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The Significance of The First World War

Posted by: Andrea Sim on: November 18, 2009

It all began in 1914 – one of the greatest wars in history, triggered off by a few angry people. The Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was visiting Sarajevo in Bosnia when he and his wife were ambushed by a few young Serbian men. They were a part of a group called Young Bosnia, a [...]

Scandinavia

Posted by: Andrea Sim on: October 30, 2008

Wall Street is in tatters. Financial markets everywhere are falling. Many companies are on the brink of becoming bankrupt or already are, such as Lehman Brothers. But nothing is as terrifying as a whole country becoming bankrupt Iceland has been battered by the current financial crisis. In October, I read that Iceland was on the [...]


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