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However, the weakness of the UN mandate was highlighted following the Srebrenica massacre of 1995, where UN peacekeepers were left helpless under the limited terms of their mandate to halt the unfolding slaughter of Muslims.

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British forces have been involved in the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia since the mid-1990s through their involvement in multilateral peacekeeping and conflict missions mandated by the United Nations (UN) and the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO). @Brimm_WHAP

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NATO air forces (which included UK personnel) were also mandated to provide support for the delivery of the peacekeepers' mandate on the ground.

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In January 10 of 1992, the first full week sees some 4,000 jobs lost across the UK, as the nations recession continues. lmost 20% of those job cuts have been by GEC, the UK's leading telecommunications manufacturer, where 750 redundancies are announced today. @Brimm_WHAP

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It ended with the 'winter of discontent' in 1979 when ITV went off the air for five months.

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Britain in the 1970's was the decade of the Space Hopper, the Ford Cortina, Raleigh Chopper bikes, the record player and cassette recorder. It was a decade of strikes - postal workers, miners and dustmen. @Brimm_WHAP

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The book was a huge hit and a best-seller almost immediately after its release as it became the go-to Christmas gift.

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In 1955 the very first edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published on August 27th in the United Kingdom. @Brimm_WHAP

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The chairman of the Guinness Brewery, Sir Hugh Beaver, came up with the idea for the records book in 1951 and by 1954 he had enlisted Norris and Ross McWhirter to create the records book.

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@russkiyshpion1 true or false!

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On October 3, 1952, Britain detonated its first atomic device, code-named "Hurricane."

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Britain goes nuclear! Britain was the first country to investigate the development of nuclear weapons. As the Cold War began, Great Britain felt it should have an independent nuclear force. @Brimm_WHAP

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Due to the small size, no suitable sites for atmospheric weapons tests existed. Britain thus sought sites in other countries to test its weapons, finally settling on the Monte Bello Islands, off the west coast of Australia.

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Led by Sir John Crockcroft, Britain’s first nuclear reactor went critical on July 3, 1948.

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The agricultural revolution in Great Britain was a time in which crops became more plentiful due to new technologies, good weather, & increased labor. This led to a lower amount of money paid for food, so people could pay more money for things like manufactured goods. @Brimm_WHAP

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Hey @UsaLifein how come although African American women helped support and organize for the suffrage movement yet were denied admission into major suffrage organizations and meetings?? So much for equality for women @Brimm_WHAP amirite ¿?

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Then suffragists are using white racial supremacy as a rationale for giving women the vote in order to support their argument, smh.