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- 431: Third World Countries
- ... double. Canada tried very hard to provide these needy "Third World" countries with the best possible aid. Without the help of Canada as well as other "First World" countries such as the United States and Australia the "Third World" countries would not be around for this long and would have absolutely no hope of survival.
- 432: Torture, Not Culture - Female Genital Mutilation
- ... the ugly truth. "It is happening on American soil," insists Soraya. Mutilations are occurring every day among innigrants and refugees in the U.S. (Brownlee, 57). Immigrants have also brought the horrifying practice to Europe, Australia, and Canada (McCarthy, 14). Normally, it is practiced in North and Central Africa ("Men's...", 34), the Middle East, and Muslim populations of Indonesia and Malaysia ("Female...", 1714). Although it seems to have taken root ...
- 433: Similarities And Differences Between The Romantic Age And The Victorian Period
- ... industrial nation (Pfordresher, 543). During Victoria's reign great economic, social, and political changes occurred in Britain (Merritt, 320). Pfordresher said that "It ruled the most widespread empire in world history, embracing all of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, and many smaller countries in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean." (Pfordresher, 543). England then started to become unstable and survival seemed doubtful (Pfordresher, 543). An English version of the French Revolution ...
- 434: Venomous Creatures of the West Pacific
- ... and come to the surface during early morning, late afternoon, and evening. Millions of cubomedusae have been observed hovering about 30cm above the sandy bottom of some of the bays between Adelaide and Cape Jervis, Australia. Most of the specimens within the half-meter thick layer are found lying at an oblique angle, which is the customary position for the cubomedusae during such periods of inactivity. During the day the jellyfish ...
- 435: Creation or Evolution?
- ... earth. There are also events described in the Bible that are believed to be impossible. One of these is Noah's flood. There would have been no way for all of the species unique to Australia, North America and South America to make their way to the middle east to be loaded on board the ark. Oceans would have prevented their passage. Many animals would have starved to death on their ...
- 436: Global Warming
- ... since the middle of the 19th century. El Nino, the Pacific Ocean phenomenon that causes a warm current along Perus coast, has occurred every year since 1991. El Nino has caused crop failures in Australia and floods in California (Spiegel 77). In the past century, the worlds sea level has risen by nearly eight inches. The temperatures of the oceans themselves are also rising. For example, the temperature of ...
- 437: Dangers of Methyl Bromide
- ... potentially fatal conditions such as skin cancers. Even more frightening still is the fact that the annual rate of the use of methyl bromide is growing at a rate of eight percent per year, with Australia importing the largest amount of the substance. Although the devastating effects of the depletion of the ozone layer are not visible, the health problems it causes are. Conditions range from mild headaches, dizziness, damage to ...
- 438: Ozone Depletion in the Antarctic
- ... the waters surrounding the Antarctic. Figure 3.1 (From htp://www.nbs.ac.uk/
) This is an image of types of phytoplankton that are found in Antarctic waters. SUBMITTED BY AMBASSADOR FROM THE DELEGATION OF Australia ON THIS 19TH DAY OF APRIL 1999 Recommendation Title
Complications with the Ozone Hole THE REPRESENTATIVES RECALLING the original guidelines of the Antarctic Treaty that established the practice of international and scientific cooperation under peaceful ...
- 439: Frogs
- ... of the world, you would find frogs on every continent except Antarctica. The family of frogs called Ranidae, include the leopard frog and the bullfrog. These frogs are found in North America, South America, Asia, Australia and Europe. The green-boned frogs and the arrow poison frogs are found only in Central and South America. On all these continents and in all these countries, frogs can be found all over the ...
- 440: Skylab
- ... It was the site of nearly 300 scientific and technical experiments. The empty Skylab spacecraft returned to Earth on July 11, 1979 scattering debris over the Indian Ocean and the sparsely settled region of Western Australia. The chances of being hit by Skylab's debris were 1 in 600 billion.
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