A war crime, using the definition adopted since World War II can fall into any of three categories: crimes against peace involving initiation of war; war crimes including murder, torture, or deportation of civilian populations and crimes against humanity including political, racial, or religious persecution against any civilian population, either before or after a war, also including genocide (Encyclopedia Britannica Online). ... Since there was no clear cut formula for meting out justice to the offending nation, the Allied powers, in 1945, drew up a format based on American and European court...

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The Watergate Scandal: The Watergate Scandal was a series of crimes committed by President Nixon and his staff members who were found to of spied on and harassed political opponents, accepted illegal campaign contributions, and covered up their own misdeeds. ... For years Nixon was carrying on the crimes and they weren't noticed until 1972. ... The LM spent 21 hours 36 minutes on the lunar surface, and the crew spent 2 hours 31 minutes outside the LM in a local area excursion on foot to a distance of approximately 50-m (160 ft) from Tranquillity Base (Encarta Encyclopedia). ... The ...

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Art is a medium that allows people to express their thoughts and feelings on various world issues affecting citizens today through the use of descriptive paintings and drawings. Currently, more and more teenagers are being exposed to and experiencing the negative aspects of the modern world such as the concept of stereotypes and emotional instability. They are beginning to lose their true identity and are falling captive into what is accepted as "normal" in the modern society. The intriguing theme of human frailty has made an appearance in many works of historical and contemporary ar...

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Once in power, Stalin began a drive to industrialize and modernize the Soviet Union, with a Five-Year Plan (1927-32) based on Marxist principles championing government control of the economy. ... In an amazing scene that was broadcast around the world--and which played a large role in exposing the true nature of the Soviet regime--every one of the accused Bolsheviks confessed their supposed crimes. ...

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Although these ideas were rather extreme, they did foster a sense of nationalism based on the idea of the superiority of a race. ... Freud developed a theory of psychoanalysis in which the individual is governed by the conflict between the subconscious, base desires of the "id" and the socially imposed morality of the "superego." ... When the recent history of each of the major contributors to the outbreak of war is examined, a interest for war, based on increased nationalism, can be discovered for each. ...

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The United States has attempted to impose democracy based upon traditions that are foreign to Middle Eastern cultures. ... Yes other countries should have a say over what happen in Iraq so that the crimes committed by the Hussein government do not happen again however, it is primarily the opinion of the Iraq people that should count in deciding the future course of their government. ...

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He wrote articles, poems and stories for the school's publications largely based on his own experiences. ... Even the details of the wound to the leg are based exactly on the novelist's own injury. ...

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World War I, a war fought to "destroy the axis of evil" and to resolve conflicts between belligerent countries, brought nothing but turmoil and numerous dilemmas to the warring nations; politically and economically. Immediately after the war, many people thought the war had made a safe environment f...

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This new band of allies would now be an alliance sandwiched between a collection of countries devoted to liberal & democratic ideals against countries that were based around nationalism and military autocracy (The Axis). ... By using an autonomous movement with it's own social base no one ever became a puppet of a ruling class. ...

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These "practical contributions" were the reason of his expelling from the Georgian Social Democratic Party in 1907; when he took part in a series of bank robberies and other crimes (supposedly in order to raise funds for the "professional" revolutionaries like himself). ...

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After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the word "terrorism" took on a new meaning. Before the attacks, terrorism was certainly taken seriously but after the tragedy on 9/11, the term became synonymous with fear and anger. The word "terrorism" is reflected in the free world's attitude towards security and protection. Millions of people are more fearful, anticipating another attack and wondering if they or a loved one are in danger. Officials who oversee public places such as malls, subways, airports, bus stations, churches and government buildings have taken preca...

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The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species which put the existence of God into radical question. Across the whole population, and in the face of rapid economic and social changes, radical doubts about the stability of the existing order were expressed. By the end of the nine...

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During the 1960's America was ripped apart by a war in a far off country in Asia. Seeing an enemy that was hoping to gain power and eventually rule the world and the nation stared war against communism in the face. The US was faced with the decision, to watch as its friends in other countries faded into the depths of communism, or to come along side and help its international friends put a stop to communism. The USA sent many soldiers to fight against the enemy, never quite realizing what it was truly sending them against. From the US viewpoint, it was thought that the War in Vietnam ...

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Jonathan Tunney 7 December 2003 Development and Change War has been a part of society since the beginning of time. Wars have been won. Wars have been lost. People have died. Countries have tasted the spoils of victory as well as the agony of defeat. Where some countries have stood ...

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