in 1945 for the purpose of securing ... Since the end of the Cold War, trends in conflict have shifted from ...
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  • a coastline of 12 miles (19.3 kilometers) in the North Pacific Ocean, formerly ... of EnenKio, citing "first-usage lands rights," a concept commonly ...
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  • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations ... or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in ...
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  • of speech and enterprise), and democracy in all regions of the world; economic barriers, and furthering capitalism in order to foster economic growth ...
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  • to news gathering and processes involved in obtaining information for public ... some limitations are always present both in principle and in practice. ...
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  • Circumcision predates recorded human history, with depictions in stone ... Male circumcision is a religious commandment in Judaism, expected ...
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  • politician and a former trade union and human rights activist who served ... Wałęsa stood unsuccessfully for election in 2000 but supported another ...
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  • or class opponents of the person or group in power. The term implies that ... was also also used by other communist rulers in Maoist China and Albania during ...
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  • country or of its group of member states. In most countries, the central ... stability by regulating the flow of money in its country or larger area ...
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  • on January 20, 2001 and re-elected in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. The Bush family has a significant history in United States politics ...
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  • speaking, most punishments, whether in judicial, domestic, or educational ... As humankind has advanced, recognizing the human rights of all, especially ...
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  • was the Governor of Georgia (1971–1975). In 1976, Carter won the Democratic ... significant government and judicial posts. In foreign affairs, Carter's ...
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  • dictatorship is called a dictator. Politics in a dictatorship are controlled ... The term dictatorship originates from its use in the Roman Republic ...
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  • World War. Initially, as war broke out in Europe, Adolf Hitler's ... freedom" were to be defended, human rights and justice preserved ...
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  • Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is an emirate in the Middle ... liberties; the press is among the freest in the region. The native Qatari ...
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  • of containment" and was a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War ... In the late 1940s, his writings inspired the Truman Doctrine and the ...
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  • The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast ... The islands were explored by Russians in the seventeenth and eighteenth ...
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  • Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in South America ... of democracy. Since its return to democracy in 1990, Chile has been an active ...
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  • Graham preached the gospel to more people in person than anyone in the history ... However, he stood firm against abuses of human rights such as racial segregation. ...
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  • various Western colonies and protectorates in Asia and [Africa]] following ... nation cherished as a sign of membership in the community of nations. The ...
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  • largest auto company by production volume, in addition to the largest by ... Founded in 1908, in Flint, Michigan, General Motors employs approximately ...
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  • Marxism, in a narrow sense, refers to the thoughts and theories of ... and analysis of capitalism as it existed in Europe during the first half ...
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  • Neoconservatism is a political philosophy that emerged in the United ... coined the usage of neoconservative in a 1973 Dissent magazine article ...
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  • Cuba, Chávez had a pronounced influence in much of the region during his ... features, including Angel Falls. Located in the Guayana highlands, it plunges ...
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  • guarantor under the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee in justification for occupying ... Following the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottoman Empire entered ...
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  • Keiretsu, which is often referenced in US and Japanese media and official ... that dominated the economic life of Japan in the late nineteenth and early ...
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  • make up the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million ... E. The first written records of Japan appear in Chinese history texts from ...
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  • with strong cultural and political ties to North America and Europe. The world ... Initially a site for English penal colonies in the eighteenth and ...
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  • usually to assist with the growth of crops. In crop production, it is mainly ... Irrigation is also a term used in the medical/dental fields and refers ...
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  • In general discussion, a nation-state is variously called a "country ... The modern state is relatively new to human history, emerging after ...
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  • ; a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the People's ... Since its establishment in 723 B.C.E., Beijing has served as the capital ...
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  • to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north. ... of the Middle East and is a vital factor in Arab politics and in Arab-Israeli ...
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  • the state, private property, and capitalism in favor of common ownership or ... of mass production; and capitalism itself. In place of those institutions ...
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  • "Central State"), is a country in East Asia. It is the world ... millennia. The Chinese Civil War resulted in a division of territory in ...
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  • The term brainwashing was originally used in the United States to explain ... quot; became a controversial issue in the 1970s. Accusations that ...
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  • colonies or administrative dependencies in which indigenous populations ... continue to impact the lives of many people in the world today, informing ...
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  • statesman and a former four-star general in the United States Army. He ... History will probably be kind in remembering Powell, who, despite ...
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  • this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ... It is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the north ...
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