For decades, people have engaged in wars as a motive to bring about peace. However it has proven to do nothing but disturb and hurt the lives of millions of civilians around the world. ... It is difficult to think of a world without war because we have grown accustomed to continuous conflict and have made it the only solution for peace. Though some may argue that war is necessary to create lasting peace and stability, war is in reality a crime against innocent people. ... Many have lost their husbands and sons through the war, thus increasing the number of female-headed households" (p.2)....

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And yet, when Noriega was finally indicted in Miami in 1988, all the charges except one were related to activities that dated back before 1984, when he was our boy, helping with the U.S. war against Nicaragua. ... Among other things, he seems to have been dragging his feet about helping the U.S. in the contra war. ... We had to make sure that Panama was in the hands of people we could control before that date. ... Then in December 1989, the United States celebrated the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of the Cold War by invading Panama outright. ... Dan Rather placed him "at the top of ...

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During the past quarter century, abortion has joined race and war as one of the most contentious subjects of controversy in the United States. ... Most importantly, science cannot tell us if abortion is murder. ... Now people ask the question, well, is it a human being? ... Regardless of everyone's beliefs and views and concerns, abortion is legal and does take place all over the world everyday. ... The vote was 7 to 2. ...

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Introduction United States law has used the doctrine of "discovery" to justify the takeover of Indian people and territory. ... However, the most important part of the decision was the clear message that Indian rights were not serious legal issues. ... The Canadian legal system, in the years after World War II, recognized no Indian rights as such. ... Changing Legal Rights It is important to understand how completely Canadian law denied indigenous rights, because it shows the dramatic change in the attitude of the Supreme Court of Canada. ... In 1982 section 35 was added...

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