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Crimes Against Humanity Sierra Leone
1,419 words... e. With President Kabbah back at the head of government, many people faced criminal charges of collaborating with the coup. A former government minister and nine others were sentenced to death for collaborating with the bloody 1997 coup. The sentences pronounced in the High Court by Judge Bankole Rashid brought to 27 the number of civilians condemned to death by hanging in connection with the May 1997 coup and its aftermath. (9, p. 1) Veteran politician Nancy Steele, 75, and two other women ...
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Police Department Video Tape
1,419 words... of so many people who live in the community. Now, there would be no jobs, no places to buy anything, no hope, no future. All because of these fires of April, 1992. For years to come, sociologist will be trying to find out why this happened. What were the deep roots that ignited this tragedy, this rebellion? There will be many questions and many answers. However, there was really only one direct, immediate cause that was the flash point; when the jury in the televised trial of the four office...
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Television Violence Senior Citizens
1,228 wordsCNN EVENING NEWS ANALYSIS Television is at the heart of American culture: its power and influence are unparalleled. Approximately two-thirds of Americans report that they get most of their information about the world from TV. Though influential, this phenomenon is relatively new. In 1956, only 4. 6 million homes in the United States had television sets and no programming was available during many hours every day. By 1990, there were 92. 1 million homes with TVs and the average viewer could selec...
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James Joyce Irish Language
1,235 wordsDeep down in the woods Observer: What is In the Forest about? Edna OBrien: Ostensibly its about a triple murder in a forest, but I believe that the novelist is the psychic and moral historian of his or her society. So its about that part of Ireland I happen to know very well. Its about that part of Ireland, and the darkness that still prevails. Obs: Was there a specific moment of inspiration, like a news story? OBrien: News stories are anathema to fiction. I was researching a previous book and I...
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Mumia Abu Jamal Write A Poem
1,693 wordsAll Things Censored: The Poem NPR Doesnt Want You to Hear by Mart? n Espana Source: web I was an NPR poet. In particular, I was an All Things Considered poet. All Things Considered would occasionally broadcast my poems in conjunction with news stories. One producer even commissioned a New Years poem from me. " Imagine the Angels of Bread" aired on January 2, 1994, in the same broadcast as the news of the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas. But now Ive been censored by All Things Considered ...
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Aspects Of Society Mass Media
1,808 wordsPower Struggles in Society Mills, Schudson, and Gitlin show different approaches to society and the role of mass media. Each approach helps illustrate a different focus on society. They each hold special relevance in a discussion of the history of societal beliefs. The Mass Society refers to the overall belief C. Wright Mills held in relation to the type of society he believed we live in. Mills began The Power Elite with a bold statement saying, The powers of ordinary men are circumscribed by th...
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