Give Peace a Chance

ivre. Traumatisme pour John. Il va grandir dans l’ambiance d’une ville bombardée par les Allemands, dans les ruines de Liverpool et va s’intéresser à tout ce qui se trouve autour de lui. Il baigne dans une ambiance dure, dans une classe très pauvre, d'où la chanson Working Class Hero. A Liverpool, il y avait un orphelinat dans lequel il participait à des fêtes avec sa tante. C’est là qu’il reçoit une guitare et qu’il fonde son 1er groupe (1956). En 1957, il rencontre Paul McCarteney, l’autre grand

decision," wrote Truman in 1955 about the drop of the atomic bombs on Japan in 1945. During a meeting with Anthony Eden, about one month after becoming president, he said: “I am here to make decisions, and whether they prove right or wrong I am going to make them”[1]. That is why as well, Truman titled his first part of his memoirs, “Years of Decisions, 1945”. Truman had a strong conviction that the presidency was a job that required choices, often difficult, and that he would not avoid his responsibility

by cultural pluralism. Indeed, the latter to a large extent sustains the former and helps avoid the pitfall of particularism. Since the Mexico City Declaration in 1982, the World Commission on Culture and Development and the Intergovernmental Conference on Cultural Policies for Development (Stockholm, 1998), culture has come to be regarded as “the whole complex of distinctive spiritual, materiel, intellectual and emotional features that characterize a society or social group. It includes not only

The political economy of Afghanistan -1- The political economy of Afghanistan Table of Contents Introduction: Afghanistan, a country in deep trouble......................................3 The political history of Afghanistan: Wars, Religion and Ethnics................5 From Alexander the Great to Ahmad Shah Durrani....................................................5 The three Anglo-Afghan Wars....................................................................................6 King Nadir

government and the Tamil separatists. We don’t receive a lot of informations about it and, those we get are difficult to analyse so we’ll try to look at the roots of the conflict which may be found in the colonial period. Sri Lanka, officially known as “Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka” is an island nation located about 30 km of the southern coast of India. It was formerly known as Ceylan. It represents nearly 20 millions of people for a density of about 320 inhabitants per square kilometre

COOPERATION IN THE WESTERN BALKANS - A KEY TO INTEGRATION INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION Antonija Petričušić* Summary: Impaired interethnic relations in the Western Balkan countries and the absence of multicultural policies proved to be major obstacles to stability, security and democracy in the 1990s. In attempting to identify what the security implications for enlargement are, the author argues that the EU should develop specific policies towards countries with a higher risk of ethnic tensions (e.g. Bosnia-Herzegovina)

3/13/07 10:27 AM Hávamál http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/havamal.html ere one enters, one should spy round, one should pry round for uncertain is the witting that there be no foeman sitting, within, before one on the floor 2. Hail, ye Givers! a guest is come; say! where shall he sit within? Much pressed is he who fain on the hearth would seek for warmth and weal. 3. He hath need of fire, who now is come, numbed with cold to the knee; food and clothing the wanderer craves who has fared o'er

n’autorise pas l’IEP de Rennes à diffuser ce rapport de stage au sein de l’Espace Avenir ou bien par intranet (confidentiel) 1 Remerciements Je tiens à remercier Monsieur Pierre Lemoine pour m’avoir permis de réaliser ce stage auprès de la rédaction du journal, ainsi que pour sa disponibilité, et son aide dans l’obtention d’informations nécessaires à la réalisation de ce rapport. Je remercie aussi Monsieur Eric Van Puyvelde de m’avoir guidé lors de mon arrivée à la rédaction. Enfin, je remercie

overwhelming scientific consensus that it is happening. With global warming on the increase and species and their habitats on the decrease, chances for ecosystems to adapt naturally are diminishing. Many agree that climate change may be one of the greatest threats facing the planet. Global warming is forcing the world to change the way it does business. A more sustainable global economy is emerging as countries and companies move to combat the challenges posed by climate change. Huge amounts of

internationales entre les peuples", a annoncé le jury du prix à Oslo. Le premier Afro-Américain élu à la Maison Blanche a lancé des appels en faveur d'un monde sans armes nucléaires et s'emploie à relancer le processus de paix israélo-palestinien, depuis son investiture en janvier. En poste depuis moins d'un an, il a déjà fortement infléchi la politique étrangère américaine en optant pour une approche plus consensuelle et multilatérale. "En tant que président, Obama a créé un nouveau climat dans la