| Reconstruction of Iraq Reconstruction of Iraq describes attempts by the international community to improve and repair the infrastructure of Iraq in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion, when much was destroyed. Iraq was governed, after the 2003 invasion, by the Coalition Provisional Authority and, after June 28, 2004 by a series of Iraq-led governments (see Politics of Iraq). During this period efforts were made to repair and replace damaged Iraqi infrastructure, including Reconstruction_of_Iraq
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| History of the Ryukyu Islands This article is about the history of the Ryukyu Islands southwest of the main islands of Japan. History_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands
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| David Horowitz Talk:David_Horowitz
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| Murli Deora Murli Deora is the Indian Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Murli_Deora
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| Sahrawi people Most frequently in English language usage, the term Sahrawi ("Saharaui") is usually used in reference to populations from the disputed Western Sahara territory, sometimes with a nationalist connotation. Sahrawi_people
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| Narmada Dam Project Narmada Dam Project is a project involving the construction of a series of large hydroelectric dams on the Narmada River in India. The project was first conceived of in the 1940s by the country's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. The project only took form in 1979 as part of a development scheme to increase irrigation and produce hydroelectricity.Of the thirty large dams planned on river Narmada, Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) is the largest multipurpose project involved in the construction. Narmada_Dam_Project
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| Rose Revolution The "Revolution of Roses" (often translated into English as the Rose Revolution) ( - vardebis revolucia) was a bloodless revolution in the country of Georgia in 2003 that displaced President Eduard Shevardnadze. Rose_Revolution
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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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| Fumihiro Joyu was the spokesperson and public relations manager of the controversial Japanese Buddhist group Aum Shinrikyo, and has been the de facto chief of the organization since 1999. Fumihiro_Joyu
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| List of United States foreign interventions since 1945 Talk:List_of_United_States_foreign_interventions_since_1945
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| Gaza Strip smuggling tunnels Gaza Strip smuggling tunnels connect Egypt and the Gaza Strip, bypassing the international border established by the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. The tunnels pass under the "Philadelphi buffer zone" (also called "Philadelphi Route" ציר פילדלפי in Hebrew)Israeli military control in the Oslo accords in order to secure the border with Egypt. Gaza_Strip_smuggling_tunnels
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| Ricardo Flores Magón Cipriano Ricardo Flores Magón (September 16, 1874 — November 21, 1922) was a noted Mexican anarchist and social reform activist. He was born on Mexican Independence Day, in San Antonio Eloxochitlán, Oaxaca. He died at Leavenworth Penitentiary in Kansas, USA. Ricardo_Flores_Magón
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| 1973 Chilean coup d'état Chilean coup d'état of 1973 is a landmark in the history of Chile and the Soviet-American Cold War. On 11 September 1973, the government of President Salvador Allende was overthrown by the military in a coup d’état.The coup occurred two months after a first failed attempt, the Tanquetazo — Tank putsch — and a month after the Chamber of Deputies (with an Opposition majority) condemned President Allende’s alleged breaches of the Constitution. 1973_Chilean_coup_d'état
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| Michael Parenti Michael Parenti (born 1933) is an American political scientist, historian, and media critic. Michael_Parenti
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| Katha Pollitt Katha Pollitt (born October 14, 1949 in New York City) is an American feminist poet, essayist and critic. Katha_Pollitt
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| Venezuelan recall referendum, 2004 The Venezuelan recall referendum of 15 August 2004 was a referendum to determine whether Hugo Chávez, the current President of Venezuela, should be recalled from office. The result of the referendum was to not recall Chávez.The recall referendum was announced on 8 June 2004 by the National Electoral Council (CNE) after Venezuelan opposition succeeded in collecting the number of signatures required by the 1999 Constitution to effect a recall. Venezuelan_recall_referendum,_2004
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| Ward Connerly Wardell Anthony Connerly (born June 15, 1939) is an African-American political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent. He is also the founder and the chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute, a national non-profit organization in opposition to racial and gender preferences. Ward_Connerly
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| Benedict Anderson Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson (born August 26, 1936) is Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor Emeritus of International Studies, Government & Asian Studies at Cornell University, and is best known for his celebrated book Imagined Communities, first published in 1983. Benedict_Anderson
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| Occidental Petroleum Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) is an international oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, the Middle East, North Africa, and South America. The company nickname “Oxy” began in 1964 in reference to Occidental’s NYSE stock ticker. Occidental_Petroleum
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| André Schiffrin André Schiffrin is a European-born American author, publisher and socialist. André_Schiffrin
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| Medea Benjamin Medea Benjamin (born Susan Benjamin on September 10, 1952) is an American politician, and political activist, famous for co-founding the anti-war group Code Pink and fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange. Benjamin also was a Green Party candidate in 2000 for the United States Senate.The Los Angeles Times has described her as "one of the high profile leaders of the peace movement," and in 1999, San Francisco Magazine included her on their "power list" of the "60 Players Who Rule the Bay Area." Medea_Benjamin
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| Dual power Dual_power
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| Ben Bagdikian Ben Haig Bagdikian (born 1920, Maraş, Ottoman Empire; now in Turkey) is an American educator and journalist of Armenian descent. Bagdikian has made journalism his profession since 1941. He is a significant American media critic and the dean emeritus of the University of California at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. Ben_Bagdikian
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| Bolivian gas referendum, 2004 Bolivia held a referendum on the future of its natural gas reserves on Sunday, 18 July 2004. The referendum was one of the first promises made by President Carlos Mesa upon assuming the presidency in the aftermath of the Bolivian Gas War of October 2003 that saw his predecessor, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, forced to resign and to flee the country.The referendum was largely intended to quell the political unrest seen during the Gas War in 2003. Bolivian_gas_referendum,_2004
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| Henchman henchman (Germanic irregular pluralmen) referred originally to one who attended on a horse, that is, a horse groom. Hence, like constable and marshal, also originally stable staff, henchman became the title of a (subordinate) official in a royal court or noble household. It is now used primarily to describe a stock character in many adventure storiesvillain's lackey or trusted aide. Henchman
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| Srebrenica massacre Srebrenica Massacre, also known as the Srebrenica Genocide, was the July 1995 killing of an estimated 8,000 Bosniak men and boys, as well as the ethnic cleansing of 25,000-30,000 refugees in the area of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina, by units of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) under the command of General Ratko Mladić during the Bosnian War. Srebrenica_massacre
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| Afghan presidential election, 2004 An election to the office of President of Afghanistan was held on October 9, 2004. Hamid Karzai won the election with 55.4% of the votes and three times more votes than any other candidate. Twelve candidates received less than 1% of the vote. It is estimated that more than three-fourths of Afghanistan's nearly 10 million registered voters cast ballots. The election was overseen by the Joint Electoral Management Body, vice-chaired by Ray Kennedy. Afghan_presidential_election,_2004
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| Ethnic minorities in Iran This article focuses on ethnic minorities in Iran and their related political issues. Ethnic_minorities_in_Iran
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| Michel Aoun Michel Naim Aoun () (born 19 february 1935 in Haret Hreik, Lebanon) is a former Lebanese military commander and politician. From 22 September 1988 to 13 October 1990, he served as Prime Minister and acting President of one of two rival governments that contended for power. He was defeated by Syria in the war of liberation and forced into exile. He returned to Lebanon on May 7, 2005, eleven days after the withdrawal of Syrian troops. Known as "General," Michel_Aoun
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| Iraqi insurgency The Iraqi insurgency is composed of a diverse mix of militias, foreign fighters, all Iraqi units or mixtures using violent measures against the United States-led Coalition in Iraq and the post-2003 Iraqi government, or by propaganda or money supportive thereof. Iraqi_insurgency
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| Neo-Confederate Neo-Confederate is a term used by some scholars to describe the views of various groups and individuals who have a belief system oriented about the historical experience of the Confederate States of America and the Southern United States. The following is one published academic definition that is representative of academic opinion Neo-Confederacy is a reactionary movement with an ideology against modernity conceiving its ideas and politics within a historical framework of the U.S. Neo-Confederate
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| Thomas W. Lamont Thomas William Lamont, Jr. (September 30 1870 – February 2 1948) was an American banker.Lamont was born in Claverack, New York. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1888 and earned his degree from Harvard University in 1892. He became a generous benefactor of the school once he had amassed a fortune, notably funding the building of Lamont Library. Thomas_W._Lamont
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| John F. Burns John F. Burns (John Fisher Burns) (born October 4, 1944) is a British journalist, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. He is the London Bureau Chief for the The New York Times, where he covers international issues. Burns also frequently appears on PBS. Born in Nottingham, England, his family emigrated to Canada when he was young where he later studied at McGill University. John_F._Burns
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| Tikkun (magazine) Tikkun is a bi-monthly English-language magazine, published in the United States, that analyzes American and Israeli culture, politics, religion and history from a leftist-progressive Jewish viewpoint, and provides commentary about Israeli politics and Jewish life in North America. The magazine was founded in 1986 by Nan Fink (Geffen) and Michael Lerner, who remains the editor-in-chief. Tikkun_(magazine)
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| William Blum William Blum (born 1933) is an American author, historian, and critic of United States foreign policy. He studied accounting in college. Later he had a low-level computer-related position at the State Department in the mid-1960s. Initially an anti-communist with dreams of becoming a foreign service officer, he said he became disillusioned by the Vietnam War. William_Blum
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| Florida Central Voting File/Archive 1 Talk:Florida_Central_Voting_File/Archive_1
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| Jerrold Nadler Jerrold Lewis "Jerry" Nadler, (born June 13, 1947) is an American politician from New York City. A liberal Democrat, Nadler represents New York's 8th congressional district, which includes parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City.Nadler's district includes the west side of Manhattan from the Upper West Side down to Battery Park, including the site where the World Trade Center stood. Jerrold_Nadler
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| Second Congo War Talk:Second_Congo_War
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| Otpor! Otpor! (, in English:Resistance!) was a youth movement in Serbia which has been widely credited for leading the eventually successful struggle to overthrow Slobodan Milošević in 2000. Otpor!
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| Population pyramid A population pyramid, also called age-sex pyramid and age structure diagram, is a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population (typically that of a country or region of the world), which normally forms the shape of a pyramid. Population_pyramid
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| Post-September 11 anti-war movement The post-September 11 anti-war movement is an anti-war social movement that emerged after the September 11 terrorist attacks in response to the War on Terrorism. Post-September_11_anti-war_movement
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| Polyculturalism Polyculturalism is a concept which asserts that all of the world's cultures are inter-related. It is thus opposed to the concept of multiculturalism, which its supporters argue is divisive. Polyculturalism was the subject of the 2001 book Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting by Vijay Prashad. Polyculturalism
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| Florida Central Voter File Florida Central Voter File was an internal list of legally eligible voters used by the US Florida Department of State Division of Elections to monitor the official voter lists maintained by the 67 county governments in the State of Florida between 1998 and January 1, 2006. Florida_Central_Voter_File
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| Florida Central Voter File/Archive1 Talk:Florida_Central_Voter_File/Archive1
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| Robert Zoellick Robert Bruce Zoellick (; born July 25, 1953) is the eleventh president of the World Bank, a position he has held since July 1, 2007. He was previously a managing director of Goldman Sachs, United States Deputy Secretary of State (resigning on July 7, 2006) and U.S. Robert_Zoellick
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| International Republican Institute Founded in 1983, the International Republican Institute (IRI) is an organization, funded by United States government, that conducts international political programs, sometimes labeled 'democratization programs'.Initially known as the National Republican Institute for International Affairs, the IRI's stated mission is to expand what it interprets as freedom throughout the world. International_Republican_Institute
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| Jane and Finch Jane and Finch is a neighbourhood located in the former city of North York in northwestern Toronto, Ontario, Canada, centred around the intersection of two arterial roadsJane Street and Finch Avenue. The area is roughly bounded by Highway 400 to the west, Driftwood Avenue to the east, Grandravine Drive to the south, and Shoreham Drive to the north. It is a multi-cultural neighbourhood. Jane_and_Finch
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| History of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Talk:History_of_the_Israeli–Palestinian_conflict
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| Japanese nationalism encompasses a broad range of ideas and sentiments harbored by the Japanese people over the last two centuries regarding their native country, its cultural nature, political form and historical destiny. It is useful to distinguish Japanese cultural nationalism (see, nihonjinron) from political or state-directed nationalism (i.e. Japanese imperialism), since many forms of cultural nationalism, such as those associated with folkloric studies (i.e. Yanagita Kunio), were hostile to state-fostered nationalism. Japanese_nationalism
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