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parler de ces ninorités.) These populations came to different times, massively or in small communities during the last millennium. They were forced to flee by the Chinese feudal oppression, the invasion of the Siameses, the famines and the epidemic. (Ces populations sont venues à des époques différentes, massivement ou en petites communautés au cours du dernier millénaire. Elles ont été chassées par l’oppression féodale chinoise, l’invasion des Siamois, les famines et les épidémies)

confidently exploit the wider structural adjustment movement o African Stagnation ▪ High levels of debt = high structural readjustment programs = worsening of social conditions as could not compete (see also impact of HIV and AIDS epidemic) o The Mexican Peso Crisis ▪ Mexico initially heralded as a successful structural readjustment case. Inflation tamed and exports booming, particularly with the US. But flows on FDI caused capital flight – country just being used

society. It was believed that some people of unusual spiritual powers had contact with the dreamtime. Since British colonisation. British colonisation of Australia began with the arrival of the First Fleet in Botany Bay in 1788. A small pox epidemic, which is believed to have been introduced by the macassans [20] is estimated to have killed up to 90% of the local Darug people in 1789 and has often been attributed to be caused by white settlers A consequence of British settlement was appropriation

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defeat at Bannockburn in 1314; but the campaign continued until the early years of Edward III and was only finally abandoned after the conclusion of the Treaty of Northampton in 1328, which recognised Scottish Independence. The Black Death, an epidemic of bubonic plague arrived in England in 1348 and killed as much as a third to half the population. Notable English victories in the Hundred Years' War included Crécy and Agincourt. Edward III gave land to powerful noble families, including many

The written information on sacks, bags and each package. * Results of inspection and percentage of germination, purity, impurity, moisture, etc. * Method of chemical treatment of the seeds. * Confirmation that the seeds are free from insects, epidemic, diseases and weed seeds (their number and species in a sample of two kilograms must be mentioned). 2- Phytosanitary Certificate: The purpose of this certificate is to verify that the seeds or grains to be exported to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

v Èeské Republice v roce 1997 [Monitoring the epidemiological situation in flooded areas of the Czech Republic in 1997]. In: Proceedings of the Conference DDD '98, Podìbrady, Czech Republic, 11–13 May 1998. 5 MIETTINEN, I.T. ET AL. Waterborne epidemics in Finland in 1998–1999. Water science and technology, 43(12): 67–71 (2001). 6 La vulnérabilité se définit en termes de capacité d’une personne ou d’un groupe d’anticiper les conséquences d’une catastrophe naturelle, d’y faire face, d’y résister

the United States testified. Health and education The other major social changes in these years, apart from emigration, resulted from the decline in serious illnesses and in illiteracy. Improved water supplies and sewerage meant fewer cholera epidemics—though these still occurred at times, as at Barletta in 1910–12. Malaria, a major scourge of the rural south, declined sharply as quinine became widely available after 1900. Pellagra, a vitamin-deficiency disease endemic among the northern peasantry

million people overfed in the world, we absolutely need to think about the 500 million people suffering daily from hunger. These problems persist. They are coming from economic and political reasons, and from the persistence of the infectious epidemics devastate countries with economic difficulties and the underprivileged populations. Stakes are above all, politic. * Social: with massive dismissals of large companies. And it also accelerates the human migrations. Workers are going away

interview with USA TODAY in her spacious office in the East Wing of the White House. "We've got to stop citing statistics and wringing our hands and feeling guilty, and get going on this issue."She says she intends to "sound the alarm" about the epidemic: About 32% of children and adolescents today — 25 million kids — are obese or overweight, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Those extra pounds put kids at a greater risk of developing a host of debilitating and costly diseases