in an otherwise largely Protestant and English-speaking nation. Beginning in the 1960s, Canadian Catholics faced the challenge of responding to the decrees of Vatican II and the postconciliar popes. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), whose formation in 1943 anticipated the council...
Vanessa Nakate, Goodwill Ambassador for Uganda UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors are appointed by the Executive Director of UNICEF and serve in a voluntary capacity. They participate in events, media interviews, and other activities to raise awareness and mobilize support for UNICEF’s work. UNICEF Funding...
The highest mountain of the UAE is Jabal Yibir, which is also referred to as Jabal Al Mebrah in the Al Hajar mountains. The highest peak stands at 1,727 m/ 5,666 ft above sea level. The Jabal Jais mountains which are partly located in the UAE are also very high, however, the hig...
even among the non-poor, suggesting they must be particularly selective,” said the report. InKenya, the pass rate in private schools was 83%, compared with 75% in government schools, while inUgandathe gap was 53% to 36%
The Midwest is both rural and industrial. It is the home of the family farm and is the "corn belt" and "breadbasket" of the nation. In the Great Lakes area of the upper Midwest, the automobile and steel industries were central to community and economy. As those industries declined, the...
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Religious proscriptions against homosexuality were almost universally codified into law until the late 20th century, and laws against homosexuality and denying civil rights to homosexual remain in place in most nation states. The advent of the civil rights movement for GLBT persons has generated ...
The number of people living in cities in the fast-growing nation is expected to rise to 814 million by 2050. This kind of sharp growth is known as mass urbanization. It has happened before only in China. To deal with the predicted growth, India will build many smart cities. These cities...
signature issue, and has put his nation's courts, its law enforcement, and the highest levels of its executive branch into the LAPs' service. All of this is recounted — with citations to Appellants' own documents, words, and video images — in the district court's detailed factual ...
Independence: For most countries, this entry gives the date that sovereignty was achieved and from which nation, empire, or trusteeship. For the other countries, the date given may not represent "independence" in the strict sense, but rather some significant nationhood event such as the traditiona...