| East Turkestan independence movement East Turkestan Independence Movement is a broad term that refers to advocates of an independent, self-governing Xinjiang, also referred to as East Turkestan. Currently the area is an autonomous region in the People's Republic of China. East_Turkestan_independence_movement
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| K'naan K'naan (;), born Kanaan Warsame (, ) in 1978, is a Somali-Canadian poet, rapper and musician. K'naan
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| Egyptian presidential election, 2005 The Egyptian presidential election of 2005, held on September 7, 2005, was the first allegedly contested presidential election in Egypt's history. Hosni Mubarak, the incumbent President of Egypt, won a fifth consecutive six-year term in office, with official results showing he won 88.6% of the votes cast. Egyptian_presidential_election,_2005
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| John Z/drafts/Sabra and Shatila Massacre User:John_Z/drafts/Sabra_and_Shatila_Massacre
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| Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook (; born January 9, 1951) is a senior member of the Palestinian organization Hamas. Currently, and since 1997, he is serving as the Deputy Chairman of Hamas Political Bureau.He was born in the Rafah refugee camp, Gaza Strip. Mousa_Mohammed_Abu_Marzook
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| Said Seyam Said Seyam (1957 Saeed and Sayed and last name also spelled Siam) was the Interior Minister of the Palestinian government of March 2006. Said_Seyam
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| Naypyidaw Naypyidaw (, also spelled Nay Pyi Taw; ) is the capital of Burma. Nay pyi daw means "Great City of the Sun", but is also translated as "abode of kings". Naypyidaw
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| Washington Institute for Near East Policy The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (TWI; known informally as WINEP) is a Washington, DC-based think tank which concerns itself with U.S.-Middle East policy. It was founded in 1985 by Martin Indyk, a research director for AIPAC who would later be appointed U.S. Washington_Institute_for_Near_East_Policy
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| Camp Iguana (Guantanamo) Camp Iguana is a small compound in the detainment camp complex on the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Camp Iguana originally held three child detainees who camp spokesmen then claimed were the only detainees under age 16. It was closed in the winter of 2004 when the three were sent home. Camp_Iguana_(Guantanamo)
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| 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks The 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks were a series of terror attacks on July 23, 2005, perpetrated by a Wahhabi organization, targeting the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, located on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. Eighty-eight people were killed, the majority of them Egyptians, and over 200 were wounded by the blasts, making the attack the deadliest terrorist action in the country's history. 2005_Sharm_el-Sheikh_attacks
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| Al Jazeera Mobasher Al Jazeera Mobasher (, alternative transliterationAl Jazeera Mubashir) is a television channel launched by Al Jazeera on April 15 2005. It is an all-Arabic channel that broadcasts conferences live without editing or commentary, using subtitles when translation is needed. The channel is also sometimes referred to as Al Jazeera Live. Mobasher is an Arabic word for Live (as in live broadcast). U.S. channel C-SPAN. Al_Jazeera_Mobasher
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| Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial began on May 3, 2000, which was 11 years, four months and 13 days after the blowing up of Pan Am Flight 103 on December 21, 1988.A Scottish High Court of Justiciary was purpose-built at the neutral venue of Camp Zeist, Netherlands, a former United States Air Force base. Pan_Am_Flight_103_bombing_trial
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| Paek Nam-sun Paek Nam-sun (March 13 1929 January 2 2007) was the North Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 until his death. He was one of the few North Koreans to frequently be in the international spotlight. Paek_Nam-sun
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| South Thailand insurgency The South Thailand insurgency is a separatist campaign, which is taking place in the predominantly Malay Pattani region, made up of the three southernmost provinces of Thailand, with violence increasingly spilling over into other provinces. Although separatist violence has occurred for decades in the region, the campaign escalated in 2004. South_Thailand_insurgency
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| Millions More Movement Millions More Movement was launched by a broad coalition of African American leaders to mark the commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Million Man March. A mass march on Washington, DC, was held on October 15, 2005, to galvanize public support for the movement's goals. Millions_More_Movement
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| Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden Talk:Mohammed_bin_Awad_bin_Laden
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| John Z/drafts/ITenotes User:John_Z/drafts/ITenotes
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| Salim Hamdan Salim Ahmed Hamdan () (born 1970 Salim_Hamdan
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| Balochistan (Pakistan) Talk:Balochistan_(Pakistan)
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| Karshi-Khanabad Karshi-Khanabad is an airbase in south-eastern Uzbekistan, just east of Karshi, and is home to the 60th Separate Mixed Aviation Brigade. Between 2001 and 2005 the United States Air Force used the base, also known as K2 and "Stronghold Freedom", for support missions against al-Qaeda in neighbouring Afghanistan. Karshi-Khanabad
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| Mahmoud al-Zahar Talk:Mahmoud_al-Zahar
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| Bdell555 User_talk:Bdell555
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| August 2005 in Malaysia and Singapore January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →This page deals with current events in Malaysia and Singapore August_2005_in_Malaysia_and_Singapore
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| Civil war in Iraq Civil_war_in_Iraq
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| Ely Ould Mohamed Vall Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (; born 1953 in Nouakchott) is a political and military figure in Mauritania. He served as the transitional military leader of Mauritania following a coup d'état in August 2005 until 19 April 2007, when he relinquished power to an elected government.Vall was a long-time ally of President Maaouya Ould Taya, and participated in the December 1984 coup that brought Taya himself to power. Ely_Ould_Mohamed_Vall
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| Military Council for Justice and Democracy The Military Council for Justice and Democracy (; ) was the supreme political body of Mauritania. It served as the country's interim government following the ousting of former president, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya on 3 August, 2005. It was led by the former director of the national police force, Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall. Military_Council_for_Justice_and_Democracy
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| Iraqi insurgency/archive Talk:Iraqi_insurgency/archive
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| Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (born May 31, 1957 in Atar, Mauritania) is a former Prime Minister of Mauritania. He first served from 1992 to 1996, and again from 2005 to 2007.Boubacar became regional treasurer in Nouadhibou in April 1983 and then technical adviser to the Minister of Finance and Trade in November 1983. Sidi_Mohamed_Ould_Boubacar
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| Japanese general election, 2005 For a breakdown of the results by block district with maps, see Results of Japan general election, 2005Japan held a nationwide election to the House of Representatives, the more powerful lower house of the National Diet, on 11 September, 2005, about two years before the end of the term taken from the last election in 2003. Japanese_general_election,_2005
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| United States of Africa Talk:United_States_of_Africa
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| Fredwreck Fredwreck (of Palestinian descent, born Farid Nassar in Flint, Michigan) is a record producer from Los Angeles, California. He got his big break when he became a producer for Dr. Dre's newly founded Aftermath Records label, and went on to work with Snoop Dogg's record label Dogghouse Records (now Doggystyle Records) and became a known producer on Tha Dogg Pound-affiliated material. Fredwreck
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| Americanus/future energy User:Americanus/future_energy
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| Rizwan Khan Rizwan Khan (born April 1962 in Aden, South Yemen) is a British television news reporter and interviewer, who first rose to prominence while working for the BBC and CNN. He currently hosts his own television show on Al Jazeera English. Rizwan_Khan
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| Chinese intelligence activity in other countries Chinese intelligence agencies are believed to be active outside of the People's Republic of China. China is one of the top five intelligence collectors in the United States. Chinese human-intelligence operations primarily rely on collecting a small amount of information from a large amount of people. Chinese_intelligence_activity_in_other_countries
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| Ali Mohammed Ghedi Ali Mohamed Gedi or Mohammed Ali Ghedi (, ) (born 1951) was the Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia from 2004 to 2007. He was relatively unknown in political circles upon his appointment as prime minister in November 2004. He is affiliated with the Abgaal subclan of Mogadishu's Hawiye clan, one of Somalia's four most powerful clan 'families'. He narrowly survived a suicide attack on his home that left at least seven people dead on June 3 2007. Ali_Mohammed_Ghedi
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| Dahlik language Dahlik (Dahaalik, Dahalik, Dahlak) is a language spoken exclusively in Eritrea off the coast of Massawa, on three islands in the Dahlak Archipelago:It belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language group and is quite closely related to Tigre and Tigrinya. It is mutually intelligible with Tigre (see Shaebia below), but, according to Simeone-Senelle, is sufficiently different to be considered a separate language. Dahlik_language
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| Akbar Bugti Nawab Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti () (July 12, 1927–August 26, 2006) was the Tumandar (head) of the Bugti tribe of Baloch and served as Minister of State for Interior and Governor of Balochistan Province in Pakistan.After an armed struggle started in Balochistan in 2004, Bugti was widely perceived as a leader but went underground in 2005. Akbar_Bugti
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| Foreign hostages in Iraq Iraqi insurgency began taking hostage foreign civilians in Iraq. Since then, they have kidnapped more than 200 foreigners and thousands of Iraqis; among them, 30 foreign hostages have been killed. The motives behind these kidnappings include influencing foreign governments with troops in Iraq and foreign companies with workers there, as well as ransom money and discouraging travel to Iraq. Foreign_hostages_in_Iraq
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| Scorpions (South Africa) For the Iraqi Intelligence Service branch, see Directorate 14.The Directorate of Special Operations (also, DSO or Scorpions) was a multidisciplinary agency that investigated and prosecuted organised crime and corruption. It was a unit of The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa. Its staff of 536 consisted of some of the best police, financial, forensic and intelligence experts in the country. It was officially disbanded late in January 2009 by South African President Kgalema Motlanthe. Scorpions_(South_Africa)
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| Abu Muhammad Asem al-Maqdisi Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi ( Islamist Jordanian-Palestinian writer. He is best known as the spiritual mentor of Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the initial leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. However, an ideological and methodical split emerged between Maqdisi and Zarqawi in 2004 due to Zarqawi's takfiri proclamations towards the Shi'a populations in Iraq. Abu_Muhammad_Asem_al-Maqdisi
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| Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category, causing some deaths and flooding there before strengthening rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane_Katrina
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| Azmi Bishara Azmi Bishara (, , born July 22, 1956), is a Palestinian Christian politician. A member of the Israeli Knesset representing the Balad party from 1996 until resigning in April 2007, Bishara is still the leader of that party. Bishara holds an Israeli citizenship. Azmi_Bishara
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| William Ruto William Samoei Ruto (born 21 December 1966 in Kamagut, Uasin Gishu) is a Kenyan politician who has been Minister for Agriculture since April 2008. He was Secretary General of the Kenya African National Union, the former ruling political party, and he has been MP for Eldoret North Constituency since the 1997 Kenyan election. William_Ruto
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