Biography of John Garang de Mabior, Sudanese Rebel

Biography of John Garang de Mabior, Sudanese Rebel Colonel John Garang de Mabior was a Sudanese rebel leader, founder of the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA) which fought a 22-year civil war against the northern-dominated, Islamist Sudanese Government. He was made vice president of Sudan on the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005, shortly before his death. Date of Birth:  June 23, 1945, Wangkulei, Anglo-Egyptian SudanDate ofDeath:  July 30, 2005, Southern Sudan Early Life John Garang was born into the Dinka ethnic group, educated in Tanzania and graduated from Grinnell College in Iowa in 1969. He returned to The Sudan and joined the Sudanese army, but left the following year for the south and joined the Anya Nya, a rebel group fighting for the rights of the Christian and animist south, in a country which was dominated by the Islamist north. The rebellion, which was sparked by the decision made by the colonial British to join the two parts of Sudan when independence was granted in 1956, became a full-blown civil war in the early 1960s. 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement In 1972 the Sudanese president, Jaafar Muhammad an-Numeiry, and Joseph Lagu, leader of the Anya Nya, signed the Addis Ababa Agreement which gave autonomy to the south. Rebel fighters, including John Garang, were absorbed into the Sudanese army. Garang was promoted to Colonel and sent to Fort Benning, Georgia, USA, for training. He also received a doctorate in agricultural economics from Iowa State University in 1981. On his return to the Sudan, he was made deputy director of military research and an infantry battalion commander. Second Sudanese Civil War By the early 1980s, the Sudanese government was becoming increasingly Islamist. These measures included the introduction of  Sharia law throughout Sudan, an imposition of black slavery by northern Arabs, and Arabic being made the official language of instruction. When Garang was sent south to quell a new uprising by the Anya Nya, he instead swapped sides and formed the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) and their military wing the SPLA. 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement In 2002 Garang began peace talks with Sudanese president Omar al-Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir, which culminated in the signing of the  Comprehensive Peace Agreement on January 9, 2005. As part of the agreement, Garang was made vice president of Sudan. The peace agreement was supported by establishing a United Nations Mission in Sudan. U.S. President George W. Bush expressed hope that Garang would be a promising leader as the U.S. supported South Sudanese independence. While Garang often expressed Marxist principles, he was also a Christian. Death Only a few months after the peace agreement, on July 30, 2005, a helicopter carrying Garang back from talks with the president of Uganda crashed in the mountains near the border. Although both Al-Bashirs government and Salva Kiir Mayardit, the new leader of the SPLM, blamed the crash on poor visibility, doubts remain about the crash. His legacy is that he is considered to be a very influential figure in the history of South Sudan.

Specificity of Japanese Verbs to Wear and to Play

Specificity of Japanese Verbs 'to Wear' and 'to Play' Some Japanese verbs are more specific when describing actions than English verbs. While there is only one verb used for a certain action in English, there might be several different verbs in Japanese. One of the examples is the verb to wear. In English, it can be used as, I wear a hat, I wear gloves, I wear glasses and so on. However, Japanese has different verbs depending on which part of the body it will be worn on. Lets take a look at how the Japanese describe to wear and to play. Boushi o kaburu. Ã¥ ¸ ½Ã¥ ­ Ã£â€šâ€™Ã£ â€¹Ã£  ¶Ã£â€šâ€¹ - I wear a hat. (Kaburu is used for putting on the head.)Megane o kakeru. ã‚ Ã£ Å'㠁 ­Ã£â€šâ€™Ã£ â€¹Ã£ â€˜Ã£â€šâ€¹ - I wear glasses. (Kakeru also means, to hang.)Iyaringu o tsukeru. ã‚ ¤Ã£Æ' ¤Ã£Æ' ªÃ£Æ' ³Ã£â€š °Ã£â€šâ€™Ã£  ¤Ã£ â€˜Ã£â€šâ€¹ - I wear earrings. (Tsukeru also means, to attach.)Nekutai o shimeru. ãÆ' Ã£â€š ¯Ã£â€š ¿Ã£â€š ¤Ã£â€šâ€™Ã§ ·  Ã£â€š Ã£â€šâ€¹ - I wear a tie. (Shimeru also means, to tie.)Sukaafu o maku. ã‚ ¹Ã£â€š «Ã£Æ' ¼Ã£Æ'•ã‚’å · »Ã£   - I wear a scarf. (Maku also means, to wrap around.)Tebukuro o hameru. 手è ¢â€¹Ã£â€šâ€™Ã£  ¯Ã£â€š Ã£â€šâ€¹ - I wear gloves. (Hameru also means, to insert.)Yubiwa o hameru. æÅ'‡è ¼ ªÃ£â€šâ€™Ã£  ¯Ã£â€š Ã£â€šâ€¹ - I wear rings.Tokei o suru. 時è ¨Ë†Ã£â€šâ€™Ã£ â„¢Ã£â€šâ€¹ - I wear a watch.Shatsu o kiru. ã‚ ·Ã£Æ' £Ã£Æ'„ã‚’ç â‚¬Ã£â€šâ€¹ - I wear shirts. (Kiru is used for putting on the body.)Zubon o haku. ã‚ ºÃ£Æ'Å" ãÆ' ³Ã£â€šâ€™Ã£  ¯Ã£   - I wear pants. (Haku is used for putting on the legs.)Kutsu o haku. é  ´Ã£â€šâ€™Ã¥ ± ¥Ã£   - I wear shoes. (Haku is also used for putting on footwear.)Omocha de asobu. 㠁Šã‚‚㠁 ¡Ã£â€šÆ'㠁 §Ã© Å Ã£  ¶ - I play with toys. (Asobu originally means, to amuse oneself.)Piano o hiku. ãÆ'”ã‚ ¢Ã£Æ'Žã‚’å ¼ ¾Ã£   - I play the piano. (Hiku is used to play the musical instrument that requires the manipulation of fingers.) Fue o fuku. ç ¬â€ºÃ£â€šâ€™Ã¥  ¹Ã£   - I play the flute. (Fuku is used to play the musical instrument that requires blowing.)Taiko o tataku. Ã¥ ¤ ªÃ© ¼â€œÃ£â€šâ€™Ã£ Å¸Ã£ Å¸Ã£   - I play the drum. (Tataku is used to play the musical instrument that requires beating.)Rekoodo o kakeru. ãÆ' ¬Ã£â€š ³Ã£Æ' ¼Ã£Æ'‰ã‚’㠁‹ã â€˜Ã£â€šâ€¹ - I am playing a record.Toranpu o suru. ãÆ'ˆãÆ' ©Ã£Æ' ³Ã£Æ'â€"を㠁™ã‚‹ - I play cards.Yakyuu o suru. 野ç Æ'を㠁™ã‚‹ - I play baseball. (Suru can be used for most sports.)Romio o enjiru. ãÆ' ­Ã£Æ'Ÿã‚ ªÃ£â€šâ€™Ã¦ ¼â€Ã£ ËœÃ£â€šâ€¹ - I play the role of Romeo.