| Karoo National Park The Karoo National Park, founded in 1979, is a wildlife reserve in the isolated Karoo area of the Western Cape, South Africa near Beaufort West. The area is mostly semi-desert and is well known for its isolation. The national park is home of many desert mammals, along with the Black Eagle and various species of tortoise, for the park lays claim to having the most of these species of any national park. Endangered species such as the Black Rhinoceros and Riverine Rabbit have been successfully resettled here. Karoo_National_Park
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| November 24, 2003 November_24,_2003
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| Current events/2005 December 21 Portal:Current_events/2005_December_21
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| Ronnie Kasrils Ronald Kasrils (commonly known as Ronnie Kasrils) (born November 15, 1938) is a South African politician. He was Minister for Intelligence Services from 27 April 2004 to 25 September 2008. He was a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1987 to 2007 as well as a member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) from December 1986 to 2007. Ronnie_Kasrils
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| Mosiuoa Lekota Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick Lekota (born 13 August 1948) is a South African politician who currently serves as the President and Leader of the Congress of the People since 16 December 2008. Previously, under President Thabo Mbeki, he served in the Cabinet of South Africa as Minister of Defence from 17 June 1999 to 25 September 2008. Mosiuoa_Lekota
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| Youth for Human Rights International Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) is a non-profit organization based at 1954 Hillhurst Ave. # 416 in Los Angeles, California. Founded and largely staffed and financed by Scientologists, its stated mission is "To teach youth around the globe about human rights, thus helping them to become valuable advocates for the promotion of tolerance and peace." Youth_for_Human_Rights_International
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| Reference desk archive/Humanities/April 2006 Wikipedia:Reference_desk_archive/Humanities/April_2006
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| Iran–Arab relations Eversince the Islamic (Arab) conquest of Persia, Iranian–Arab relations have always been very mixed. Arabs and Iranians share bittermutual contempt between both sides. Within the Middle East historical conflicts have always colored neighbouring Arab countries' perceptions about Iran. At times peacefully coexisting, while at other times in bitter conflict. North African Arabs generally enjoyed closer relations with Iran due to limited historical connection between them and Iran. Iran–Arab_relations
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| Australian rules football in South Africa Australian rules football in South Africa is a fast growing team sport, having grown in participation by 160% between 2005-07.Since 1996, the sport has been growing quickly amongst indigenous communities, beginning in the North West province and later spreading to Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape Province through the work of development officers. Australian_rules_football_in_South_Africa
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| Kim Kyung-Jae Kyung-Jae Kim (died 2002) is the first human being in history to die from literally playing a video game too much. According to publicly available English-speaking sources, he died of deep-vein thrombosis or DVT after playing the Webzen video game Mu for 86 hours in Gwangju, with pauses only to purchase cigarettes and to use the bathroom. Kim_Kyung-Jae
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| 2006 European floods From February to April 2006 many rivers across Europe, especially the Elbe and Danube, swelled due to heavy rain and melting snow and rose to record levels. These are the longest rivers in Central Europe. 2006_European_floods
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| Crocs Crocs, Inc. is a shoe manufacturer founded by entrepreneur George B. Boedecker, Jr. to produce and distribute a plastic clog originally acquired from a Canadian company. Originally developed as a spa shoe, the first model, the Crocs Beach, was unveiled in 2002 at the Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show, selling out the 200 pairs produced at that time.The product line has remained popular, and has the characteristics of a sustained fad, with both ardent support and disapproval. Crocs
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| Siyabonga Nomvethe Siyabonga Nomvethe (born December 2, 1977) is a South African football (soccer) player who has played in several European leagues, and who currently plays for Aalborg BK in the Danish Superliga. Nomvethe has represented the Bafana Bafana (South Africa national football team) since 6 May 1999, and he took part in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Siyabonga_Nomvethe
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| June 2006 June 2006 was a month with thirty days.The following events also occurred during the month June_2006
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| Deepak Kamani Deepak Kamani is the son of Chamanlal Kamani and brother of Rashmi Chamanlal Kamani and Sudha Ruparell. Deepak Kamani is involved in the Kamani family businesses of Kenya, including the flagship company Kamsons. Entities most associated with Deepak Kamani include Kamsons (Kenya), Silverson Establishment (UK), Anglo Leasing Finance (UK), Infotalent Systems Pvt (India), Diani Reef Beach Hotel (Kenya), Apex Finance (Switzerland).Primarosa Flowers ltd, with plus farms growing and exporting roses, is the mainstay of the family business.It id officially headed by Mrs. Deepak_Kamani
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| Ellen Kuzwayo Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo (29 June 1914 19 April 2006) was a women's rights activist and politician in South Africa. She was president of the African National Congress Youth League in the 1960s. In 1994 she was elected to the first post-apartheid South African Parliament. Her autobiography, Call Me Woman (1985) won the CNA Prize. Ellen_Kuzwayo
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| 2006 Dahab bombings Dahab bombings of 24 April 2006 were three bomb attacks on the Egyptian resort city of Dahab. The resorts are popular with Western tourists and Egyptians alike during the holiday season.At about 19local time on 24 April 2006 Sham Al-Nasseim (Spring festival) Gulf of Aqaba coast of the Sinai Peninsula. 2006_Dahab_bombings
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| Strini Moodley Strinivasa Rajoo "Strini" Moodley (22 December 1945 27 April 2006) was a founding member of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. In 1976, he was convicted of terrorism in a trial involving members of the South African Students' Organisation and the Black People's Convention, and imprisoned on Robben Island.He became deputy news editor at the Natal Witness. Strini_Moodley
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| Mbhazima Shilowa Mbhazima Samuel (Sam) Shilowa (born 30 April 1958) is the former Premier of Gauteng Province, South Africa. Mbhazima_Shilowa
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| Stella Sigcau Stella Sigcau (4 January 1937 or 14 January 1937 May 7, 2006) is best known as a Minister in the South African Government. Sigcau was also the first female Prime Minister of the Transkei before being deposed in a military coup in 1987. Stella_Sigcau
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| Jacob Zuma rape trial Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, the President of South Africa and current president of the governing political party, the African National Congress (ANC) was charged with rape in the Johannesburg High Court on 6 December 2005. The accuser, Zuma's deceased friend's daughter, was known by Zuma to be HIV positive. Jacob_Zuma_rape_trial
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| Department of Public Works (South Africa) Department_of_Public_Works_(South_Africa)
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| Battle of Mogadishu (2006) Battle_of_Mogadishu_(2006)
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| Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to George W. Bush On May 8, 2006, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a missive directly to then United States President George W. Bush that proposed "new ways" to end the dispute over the Islamic Republic's development of nuclear power. Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad's_letter_to_George_W._Bush
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| Wikipedia Signpost/2006-05-15/In the news Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-05-15/In_the_news
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| Muhsin Ertuğral Muhsin Ertuğral (born 15 September 1959 in Istanbul) is a Turkish football (soccer) coach. He speaks German, Turkish and English fluently. He grew up in Cologne, Germany. Muhsin_Ertuğral
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| July 2006 July 2006 was a month with thirty-one days.The following events also occurred during the month July_2006
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| September 2006 September 2006 was marked by a controversy surrounding statements made by Pope Benedict XVI regarding Islam, during the same week as the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Steve Irwin, star of The Crocodile Hunter, died early in the month due to a stingray attack. Meanwhile, the Space Shuttle Atlantis made a mission to the International Space Station and a coup d'état was carried out by the Royal Thai Army, ousting Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. September_2006
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| November 2006 November_2006
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| Salam al-Zaubai Salam al-Zaubai is an Iraqi politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2007. He was elected to the Iraqi National Assembly in December 2005 as part of the Sunni Arab-led Iraqi Accord Front list.He is from a well known tribe, the Zoba'a, and heads the Agriculture Engineers Union.On March 23, 2007, Zaubai was wounded in an attack involving a suicide bombing and car bombing at a mosque near his home in Baghdad, and he was taken to a U.S. Salam_al-Zaubai
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| 2007 Super 14 season The 2007 Super 14 season started in February 2007 with preseason matches held from mid-January. It finished on 19 May with the final at ABSA Stadium in Durban. In the first final in the history of Super Rugby between two South African teams, the visiting Bulls narrowly defeated the Sharks 20-19, thereby becoming the first South African side ever to win the Super Rugby title in the professional era. 2007_Super_14_season
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| Israel and the apartheid analogy The State of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians has been likened by some to a system of apartheid, analogous to South Africa's treatment of non-whites during its apartheid era. Those who use this analogy argue that a system of control including separate roads, inequities in infrastructure, legal rights, and access to land and resources between Palestinians and Israeli residents in the Israeli-occupied territories constitutes an apartheid system. Israel_and_the_apartheid_analogy
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| August 2006 August 2006 was a month with thirty-one days. On August 10, an alleged plot to detonate ten airliners over the Atlantic Ocean was revealed to the general public as London Metropolitan Police arrested alleged conspirators. The month-long conflict between Israel and Hezbollah came to a halt after a ceasefire endorsed by the United Nations Security Council went into effect on August 14. August_2006
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| Use of social network websites in investigations Talk:Use_of_social_network_websites_in_investigations
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| June 2006 in Africa June_2006_in_Africa
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| Islamic Courts Union The Islamic Courts Union (ICU) (, , Ittihād al-mahākim al-islāmiyya) was a group of Sharia Courts who united themselves to form a rival administration to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia, with Sharif Sheikh Ahmed as head of the ICU. They are also known as the Joint Islamic Courts, Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), Supreme Islamic Courts Council (SICC) or the Supreme Council of Islamic Courts (SCIC). Western media often refer to the group as the Somali Islamists. Islamic_Courts_Union
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| Leopards (rugby team) The Leopards, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They play out of Potchefstroom at Olën Park. They draw all their players from the North West Province.For most of their history they've played in the second tier of the Currie Cup, but they were promoted to the Premier Division for the 2009 season after defeating the Falcons in a promotion-relegation playoff in October 2008. Leopards_(rugby_team)
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| The World (South African newspaper) The World, originally named The Bantu World, was the Johannesburg black daily newspaper which published photographer Sam Nzima's iconic image of Hector Pieterson, taken during the Soweto uprisings of June 16, 1976. The_World_(South_African_newspaper)
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| Venda people The Venda are a Southern African people living mostly near the South African-Zimbabwean border. Venda_people
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| Deon Steyn User_talk:Deon_Steyn
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| Khalid Mahmood Rashid Khalid Mahmood Rashid is a Pakistani national who went missing in South Africa during November 2005, and was later discovered to have been extradited to Pakistan. The South African government only admitted to this in June 2006, and then only after being ordered to do so by the High Court in Pretoria. Khalid_Mahmood_Rashid
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| Sam Nzima Sam Nzima is the South African photographer who took what became the iconic image of Hector Pieterson for the Soweto riots, but struggled for years to get the copyright. Sam_Nzima
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| 1987 Rugby World Cup Talk:1987_Rugby_World_Cup
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| Cetaceans/News Portal:Cetaceans/News
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| Oscar Pistorius Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (born 22 November 1986) is a South African Paralympic runner. Known as the "Blade Runner" and "the fastest man on no legs", Pistorius is the double amputee world record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 metres (sport class T44) events and runs with the aid of Cheetah Flex-Foot carbon fibre transtibial artificial limbs by Ossur. Oscar_Pistorius
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| Capital punishment in Iraq Capital punishment in Iraq was commonly used by the government of Saddam Hussein.After the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. administrator, L. Paul Bremer, suspended capital punishment on June 10, declaring that "the former regime used certain provisions of the penal code as a means of oppression, in violation of internationally acknowledged human rights."On August 8, 2004, capital punishment was reinstated in Iraq. Capital_punishment_in_Iraq
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| Leigh Matthews (South Africa) Leigh Matthews was a South African university student who was kidnapped and murdered by Donovan Moodley on 9 July 2004, the eve of her 21st birthday.The subsequent arrest of Donovan Moodley three months after Leigh's kidnapping sparked a media frenzy, with the ensuing court case being one of the most closely followed in South African history Leigh_Matthews_(South_Africa)
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| Robert Smit (politician) Robert Smit was a member of South Africa's National Party, and was murdered together with his wife Jean-Cora in 1977. They were survived by their two children, who were staying at their Roper Street home in Pretoria.The Smits were shot several times and stabbed in their Springs, Gauteng home on November 22, 1977. Robert_Smit_(politician)
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| John Minto John Minto (b. c.1953) is a New Zealand based political activist known for his involvement in various left-wing groups and causes, most notably Halt All Racist Tours. A 2005 documentary on New Zealands top 100 history makers listed him as number 89. Today he is involved with Global Peace and Justice Auckland and the Unite Union. He writes a weekly column for The Press and is editor of the Workers' Charter newspaper. John_Minto
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| Khufu Talk:Khufu
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