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Chikamatsu Monzaemon   近松 門左衛門 , known also as Sugimori Nobumori, 杉森 信盛 , was a Japanese dramatist of  [1] joruri the form of puppet theater that later came to be known as  [2] bunraku and the live-actor drama,  [3] kabuki.  He is "widely regarded as the greatest Japanese dramatist. Chikamatsu was born Sugimori Nobumori to a  samurai  family. There is disagreement about his birthplace. He was born in  Echizen Province , but there are other plausible locations, including  Hagi ,  Nagato Province . His father, Sugimori Nobuyoshi, served the daimyo Matsudaira in Echizen as a medical doctor.   In 1705, Chikamatsu became a "Staff Playwright" as announced by early editions of The Mirror of Craftsmen of the Emperor Yōmei. In 1705 or 1706, Chikamatsu left Kyoto for Osaka , where the puppet theater was even more popular. Chikamatsu's popularity peaked with his domestic plays of love-suicides, and with ...

The crime scene investigation is based on observation, we closely perceive every details, the type of work necessitates the observation with almost photographic exactitude. The police officer has to see through things to notice the essence of missing fragments, he or she puts together later on. We do not imagine things, yet, we base our assumption on evidence. After it had been estimated that death was caused by the intent or agency of some other person, or by the suicide or accident – the detailed investigation begins. The significance of the investigation depends on its case. In suicide or accidental death the detailed examination can be limited to the exact pieces of information related to events. On the other hand, the death caused by the intent or another person involves a thorough investigation, though, everything is investigated. At the onset of the investigation the criminal provides the contradictory and false statements about personal actions to create extenuating circumstanc...

The number of participants that took part in the fighting marks the significance of this immerse, international tragedy. Usually wars involve two major protagonists, yet, in the case of the Balkans more than thirteen players took part in it. These participants were: Bosnian Croats, Bosnian Muslims, Bosnian Serbs, Kosovans, Mecedonians, Montenegrins, Serbians, Slovenians, Vojvodinans, as well as  the North Treaty Atlantic Organization (NATO), the United Nations (UN). Overall it was a very tangled web of interests, that, for many observers seemed to be impenetrable. Before the disintegration turned into a bloody conflict, the most powerful military organization was Yugoslav People’s Army – called JNA (Jugoslovenska Narodna Armia). It was regular formation, it possessed the usual components of an air force, navy and ground forces. The territorial reserve was called – Territorial Defense Force, it specialized in guerrilla warfare. The JNA was stationed throughout Yugoslavia , in 1...

The acts of terror were noticeable and repetitively reported in Ancient Rome , in Medieval Times, as an effective tool of oppression  it survived till modern era. It seems it will never be stopped. It was cruel, it was brutal and it evolved. Terrorism is a barbaric act. The advent of the Great War drew terrorism into the background  as the armies of Europe and America clashed in eruption of violence. During the Second World War  (1918-45) the terrorism was eclipsed by the repressive state terror of Nazi Germany and Russia with its death camps in Europe and Siberia . Colonialism describes the phenomenon of terrorism. The European states used their naval and military to impose their rule on territories  in other parts of the world. By the 20 th century the colonial system starting to break down. The process was slow and enhanced impatience. When all peaceful means failed in this case – negotiations – terror began. The broken promises brought huge disappointment. The ...

Terrorism was brought to life by international movements fighting for independence and self-being. This extreme mean of portraying political dogma evolved on unprecedented scale, nowadays it is almost unstoppable. The act of 11 th of September 2001 crossed the line of cruelness and ruthlessness. The world tries to fight it – it is a ‘formidable challenge’ for every government. Terrorism is meant to shatter people’s hope, to break the will, to intimidate and finally to destroy it. All along the history the terrorism was wearing different disguises, this revolutionary movement fought against political and economic injustice, exploitative  yoke of colonial oppression. It was marked among ethnic and religious minorities which wanted to exist independently, self-sufficiently and secede from unwanted communities they found themselves in. Terror evolved and began to be an instrument of oppression to paralyze opposition.  The acts of terrorism are always violent, as the technology dev...