| Haitian general election, 2006 The 2006 Elections in Haiti, to replace the interim government of Gérard Latortue put in place after the 2004 Haiti rebellion, were delayed four times after having been originally scheduled for October and November 2005. The elections finally took place on February 7, 2006. The 129 member Haitian parliament was also elected at this election. Run-off elections for the Chamber of Deputies of Haiti were held on 21 April 2006. Haitian_general_election,_2006
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| Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi () (born 28 October 1928) is the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque and Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar University. He has been described by Professor Juan Cole as "perhaps the foremost Sunni Arab authority", and "acknowledged as the highest spiritual authority for nearly a billion Sunni Muslims", and "a supreme authority." Muhammad_Sayyid_Tantawy
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| Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English is a 24-hour English-language news and current affairs TV channel headquartered in Doha, Qatar. It is one of the three largest English-language news channels worldwide, and is the sister channel of the Arabic-language Al Jazeera.The station broadcasts news features and analysis, documentaries, live debates, current affairs, business, and sports. The station claims to be the first global high-definition television network. Al_Jazeera_English
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| Terrorism/Archive 6 Talk:Terrorism/Archive_6
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| Save China's Tigers Save China's Tigers (SCT) is an international charitable foundation based in Hong Kong, the United States, and the United Kingdom (Office in London) which aims to save the big cats of China from extinction. It especially focuses on the Chinese tigers (South China Tigers). It also has branches in Mainland China and South Africa. Save_China's_Tigers
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| Said Saif Asaad Said Saif Asaad, born Angel Popov on May 31, 1979 in Bulgaria, is a Qatari weightlifter who competed in the Men's 1052000 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal.One of eight Bulgarian weighlifters recruited by the Qatar Olympic Committee, Asaad became a Qatari citizen to represent the country in the 2000 Olympics, his old name, Angel Popov, being left behind in the process. Said_Saif_Asaad
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| Nader Sufyan Abbas Nader Sufyan Abbas, born Angel Ivanov on December 12, 1975 in Bulgaria, is a Qatari weightlifter who competed in the Men's 772004 Summer Olympics and finished 9th. He is the 2001 world champion.One of eight Bulgarian weightlifters recruited by the Qatar Olympic Committee for $1,000,000, Abbas became a Qatari citizen to represent the country in the 2000 Olympics. Nader_Sufyan_Abbas
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| Peruvian general election, 2006 The first round of the 2006 Peruvian national election was held on April 9, 2006 to elect the President of the Republic, two Vice-Presidents, 120 Members of Congress, and five Peruvian members of the Andean Parliament (plus 10 substitutes), for the 2006-2011 period.No single presidential ticket obtained more than half of the total valid votes thus leading to a runoff election held on June 4, 2006 between the two candidates with most votes, Ollanta Humala and Alan García. Peruvian_general_election,_2006
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| Deaths in 2005/Archive 1 Talk:Deaths_in_2005/Archive_1
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| Arab Human Development Report Arab Human Development Report is an independent report sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), providing leading Arab scholars a platform through which to analyze the challenges and opportunities for human development in the Arab Region. UNDP's Arab Human Development Report Project maintains a Web site on which copies of the Reports are available for download in the Arabic, English and French languages. Arab_Human_Development_Report
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| Damascus Spring The Damascus Spring was a period of intense political and social debate in Syria which started after the death of President Hafiz al-Asad in June 2000 and continued to some degree until autumn 2001, when most of the activities associated with it were suppressed by the government. Damascus_Spring
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| Children in cocoa production The use of children in cocoa production, especially in West Africa, has been a point of much controversy. The work of children in cocoa production has been viewed through the narratives of child labor and exploitation. In 2006, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) was the world's largest producer and exporter of cocoa, supplying 46% of the world cocoa production. West Africa, collectively supplies nearly 80% of the world's cocoa. Children_in_cocoa_production
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| Demographics of Islam Demographics_of_Islam
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| List of countries by military expenditures list of countries by military expenditures per year using the latest information available. Some of the information is from the United States' Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook.Note that for some countries, no information was available to the World Factbook's compilers; these countries were omitted from the list. Consequently, the total world expenditure on armed forces is likely to be somewhat higher than that given. List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures
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| Al Jazeera Children's Channel Al Jazeera Children's Channel is an all-Arabic language television channel marketed at children. The channel is also known as JCC; an acronym leaving out the Arabic definite article al. As an edutainment channel, it seeks to promote childhood and adolescence development by encouraging learning and educating children in a fun way.Launched on September 9 2005 by the international television network Al Jazeera, the channel is targeted to children between the ages of three and fifteen. Al_Jazeera_Children's_Channel
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| Hurricane Stan Hurricane Stan was the eighteenth named tropical storm and eleventh hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also the sixth of seven tropical cyclones (three hurricanes, two of them major, three tropical storms and one tropical depression) to make landfall in Mexico. Hurricane_Stan
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| List of converts to Islam The following is an incomplete list of notable people who converted to Islam from a different religion or no religion. This article addresses only past professions of faith by the individuals listed, and is not intended to address ethnic, cultural, or other considerations, such as marriage. Such cases are noted in their list entries. List_of_converts_to_Islam
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| Terrorism/Archive 7 Talk:Terrorism/Archive_7
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| Musalia Mudavadi Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi (born September 21, 1960) is a Kenyan politician, currently serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government.Mudavadi was born in Sabatia, Vihiga District. He first became an MP in 1989, when he was elected unopposed to take the Sabatia Constituency seat vacated by his deceased father Moses Mudavadi.In late 2002, Mudavadi was the last and shortest serving Vice-President of Kenya under President Daniel arap Moi. Musalia_Mudavadi
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| Sami al-Hajj Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj (), aka Sami Al-Haj (Khartoum, Sudan, February 15, 1969) is a Sudanese journalist for Al Jazeera. From December 2001 to May 2008, he was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.He was released without charge on May 1, 2008 with two other detainees from Sudan. Sami_al-Hajj
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| Hawiye The Hawiye (, ) is a Somali clan whose members live in central and southern Somalia, in the Somali Region and the North Eastern Province (currently administered by Ethiopia and Kenya, respectively), and in smaller numbers in other countries. Like many Somalis, Hawiye members trace their ancestry to Irir Samaale. Hawiye
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| Islamic terrorism/Archive 1 Talk:Islamic_terrorism/Archive_1
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| Jeff Ooi Ooi Chuan Aun () (born c. 1956), better known as Jeff Ooi, is a Malaysian IT consultant by profession, blogger, photographer and politician. He is currently the Member of Parliament for Jelutong in the 12th Malaysian Parliament.Hailing from a small town in the northern Malaysian state of Kedah, he was brought up among rural teenagers, especially the Malay. Jeff_Ooi
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| Tazmamart Tazmamart was a secret prison in south-eastern Morocco at the Atlas Mountains, holding political prisoners. The prison became a monument of political history of contemporary Morocco. It is located near the city of Er-Rich, between Errachida and Midelt. Tazmamart
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| Ali Bourequat Ali Bourequat was a French citizen of Moroccan origins living in Rabat, Morocco. He is a writer and former forcibly disappeared. A successful businessman, he came from a rich family of Turkish origin close to the court of king Hassan II.In 1973 he was, with his two brothers Midhat and Bayazid, abducted by the Moroccan secret police, tortured and jailed without trial for reasons he claims unknown even to himself. Ali_Bourequat
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| Abhisit Vejjajiva Abhisit_Vejjajiva
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| Palmiro/nascanna le hobair as seo amach User:Palmiro/nascanna_le_hobair_as_seo_amach
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| Post-Suharto era Since the fall of Suharto in 1998, Indonesia has been in a period of transition. This era has been called the period of "Reformasi" (Reform in Indonesian). This is due to a more open and liberal political and social environment in Indonesia after the Revolution of 1998 forced the resignation of the authoritarian President Suharto, ending the three decades of the New Order period. Post-Suharto_era
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| Hamid Gul Lieutenant General Hamid Gul (Urdū:حمید گل),Sitara-e-Jurat is a retired Pakistani and a general known for heading the Inter-Services Intelligence Pakistani intelligence agency, after the Soviet-Afghan War, and for instigating the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir against India in 1989 with the support of the militants, who fought in the Soviet-Afghan war.Hamid Gul served as the director general of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence during 1987-89, mainly in the time when Benazir Bhutto was Prime Minister of Pakistan. Hamid_Gul
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| Trial of Saddam Hussein The Trial of Saddam Hussein was the trial of the deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Interim Government for crimes against humanity during his time in office.The Coalition Provisional Authority voted to create the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST), consisting of five Iraqi judges, on 9 December 2003, to try Saddam Hussein and his aides for charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Trial_of_Saddam_Hussein
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| Nawshirwan Mustafa Nawshirwan Mustafa () (born 1944) is a prominent Kurdish politician, media proprietor, strategist, author and historian. The co-founder and until December 2006 the deputy secretary general of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), one of the two leading political parties in Iraqi Kurdistan and Iraq in general. Nawshirwan_Mustafa
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| Presidency of Hugo Chávez Venezuela under the presidency of Hugo Chávez (1999–present) has seen sweeping and radical shifts in social policy, moving away from the government officially embracing a free market economy and neoliberal reform principles and towards quasi-socialist income redistribution and social welfare programs. Presidency_of_Hugo_Chávez
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| Bubembe Island Bubembe Island is an island in Lake Victoria inside the country of Uganda. In the religion of the Buganda people, it is the home of the temple of Mukasa. Bubembe_Island
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| Darren Jordon Darren Jordon (born 23 November 1960 in London, England) is a British journalist working for the Al-Jazeera 24 hour English language news and current affairs channel, Al Jazeera English.Born in London to Jamaican parents, Jordon was brought up in the West Indies. Darren_Jordon
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| Tynychbek Akmatbayev Tynychbek Akmatbayev (?–October 20, 2005) was a member of parliament in Kyrgyzstan and head of the parliamentary law enforcement committee. Akmatbayev was killed by inmates at the Moldavanovka prison on October 20, 2005, while investigating unrest at the prison northwest of Bishkek. Akmatbayev's killing prompted prison guards to pull out of Moldavanovka and other prisons, leaving inmates in control. Tynychbek_Akmatbayev
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| Paradise Now Paradise Now () is a 2005 film directed by Hany Abu-Assad about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel. It won a Golden Globe for best foreign language film and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category."The film is an artistic point of view of that political issue," Abu-Assad said. "The politicians want to see it as black and white, good and evil, and art wants to see it as a human thing." Paradise_Now
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| Iraqi insurgency/Archive 2 Talk:Iraqi_insurgency/Archive_2
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| Iraqi Accord Front Iraqi Accord Front (ArabicSunni Islamist Iraqi political coalition created on October 26, 2005 to contest the December 2005 general election. The party's members are mostly Sunni-Arabs, and its political efforts have largely been focused on protecting this community's interests. Iraqi_Accord_Front
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| Blocking of Wikipedia in mainland China Internet service providers of the People's Republic of China (PRC) have blocked access to Wikipedia in mainland China due to strict censorship laws enacted by the PRC.The blocks function in a similar way to a content filter. As with Internet censorship in the PRC in general, the self-governing territories of Hong Kong and Macau, which have separate legal systems, are not affected. Wikimedia sites have been blocked at least three times in their history. Blocking_of_Wikipedia_in_mainland_China
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| Controversies surrounding Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Criticism of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became rampant after his election victory on June 29, 2005. These include charges that he participated in the 1979-1981 Iran Hostage Crisis, assassinations of Kurdish politicians in Austria, torture, interrogation and executions of political prisoners in the Evin prison in Tehran. Ahmadinejad and his political supporters have denied these allegations. Controversies_surrounding_Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad
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| International Day of Quds International Day of Al-Quds (Rooz-e jahaany-e Qods in PersianIsrael's control of Jerusalem, (Al-Quds in ArabicIran where the occasion was first suggested. It is held each year on the last Friday of Ramadan. Jerusalem Day is not an Islamic religious holiday but a political event open to both Muslims and non-Muslims alike, and thus observance is not obligatory in Islam.The parade originated in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. International_Day_of_Quds
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| Iran–Israel relations Iran-Israel relations have shifted from close ties between Israel and Iran during the era of the Pahlavi dynasty to hostility since the rise of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran has severed all diplomatic and commercial ties with Israel, and refers to it as the "Zionist entity " or the "Zionist regime." Iran–Israel_relations
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