| Provinces of Iran Iran is subdivided into thirty provinces (Persian:ostān, plural استانها ostānhā), each governed from a local center, usually the largest local city, which is called the capital (Persian:markaz) of that province. The provincial authority is headed by a Governor-General (Persian:ostāndār), who is appointed by the Minister of the Interior subject to approval of the cabinet. Provinces_of_Iran
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| Kapisa Province Kapisa ( - Kāpīsā) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north-east of the country. Its capital is Mahmud-i-Raqi, and other districts include Kohistan, Nigrab and Tagab. The population of Kapiśa is estimated to be 360,000, although there has never been an official figure. The area of the province is 1,842 km². Kapisa_Province
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| Yusuf al-Qaradawi Yusuf al-Qaradawi (), (born September 9, 1926) is an Egyptian Muslim scholar and preacher best known for his popular al Jazeera program, ash-Shariah wal-Hayat ("Shariah and Life"), and IslamOnline (a website that he helped to found in 1997), where he offers opinions and religious edicts ("fatwa") based on his interpretation of the Qur'an. He has also published some fifty books, including The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam and Islam. Yusuf_al-Qaradawi
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| Hogtie hogtie is a method of tying the limbs together, rendering the subject immobile and helpless. Originally, it was applied to pigs (hence the name) and other young four-legged animals.In more recent years, the term has been applied to ways of restraining humans as well. Such restraints are employed in sexual bondage and by police forces. Hogtie
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| René Préval René Garcia Préval (; born January 17, 1943) is a Haitian politician and agronomist who has been the President of the Republic of Haiti since May 2006. He previously served as President from February 7, 1996 to February 7, 2001 and as Prime Minister from February 1991 to October 11, 1991. René_Préval
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| Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya For the Southeast Asian organization of the same name, see Jemaah Islamiyah. (; al-jamāʕaħ al-'islāmiyyaħ) (Arabic for "the Islamic Group"; also transliterated Gamaat Islamiya, al Jamaat al Islamiya, and El Gama'a El Islamiyya) is an Egyptian Islamist movement, and is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union and Egyptian governments. The group is (or was) dedicated to the overthrow of the Egyptian government and replacing it with an Islamic state. Al-Gama'a_al-Islamiyya
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| Day of Ashura The Day of Ashura ( (, Ashura, Ashoura, and other spellings) is on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Remembrance of Muharram.It is commemorated by the Muslims as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram in the year 61 AH (October 10, 680 AD). Day_of_Ashura
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| Ricardo Sanchez Lieutenant General Ricardo S. Sanchez (born 1951) is a retired United States Army general who served as the V Corps commander of coalition forces in Iraq from June 2003 to June 2004. He was the highest-ranking Hispanic in the United States Army when he retired on November 1, 2006. At the time of his retirement, Lieutenant General Sanchez called his career a casualty of the Abu Ghraib scandal. Ricardo_Sanchez
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| Simón Trinidad Simón Trinidad (born July 30, 1950) is the nom de guerre of Juvenal Ovidio Ricardo Palmera Pineda, a Colombian high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and reputedly the first highest ranking members of that rebel group ever to be captured during Colombia's 40-year-long insurgency. "Simon Trinidad" is currently imprisoned in the United States where he is serving a 60 year sentence. Simón_Trinidad
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| March 9, 2004 attack of Istanbul restaurant An attack of an Istanbul restaurant on March 9 2004 killed Hüseyin Kurugöl, a waiter in the restaurant, and injured five. Two Islamic militants, Engin Vural and Nihat Doğruel, entered a restaurant frequented by freemasons in the Kartal district of Istanbul, Turkey. March_9,_2004_attack_of_Istanbul_restaurant
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| March 11, 2004 Madrid attacks/Archive 2 Talk:March_11,_2004_Madrid_attacks/Archive_2
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| Danilo Türk Danilo Türk () (born 19 February, 1952) is a Slovenian lawyer and diplomat, and the current President of Slovenia. Danilo_Türk
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| Avi Lewis Avram David (Avi) Lewis (born 1968) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, host of the Al Jazeera English show Fault Lines, and ex-host of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) current-affairs program On the Map. Avi_Lewis
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| Muhammad Yunus Muhammad Yunus (Bangla:Bangladeshi banker and economist. He previously was a professor of economics where he developed the concept of microcredit. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. Yunus is also the founder of Grameen Bank. Muhammad_Yunus
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| Abu Bakar Bashir Abu Bakar Bashir (also Abubakar Ba'asyir, Abdus Somad, and Ustad Abu ("Teacher Abu"), born August 17, 1938, is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council (MMI).He runs the Al-Mukmin boarding school in Ngruki, Central Java which he co-founded with Abdullah Sungkar in 1972. Abu_Bakar_Bashir
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| Freedom of thought Freedom of thought (also called freedom of conscience and freedom of ideas) is the freedom of an individual to hold or consider a fact, viewpoint, or thought, independent of others' viewpoints. It is closely related to, yet distinct from, the concept of freedom of expression. Freedom_of_thought
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| Joe Sacco Joe Sacco (born October 2, 1960) is a Maltese-American comics artist and journalist. He achieved international fame through the 1996 American Book Award-winning Palestine, and his graphic novel on the Bosnian War, Safe Area Goražde. Joe_Sacco
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| Uhuru Kenyatta Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (born October 26, 1961) is a Kenyan politician, currently serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. He is the Chairman of Kenya African National Union (KANU), the former ruling party, which is currently part of the Party of National Unity (PNU). Uhuru_Kenyatta
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| United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 was passed on December 11 1948, near the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The resolution expresses appreciation for the efforts of UN Envoy Folke Bernadotte after his assassination by members of the Lehi group. It deals with the situation in the region of Palestine at the time, establishing and defining the role of the United Nations Conciliation Commission as an organization to facilitate peace in the region. United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_194
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| List of rail accidents (2000–present) List_of_rail_accidents_(2000–present)
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| Arabic epic literature Arabic epic literature encompasses epic poetry and epic fantasy in Arabic literature. Virtually all societies have developed folk tales encompassing tales of heroes. Although many of these are legends, many are based on real events and historical figures. Arabic_epic_literature
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| Abbassi Madani Dr. Abbassi Madani (Arabic عباسي مدني), (born 1931) near Sidi-Okba, near Biskra, was the President of the Islamic Salvation Front in Algeria. He is described by writers as having a gnomic appearance. As a leader he became the voice of dispossessed youth. Abbassi_Madani
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| Romário Romário de Souza Faria (born January 29, 1966 in Rio de Janeiro), better known simply as Romário, is a Brazilian football center forward who helped the Brazil national team win the 1994 FIFA World Cup and is one of the most prolific strikers in the world.He was selected the FIFA World Player of the Year and won the World Cup Golden Ball in 1994 and named as one of the Top 125 greatest living footballers as part of FIFA's 100th anniversary celebration. Romário
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| Eduardo Kac Eduardo Kac is an American contemporary artist internationally recognized for his interactive net installations and his bio-art. Kac was born in 1962 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He lives and works in Chicago.In 1997 Kac was the first person to have a microchip implanted in his body. Eduardo_Kac
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| Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed ( Shekh Hasina Oajed) (born September 28, 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Awami League, a major political party, since 1981. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father (and first president) of Bangladesh and wife of an internationally reputed nuclear scientist, M. Sheikh_Hasina
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| Janis Karpinski Janis Leigh Karpinski (born May 25, 1953, Rahway, New Jersey) is a central figure in the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal.Karpinski retired as a United States Army Colonel in the 800th Military Police Brigade. She was demoted from Brigadier General in the aftermath of the scandal, for dereliction of duty, making a material misrepresentation to investigators, and failure to obey a lawful order. Janis_Karpinski
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| Tayseer Allouni Tayseer Allouni (تيسير علوني) (alsoAl Jazeera news channel. He was born in Deir ez-Zor in Syria in 1955 then in 1983 he moved to Spain where he studied Economics, and has lived there ever since, adopting Spanish citizenship in 1988. He interviewed Osama Bin Laden following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, and was controversially convicted on terrorism-related charges in Spain in 2005. Tayseer_Allouni
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| Eduard Limonov Eduard Limonov (, real name Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko, ; born February 22, 1943) is a French citizen and a Russian nationalist writer and political dissident, and is the founder and leader of Russia's unregistered National Bolshevik Party. He was convicted in 2002, despite the protests of several State Duma members, for illegally purchasing weapons, and served about 2 years in jail. Eduard_Limonov
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| Nick Berg Nicholas Evan Berg (April 2, 1978 May 7, 2004) was an American businessman seeking telecommunications work in Iraq after the US invasion of Iraq. He was abducted and later beheaded according to a video released in May 2004 by Islamic militants. The CIA claimed that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi personally beheaded Berg.The decapitation was released on the Internet, reportedly from London to a Malaysian hosted homepage by the Islamic organization al-Ansars. Nick_Berg
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| Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse Beginning in 2004, accounts of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse, including torture Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse
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| Medical tourism Medical tourism (also called medical travel, health tourism or global healthcare) is a term initially coined by travel agencies and the mass media to describe the rapidly-growing practice of traveling across international borders to obtain health care.Such services typically include elective procedures as well as complex specialized surgeries such as joint replacement (knee/hip), cardiac surgery, dental surgery, and cosmetic surgeries. Medical_tourism
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| Adam Yahiye Gadahn Adam Yahiye Gadahn (, born Adam Pearlman, September 1, 1978) is an American-born English-speaking senior operative, cultural interpreter, spokesman Al-Qaeda. Since 2004, he appeared in a number of videos produced by Al-Qaeda as "Azzam the American" ('Azzām al-Amrīki, عزام الأمريكي, sometimes transcribed as Ezzam Al-Americee). He is believed to have inspired bin Laden's September 2007 video. Adam_Yahiye_Gadahn
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| Tomislav Nikolić Tomislav Nikolić (, ) (born February 15, 1952) is a Serbian politician, President of the Serbian Progressive Party. He is also a former member of the Serbian Radical Party where he served as Deputy Leader of the party and parliamentary leader during the absence of Vojislav Šešelj from February 23, 2003 until he resigned on September 6, 2008 following a disagreement with Šešelj.He served as President of the National Assembly of Serbia between May 8, and May 13, 2007 and was Deputy Prime Minister in the coalition government of Yugoslavia from 1999 to 2000. Tomislav_Nikolić
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