World War III Predictions

By George Watt

Many 1) see__s all over the world, 2) thou__ands of years back or maybe even 3) h__ndreds of years of back had predicted that during 2011 and 2012, a 4) ma__or war will take place involving many countries and this could 5) le__d to the end of the world. They had predicted 6) se__eral more things that would all bring to the third world war. Let us see for 7) ou__selves what bare them.

Nostradamus, the greatest 1) ________ of all times, had predicted several things, some of them have come 2) _______. In his quatrains,while talking about the world war 3 predictions 2010, he had written (this is the translation of what he had 3) ______) that there will be a war 4) _________ USA and Western Europe and that Europe will suffer from a great 5) ________. The third world war will probably start in the month of November and he also said that there might be a 6) ________ between Britain and France. Nostradamus’s 7) ________ also states that "the sky will burn at five and forty degrees. Fire approaches New York City."

1) (Another, Other) Predictions. The year 2011 2) (will see, will be seen) an upheaval between Middle East and the Northern African Muslim countries, i.e. 3) (an, a) fight between the Extremists and the Moderates and the former will win. The 4) (leaders, leaderes) of Iran and Iraq will have great control over the other Muslim nations. Same year, the Extremists will attack the New York city probably with a nuclear bomb, and although the city won't be 5) (more completely, completely) destroyed, the effects will be bad for the city. This will be 6) (alike, like) the starting point of the Third World War.

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From The Guardian

12.03. 2010

World War I Reasons

By Cyrus Griffin

Alliances. Serbia 1) emer__ed as the victor in the Balkans and as a result 2) exp__nded its territory. Therefore, in order to 3) __urb their power, Austria threatened war on them, if they 4) an__uired the port from the Turks. England, on the other hand, threatened the German 5) emba__sy to pull out of the conflict. This was because the German and Austria-Hungary 6) allian__e was in itself a big threat for Great Britain. In such a manner, unions made by the Great Powers were seen as one of the main World War I 7) cau__es.

1) _______. During the latter half of the 19th century, it was seen that nations like Great Britain, France and Portugal were acquiring lots of 2) ________ from foreign 3) _________, markets, etc. The major colonies for these nations included India, Africa and Australia. Other European 4) _______ like Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Russia wished to do the same, but the British 5) ______ of strategic exclusion stopped them from doing so. Thus, the 6) _______ and the fear that Great Britain is using this wealth to increase their arms power caused more 7) _________ between the nations.

Militarism. 1) (A, The) entire of Europe was under latent hostility because of the 2) (rises, rising) tensions and growth of neighbouring nations. This fear led 3) (by, to) increase in acquiring more and more arms by nations to have a 4) (strongerest, stronger) defensive side. These Great Nations were growing too fast, and along with this rise, rose everyone's military and navy power. This rise in military strength 5) (had been produced, produced) a class of professional and powerful military officers, 6) (that, who) actually added fuel to the war to make their nations more powerful.

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From The Daily Telegraph

04.05.2010