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| Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Islamic_Supreme_Council_of_Iraq | |
| Second Intifada Second_Intifada | |
| Military use of children Talk:Military_use_of_children | |
| Syria Talk:Syria | |
| Mercenary A mercenary is a person who takes part in an armed conflict, who is not a national or a party to the conflict, and is "motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a party to the conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that promised or paid to combatants of similar ranks and functions in the armed forces of that Party" (Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Convention of August 1949). Mercenary | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo | |
| Use of capital punishment by nation Capital punishment has been used in almost every part of the globe, but in the last few decades many countries have abolished it. Abolitionist groups including Amnesty International classifies countries into four categories 57 countries maintain the death penalty in both law and practice. Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation | |
| St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana St. Bernard Parish () is a parish located southeast of New Orleans in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Chalmette, the largest city in the parish. As of 2000, its population was 67,229. It has been ranked the fastest-growing county in the United States from 2007 to 2008 by the U.S. Census Bureau, but it is only half as populated as it was in 2005. In 2009, because of evacuation and outmigration due to destruction by Hurricane Katrina, its population was estimated to be 33,439 St._Bernard_Parish,_Louisiana | |
| Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Jefferson Parish is a parish in Louisiana, United States that includes most of the suburbs of New Orleans. The seat of parish government is Gretna.According to the 2000 census, Jefferson had a population of 455,466. Greater New Orleans, a seven-parish area which includes Jefferson, is the largest metropolitan area in the state. Jefferson_Parish,_Louisiana | |
| Omar Abdel-Rahman Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman () (born May 3, 1938) is a blind Egyptian Muslim leader who is currently serving a life sentence at the Butner Medical Center which is part of the Butner Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina, United States. His inmate registration number is 34892-054. Omar_Abdel-Rahman | |
| North Korea and weapons of mass destruction North Korea has an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction, including claims to possess nuclear weapons. However, the CIA asserts that it also has a substantial arsenal of chemical weapons. North Korea was a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty but withdrew in 2003, citing the failure of the United States to fulfill its end of the Agreed Framework, a 1994 agreement between the states to limit North Korea's nuclear ambitions, begin normalization of relations, and help North Korea supply some energy needs through nuclear reactors. North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction | |
| 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia were two famines that occurred simultaneously in today's Eritrea and Ethiopia, of which the northern is the most prominent. In the north, the insurgency of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front and the government's counterinsurgency was the ultimate cause of the famine, though the failure of the short rains in 1984 was the proximate cause. 1984–1985_famine_in_Ethiopia | |
| Hunger Hunger is a feeling experienced when one has a desire to eat. The often unpleasant feeling originates in the hypothalamus and is released through receptors in the liver. Although an average nourished individual can survive weeks without food intake, the sensation of hunger typically begins after a couple of hours without eating and is generally considered quite uncomfortable. Hunger | |
| Oaxaca The Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca (Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca, in Spanish phonemically or ) is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the southern part of the country, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (the Isthmus of Tehuantepec includes the southeastern parts of Veracruz and Oaxaca). Oaxaca borders the states of Guerrero to the west, Puebla to the northwest, Veracruz to the north, Chiapas to the east, and the Pacific Ocean in the south. Oaxaca | |
| History of East Timor East Timor is a small country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco. The first people's are thought to be descendant of Australoid and Melanesian peoples. The Portuguese began to trade with the island of Timor in the early 16th century and colonized it in mid-century. History_of_East_Timor | |
| Yunnan ''province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately 394,000 square kilometers (152,000 square miles). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Myanmar (Burma), Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with high elevations in the northwest and low elevations in the southeast. Yunnan | |
| Aceh Aceh (, generally anglicized as Aceh | |
| Second Chechen War Second_Chechen_War | |
| Agricultural policy Agricultural policy describes a set of laws relating to domestic agriculture and imports of foreign agricultural products. Governments usually implement agricultural policies with the goal of achieving a specific outcome in the domestic agricultural product markets. Outcomes can involve, for example, a guaranteed supply level, price stability, product quality, product selection, land use or employment. Agricultural_policy | |
| Cyprus dispute The Cyprus dispute is a territorial conflict between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots over Cyprus, an island nation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Since the arrival of the British on the island of Cyprus, the "Cyprus Dispute" was identified as the conflict between the peoples of Cyprus and Great Britain as a colonial ruler. Cyprus_dispute | |
| Operation Blessing International Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation (OBI) is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) humanitarian organization based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. Since 1978, Operation Blessing International has provided hunger relief, disaster relief, medical aid and community development to more than 192.8 million people in 96 countries and all 50 states, providing goods and services valued at more than $1.2 billion. Operation_Blessing_International | |
| Romano Prodi (born 9 August 1939) is an Italian politician and statesman. He served as President of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) of Italy twice, from 17 May 1996 to 21 October 1998 and from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008. He was also President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. Romano_Prodi | |
| 2003 invasion of Iraq/Archive 1 Talk:2003_invasion_of_Iraq/Archive_1 | |
| Casualties of the Iraq War Casualties of the conflict in Iraq since 2003 (beginning with the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and continuing with the ensuing occupation of Iraq coalition presence, as well as the activities of the various armed groups operating in the country) have come in many forms, and the accuracy of the information available on different types of Iraq War casualties varies greatly.The table below summarizes some of the Iraqi casualty figures. Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War | |
| Oil-for-Food Programme Oil-for-Food Programme, established by the United Nations in 1995 (under UN Security Council Resolution 986) and terminated in late 2003, was intended to allow Iraq to sell oil on the world market in exchange for food, medicine, and other humanitarian needs for ordinary Iraqi citizens without allowing Iraq to rebuild its military.The programme was introduced by United States President Bill Clinton's administration in 1995, as a response to arguments that ordinary Iraqi citizens were inordinately affected by the international economic sanctions aimed at the demilitarisation of Saddam Hussein's Iraq, imposed in the wake of the first Gulf War. Oil-for-Food_Programme | |
| Richard Perle This is about the conservative official and lobbyist; for the liberal author, see Rick Perlstein.Richard Norman Perle (born 16 September 1941 in New York City) is an American political advisor and lobbyist who worked for the Reagan administration as an assistant Secretary of Defense and worked on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 1987 to 2004. He was Chairman of the Board from 2001 to 2003 under the Bush Administration. Richard_Perle | |
| Halabja poison gas attack The Halabja poison gas attack (Kurdish:Kîmyabarana Helebce) occurred in the period 16–17 March 1988, during the Iran-Iraq War. Chemical weapons (CW) were used by the Iraqi government forces in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja, killing thousands of people, most of them civilians (3,200-5,000 dead on the spot and 7,000-10,000 injured Halabja_poison_gas_attack | |
| François Bozizé François Bozizé Yangouvonda (born October 14, 1946) is the President of the Central African Republic. He came to power in March 2003 after leading a rebellion against President Ange-Félix Patassé and ushered in a transitional period of government. He won the country's 2005 presidential election; he received the most votes in the first round in March 2005, but less than a majority, requiring a runoff election, which he won in May 2005. François_Bozizé | |
| Naser Orić Naser_Orić | |
| Electricity market In economic terms, electricity is a commodity capable of being bought and sold. An electricity market is a system for effecting the purchase and sale of electricity, using supply and demand to set the price. Wholesale transactions in electricity are typically cleared and settled by the grid operator or a special-purpose independent entity charged exclusively with that function. Electricity_market | |
| Food security Food security refers to the availability of food and one's access to it. A household is considered food secure when its occupants do not live in hunger or fear of starvation. According to the World Resources Institute, global per capita food production has been increasing substantially for the past several decades. Food_security | |
| Sri Lankan Civil War Sri_Lankan_Civil_War | |
| Mahmoud Abbas Mahmoud Abbas ( Maḥmūd ʾAbbās) (born 26 March 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (), has been the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation since 11 November 2004 and became President of the Palestinian National Authority on 15 January 2005 on the Fatah (فتح Fataḥ) ticket. Mahmoud_Abbas | |
| Road map for peace "road map" for peace is a plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict proposed by a "quartet" of international entitiesUnited States, the European Union, Russia, and the United Nations. The principles of the plan, originally drafted by U.S. Foreign Service Officer Donald Bloome, were first outlined by U.S. President George W. Bush in a speech on June 24, 2002, in which he called for an independent Palestinian state living side by side with Israel in peace Road_map_for_peace | |
| Lake Nyos Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the Northwest Province of Cameroon, located about northwest of Yaoundé. Nyos is a deep lake high on the flank of an inactive volcano in the Oku volcanic plain along the Cameroon line of volcanic activity. A natural dam of volcanic rock hems in the lake waters.A pocket of magma lies beneath the lake and leaks carbon dioxide (CO2) into the water, changing it into carbonic acid. Lake_Nyos | |
| Tapir A tapir ( "taper", or "ta-pier") is a large browsing mammal, roughly pig-like in shape, with a short, prehensile snout. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South America, Central America, and Southeast Asia. Also known as danta in some regions. There are four species of Tapirs, being the Brazilian tapir, the Malayan tapir, Baird's tapir and the mountain tapir. Tapir | |
| Malnutrition Malnutrition is a general term for a medical condition caused by an improper or inadequate diet and nutrition.According to the World Health Organization, hunger and malnutrition are the single gravest threats to the world's public health and malnutrition is by far the biggest contributor to child mortality, present in half of all cases. Malnutrition | |
| Igbo people Igbo people, also referred to as the Ibo(e), Ebo(e), Eboans or Heebo () are an ethnic group living chiefly in southeastern Nigeria. They speak Igbo, which includes various Igboid languages and dialects; today, a majority of them speak English alongside Igbo as a result of British colonialism. Igbo people are among the three largest and most influential ethnic groups in Nigeria; the other two are the Hausa and the Yoruba people. Igbo_people | |
| Mercosur Mercosur | |
| Evo Morales Juan Evo Morales Ayma (born October 26, 1959 in Orinoca, Oruro), popularly known as Evo (), has been the President of Bolivia since 2006. He has been declared the country's first fully indigenous head of state in the 470 years since the Spanish Conquest.Morales was first elected President of Bolivia on December 18, 2005, with 53.7% of the popular vote (approximately 45% of the electorate) in an election that saw the participation of 84.5% of the national electorate. Evo_Morales | |
| Lawrence Eagleburger Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger (born August 1, 1930) is an American statesman and former career diplomat, who served briefly as the United States Secretary of State under President George H. W. Bush. Previously, he had served in lesser capacities under Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. Lawrence_Eagleburger | |
| Separatism Separatism refers to the advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial or gender separation from the larger group, often with demands for greater political autonomy and even for full political secession and the formation of a new state. Separatism | |
| Feud A feud () (referred to in more extreme cases as a blood feud or vendetta or faida) is a long-running argument or fight between partiesguilt by association, groups of people, especially families or clans. Feuds begin because one party (correctly or incorrectly) perceives itself to have been attacked, insulted or wronged by another. Feud | |
| Yoweri Museveni Yoweri Kaguta Museveni () (born c. 1944, Ntungamo, Uganda Protectorate) has been the President of Uganda since 29 January 1986.Museveni got involved in a war that deposed Idi Amin, ending his rule in 1979, and in the rebellion that subsequently led to the demise of the Milton Obote regime in 1985. Yoweri_Museveni | |
| Peter Akinola Peter Jasper Akinola (born 27 January 1944) is the current Anglican Primate of the Church of Nigeria. He is also Bishop of Abuja (Nigeria's capital) and Archbishop of Province III, which covers the northern and central parts of the country. Akinola is chairman of the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa and chairman of the South-South Encounter of the Anglican Communion. Peter_Akinola | |
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| South Ossetia South Ossetia ( or ; , Xussar Iryston; , Yuzhnaya Osetiya; , Samxreti Oseti) is a disputed region in the South Caucasus. Since its declaration of independence from Georgia in 1991 during the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, it is governed by the Republic of South Ossetia (recognised only by Russian Federation and Nicaragua, both in 2008; see International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia), which claims the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. South_Ossetia | |
| Pearl River Delta Pearl River Delta (PRD) () in southern People's Republic of China is the low-lying area alongside the Pearl River estuary where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea. Since economic liberalisation was adopted by the Chinese government in the late 1970s, the delta has become one of the leading economic regions and a major manufacturing center of China. Pearl_River_Delta | |
| Yemenite Jews Yemenite Jews (Hebrew:תֵּימָנִים, Standard Temanim Tiberian 'תֵּימָנִי, Standard Temani Tiberian 'Jews who live, or whose recent ancestors lived, in Yemen (תֵּימָן, Standard Teman Tiberian 'Arabian peninsula. Virtually the entire Jewish population emigrated from Yemen between June 1949 and September 1950 in what was deemed Operation Magic Carpet. Yemenite_Jews | |
| HIV/AIDS in Africa The HIV/AIDS epidemics spreading through the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa are highly varied. Although it is not correct to speak of a single African epidemic, Africa is without doubt the region most affected by the virus. Inhabited by just over 12% of the world's population, Africa is estimated to have more than 60% of the AIDS-infected population. HIV/AIDS_in_Africa |
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