| Politics of Somalia The politics of Somalia are defined by the state of civil war which, since 1991, has divided the country into various warring entities and autonomist and seccessionist regions. At the beginning of 2007 Somalia was consolidating under the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), which recently completed a military campaign against the Islamic Court Union (ICU). Politics_of_Somalia
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| Military of Somalia Military_of_Somalia
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| Spratly Islands The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 650 reefs, Spratly_Islands
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| Transport in Sri Lanka Transportation in Sri Lanka is based mainly on the road network which is centred on Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo. There is also an extensive railway network but it is largely a legacy of British colonial rule and is less appropriate for the modern transport requirements of the country. Transport_in_Sri_Lanka
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| Sudan Sudan
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| Transport in Swaziland Transport_in_Swaziland
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| Geography of Switzerland Switzerland is a mountainous and landlocked country located in western Europe. It is surrounded by 5 countriesAustria and Liechtenstein to the east, France to the west, Italy to the south and Germany to the north. Switzerland is one of the smallest countries in Europe, with a maximum north-south length of and an east-west length of about . Geography_of_Switzerland
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| Foreign relations of Syria Ensuring national security, increasing influence among its Arab neighbors, and achieving a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace settlement, which includes the return of the Golan Heights, are the primary goals of President Bashar al-Assad's foreign policy. At many points in its history, Syria has seen virulent tension with its geographically cultural neighbors, such as Turkey, Israel, Iraq, and Lebanon. Foreign_relations_of_Syria
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| Small arms Small arms is a general term used by the armed forces to refer to infantry weapons, such as the firearms that an individual soldier can carry. It is usually limited to revolvers, pistols, submachine guns, shotguns, carbines, assault rifles, rifles, sniper rifles, squad automatic weapons, light machine guns, general purpose machine guns, medium machine guns, and sometimes hand grenades. Small_arms
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| Slavery Slavery is a form of forced labor in which people are considered to be, or treated as, the property of others. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to receive compensation (such as wages). Slavery
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| Strait of Gibraltar The Strait of Gibraltar (Arabic:Spanish:Estrecho de Gibraltar) is a strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain from Morocco. The name comes from Gibraltar, which in turn originates from the Arabic Jebel Tariq (meaning "Tariq's mountain"), albeit the Arab name for the Strait is Bab el-Zakat or "Gate of Charity". It is also known as the Straits of Gibraltar or STROG (Strait Of Gibraltar), in naval use and as "Pillars of Hercules "(Greek: Strait_of_Gibraltar
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| Sabah Sabah is a Malaysian state located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo (see map). It is the second largest state in Malaysia after Sarawak, which it borders on its south-west. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south. Sabah
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| Southeast Asia Southeast Asia Southeast_Asia
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| Sovereignty Sovereignty is the right to exercise, within a specific territory of a kingdom or a nation-state, the highest authority by the law. It is an important part of the three main political perspectives of realism, rationalism, and internationalism, as these three theories differ most in their views on sovereignty. Sovereignty
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| Sex worker sex worker is a person who works in the sex industry. Some sex workers are paid to engage in sexually explicit behavior which involve varying degrees of physical contact with clients (prostitutes escorts, dominatrices); pornography models and actors engage in sexually explicit behavior which are filmed or photographed. Sex_worker
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| Srebrenica Srebrenica
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| Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević, whose last family name sometimes is transliterated as Miloshevich ( ; Serbian Cyrillic:Požarevac, Yugoslavia – 11 March 2006, The Hague, Netherlands) was President of Serbia and of Yugoslavia. He served as the President of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000. He also led the Socialist Party of Serbia from its foundation in 1990. Slobodan_Milošević
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| Strait of Hormuz Strait_of_Hormuz
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| Self-determination Self-determination is defined as free choice of one’s own acts without external compulsion; and especially as the freedom of the people of a given territory to determine their own political status or independence from their current state. In other words, it is the right of the people of a certain nation to decide how they want to be governed without the influence of any other country. Self-determination
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| Lehi (group) Lehi (, Hebrew acronym for Lohamei Herut Israel, "Fighters for the Freedom of Israel," ), also known as the Stern Gang, a term coined by the British, was an armed underground Zionist faction in Mandatory Palestine, whose goal was to forcibly evict the British authorities from Palestine, allowing unrestricted immigration of Jews and the formation of a Jewish state. Initially called the National Military Organization in Israel, the name of the group was later changed to Lehi. Lehi_(group)
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| Six-Day War Six-Day_War
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| Sikh Sikh (English'Sikhism. The term has its origin in the Sanskrit term ''According to Article I of the "Rehat Maryada" (the Sikh code of conduct & conventions), a Sikh is defined as "any human being who faithfully believes in One Immortal Being; ten Gurus, from Guru Nanak Dev to Sri Guru Gobind Singh; the Sri Guru Granth Sahib; the utterances and teachings of the ten Gurus and the baptism bequeathed by the tenth Guru; and who does not owe allegiance to any other religion". Sikh
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| Sustainable development Environment Equitable Sustainable Sustainable_development
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| State terrorism State terrorism refers to acts of terrorism conducted by governments. Like the definition of terrorism and that of state-sponsored terrorism, the definition of state terrorism remains controversial and without international consensus. State_terrorism
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| Trade Trade is the voluntary exchange of goods, services, or both. Trade is also called commerce. A mechanism that allows trade is called a market. The original form of trade was barter, the direct exchange of goods and services. Later one side of the barter were the metals, precious metals (poles, coins), bill, paper money. Trade
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| Americas Americas, or America, are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, comprising the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. America may be ambiguous in English, as it is more commonly used to refer to the United States of America. The Americas cover 8.3% of the Earth's total surface area (28.4% of its land area) and contain about 13.5% of the human population (about 900 million people). Americas
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| Tantalum Tantalum () (formerly tantalium ) is a chemical element with the symbol Ta and atomic number 73. A rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal, tantalum is highly corrosion resistant and occurs naturally in the mineral tantalite, always together with the chemically similar niobium. Tantalum
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| Tajikistan Tajikistan
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| Transport in Tajikistan Tajikistan's transportation system was built during the Soviet era, and since that time the system has deteriorated badly because of insufficient investment and maintenance. Neither the Soviet system nor subsequently built infrastructure addressed the topographical division between the northern and southern regions of the country. Transport_in_Tajikistan
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| Transport in Tanzania Transport in Tanzania is mainly by road, supplemented by rail. Tanzania's road network, is of limited quality and not many roads are tarmacked. Dirt roads become impassible during the rainy season and can remain impassable for days, or, more often, weeks. The only reliable surface connection from the east of the country towards Lake Tanganyika-is by rail, during rainy season. Transport_in_Tanzania
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| Transport in Thailand Transport in Thailand is varied and chaotic, with no one dominant means of transport. Bus transport dominates in long distances and Bangkok, with motorcycles dominating in rural areas for short trips, supplanting bicycles. In Bangkok, public motorcycle taxis take people to their front door. Transport_in_Thailand
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| Royal Thai Armed Forces The Royal Thai Armed Forces ( is the name of the military of the Kingdom of Thailand. It consists of the following branches Royal Thai Army (กองทัพบกไทย) Royal Thai Navy (กองทัพเรือไทย, ราชนาวีไทย) Royal Thai Marine Corps (นาวิกโยธินไทย) Royal Thai Air Force (กองทัพอากาศไทย) Other Paramilitary Forces Created in 1852, the Royal Thai Armed Forces came into existence as permanent force at the behest of King Mongkut, who needed a European trained military force in order to thwart any western threat and any attempts at colonialization. Royal_Thai_Armed_Forces
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| Transport in Togo Transport_in_Togo
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| Tokelau Tokelau () is a territory of New Zealand that consists of three tropical coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean. The United Nations General Assembly designated Tokelau a Non-Self-Governing Territory. Until 1976 the official name was Tokelau Islands. Tokelau is sometimes referred to by Westerners by the older, colonial name of The Union Islands. Tokelau
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| Foreign relations of Turkey Foreign relations of the Republic of Turkey are the Turkish government's policies in its external relations with the international community. Historically, based on the Western-inspired reforms of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, such policies have placed heavy emphasis on Turkey's relationship with the Western world, especially in relation to the United States, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union. Foreign_relations_of_Turkey
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| Transport in Turkmenistan Transport_in_Turkmenistan
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| Treaty A treaty is an agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely sovereign states and international organizations. A treaty may also be known as(international) agreement, protocol, covenant, convention, exchange of letters, etc. Treaty
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| Taxonomy Taxonomy is the practice and science of classification. The word finds its roots in the Greek 'taxis (meaning 'order', 'arrangement') and 'nomos ('law' or 'science'). Taxonomy uses taxonomic units, known as taxa (singular taxon).In addition, the word is also used as a count noun:a taxonomy, or taxonomic scheme, is a particular classification ("the taxonomy of .. Taxonomy
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| Partial Test Ban Treaty [[14C, New Zealand and Austria. The New Zealand curve is repr Partial_Test_Ban_Treaty
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| Terrorism Terrorism is a policy or ideology of violence intended to intimidate or cause terror for the purpose of "exerting pressure on decision making by state bodies." Terrorism
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| Terrorism/Archive 10 Talk:Terrorism/Archive_10
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| Transport in Afghanistan Afghanistan has almost no railways, but the Amu Darya (Oxus) River, which forms part of Afghanistan's border with Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, does have barge traffic. Rail lines are limited to a short spur across the Amu Darya between Termez in Uzbekistan and Jeyretan in Afghanistan, and another short spur between Kushka in Turkmenistan and Touragondi in Afghanistan. Transport_in_Afghanistan
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| Territorial integrity Territorial integrity is the principle under international law that nation-states should not attempt to promote secessionist movements or to promote border changes in other nation-states. Conversely it states that border changes imposed by force are acts of aggression. Territorial_integrity
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| Universal Postal Union The Universal Postal Union (UPU, French:Union postale universelle) is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, and hence the worldwide postal system. Each member country agrees to the same set of terms for conducting international postal duties. Universal Postal Union's headquarters are located in Berne, Switzerland. Universal_Postal_Union
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| Ukraine Ukraine
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| United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achieving world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue.There are currently 192 member states, including nearly every recognized independent state in the world. United_Nations
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| Military of Ukraine The Armed Forces of Ukraine () were formed from portions of the military of the collapsing Soviet Union, in the early 1990s.Ukraine's stated national policy is Euro-Atlantic integration, with both NATO and the European Union. Ukraine has a "Distinctive Partnership" with NATO and has been an active participant in Partnership for Peace exercises and in peacekeeping in the Balkans. Military_of_Ukraine
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| Transport in Uzbekistan Uzbekistan's overland transportation infrastructure has declined significantly in the post-Soviet era. Air transport is the only branch that has received substantial government investment in the early 2000s, as airport modernization projects have been undertaken. Transport_in_Uzbekistan
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| United Nations/Archive 4 Talk:United_Nations/Archive_4
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| United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change
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