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Cover -- Hlaf Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- World Map -- Chapter 1 Historical Background on the Little Rock Nine Crisis -- 1. Nine Students Fight for School Integration in Little Rock, Arkansas -- 2. The US Supreme Court Bans Racial Segregation in Schools -- 3. The Governor of Arkansas Orders the State Militia to Block Black Students' Entry to Central High School -- 4. President Eisenhower Addresses the Nation on the Situation in Little Rock -- 5. Arkansas Prohibits Racial Integration in Public Schools -- 6. The US Supreme Court Rules the Arkansas Law Unconstitutional -- Chapter 2 Controversies Surrounding the Little Rock Nine Crisis -- 1. President Eisenhower Acted Wisely by Sending Federal Troops to Little Rock -- 2. President Eisenhower Did Not Have the Authority to Send Federal Troops to Little Rock -- 3. Public School Segregation Is Unconstitutional -- 4. Integration Is Not a Valid Part of the US Constitution -- 5. The Little Rock Nine Students and Families Suffered Harm and Danger for the Sake of Justice -- 6. School Desegregation in Little Rock Yielded Mixed Results -- 7. Racial Integration in Schools Is on the Decline Fifty Years Later -- 8. A Controversial Museum at Central High School Depicts the Little Rock Nine Crisis of 1957 -- 9. Arkansas State Senators Protest the Display of a Confederate Flag at the Central High School Museum -- Chapter 3 Personal Narratives -- 1. Despite Army Protection, an African American Student Is Attacked -- 2. One of the Little Rock Nine Discusses Life at Home and in School -- 3. A White Central High Student Reports on the Situation at School -- 4. The Long Shadow of Little Rock -- 5. Covering the Crisis -- 6. An Expelled Little Rock Nine Student Remembers the Little Rock Crisis -- Chronology -- For Further Reading -- Index -- Back Cover

Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Causes of Disasters -- 1. Climate Change May Increase Natural Disasters Worldwide -- 2. Famine in Africa Is the Result of a Natural Disaster -- 3. Famine in Africa Is Caused by Humans, Not Nature -- 4. In the United States, the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Was the Result of Industrial Mistakes -- 5. A British Analyst Examines the Causes of the 9/11 Disaster in the United States -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Disasters, Social Issues, and Politics -- 1. Poverty Magnifies the Impact of a Disaster -- 2. Natural Disasters and Women -- 3. Women Survivors of the Bhopal Disaster in India Claim Their Rights -- 4. Natural Disasters Can Cause Political Instability and Conflict -- 5. Politics Negatively Affected Cyclone Nargis Disaster Relief in Myanmar -- 6. Haiti's Earthquake Disaster Is Exacerbated by Politics and Poverty -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Disaster Preparedness -- 1. Better Global Preparedness for Natural Disasters Would Save Lives -- 2. Counting the Cost of Calamities -- 3. Early Warning Is Insufficient Preparation for Famines in Africa -- 4. Without Effective Prevention, Natural Hazards Become Human-Made Disasters -- 5. Lack of Preparation for Floods in Brazil Leads to Many Deaths -- 6. Japan Was Unprepared for the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami -- 7. In the United States, Transportation Planners Were Not Prepared for Hurricane Katrina -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Disaster Response and Aftermath -- 1. Disease Often Follows Natural Disasters -- 2. The Aftermath of the Japanese Tsunami Triggers a Potential United States Environmental Disaster -- 3. Britain Proposes a New Way of Responding to Disasters

Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Adoption Worldwide -- 1. Child Adoption Trends and Policies Worldwide: An Overview -- 2. In the United Kingdom, the Adoption Process Must Be Reformed -- 3. Lost Generation: Adoption in America Has Collapsed -- Here's What to Do About It -- 4. Teenagers Are Rarely Adopted in Canada -- 5. Adoption Is Well Accepted in Uganda -- 6. Adoption Is Not Well Accepted in Japan -- Periodical Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Transnational Adoption -- 1. Transnational Adoptions Should Be Strictly Regulated -- 2. New Irish Laws Change Regulations for Transnational Adoptions -- 3. "Baby Factories" in Nigeria Engage in Child Trafficking -- 4. Celebrities Adopt Children from Abroad -- 5. Transnational Adoptions Pose Difficult Questions -- Periodical Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Gender, Race, and Indigenous Peoples -- 1. Girls Are Given Up for Adoption More Often than Boys in China -- 2. Despite a Federal Law, American Indian Children Are Not Placed with Native Families for Adoption -- 3. Australian Aboriginal Children Were Wrongly Taken from Their Families for Adoption -- 4. The Wrongful Adoption of Australian Aboriginal Children Is a Myth -- 5. Canadian First Nations Children Were Wrongfully Taken from Their Families for Adoption -- 6. UK Government: Adoption Policy Must Be Colorblind -- 7. Children Should Be Placed in Same-Race Families -- Periodical Bibliography -- Chapter 4: The Rights of Adoptive Parents, Birth Parents, and Adoptees -- 1. In the United States, Adoptees Fight to Have Their Birth Records Unsealed -- 2. Unsealing Adoption Records in New Jersey Will Do More Good than Harm -- 3. Adoptees Return to Korea to Argue for the Rights of Birth Parents and Adoptees.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- World Map -- Chapter 1 Historical Background on the Haiti Earthquake -- 1. Haiti Is Hit by an Earthquake -- 2. The Red Cross Rushes to Get Supplies to Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake -- 3. US President Barack Obama Outlines Relief Efforts in Haiti -- 4. Canada Responds Swiftly to the Haiti Earthquake -- 5. Violence Flares in Haiti -- 6. US Troops Arrive in Haiti to Provide Aid and Security -- 7. US Troops Pack to Leave Haiti -- 8. Crime and Violence Increase in the Months After the Earthquake -- Chapter 2 Controversies Surrounding the Haiti Earthquake -- 1. Haiti Gives Conflicting Count for Quake Deaths -- 2. A Controversial Report Dramatically Lowers the Estimated Cost of the Haiti Earthquake -- 3. A US Researcher Defends His Calculation of the Haiti Earthquake Death Toll -- 4. The US Military Presence in Haiti Is an Unwelcome Invasion -- 5. The US Military Is Welcome in Haiti -- 6. Nursing Mothers Donate Breast Milk for Haitian Infants -- 7. International Health Organizations Call for Appropriate Infant Feeding in Haiti -- 8. A Christian Group Illegally Takes Haitian Children -- 9. Christians Are Urged to Adopt Haitian Children Orphaned by the Earthquake -- 10. Guidelines Are Established to Prevent the Illegal Adoption of Haitian Children After the Earthquake -- 11. A US Evangelist Blames Haiti's Earthquake on Haitian Religion -- Chapter 3 Personal Narratives -- 1. A Sixteen-Year-Old Boy Loses His Mother and Home -- 2. A US Graduate Student Is Trapped in Wreckage -- 3. A Haitian Man Tells the Story of the Earthquake by Telephone -- 4. Three Medics Describe Their Experience in Haiti -- Chronology -- For Further Reading -- Index -- Back Cover

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- World Map -- Chapter 1 Historical Background on the Oklahoma City Bombing -- 1. The Bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, April 19, 1995 -- 2. Two Suspects Are Arrested in Connection with the Oklahoma City Bombing -- 3. The President Offers Sympathy and Support to the Victims -- 4. Domestic Terrorists Are to Blame for the Bombing -- 5. The Trial of Timothy McVeigh: The Prosecution and the Defense Cases -- 6. The Vice President Speaks at the Dedication of the Oklahoma City National Memorial -- 7. Timothy McVeigh Is Sentenced to Death by a Federal Jury -- 8. A Canadian Perspective on the Execution of Timothy McVeigh -- Chapter 2 Controversies Surrounding the Oklahoma City Bombing -- 1. McVeigh Reveals His Motives for Bombing the Federal Building -- 2. McVeigh's Defense Attorney Says His Client's Confession Is a Lie -- 3. The Grand Jury Rejects Conspiracy Theories -- 4. A Journalist Connects the Oklahoma City Bombing to Other Terrorist Attacks -- 5. Timothy McVeigh Insists John Doe No. 2 Does Not Exist -- 6. An Investigator Claims to Have Found John Doe No. 2 and Links to 9/11 -- 7. The Media Misrepresented the Militia Movement's Involvement in the Oklahoma City Bombing -- 8. The Militia Movement Continues to Propagate Antigovernment Hate -- 9. Timothy McVeigh Deserves the Death Penalty -- 10. Timothy McVeigh Should Not Be Executed -- Chapter 3 Personal Narratives -- 1. The Broadcast of McVeigh Audiotapes Causes Unease -- 2. A High School Student Loses Her Father -- 3. Revisiting the Oklahoma City Bombing -- 4. A Young Mother's Dead Infant Becomes an Icon -- Chronology -- For Further Reading -- Index -- Back Cover

Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Family Violence and Intimate Partner Abuse -- 1: Family Violence in the United States: An Overview -- 2: In Ireland, Women Bear the Brunt of Family Violence -- 3: In Australia, Some Men Are Abused by Their Intimate Partners -- 4: In Nigeria, Family Violence Affects Many Women -- 5: In Vietnam, Many Women Are Abused by Their Partners -- 6: In Scotland, Many Victims of Family Violence Remain Silent -- 7: In Japan, Spousal Abuse Remains Hidden -- 8: In the United States, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) People Experience Intimate Partner Abuse -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Dowry Violence, Bride Burning, and Honor Killings -- 1: In Pakistan, Dowry Disputes Lead to Violence -- 2: In India, Bride Burning Is a Significant Problem -- 3: In Bangladesh, the Custom of Dowry Leads to Abuse -- 4: In Iraq, Honor Killings Subjugate Women -- 5: The United States Should Differentiate Honor Killings from Domestic Violence -- 6: Jordan Cracks Down on Honor Killings -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Family Violence and Children -- 1: In China and Other Asian Countries, Girl Babies Are the Victims of Family Violence -- 2: The World Health Organization Calls for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation -- 3: In Uganda, the Practice of Female Genital Mutilation Continues Despite the Law -- 4: Female Genital Mutilation Is Practiced in Parts of Europe -- 5: Divorce Can Lead to Violence Directed at Children -- 6: Parricide in the United States -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Family Violenceand Elders -- 1: Elders Must Seek Help When Abused -- 2: In India, the Abuse of Older People by Family Members Is Increasing.

Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents: -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Establishing Medical Ethics -- 1: The United Nations Adheres to a Declaration of Bioethics and Human Rights -- 2: Medical Professionals Around the World Face Complicated Ethical Codes -- 3: European Medical Professionals Are Guided by Ethical Principles -- 4: The Vatican Outlines Biomedical Ethics -- 5: In Australia, Medical Ethics Demand Acceptance of Cultural Diversity -- 6: In India, Some Medical Professionals Are Not Ethical -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Medical Ethics and the End of Life -- 1: In India, Palliative Care Follows Ethical Guidelines -- 2: In Ireland, Ethical Debate on Euthanasia Is Banned -- 3: Australians Debate the Medical Ethics of Euthanasia -- 4: In the United Kingdom, Euthanasia Should Be Legal -- 5: In the United Kingdom, Euthanasia Should Be Illegal -- 6: Canadian Ethicists Debate the Definition of Death -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Medical Ethics and Organ Transplantation -- 1: Worldwide, Doctors Consider Global Organ Trafficking Unethical -- 2: In Scotland, a System of Presumed Consent Would Solve the Organ Shortage -- 3: China Takes Steps Against Organ Trafficking -- 4: In Hong Kong, Volunteer Organ Donations Cause Ethical Dilemmas -- 5: The European Union Opposes the Sale of Human Organs -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Ethics and Medical Research -- 1: The World Medical Association Establishes Ethical Principles for Medical Research -- 2: India Is a Prime Destination for Unethical Clinical Trials -- 3: In the Southern Hemisphere, Some AIDS Researchers Use Unethical Practices -- 4: The Japanese Government Tightens Ethical Guidelines for Medical Research

Intro -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Causes of Death Worldwide -- 1. In Africa, Many Die from AIDS  Annabel Kanabus, Jenni Fredriksson-Bass, and Graham Pembrey -- 2. Scotland Experiences a Rise in Drug-Related Deaths  Tanya Thompson  In Scotland, long-term -- 3. Russia Is Facing a Death Crisis   Nicholas Eberstadt  A terrifying increase in mortality r -- 4. In Uganda, Ritual Killings Are on the Rise New Vision  The worldwide economic downturn is le -- 5. In Ireland, Suicides Among Youth Are Increasing  Kevin Malone  Early evidence from an Iris -- Chapter 2: End-of-Life Care -- 1. Worldwide, Organizations View Palliative Care as a Human Right  Frank Brennan  In response -- 2. In Africa, the Aged and Dying Need More Palliative Care  Richard A. Powell, Eve Namissango, -- 3. In Latin America, HIV/AIDS Patients Have Minimal Access to Palliative Care  Open Society Ins -- 4. Italy Is Slow to Adopt Palliative Care   Francesca Crippa Floriani  A combination of too f -- 5. In the United States, Physician-Assisted Death Is Controversial  Nathanael Johnson  Physic -- 6. In the United Kingdom, Terminally 111 Patients Leave the Country in Search of Life-Ending Drug -- 7. In the United Kingdom, End-of-Life Care Provides for a Home Death  Melanie Henwood  In 200 -- 8. In Germany, Television Provides Information About Death and Dying  Charles Hawley  A telev -- Chapter 3: Death, Dying, and Religion -- 1. Religion Influences Attitudes Toward Death Worldwide  Anna Orornka  Attitudes toward death -- 2. In the United States, Many Religious and Cultural Traditions Influence Death Rituals   Sandr -- 3. In Thailand, Buddhist Beliefs About Karma Affect End-of-Life Care  Kittikorn Nilmanat and An

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: Global Warming, Nature and Wildlife: An Overview -- Scientists Search for Facts -- Global Warming as a Natural Process -- Climate-Change Deniers -- What Scientific Evidence Reveals -- Chart: Projected Impacts of Climate Change -- The Relationship Between Global Warming and Wildlife and Nature -- Habitat Loss -- Emerging Wildlife and Plant Diseases -- Animal Immunity and Reproduction -- Global Warming and Water Quality -- The Dangers of Ocean Acidification -- The Sixth Mass Extinction -- Sidebar: Climate Change and the "Evil Quartet" -- Life on Earth: The Importance of Biodiversity -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Shrinking Habitat: The Land -- Habitats as Complicated Ecosystems -- Causes of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation -- Chart: The Complicated Web of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation -- Requirements of a Suitable Habitat -- The Effects of Drought on Habitat -- Sidebar: Habitat Loss and Severe Weather Endanger Copperbelly Snakes -- Excessive Rain, Floods, and Storms -- Temperature Extremes and Habitat -- Wildfires Destroy Habitats -- Changes in the Climatic Envelope -- Human Encroachment and Invasive Species -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Shrinking Habitats: The Ocean, Ice, and Freshwater -- Causes of Water Habitat Loss -- Warming Ocean -- Sidebar: Antarctica's Penguins -- The Case of the Corals -- The Arctic: Warmer Waters, Disappearing Sea Ice -- Polar Bear Populations: Conflicting Assertions -- Map: Polar Bear Populations -- Rising Ocean Levels and Habitat Loss -- Freshwater Wetlands -- Eutrophication -- Global Warming and Great Lakes Habitats -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Plant and Wildlife Health -- Infectious Diseases Are Expanding -- Plant and Forest Health in a Warming World -- Tree Decline and Mortality -- Drought, Flood, and Air Pollution.