| Manfred Nowak Manfred Nowak (b. Bad Aussee, 26 June 1950) is an Austrian human rights lawyer.Nowak is a Professor at the University of Vienna, where he is Professor of Constitutional Law and Human Rights.Nowak was one of the judges of the Human Rights Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina between March 1996 and December 2003. He was also the vice president of the Chamber between December 1997 and December 1998. Manfred_Nowak
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| Use of performance enhancing drugs at the Olympic Games The use of performance enhancing drugs has had a long history at the Olympic Games. Its origins can be traced even back to the Ancient Olympics where Olympians would eat lizard meat prepared a special way, in the hopes that it would give them an athletic edge. Use_of_performance_enhancing_drugs_at_the_Olympic_Games
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| 22 February 2006 al-Askari Mosque bombing This article is about the bombing that took place in 2006. For the later bombing see 2007 al-Askari Mosque bombingThe 2006 al-Askari Mosque bombing occurred at the al-Askari Mosque in the Iraqi city of Samarra, on February 22, 2006, at about 6UTC). The attack on the mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shi'a Islam, is believed to have been caused by Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Although no injuries occurred in the blasts, the mosque was severely damaged. 22_February_2006_al-Askari_Mosque_bombing
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| Current events/2005 September 18 Portal:Current_events/2005_September_18
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| Swimming World Magazine Swimming World Magazine is an American-based monthly swimming magazine, that was first published in a magazine format as Junior Swimmer in January of 1960. It runs an online swimming website (known as SwimInfo prior to 2006), which is the leading online swimming news website .In its earliest form, Junior Swimmer began as a mimeograph/newsletter published by Peter Daland in the summer of 1952. Swimming_World_Magazine
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| Huldufólk Huldufólk, or Hidden People, are a part of Icelandic folklore. Building projects in Iceland are sometimes altered to prevent damaging the rocks where they are believed to live. In 1982, 150 Icelanders went to the NATO base in Keflavík to look for "elves who might be endangered by American phantom jets and Awacs reconaissance planes." Huldufólk
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| Turks in Germany Turks in Germany (occasionally German Turks or Turkish Germans) are people of Turkish ethnicity living in Germany who form the largest ethnic minority in Germany. Turks_in_Germany
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| Baby hatch A baby hatch is a place where mothers can bring their babies, usually newborn, and leave them anonymously in a safe place to be found and cared for. This kind of arrangement was common in mediaeval times and in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when the device was known as a foundling wheel. Baby_hatch
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| Disputed status of Transnistria The disputed status of Transnistria arose because of the Transnistrian unilateral declaration of independence on September 2, 1990 from the Moldavian SSR, while still part of the Soviet Union. This was not recognized by any country or international organizations, who consider it to be part of Moldova. Disputed_status_of_Transnistria
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| Girl of the Uchter Moor The Girl of the Uchter Moor is a bog body found in January 2000 in Uchte in Lower Saxony, Germany. When the police first found the parts of the body, they thought it belonged to a murder victim. Police investigated for a while until they had to declare the case unsolved and archive the results. In January 2005 a local worker found an old hand in the bog. Police investigated again but now realized that the body was very old. They called for an archaeologist. Girl_of_the_Uchter_Moor
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| Spanish society after the democratic transition restoration of democracy in the late 1970s, the changes in everyday Spanish life were as radical as the political transformation. They are famously known as the La Movida (The Movement). These changes were even more striking when contrasted with the values and social practices that had prevailed in Spanish society during the Francoist regime, especially during the 1940s and the early 1950s. Spanish_society_after_the_democratic_transition
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| The CIA and September 11 (book) The CIA and September 11 () is a controversial 2003 book by Andreas von Bülow, a former state-secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Defence and an SPD member of the German parliament from 1969 to 1994. The book has enjoyed considerable commercial success in Germany, where it is published by Piper Verlag, and has sold over 100,000 copies. The_CIA_and_September_11_(book)
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| April 2006 April 2006 ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → April_2006
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| Immigration Immigration is the arrival of new individuals into a habitat or population. It is a biological concept and is important in population ecology, differentiated from emigration and migration. Immigration
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| Current events/2005 December 28 Portal:Current_events/2005_December_28
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| Yitzhak Cohen Rabbi Yitzhak Cohen (, born 2 December 1951) is an Israeli politician who has served as a member of the Knesset for Shas since 1996, and is the current Deputy Minister of Finance. Yitzhak_Cohen
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| Bahram Bayzai Bahrām Bayzāi (also spelt Bahrām Beizai, Bahrām Beyzaie, , born 26 December, 1938 in Tehran) is an Iranian film director, theatre director, screenwriter, playwright, film editor, producer, and researcher. Bahram Bayzai is the son of the poet Ostād Ne'mat'ollāh Bayzāi (best known by his literary pseudonym Zokā'i Bayzāi - ذکائی بیضائی). Bahram_Bayzai
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| Great power Talk:Great_power
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| Drogo Underburrow/World War II User:Drogo_Underburrow/World_War_II
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| Articles for creation/2006-04-18 Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/2006-04-18
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| Ulrich Mühe Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe () (20 June 1953 – 22 July 2007) was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann (Captain) Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others, 2006), for which he received the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Gold, at Germany's most prestigious film awards, the Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards); and the Best Actor Award at the 2006 European Film Awards. Ulrich_Mühe
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| Jonathan Nott Jonathan Nott (born Solihull, England in 1963) is an English conductor, the son of a priest. He was a music student and choral scholar at the University of Cambridge, and also studied singing and flute in Manchester at the Royal Northern College of Music. Nott was also a conducting student in London. He left London to develop his conducting career in Germany via the traditional Kapellmeister system. Jonathan_Nott
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| Xaxafrad/Sandbox User:Xaxafrad/Sandbox
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| Capital control Talk:Capital_control
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| Babelsberg Studios The Babelsberg Studios, located in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world. Founded in 1911, it covers an area of about . Hundreds of films, including Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel were filmed there.Today, Studio Babelsberg remains operational mainly for feature film productions. Furthermore, it acts as co-producer on international high budget productions. Babelsberg_Studios
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| TomStar81/World War II User:TomStar81/World_War_II
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| Airbus A380/Archive 1 Talk:Airbus_A380/Archive_1
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| Brendenhull/World War II User:Brendenhull/World_War_II
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| List of concentration and internment camps Internment and Concentration camps, organized by country. In general, a camp or group of camps is assigned to the country whose government was responsible for the establishment and/or operation of the camp regardless of the camp's location, but this principle can be, or appear to be, departed from in such cases as where a country's borders or name has changed or it was occupied by a foreign power. List_of_concentration_and_internment_camps
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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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| Islamophobia/archive8 Talk:Islamophobia/archive8
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| Tanja Kreil Tanja Kreil (born 1977) is a German electrician notable for filing a lawsuit against the Bundeswehr (Germany's armed forces) with European Court of Justice that forced the German military to allow women to join the armed forces. Following the 2000 ruling, the German government changed a law that banned women from serving, and by 2001 the first female volunteers joined. However, Tanja Kreil did not join the armed forces after winning the lawsuit. Tanja_Kreil
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| Mikhail Meltyukhov Talk:Mikhail_Meltyukhov
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| May 2006 May 2006 was a month with thirty-one days.The following events also occurred during the month May_2006
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| People's Alliance for Democracy People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) () also called the National Liberation Alliance - กลุ่มพันธมิตรกู้ชาติ or the Yellow Shirts - เสื้อเหลือง) was originally a coalition of protesters against Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Prime Minister of Thailand who was freely elected by the people. People's_Alliance_for_Democracy
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| Badeschiff Badeschiff (in English, "bathing ship") is an old barge or cargo container that has been converted into a public swimming pool in Berlin, Germany. Beached on the shoreline in the East Harbour section of the River Spree, the Badeschiff allows citizens to swim in a safe and sanitary environment in their river, at least in a figurative sense. The Spree itself is far too polluted to permit safe bathing. Badeschiff
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| German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board/Archive 3 Wikipedia_talk:German-speaking_Wikipedians'_notice_board/Archive_3
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| Florida Rolf Florida_Rolf
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| Foreign relations of Montenegro In a referendum on 21 May, 2006, the people of Montenegro opted to leave the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. This was confirmed with a declaration of independence by the Montenegrin parliament on 3 June 2006. It simultaneously requested international recognition and outlined foreign policy goals. Foreign_relations_of_Montenegro
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| Amrita Cheema Amrita Cheema is a journalist of Indian Sikh origin. She has been working since 1999 as newspresenter with the German foreign-bound satellite TV broadcaster Deutsche Welle-TV. From 2005 to 2008 she spent some years with the Australian broadcaster SBS Television. Amrita_Cheema
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| Women in the military The history of women in the military is one that extends over 4,000 years into the past, throughout a vast number of cultures and nations. Women have played many roles in the military, from ancient warrior women, to the women currently serving in conflicts, for instance the war in Iraq. Women_in_the_military
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| Reference desk archive/Humanities/June 2006 Wikipedia:Reference_desk_archive/Humanities/June_2006
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| Barbarella (musical) Barbarella is a musical based on the film Barbarella, which in turn was based on a French science fiction comic book created by Jean-Claude Forest. The story is about Barbarella, a young woman who has numerous adventures, often involving sex, while journeying around the galaxy.The musical was written by British composer Dave Stewart and premiered in Vienna, Austria on March 11, 2004. Barbarella_(musical)
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| Berlin/Archive 3 Talk:Berlin/Archive_3
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| 33rd G8 summit The 33rd G8 summit took place at Kempinski Grand Hotel in Heiligendamm in the old Duchy of Mecklenburg in the Northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on the Baltic Coast. The group of eight leaders met together from June 6 to June 8 2007.The locations of previous G8 summits to have been hosted by Germany includeBonn (1978, 1985); Munich (1992) and Cologne (1999). 33rd_G8_summit
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| Ukraine and the European Union According to the European parliament, the EU is seeking an increasingly close relationship with Ukraine, going beyond cooperation, to gradual economic integration and deepening of political cooperation. Ukraine is said to be a priority partner within the European Neighborhood Policy. Ukraine_and_the_European_Union
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| Human rights in Transnistria Human rights of Transnistria have been under severe criticism by several governments and international organizations. The Republic of Moldova, as well as other states and NGOs claim that the government of Transnistria is authoritarian and has a poor human rights record, and is accused of arbitrary arrest and torture. With the stated aim of wanting to rectify its human rights record and bring it in line with European standards, Transnistria in 2006 established an ombudsman office. Human_rights_in_Transnistria
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| Birgit Hogefeld Birgit Hogefeld (born 27 July 1956 in Wiesbaden, Hesse) was a member of the West German terrorist group the Baader-Meinhof Gang also known as the Red Army Faction (RAF). Born in Wiesbaden, Hogefeld joined the RAF in the eighties (around 1984) long after its founding members Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Ulrike Meinhof were dead. She became the girlfriend of fellow terrorist Wolfgang Grams and moved in with him. Birgit_Hogefeld
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