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Chaeun Lee

AIDS & HIV information from the AIDS charity AVERT - 0 views

www.avert.org

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    • Chaeun Lee
      Chaeun Lee on 05 Mar 10
       
      Im gonna use this website for everything, my whole research. This has all the information I need so i have found the perfect site:)
    • Chaeun Lee
      Chaeun Lee on 05 Mar 10
       
      I gonna use this website for everything, my whole research. This has all the information I need so i have found the perfect site:)
    • Paul Stephens
      Paul Stephens on 11 Mar 10
       
      I also found this resource very helpful
Sri Harsha Chinthapally

Hope for Uganda's Child Soldiers? - TIME - 0 views

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      Sri Harsha Chinthapally on 05 Mar 10
       
      This is a very useful website because when I read it It talks about the infromation that I need. Also with the information I can compare what the LRA leader's and how they treat different people and how they get the idea of treating the children.
    • Sri Harsha Chinthapally
      Sri Harsha Chinthapally on 05 Mar 10
       
      This is a very useful website because when I read it It talks about the infromation that I need. Also with the information I can compare what the LRA leader's and how they treat different people and how they get the idea of treating the children.
  • dared not dream of going home
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  • near his northern Ugandan house by the Lord's Resistance Army, he never said a word to anyone about escaping from the rebels' world-renowned campaign of terror, which included cutting off the lips, ears and noses of civilians as they fought the government.
  • Ojok made a stunning escape
  • four years after he was stolen away
  • first by government soldiers, then by aid workers from the American Christian organization World Vision, then finally by his mother and grandmother.
  • he found both of his brothers had been abducted just months earlie
Sri Harsha Chinthapally

'They tied me up and hacked off my lips' (The Times) (July 19, 2003) - 0 views

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      Sri Harsha Chinthapally on 05 Mar 10
       
      This is one of the most favorite website that I found because it is the one that is exactly the information that I need.
  • so tightly that he could barely move his fingers.
  • Then, telling the 16-year-old schoolboy not to scream
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  • Then they pushed him down to the ground
  • “They were all over me, stamping, pushing, cutting. I could not move, I could barely breathe,”
  • The Times
  • They pinned the boy’s arms to the ground and took it in turns to hack off all his fingers and both thumbs.
  • stuffed the body parts into his pockets,
  • The Times Online
  • letter and, after briefly parading him in front of a group of other terrified abducted children, told him to report to the Ugandan Army.
  • saying that he wanted to join government militias being formed to protect Uganda ’s northern villages from a renewed and ferocious rebel onslaught that has brought the entire region to a standstill
  • uttered in panic to deflect attention from himself.
  • Geofrey was just a schoolboy from a poor family hoping to pass exams this summer
  • He looked after his elderly mother and was sweeping her compound when he was taken.
  • “This one we are going to kill,” they told the group of about 20 other abductees
  • transistor radio,
  • terrify abducted children and then quickly to involve them in their atrocities
  • The commanders tell them they will be killed if they go back,
  • Joseph Kony,
  • “You take a terrified, traumatised 11-year-old child, you force them to kill and you brainwash them and you have a monster,
  • President Museveni
  • launched Operation Iron Fist last June, after an historic deal with Sudan , which has supported the LRA in retaliation for Uganda ’s support for Sudanese rebels. He raided the LRA’s base camps in southern Sudan
  • But Britain , by far Uganda ’s largest donor, has kept largely quiet about the unfolding humanitarian emergency. Like the United States , Britain — which last year gave Uganda almost £70 million in aid —
  • The result is a crisis in northern Uganda
  • His injuries are horrific,
Robby Edwards

Idi Amin (Dada) Biography - Biography.com - 0 views

www.biography.com/...Idi-Amin-Dada-9183487

idi amin

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      Robby Edwards on 05 Mar 10
       
      I found that this website had a very good biography for my person and it tells me tons of information about him. You can look up a person and it will show a biography of that person.
    • Robby Edwards
      Robby Edwards on 05 Mar 10
       
      I found that this website had a very good biography for my person and it tells me tons of information about him. You can look up a person and it will show a biography of that person. I will use this website for how he ruled and how he came to power.
    • Robby Edwards
      Robby Edwards on 05 Mar 10
       
      (first one was a mistake)
  • little formal education and joined the King's African Rifles of the British colonial army in 1946 as an assistant cook.
  • World War II and in the British action against the Mau Mau revolt in Kenya (1952–56)
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  • He quickly rose through the ranks
  • buffoonery
  • one of the few Ugandan soldiers elevated to officer rank before Ugandan independence in 1962
  • Conflict with Obote arose, however, and on January 25, 1971, Amin staged a successful military coup.
  • He was noted for his abrupt changes of mood
  • He became president and chief of the armed forces in 1971, field marshal in 1975, and life president in 1976.
  • He was often extreme in his nationalism
  • He expelled all Asians from Uganda in 1972, an action that led to the breakdown of Uganda's economy
  • publicly insulted Great Britain and the United States as well as numerous world leaders
  • “Butcher of Uganda”
  • As the Tanzanian-led forces neared Kampala, Uganda's capital, on April 13, 1979, Amin fled the city.
  • Aided by Ugandan nationalists, Tanzanian troops eventually overpowered the Ugandan army
  • He also took tribalism, a long-standing problem in Uganda, to its extreme by allegedly ordering the persecution of Acholi, Lango, and other ethnic groups
Robby Edwards

Idi Amin killer file - 0 views

www.moreorless.au.com/...amin.html

idi amin

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      Robby Edwards on 05 Mar 10
       
      This is a useful website for getting information on a person's life. It shows a timeline for my person and this author is a very good one. You can find out the author's information in "about this site."
    • Robby Edwards
      Robby Edwards on 05 Mar 10
       
      i will also use this information for the date of each event and what he did in each date
  • Full name Idi Amin Dada Oumee. AKA
  • Idi Amin seizes power in a coup in January 1971.
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  • Born between 1923 and 1925
  • His father is a farmer and a follower of Islam. His mother is a member of the Lugbara tribe and is said to practice sorcery.
  • King's African Rifles
  • third of eight siblings
  • rudimentary
  • He joins the King's African Rifles as an assistant cook.
  • By 1958 he is sergeant-major and platoon commander.
  • 1960.
  • heavyweight boxing champion of Uganda
  • explained in words of one letter.
  • as a splendid and reliable soldier and a cheerful and energetic man." Another former commander describes Amin as "an incredible person who certainly isn't mad - very shrewd, very cunning and a born leader."
  • He rises to the rank of lieutenant, becoming one of only two native Ugandans to be commissioned during British rule.
  • Investigations by the British authorities in Kenya reveal that the victims of the massacre had been tortured, beaten to death and, in some cases, buried alive
  • overzealous
  • The government is led by Prime Minister Milton Obote, who Amin supports.
  • Uganda achieves independence from Britain on 9 October.
  • favourite of the Israelis
  • arrests half his cabinet, and installs himself as president for life
  • his relations with Obote start to sour.
  • arrest him on charges of misappropriating millions of dollars of military funds.
  • "the greatest brute an African mother has ever brought to life."
  • Amin stages a coup
  • Obote's secret police, free all political prisoners, introduce economic reforms, and quickly return the country to civilian rule. However, elections will never be held during Amin's reign.
  • two-thirds of the army's 9,000 soldiers are executed during Amin's first year in power.
  • expels the country's 40,000-80,000 Indians and Pakistanis
  • Amin then looks to Libya for aid, promising Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi that he will turn Uganda into an Islamic state. The Soviet Union also provides aid and arms for a time
  • Amin now challenges Britain and the United States
  • As terror reigns Uganda's economy begins to collapse, partially through mismanagement and partially as a result of the expulsion of the Indians and Pakistanis, who had formed the country's economic backbone.
  • but is largely seen as an embarrassment.
  • 4 July.
  • Amin declares that he has beaten the British
  • The US, meanwhile, cuts off aid to Uganda
  • several of his 30 mistresses and about 20 of his children.
  • Besides a huge death toll, Amin has left Uganda with an annual inflation rate of 200%, a national debt of US$320 million, an agricultural sector in tatters, closed factories and ruined businesses.
  • "I'm very happy now, much happier now then when I was president."
  • Uganda officially celebrates Amin's downfall for the first time.
  • Amin dies in hospital of complications due to multiple organ failure at 8:20 a.m. on 16 August. He is buried in Jeddah's Ruwais cemetery during a small funeral ceremony just hours after his death.
Tatsumi Himoto

WHO | Dracunculiasis eradication - 0 views

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      Tatsumi Himoto on 05 Mar 10
       
      This site is good and useful because the site has the (int) in the URL. This site has a good information and is really clear. It is organised and easy to find information.
  • 3.5 million
  • dracunculiasis
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  • were reported in the 1980s from 20 countries, worldwide.
  • Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan.
Ria Mukherjee

Rare and Deadly Diseases: Ebola: Africa's Bloody Disease - Infoplease.com - 0 views

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      Ria Mukherjee on 05 Mar 10
       
      This site is a basic overview over ebola, its symptoms, vaccines and prevention. It is written in simple language and is easy to understand.
  • The Ebola virus was first associated with an outbreak of 318 cases of a hemorrhagic disease in Zaire. Of the 318 cases, 280 of them died—and died quickly. That same year, 1976, 284 people in Sudan also became infected with the virus and 156 died.
  • Marburg
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  • Marburg
  • self-contained
  • they kill their hosts so quickly that they rapidly run out of people to infect.
  • Zaire strain of Ebola virus has a mortality rate of 88 percent
  • Marburg
  • Marburg
  • Marburg
  • Marburg
  • Marburg
  • Marburg
  • The Ebola virus spreads through the blood, multiplying in many organs. It causes severe damage to the liver, lymphatic system, kidneys, ovaries, and testes. Platelets and linings of arteries are severely damaged, which results in profuse bleeding. Mucosal surfaces of the stomach, heart membrane, and vagina are also affected. Internal bleeding results in shock and acute respiratory distress, leading to death.
  • incubation period
  • The onset of disease is sudden
  • fever, chills, headache, anorexia, and muscle pain. As the disease progresses, nausea, vomiting, sore throat, stomach pain, and diarrhea
  • digestive tract, lungs, and gums
  • Bleeding occurs from multiple sites, including the
  • association with monkeys and/or bats has been suggested.
  • there is significant risk to health-care workers and laboratory technicians in handling and processing blood or tissue samples infected with Ebola.
  • There are no drugs that work against these diseases, and there is no known vaccine. Therapy involving blood plasma from people who have recovered, anticoagulation agents, which attempt to reduce hemorrhaging, and interferon have been used with limited success. Their effectiveness remains controversial.
Alex Lee

WHAT IS AIDS? - 0 views

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      Alex Lee on 05 Mar 10
       
      This website talks about what to do when you actually have AIDs and talks about how dangerous it is to not go to some treatment.
  • AIDS is caused by a virus called HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
  • Being HIV-positive, or having HIV disease, is not the same as having AIDS.
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  • Many people are HIV-positive but don't get sick for many years
  • Viruses, parasites, fungi and bacteria that usually don't cause any problems can make you very sick if your immune system is damaged.
  • You don't actually "get" AIDS. You might get infected with HIV, and later you might develop AIDS.
  • Most people get the HIV virus by: having sex with an infected person sharing a needle (shooting drugs) with someone who's infected being born when their mother is infected, or drinking the breast milk of an infected woman
  • Getting a transfusion of infected blood used to be a way people got AIDS, but now the blood supply is screened very carefully and the risk is extremely low.
  • There are no documented cases of HIV being transmitted by tears or saliva, but it is possible to be infected with HIV through oral sex or in rare cases through deep kissing, especially if you have open sores in your mouth or bleeding gums.
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1 to 1.2 million U.S. residents are living with HIV infection or AIDS; about a quarter of them do not know they have it
  • About half of the new infections are in Blacks, even though they make up only 12 percent of the US population.
  • However, newer treatments have cut the AIDS death rate significantly.
  • Some people get fever, headache, sore muscles and joints, stomach ache, swollen lymph glands, or a skin rash for one or two weeks.
  • The virus will multiply in your body for a few weeks or even months before your immune system responds
  • WHAT DOES "AIDS" MEAN?
  • HOW DO YOU GET AIDS?
  • WHAT HAPPENS IF I'M HIV POSITIVE?
  • When your immune system responds, it starts to make antibodies. When this happens, you will test positive for HIV.
  • some people with HIV stay healthy for ten years or longer. But during this time, HIV is damaging your immune system.
  • CD4 cells
  • T-helper
  • WHAT IS AIDS?
  • Without treatment, your CD4 cell count will most likely go down.
  • If you have HIV disease, these problems will last more than a few days, and probably continue for several weeks.
  • HIV disease becomes AIDS when your immune system is seriously damaged. If you have less than 200 CD4 cells or if your CD4 percentage is less than 14%, you have AIDS.
  • infections in your throat or vagina
  • a fungal infection that can cause thrush (a white film in your mouth) or
  • AIDS-related diseases also includes serious weight loss, brain tumors, and other health problems.
  • Some people die a few months after getting infected, while others live fairly normal lives for many years, even after they "officially" have AIDS. A few HIV-positive people stay healthy for many years even without taking antiretroviral medications (ARVs).
Namrata Mohan

Somali pirates hijack fourth vessel in a week - CNN.com - 0 views

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hijack somali pirates

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  • The British Foreign Office would not confirm the hijacking, but said no British nationals were aboard.
    • Namrata Mohan
      Namrata Mohan on 09 Mar 10
       
      why pirates hate British nationals?
    • Namrata Mohan
      Namrata Mohan on 09 Mar 10
       
      Whay does it have advertisments that doesn't belong to the site
  • The crew consists of 17 Indonesians, five Chinese, one Nigerian and one Vietnamese, the naval force said
    • Namrata Mohan
      Namrata Mohan on 09 Mar 10
       
      Why did they kidnapped these 17 people
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  • The 20,000-ton chemical tanker was carrying a crew of 24
    • Namrata Mohan
      Namrata Mohan on 09 Mar 10
       
      What is the chemical tanker thing
  • The Asian Glory is owned by London-based Zodiac
    • Namrata Mohan
      Namrata Mohan on 09 Mar 10
       
      Asian Glory was a cargo ship
Ria Mukherjee

How Does Ebola Spread ? - It seems that animals and climate are involved - Softpedia - 0 views

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      Ria Mukherjee on 05 Mar 10
       
      This site is about how ebola spreads through animals and how climate has a huge effect on the spreading of ebola. It uses simple language but if not focused, it will be a huge muddle.
  • hemorrhagic
  • climate also plays a role in spreading the disease.
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  • the spread of Ebola no longer appeared as erratic and mysterious.
  • How Does Ebola Spread ?
  • Some researchers have hypothesized that outbreaks of Ebola are randomly-spaced periodic outbursts, while others have suggested that Ebola has spread like a wave surging over the Central African landscape,"
  • animals
  • perceived
  • healthy mammal communities thrived in close proximity to Ebola epidemic sites." google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad);
  • Between 1994 and 2003, she monitored reports of animal disease and deaths from wildlife survey teams, villagers, hunters, fishers, loggers, miners, Ebola survivors and families of victims from Ebola affected areas.
  • animals, insects and rapid decomposition finish quickly any corpse.
  • carcasses
  • Bats are the main suspect as being the reservoir of the virus (they carry the infection without having severe symptoms and spread the virus to other species).
  • "The transmission of Ebola within animal populations is much more widespread than previously believed,"
  • It is thought that changes in human activity are behind the Ebola outbreaks, like new mining operations deep in forests and the eating of primate meat, but nobody knows the true origin.
  • Special Pathogens Branch of the National Institute of Communicable Diseases
  • found 14 human blood samples positive for Ebola antibodies from 1000 samples collected in Gabon between 1981 and 1997.
  • other people were from regions where no known epidemics had occurred.
  • 6 of the Ebola positive determined persons were identified and it was found that some of them had never visited a region with human Ebola outbreaks.
  • The virus seems to have passed to humans first in southwest Gabon and from there, it spread to western and central Gabon and ultimately in Congo.
  • "If the spread of the Ebola virus follows its current northeastward path, the next outbreak would be expected to occur in northern Republic of the Congo towards Cameroon and the Central African Republic,
  • Public education could decrease human contact with infected wildlife by discouraging people from scavenging dead animals and by promoting safe hunting, as Ebola seems to be more frequent in wildlife than thought.
Rino Homma

UNICEF - Basic education and gender equality - Introduction - 0 views

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unicef basic education and gender equality (i-search)

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      Rino Homma on 06 Mar 10
       
      This website can be used for finding information on how much education is essential and important. I can use these facts for the introduction of my paper.
Rino Homma

UNICEF - South Africa - Nelson Mandela Institute seeks new solutions to education and d... - 0 views

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nelson mandela institute seeks new solutions to education and development challenges (I-search)

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      Rino Homma on 06 Mar 10
       
      This website can be used for finding informations on how much of enough education isn't served for the African children and about the Nelson Mandela Institute and unicef working together to help it.
Namrata Mohan

How Somalia's Fishermen Became Pirates - TIME - 0 views

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somalia pirates how s

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  • hard not to imagine them as characters in some dystopian Horn of Africa version of Waterworld
Matthew Ash

Scientists block Ebola infection in cell-culture experiments - 0 views

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      Matthew Ash on 05 Mar 10
       
      This article was posted on June, 2010. It shows the path they took on their search for the vaccine for ebola. This is not one of my most reliable sites but I will use it to show the path they took and the current history of it.
Sarah Chey

Invisible Children - Home - 0 views

www.invisiblechildren.com/home.php

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      Sarah Chey on 05 Mar 10
       
      I can use this site to find information about the invisible children organization and what we can do to help.
Ji An Suh

AIDS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    • Ji An Suh
      Ji An Suh on 05 Mar 10
       
      This website can be used for getting the exact definition for AIDS.
Ria Mukherjee

Charting The Path Of The Deadly Ebola Virus In Central Africa - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...051027091603.htm

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    • Ria Mukherjee
      Ria Mukherjee on 05 Mar 10
       
      This article is about what ebola is and what tests scientists are carrying out to see whether ebola can spread through animals. It has some hard words but it is still understandable.
Paul Stephens

AIDS - 0 views

www.avert.org/aids.htm

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    • Ji An Suh
      Ji An Suh on 05 Mar 10
       
      This website can be used for knowing about AIDS, seeing why you get AIDS, and the symptoms.
    • Paul Stephens
      Paul Stephens on 05 Mar 10
       
      I have used this website for facts
Francis Lee

BBC Inside Out - Aids and Africa - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...aids_africa.shtml

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      Francis Lee on 05 Mar 10
       
      This article is about what AIDS is really like inside a remote village in Africa and how it is being dealt with I will use this as a website to gain quotes from the visiting doctors and the actual villagers to post on my research paper
Chaeun Lee

Unique Facts about Africa: AIDS in Africa - 0 views

www.sheppardsoftware.com/...africauniquefact15.htm

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      Chaeun Lee on 05 Mar 10
       
      im gonna get the symptoms:)
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