| Combined oral contraceptive pill The Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill (COCP), often referred to as the birth-control pill, or simply "the Pill", is a combination of an estrogen (oestrogen) and a progestin (progestogen), taken by mouth to inhibit normal female fertility. They were first approved for contraceptive use in the United States in 1960, and are a very popular form of birth control. Combined_oral_contraceptive_pill
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| Oxycodone Oxycodone is an opioid analgesic medication synthesized from opium-derived thebaine. It was developed in 1916 in Germany, as one of several new semi-synthetic opioids with several benefits over the older traditional opiates and opioids; morphine, diacetylmorphine (heroin) and codeine.Currently it is best known as the main active ingredient in a number of oral medications commonly prescribed for the relief of moderate to severe pain. Oxycodone
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| Bombing of Libya The United States bombing of Libya (code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon) comprised the joint United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps air-strikes against Libya on April 15, 1986. Bombing_of_Libya
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| Papua New Guinea Papua_New_Guinea
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| Population biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything. Population
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| Primate A primate (, ) is a member of the biological order Primates ( Primate
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| Puerto Rico Puerto Rico ( or Puerto_Rico
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| Propaganda Propaganda is the dissemination of information aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of people. As opposed to impartially providing information, propaganda in its most basic sense, often presents information primarily in order to influence its audience. Propaganda
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| Pakistan Pakistan
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| Geography of China geography of China stretches some 5,026 kilometers across the East Asian landmass bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam in a changing configuration of broad plains, expansive deserts, and lofty mountain ranges, including vast areas of inhospitable terrain. Geography_of_China
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| Palestinian people Palestinian_people
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| Transport in Pakistan Transportation in Pakistan is extensive and varied but still in its developing stages and serving a population of over 170 million people. Construction of new airports, roads, and railway are providing an employment boost in the country. Much of Pakistan's road network (National Highways) and railway network were built before 1947, during the British Raj. Transport_in_Pakistan
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| Military of Pakistan The Pakistan Armed Forces (Urdu:Pāk Askarī) are the overall unified military forces of Pakistan. The Pakistani military was first formed when the nation achieved independence from the British Empire during the Partition of British India in 1947.Its component branches are Pakistan Army Pakistan Navy Pakistan Air Force Paramilitary forces of Pakistan Pakistan Coast Guard Pakistan Strategic Nuclear Command Military_of_Pakistan
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| Transport in Peru Transport_in_Peru
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| Pitcairn Islands The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern:Pitkern Ailen), officially named the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The islands are a British overseas territory (formerly a British colony), the last remaining in the Pacific. The names of the islands are Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno; only Pitcairn, the second largest, is inhabited. Pitcairn_Islands
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| Demographics of Puerto Rico demographic features of the population of Puerto Rico, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Demographics_of_Puerto_Rico
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| Politics of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico, officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (), a commonwealth of the United States. Puerto Rico is an archipelago located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands, approximately 1,280 miles (2,000 kilometer) off the coast of Florida (the nearest of the mainland United States). Politics_of_Puerto_Rico
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| Police Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force. Police
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| Palestine Talk:Palestine
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| Palestinian people Talk:Palestinian_people
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| Palestinian National Covenant Palestinian National Covenant or Palestinian National Charter (; transliterated:al-Mithaq al-Watani al-Filastini) is the charter or constitution of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Following a 1963 Draft Constitution the first version of the Charter was written by Ahmad Shukeiri, the first chairman of the PLO, using the slightly different name al-Mithaq al-Qawmi al-Filastini, meant to reflect its origins in Nasser's Pan-Arabism.. Palestinian_National_Covenant
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| Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf, in the Southwest Asian region, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. Historically and commonly known as the Persian Gulf, this body of water is sometimes controversially referred to as the Arabian Gulf by certain Arab countries or simply The Gulf, although neither of the latter two terms is recognized internationally.The Persian Gulf was a focus of the 1980-1988 Iraq-Iran War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers. Persian_Gulf
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| Palestinian National Authority Talk:Palestinian_National_Authority
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| Privacy Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves and thereby reveal themselves selectively. The boundaries and content of what is considered private differ among cultures and individuals, but share basic common themes. Privacy
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| Palestinian views of the peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there are a variety of Palestinian views of the peace process. While some Palestinian leaders have said that the peace process is intended to achieve a permanent peace with the State of Israel, others have maintained that their goal is to destroy Israel. Palestinian_views_of_the_peace_process_in_the_Israeli–Palestinian_conflict
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| Palestinian political violence Talk:Palestinian_political_violence
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| Quinolone quinolones are a family of synthetic broad-spectrum antibiotics. The parent of the group is nalidixic acid. The majority of quinolones in clinical use belong to the subset of fluoroquinolones, which have a fluorine atom attached to the central ring system, typically at the 6-position.The term quinolone(s) refers to the first generation of the potent and toxic synthetic chemotherapeutic agents derived from chloroquine used to treat serious, complicated and life threatening bacterial Quinolone
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| Russia Russia
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| Transport in the Republic of the Congo Transport_in_the_Republic_of_the_Congo
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| Demographics of Romania This article is about the demographic features of the population of Romania, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.About 89.5% of the people of Romania are ethnic Romanians, whose language, Romanian, is an Eastern Romance language, descended primarily from Latin with some Slavic, German, Greek, Hungarian and Turkish borrowings. Demographics_of_Romania
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| Foreign relations of Romania Since December 1989, Romania has pursued a policy of strengthening relations with the West in general, more specifically with the United States and the European Union. Romania joined the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in 1972, and is a member of the World Trade Organization. It joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) on March 29, 2004 and the European Union (EU) on January 1, 2007. Foreign_relations_of_Romania
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| Rwanda Rwanda
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| Transport in Rwanda transport system in Rwanda centres primarily around the road network, with paved roads between the capital, Kigali and most other major cities and towns in the country. Rwanda is also linked by road with other countries in East Africa, via which the majority of the country's imports and exports are made. Transport_in_Rwanda
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| Rockall Rockall is a small, uninhabited, rocky islet in the north Atlantic Ocean. It gives its name to one of the sea areas named in the Shipping Forecast, provided by the British Meteorological Office. It could be, in James Fisher's words, "the most isolated small rock in the oceans of the world".The ownership of Rockall is disputed as are the exploration and fishing rights on the Rockall Bank. Rockall
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| Republic of China Republic_of_China
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| South America South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest.South America was named in 1580 by cartographers Martin Waldseemüller and Matthias Ringmann after Amerigo Vespucci, who was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a New World unknown to Europeans. South_America
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| Sarajevo Sarajevo is the capital city and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 304,614 people in the four municipalities that make up the city proper, and an estimated urban area population of 421,289 people in the Sarajevo Canton . It is also the capital of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity, as well as the center of the Sarajevo Canton. Sarajevo
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| Republics of the Soviet Union The Republics of the Soviet Union or the Union Republics (, soyuznye respubliki) of the Soviet Union were ethnically based administrative units that were subordinated directly to the Government of the Soviet Union. Historically a highly centralized state, the decentralization and democratization reforms during the era of Perestroika and Glasnost conducted by Mikhail Gorbachev led to the Dissolution of the USSR. Republics_of_the_Soviet_Union
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| South Korea South_Korea
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| History of South Korea The History of South Korea formally begins with the establishment of South Korea on 15 August 1948 while Syngman Rhee declared the establishment in Seoul on 13 August 1948.In the aftermath of the Japanese occupation of Korea which ended with Japan's defeat in World War II in 1945, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel north in accordance with a United Nations arrangement, to be administered by the Soviet Union in the north and the United States in the south. History_of_South_Korea
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| Transportation in South Korea Transportation in South Korea is provided by extensive networks of railways, highways, bus routes, ferry services, and air routes that criss-cross the country. Transportation_in_South_Korea
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| Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is a geographical term used to describe the area of the African continent which lies south of the Sahara, or those African countries which are fully or partially located south of the Sahara. It contrasts with North Africa, which is part of the Arab WorldThe Sahel is the transitional zone between the Sahara and the tropical savanna (the Sudan region) and Sub-Saharan_Africa
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| Sami people Sámi people, (also known as Lapps, although this term is considered derogatory) are the indigenous people of northern Europe inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. Their ancestral lands span an area the size of Sweden in the Nordic countries. Sami_people
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| Sexism Sexism, a term coined in the mid-20th century, refers to the belief or attitude that one gender or sex is inferior to, less competent, or less valuable than the other. It can also refer to hatred of, or prejudice towards, either sex as a whole (see misogyny and misandry), or the application of stereotypes of masculinity in relation to men, or of femininity in relation to women. Sexism
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| Samoa Samoa
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| Senegal Senegal
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| Transport in Senegal Transport_in_Senegal
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| Transport in Sierra Leone transport in Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa, which possess road, rail, air and water infrastructure, including a network of highways and several airports. Transport_in_Sierra_Leone
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| Somalia Somalia
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| History of Somalia Somalia (; ), officially the Republic of Somalia (, ) and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya on its southwest, the Gulf of Aden with Yemen on its north, the Indian Ocean at its east, and Ethiopia to the west.This article describes its overall history. See Somalia for details of the country as it is today. History_of_Somalia
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