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- 871: Violence in Algeria
- ... have prevented lots of killings. (Deeb 1998, Page 2) Liamine Zeroual was elected as the president in January 1994 by the military. He initially seemed very intent on working for the settlement of Algeria's crisis. Zeroual put a lot of effort in negotiating with the imprisoned leaders of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS). The following September, Zeroual shifted the FIS leaders, Abassi Madani and Ali Benhadj to house arrest hoping ...
- 872: Pakistan
- ... class mends its ways. Pakistan's Islamic Movement is being driven by poor social conditions and a breakdown of law and order rather than by ideology. The growing gap between rich and poor, the economic crisis, massive corruption, and widespread disillusionment with the major political parties are the main problems with Pakistan today. (Rashad 161) Pakistan's survival into the future and into the next century depends on a greater distribution ...
- 873: Australian Immigration and Its Effects
- ... to large uncontrolled disastrous fires. This also returned nutrients to the soil which helped to grow back new vegetation. Unlike those who followed, the Aborigines had very little impact on the environment. Following the Aborigines, Asian seafarers are believed to have traveled to Australia to trade on the north shores. Experts are not sure, but they believe that these seafarers are the ones who first introduced the dingo into Australia almost ...
- 874: Indonesia
- ... territory of Yogjakarta, and Jawa Timur. A chain of volcanic mountains run along the island from west to east. These mountains are apart of a fold in the earth's crust which extends from Southeast Asian mainland through Sumatra and Java to the lesser Sundra Islands. Java itself has 112 peaks. The volcanic soil is extremely fertile and this are supports a large population. Tangkuban Prahu in West Java is a ...
- 875: Mexico
- ... this the economy thrived and they started to have a growing economic influence. Petroleum made up about three quarters of Mexico's exports at this time. In 1980 Mexico was plunged into a serious economic crisis due to the decline of the world oil market. Mexico had borrowed heavily against their oil reserves so when the prices of oil fell Mexico had a difficult time meeting their international debt obligations. Population ...
- 876: Russia
- ... Black Sea, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China; on the east by the Pacific Ocean, and on the north by the Arctic Ocean. The area west of the Ural Mountains is called European Russia; the Asian part of the country, east of the Urals, is called Siberia. Russia's capital city is Moscow. With a total population of 149,300,359, Russia is sixth in the world in population, after China ...
- 877: Australia
- ... per cent. In the past decade the Australian Government has had considerable success in targeting its exports more directly to its region, and especially to the dynamic East Asi an economies comprising the South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Hong Kong, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan. Imports and Exports Australia has also tackled the more basic problem of the composition of its export trade. Exporting industries have moved from ...
- 878: Hong Kong
- ... submarines and bombing planes. The British reoccupied Hong Kong following the unconditional surrender of Japan on August 14, 1945. Hong Kong After World War II Hong Kong swiftly regained its status as a major southeast Asian trade center. Numerous economic dislocations resulted, however, from the Nationalist-Communist civil war in China. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese took refuge in the colony before and after the Communist victory in 1949. Following the ...
- 879: Southeast Asia
- ... of Indonesia also expressed religious beliefs but was much more defined. The art of Indonesia had more carving and molding which portrayed much more work and love of art. One thing that all of Southeastern Asian art has in common is the depiction of their devotion to Buddah. It is said that "If, one day, one would want to count the number of stupas, pagodas and temples dedicated to Buddah throughout ...
- 880: Alexander's Empire
- ... and Nearchus met at the Persian port of Ormuz. Alexander's army reached the Persian city of Susa in the spring of 324 B.C. Alexander adopted more and more of the customs of the Asian despots, taking a second wife and integrating non-Greeks into his Army. These measures alarmed his Greek and Macedonian veterans, and they voiced their discontent. Alexander discharged them and many headed back to Europe. During ...
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