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Environmental Performance Index. In 2007 the Costa Rican government announced plans for Costa Rica to become the first carbon neutral country by 2021. In the last decade Costa Rica has positioned itself in the world as a country of peace – without an army - and as an agricultural nation, with traditionally important products such as bananas, coffee, and sugar cane. It has also distinguished itself for its efforts in the area of biodiversity conservation; and accordingly, has positioned itself as an

are in majority in Kosovo, it is because of their exodus in history, particularly when Turkish people invaded the zone until Voïvodine’s region. The Kosovo went through Albanisation and Islamisation until it was “liberated” in autumn 1912 by Serbian army during the first Balkan war. And in August 1945, Tito exclaimed a special law that prohibited to the 100 000 Serbian expelled from Kosovo during the Second World War to come back. Then the opening of the border with Albanian lead dozens of thousands

while Saloth and the Khmer Rouge functioned almost as auxiliaries to their forces. Saloth also put resources of Khmer Rouge organizations into political education and indoctrination. While accepting anyone regardless of background into the Khmer Rouge army at this time, Saloth greatly increased the requirements for membership in the party. Students and middle peasants were now rejected by the party. Those with clear peasant backgrounds were the preferred recruits for party membership. These restrictions

historical background of the United States of America Chapter 2: The creation of the american federation – the Constitution of the USA (1789) Chapter 3: Federal government vs State government Chapter 4: The federal Congress and the president of the USA → voting in the USA Chapter 5: The judiciary in the USA from the federal Suprem Court down to the State local juridiction Chapter 6: The legal profession in the USA Chapter 7: Referendum and initiative in some american States → direct democracy

eventually collapsed.[100] Only 39% of union members voted for Labour in the 1983 general election.[101] According to the BBC, Thatcher "managed to destroy the power of the trade unions for almost a generation."[102] The number of stoppages across the United Kingdom peaked at 4,583 in the crisis year of 1979 that brought Thatcher to power, with over 29 million working days lost. 1984, the great year of industrial confrontation with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), saw 1,221 stoppages and over

al-Suqami, Waleed al-Shehri, Wail al-Shehri et Abdulaziz al-Omari présents parmi les passagers. Durant le détournement, Betty Ong, hôtesse de l'air, alerta la compagnie American Airlines du détournement de l'avion. o Le vol UA 175 Le vol 175 United Airlines, un Boeing 767 transportant cinquante-six passagers et neuf membres d'équipage, quitta l'aéroport international Logan de Boston à 8 h 14 avec seize minutes de retard. Il devait également rejoindre Los Angeles. À 8 h 45, après une demi-heure

co-operation would necessarily be blocked by member states’ interests. This blocking would be provoked by state actors afraid of a loss of sovereignty in the high politics area. Facing the undeniable development of this political co-operation that started with the European Political Cooperation (EPC) and led to the CFSP, the realist theory is weak. To explain policies’ emergence, they state that these are the result of a convergence of member states’ interests but they remain powerless when it comes

repartition hydraulic resources. Tensions on water are numerous: in India, the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are competing for the resources of the river Cauvery. In southern Africa, the Okavango is generating tensions between Botswana and Namibia. Regarding Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are quarreling about their influence over the rivers of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya. Finally, the United States and Mexico do not agree on the operating conditions of the waters of the Colorado

(1900-1914) The elections of June 1900 marked the defeat of the Pelloux government and of attempts to impose illiberal laws. The following month King Umberto I was assassinated by an Italian anarchist, Gaetano Bresci, who had returned from the United States to “avenge” the victims of the 1898 repression. The new king, Victor Emmanuel III, favoured a return to constitutional government, as did the governments led by Pelloux’s successors, Giuseppe Saracco, Giuseppe Zanardelli, and Giovanni Giolitti

IRELAND Queen Victoria I INTRODUCTION Victoria (queen) (1819-1901), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901) and empress of India (Her reign was the longest of any monarch in British history and came to be known as the Victorian era. Queen Victoria was the official head of state not only of the United Kingdom but also of the growing worldwide British Empire, which included Canada, Australia, India, New Zealand, and large parts of Africa. As the personal embodiment