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BRITAIN TODAY Immigration After the second world war, due to Britain’s shortage of labour (mainly in manual, low-skilled jobs) and to the necessity to rebuild the country, the British government invited Commonwealth citizens (= citizens of the former colonies of the British Empire) to settle in the UK to fill those vacant jobs and to participate to the reconstruction effort. From the 1940s to the 1960s, immigrants came from the three main areas of the Commonwealth: 1. the Indian sub-continent: India

The olympic games of London 2012 I - Presentation of London Introduction: London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It is the UK's largest and most populous metropolitan area and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Geographic situation: London is situated in the south east of England at nearly forty five kilometres of the sea. Geography : It’s cut into thirty three districts like Westminster city. The greater London urban area has a superficy

Islam and Arabs: a concise history Introduction - This page provides an overview of the history of Islam and the Arabs, which is a great part of the history of the Middle East. The subject covers more than twelve centuries, about a dozen empires and a vast territory, stretching from Spain in the west to the islands of Indonesia in the Pacific Ocean. It is impossible to provide a comprehensive treatment of the history of Islam in a brief space. However, I have attempted to present here, and in related

Victoria 3053, Australia The right of David Coward to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. First

reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2003052842 ISBN: 0–313–32011–X ISSN: 1543–9968 First published in 2003 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39

Viewbook 2009/2010 Undergraduate Study at McGill Why choose McGill? www.mcgill.ca The main things that attracted me to McGill were the quality of the faculty, the University’s global perspective and international reputation, and the entrepreneurial spirit of the student body. I think the most rewarding thing about studying at McGill has been being exposed to so many passionate individuals working in so many fields. DANIELA THIONS MEYER, BCom’09, is a Management undergraduate from Mexico

Background to the company I-A -What is Apple Inc. ? Today, everybody around the world heard about Apple or knows a lucky owner. Indeed, Apple is becoming one of the most powerful manufacturer and designer of computer and electronic. The 21st of January 2009, Apple revealed its financial results for the first trimester of its fiscal year 2009, ended the 26 December 2009. The annuals sales have reach a new record of 15,66 billion US dollars. Apple has established a unique reputation in the consumer electronics

noirs, comme on dit en général, ce qui n’était pas du goût de tout le monde. Des artistes comme Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis ou Carl Perkins sont signés sur le label Sun Records, le rock ‘n roll blanc apparaît au grand jour. En 1960, le groupe anglais The Shadows enregistre avec Cliff Richards sur des tam-tams la version originale du titre instrumental Apache1 (on est encore loin du tribalisme de la version d’Incredible Bongo Band en 19732). De leurs cotés, les noirs sont tout aussi productifs, et innovants

Q1) why did American films and television dominate world markets? Why might that influence be fading? The dominance of American films and television over the world markets is merely because of the unequal flow of films, music , television , news and the information, this unbalanced flow of information is however one of the main noticeable reason of the existing dominance of American films and television over world markets today. American films are influential because they are usually made

of the first posts dispatching 1875 Setting up of the first full service post office 1878 Tunisia’s Membership to UPU ( Universal Postal Union ) 1888 Issuing of the first Tunisian post stamp 1892 Inauguration of the Tunis RP office ( Tunis Main Post Office ) 1918 Opening of the Postal Current Account Service in Tunisia 1956 Creation of the National Tunisian Saving Establishment 1980 Introduction of postal code in Tunisia 1984 Setting up of the automatic sorting complex 1997 Assignment of the merit