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- 961: Asian Organized Crime
- ... First and foremost we think of Americas Mafia as well as Italys La Cosa Nostra. Both the Irish and Jews run their own crime organizations respectively in America. Southeast Asia has the Triads. China, Hong Kong and Taiwan have the Tong. However, there is one organization that was not mentioned in the above list, a group that has been around for over 300 years. A group that has as ...
- 962: Regulating Big Companies
- ... and mistreat them to hold down production costs. These actions were taking place in the Northern Mariana Islands, which was an American commonwealth near the Philippines. The workers are described as predominantly young women from China, the Philippines, Bangladesh, and Thailand, that often work twelve hours a day and seven days a week. They sometimes don't receive pay if they fall behind on their quotas. These workers often live seven ...
- 963: CIA Covert Operations: Panama and Nicaragua
- ... to define, they were those who believed and acted like us, took orders and cooperated. Until the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, enemies were also readily recognized: the Soviet Union and its allies, with China having ambiguous status since the 1970's. But there were other countries the CIA took actions against who were not associated with the Soviets. Iran in 1953, Guatemala in 1954, Indonesia in 1958, Cuba in ...
- 964: Death Penalty in the United States
- ... six countries that have executed juveniles since 1990. The other five are Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Iran ("Stop"). The US has sentenced to death the most juveniles of any of these countries. Even China, famous for its human rights abuses, has criticized the US for this practice ("U.S."). In 1996, prosecutors in some states sought the death penalty for children as young as 13. This has brought about ...
- 965: When Society Kills
- ... Countries The vast majority of countries in Western Europe, North America and South America--more than 95 nations worldwide--have abandoned capital punishment. The United States remains in the same company as Iraq, Iran and China as one of the major advocates and users of capital punishment. We have overwhelming factual evidence against the death penalty, but emotion is not guided by facts. People feel better when they know that someone ...
- 966: The Legalization of Marijuana for All Purposes
- ... giving effects on the user when smoked or eaten. Tetrahydrocannabinal (THC) is the non-narcotic psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.9 Marijuana use has been documented as far back as 3000 BC in Central Asia and China, where it was used as a folk medicine.10 By the 20th century the drug started to be used as a pleasure-inducing drug, and by the 1960s and 70s it was, after alcohol, the ...
- 967: Capital Punishment: The Just Punishment for Serious Crimes
- ... capital offences with a just hand , by taking away the lives of the criminals who knowingly forfeits others' right to life. Capital punishment is a necessary element in a society. Countries like the USA, UK, China, Canada, Japan and so on, has been practising death penalty for years and the results are conspicious. Therefore, capital punishment should be imposed in every country in the world.
- 968: Q/A: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... report that cannabis was possibly the first plant cultivated by humans - about 8,000 B.C. - and was used fororinen, paper and garments. Source: Columbia University, History of the World. It was being smoked in China and India as early as 2700 B.C. 5. Turkish smoking parlors were popular in both Europe and America, as well as the Middle and Far East, as recently as the turn of the Century ...
- 969: Cannabis Hemp. . .Marijuana!
- ... there are around 50,000 non-smoking commercial uses for hemp that are economically viable and market competitive. These include: A CHANGE IN HIGH FASHION The arrival of newly imported hemp-cotton blended clothing from China in 1989 signals the beginning of a new era for the rapidly changing world of fashion. (Joint Venture Hempery and the Hemp Colony imports shirts and shorts with the Stoned Wear{registered trademark} label can ...
- 970: Capital Punishment: Against
- ... countries in Western Europe and North and South America - more than 80 nations worldwide - have abandoned capital punishment, yet the United States remains an avid supporter in company with countries such as Iran, Iraq, and China as one of the major users of capital punishment (Death Penalty Focus). The use of the death penalty in its discriminatory and arbitrary methods "only magnifies inequalities of race that persist in the criminal justice ...
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