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| Polish Beer-Lovers' Party The Polish Beer-Lovers' Party (PPPP; ) was a satirical Polish political party that was founded in 1990 by satirist Janusz Rewiński. Originally, the party's goal was to promote cultural beer-drinking in English-style pubs instead of vodka and thus fight alcoholism.The humorous name and disillusionment with Poland's political transformation led some Poles to vote for the party. Polish_Beer-Lovers'_Party | |
| List of states with limited recognition |list of states with limited recognition gives an overview of contemporary geopolitical entities, that wish to be recognized as sovereign states under customary international law (drawing upon the principles of the Montevideo Convention) that nonetheless do not enjoy complete worldwide diplomatic recognition. List_of_states_with_limited_recognition | |
| Eraño G. Manalo Eraño de Guzman Manalo (born January 2, 1925), Ka Erdy to Iglesia ni Cristo members, is the current Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC). He took over the administration of the church after the death of his father, then current executive minister Felix Manalo on April 12, 1963. He was instrumental in the propagation and expansion of the church internationally. He previously held office as the General Treasurer of the church, and as a District Minister of Manila. Eraño_G._Manalo | |
| Mandinka people Often misused to refer to the Mandé, a larger group of peoples to whom the Mandinka belongMandéThe Mandinka (also known as Mandingo) are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa with an estimated population of eleven million. They are the descendants of the Empire of Mali, which rose to power under the rule of the great Mandinka king Sundiata Keita. Mandinka_people | |
| West Azarbaijan Province This article is about the Iranian province; for similar uses, see Azerbaijan (disambiguation). West Azarbaijan or West Azerbaijan (غربی Āzarbāijān-e Gharbī, Kurdish: Parêzgay Wirmê , Azeri: Gharbī Āzarbāijān ) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran. West_Azarbaijan_Province | |
| Augusto Pinochet/Archive 1 Talk:Augusto_Pinochet/Archive_1 | |
| Gjirokastër County The County of Gjirokastër (, , or ) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. It consists of the districts Gjirokastër, Përmet, and Tepelenë and its capital is Gjirokastër. Its population includes a substantial Greek minority . To the southeast, Gjirokastër shares a border with Greece. Domestically, it borders the following counties Berat: Korçë: Vlorë: Fier: Gjirokastër_County | |
| West Siberian Plain The West Siberian Plain () is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia and Russia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River in the east, and by the Eastern Sayan Mountains and the Baikal Mountains on the south. It has been described as the world's largest unbroken lowland—Arctic Ocean to the foothills of the Altay Mountains, and from west to east for 1,900Yenisei River to the Ural Mountains. West_Siberian_Plain | |
| War of the Triple Alliance The War of the Triple Alliance, also known as the Paraguayan War, and the Great War in Paraguay itself, was fought from 1864 to 1870, and caused more deaths than any other South American war. It was fought between Paraguay and the allied countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. War_of_the_Triple_Alliance | |
| Yakubu Gowon General Yakubu "Jack" Dan-Yumma Gowon (born October 19, 1934) was the head of state (Head of the Federal Military Government) of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975. He took power after one military coup d'etat and was overthrown in another. During his rule, the Nigerian government successfully prevented Biafran secession during the 1966Nigerian Civil War. Yakubu_Gowon | |
| Gurkha War The Gurkha War (1814–1816), sometimes called the Gorkha War or the Anglo-Nepalese War, was fought between Nepal and the British East India Company as a result of border tensions and ambitious expansionism. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Sugauli in 1816. Gurkha_War | |
| Constitution of Lithuania The Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania () defines the legal foundation for all laws passed in the Republic of Lithuania. It was approved in a referendum on October 25, 1992. Constitution_of_Lithuania | |
| Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte (ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ in Sinhalese and ஸ்ரீ ஜயவர்த்தனபுரம் கோட்டே in Tamil), also known as or Sri Jayawardenapura or Kotte කෝට්ටේ, is the administrative capital of Sri Lanka. Sri_Jayawardenapura_Kotte | |
| King Saud University King Saud University (جامعة الملك سعود) is Saudi Arabia's oldest and most prestigious university, located in the capital Riyadh. The university was founded by King Saud in 1957 as Riyadh University. The first university not dedicated to religious subjects, it was renamed King Saud University in 1982.It was created to meet Saudi Arabia's shortage of skilled workers. Today the school has over 70,000 students. King_Saud_University | |
| German exodus from Eastern Europe The German exodus from Eastern Europe describes the dramatic reduction of ethnic German populations in lands to the east of present-day Germany and Austria. The exodus began in the aftermath of World War I and was implicated in the rise of Nazism. It culminated in expulsions of Germans from Eastern Europe in the aftermath of World War II. German_exodus_from_Eastern_Europe | |
| Punjabi people The Punjabi people (Punjabi:Panjabi people) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group from South Asia (specifically Pakistan and India) . They originate from the Punjab region, which has been host to some of the oldest civilizations in the world including one of the world's first and oldest civilizations, the Indus Valley Civilization. Punjabi_people | |
| Provinces of Bulgaria Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces (, oblasti; singular област, oblast; also translated as "region") which correspond approximately to the 28 okrugs (districts) that existed before 1987. From 1987 until 1999, under the Communist administration of Todor Zhivkov the okrugs were consolidated into nine larger oblasts.Each oblast is named after its capital. Provinces_of_Bulgaria | |
| Kanuri The Kanuri people (Kanouri, Kanowri, also Yerwa and several subgroup names) are an African ethnic group living largely in the lands of the former Bornu Empire:Bornu state in northeastern Nigeria, southeast Niger, western Chad and northern Cameroon. Those generally termed Kanuri include several subgroups and dialect groups, some of whom feel themselves distinct from the Kanuri. Most tr Kanuri | |
| Hurrians Talk:Hurrians | |
| National Assembly of South Korea The National Assembly of South Korea is a 299-member unicameral legislature. The latest general elections were held on April 9, 2008. Single-member constituencies comprise 245 of the National Assembly's seats, while the remaining 54 are allocated by proportional representation. National_Assembly_of_South_Korea | |
| Suppression of Communism Act The Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 was legislation of the national government in South Africa, passed on June 26 of that year (and coming into effect on July 17), which formally banned the Communist Party of South Africa and proscribed the ideology of communism, defined by the government as any scheme that aimed "at bringing about any political, industrial, social, or economic change within the Union by the promotion of disturbance or disorder" or that encouraged "feelings of hostility between the European and the non-European races of the Union the consequences of which are calculated to further.. Suppression_of_Communism_Act | |
| Slavophile Slavophilia is an intellectual movement originating from 19th century that wanted the Russian Empire to be developed upon values and institutions derived from its early history. Slavophiles were especially opposed to the influences of Western Europe in Russia. There were also similar movements in Poland, Hungary and Greece. Slavophile | |
| Social market economy The social market economy was the main economic model used in Western and Northern Europe during the Cold War era. It originated in West Germany, and it is known as Soziale Marktwirtschaft in German. In West Germany, the social market model was created and implemented by the Christian Democrat Ludwig Erhard, Minister of Economics under Konrad Adenauer's chancellorship and German Chancellor in his own right from 1963 to 1966. Social_market_economy | |
| Finno-Soviet Treaty of 1948 The Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance, also known as the YYA Treaty from the Finnish (Swedish: Finno-Soviet_Treaty_of_1948 | |
| Wall (Western Sahara) Berm of Western Sahara (also known as the Moroccan Wall) is an approximately 2,700 km-long defensive structure, mostly a sand wall (or "berm"), running through Western Sahara and the southeastern portion of Morocco. It acts as a separation barrier between the Moroccan-controlled areas and the Polisario-controlled section of the territory that lies along its eastern and southern border. Wall_(Western_Sahara) | |
| Moroccan Wall Talk:Moroccan_Wall | |
| Languages of the Philippines In the Philippines, there are over 170 languages, almost all of them belonging to the Austronesian language family. Of all of these languages, only 2 are considered official in the country, at least 10 are considered major and at least 8 are considered co-official. Languages_of_the_Philippines | |
| Daeron/Scratch User:Daeron/Scratch | |
| Afro-Latin American An Afro-Latin American (also Afro-Latino) is a Latin American person of at least partial Black African ancestry; the term may also refer to historical or cultural elements in Latin America thought to emanate from this community. The term can refer to the mixing of African and other cultural elements found in Latin American society such as religion, music, language, the arts and social class. Afro-Latin_American | |
| Hundred Schools of Thought Talk:Hundred_Schools_of_Thought | |
| Cyprus Convention Cyprus_Convention | |
| Collectivisation in the USSR/archive1 Talk:Collectivisation_in_the_USSR/archive1 | |
| Tripolitania Tripolitania or Tripolitana (Arabic:طرابلس, transliterated:Ṭarābulus) is a historic region and former province (muhafazah or wilayah) of Libya, situated alongside Cyrenaica and Fezzan). The system of administrative divisions that included Tripolitania was abolished in the early 1970s in favour of a system of smaller-size municipalities or baladiyat (singular baladiyah). Tripolitania | |
| Bangladesh Liberation War Bangladesh_Liberation_War | |
| 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 | |
| Religious segregation Religious segregation is the separation of people according to their religion. The term has been applied to cases of religious-based segregation occurring as a social phenomenon, as well as to segregation arising from laws, whether explicit or implicit. The similar term religious apartheid has also been used for situations where people are separated based on religion, including sociological phenomena. Religious_segregation | |
| Valdas Adamkus Talk:Valdas_Adamkus | |
| Wilhelm Röpke Wilhelm Röpke (October 10, 1899 in Schwarmstedt – February 12, 1966 in Geneva) was one of the most important spiritual fathers of the German social market economy.For Röpke (professor of economics, first in Jena, then in Graz, Marburg, Istanbul, Geneva), rights, moral habits (Sitte), and social norms and values were decisive elements with which not the market, but the state and central bank continually need to be concerned. Wilhelm_Röpke | |
| Czech National Socialist Party Talk:Czech_National_Socialist_Party | |
| Czech National Social Party Talk:Czech_National_Social_Party | |
| Louis Faidherbe Talk:Louis_Faidherbe | |
| Didier Ratsiraka Didier Ratsiraka (born 4 November 1936 in Vatomandry, Atsinanana Region) is a former President of Madagascar. He led the country from 1975 until 1993 and from 1997 until 2002. Didier_Ratsiraka | |
| Constitutions of Mexico Constitutions_of_Mexico | |
| Osei Kofi Tutu I Osei Kofi Tutu I was one of the co-founders of the Empire of Ashanti, along with Okomfo Anokye, his chief priest. The Ashanti were a powerful, warlike, and highly disciplined people of West Africa, whose history goes back more than 2000 years. The Ashanti are said to be the descendants of those Ethiopians mentioned by Diodorus Siculus and Herodotus who were driven southward by a conquering Egyptian army. Osei_Kofi_Tutu_I | |
| State atheism State atheism is the official rejection of religion in all forms by a government in favor of atheism. As a strict rule, only Marxist governments have ever sought to promote atheism as a public norm, and as a rule in accordance with the doctrine of dialectical materialism. State_atheism | |
| Mukti Bahini Mukti Bahini ( "Liberation Army"), also termed as the "Freedom Fighters" or FFs, collectively refers to the armed organizations who fought against the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War. It was dynamically formed by (mostly) Bengali regulars and civilians after the proclamation of Bangladesh (formerly, East Pakistan)'s independence on March 26, 1971. Mukti_Bahini | |
| Pan-Turkism Pan-Turkism is a political movement aiming to unite the various Turkic peoples into a modern political state, a confederation, or an economic union closely resembling that of the European Union. Pan-Turkism | |
| Hispanic influence on Filipino culture Hispanic influence on Filipino culture are custom, and tradition performed in the Philippines. Spanish colonization produced a mixed culture of primitive Malayo-Polynesian and Iberian tradition. The Philippines has also received influence from the United States, and other Cultures of Asia such as Islamic, and Chinese. Hispanic_influence_on_Filipino_culture | |
| Nur Muhammad Taraki Nur Muhammad Taraki (July 15, 1913 – September 14, 1979) was an ethnic Pashtun politician from Afghanistan. His party, the PDPA, was eventually successful in overthrowing the Afghan monarchy and, after the prior president and his family were murdered in a coup, assumed authority as the next President of Afghanistan from 1978 until he was overthrown (and thereafter murdered) by Hafizullah Amin, his rival in the PDPA in 1979. Nur_Muhammad_Taraki | |
| Upper middle class The upper middle class is a sociological concept referring to the social group constituted by higher-status members of the middle class. This is in contrast to the term lower middle class used for the group at the opposite end of the middle class stratum and the regular middle class. There is considerable debate as to how the upper middle class might be defined. According to sociologist Max Weber the upper middle class consists of well-educated professionals with graduate degrees and comfortable incomes. Upper_middle_class |
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