| India/Quiz/Archive13 Portal:India/Quiz/Archive13
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| Articles for deletion/Third holiest site in Islam (second nomination) Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Third_holiest_site_in_Islam_(second_nomination)
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| Abahlali baseMjondolo Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) is a shack-dwellers' movement in South Africa. The movement grew out of a road blockade organized from the Kennedy Road shack settlement in the city of Durban in early 2005 and now also operates in the cities of Pietermaritzburg and in Cape Town. Abahlali_baseMjondolo
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| Charles Brunier Charles Brunier (May 31, 1901 January 26, 2007) was a convicted murderer and French veteran of both the First and Second World Wars who claimed, in 2005, to have been the inspiration for Papillon. Circumstantial evidence, including his butterfly tattoo and his having been on Île du Diable at the time, supports the claim.Brunier served in Syria in 1918 and was wounded in action. Charles_Brunier
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| Andrew Vowles Andrew Vowles (born 10 November 1967, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK), also known as Mushroom, is a founding member of British trip-hop collective Massive Attack. Andrew_Vowles
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| 2006 Israel–Gaza conflict/Archive 1 Talk:2006_Israel–Gaza_conflict/Archive_1
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| Sierra Leonean general election, 2007 Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Sierra Leone on 11 August 2007. Seven candidates competed in the first round of the presidential election; no candidate received the necessary 55% of the vote to win in the first round, and a second round was held between the top two candidates, Ernest Bai Koroma of the All People's Congress (APC) and Solomon Berewa of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), on 8 September. According to official results, Koroma won the election with 54.6% of the vote. Sierra_Leonean_general_election,_2007
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| Nigerian general election, 2007 The Nigerian general elections of 2007 were held on 14 April and 21 April 2007. Governorship and state assembly elections were held on 14 April, while the presidential and national assembly elections were held a week later on 21 April. Umaru Yar'Adua won the highly controversial election for the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) and was sworn in on 29 May. Nigerian_general_election,_2007
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| Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (, Mahmūd Ahmadinezhād ; born 28 October 1956) is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He became president after winning the 2005 presidential election and was re-elected to a second term in 2009 after a disputed election. Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad
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| Fidel Castro/Archive 13 Talk:Fidel_Castro/Archive_13
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| Paralithodes camtschaticus red king crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus, is the most coveted of the commercially sold king crab species, and is the most expensive per unit weight. It was named after the colour it turns when it is cooked rather than the colour of a living animal, which tends to be more burgundy.Red king crabs can be very large, sometimes reaching a carapace width of 11Bering Sea and Norton Sound, Alaska, and is particularly difficult to catch, but is nonetheless one of the most preferred crabs for consumption Paralithodes_camtschaticus
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| Current events/2006 November 22 Portal:Current_events/2006_November_22
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| Henry H. Bauer Talk:Henry_H._Bauer
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| Wikipedia Signpost/2006-12-04/In the news Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-12-04/In_the_news
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| Wikipedia Signpost/2006-12-04/In the news Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-12-04/In_the_news
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| Third holiest site in Islam (expression)/Archive 1 Talk:Third_holiest_site_in_Islam_(expression)/Archive_1
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| Jackie Selebi Jacob (Jackie) Sello Selebi (born 7 March 1950 in Johannesburg) is the suspended national commissioner of the South African Police Service, and a former president of Interpol. Selebi is presently on extended leave as National Police Commissioner, and resigned as president of Interpol, to fight corruption charges in his native South Africa. Jackie_Selebi
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| Malegapuru William Makgoba Malegapuru William Makgoba (born 1952 in Sekhukhune, South Africa) is a South African immunologist, physician, public health advocate, academic and vice-chancellor of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Malegapuru_William_Makgoba
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| Sundar1 User_talk:Sundar1
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| Lesotho general election, 2007 General elections were held in Lesotho on 17 February 2007. They had originally been scheduled to be held in April or May 2007. In October 2006, Tom Thabane left the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and formed a new party, the All Basotho Convention (ABC), and 17 other members of parliament joined him. Lesotho_general_election,_2007
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| Senegalese presidential election, 2007 A presidential election was held in Senegal on 25 February 2007. The incumbent president, Abdoulaye Wade, who was first elected in 2000, won the election in the first round with almost 56% of the vote. Senegalese_presidential_election,_2007
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| Algerian legislative election, 2007 Legislative elections were held in Algeria on 17 May 2007. 24 political parties and around 100 independent lists with a total of more than 12,000 candidates competed for the 389 seats in the National People's Assembly. While most Algerians voted on May 17th, immigrants from Algeria to other countries (especially France) and Algerians living in the Sahara (ie. Southern Algeria) and other nomads and semi-nomads voted on May 16 due to the distance from Algiers, the country's capital. Algerian_legislative_election,_2007
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| Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008 The Republic of Zimbabwe held a presidential election along with a parliamentary election on 29 March 2008. Zimbabwean_presidential_election,_2008
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| Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2008 A parliamentary election was held in Zimbabwe on March 29, 2008 to elect members to both the House of Assembly and the Senate of the Zimbabwean parliament. The ruling Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) lost its majority in the House of Assembly for the first time since independence in 1980, as the two factions of the Movement for Democratic Change won most of the seats; a month after the election, the MDC factions merged. Zimbabwean_parliamentary_election,_2008
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| Chencholai bombing Chencholai bombing is a disputed event in the Sri Lankan civil war. It took place on August 14 2006 when the Sri Lankan Air Force bombed what they claimed to be a rebel LTTE training camp killing at least 61 children between the ages of 16 and 18, all of them girls. The LTTE, UNICEF, SLMM and UTHR all claimed those in the compound were not LTTE cadres. Sri Lankan army stated it considered the children as LTTE combatants and hence a legitimate target. Chencholai_bombing
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| Aden Saran-Sor Aden Mohamed Nur Saran-Sor (), commonly known as Aaden Saransoor, is a Somali warlord. He is a commander in the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA), and his militia is in control of Baidoa, seat of the Transitional Federal Parliament. On October 6, 2006, his militia surrounded the house of general Ali Hussein Loyan, (also known as Ali Mohamed Hassan Loyan), the national police commander. Aden_Saran-Sor
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| Desmond Tutu Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 7 October 1931) is a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. In 1984, Tutu became the second South African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Tutu was the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, and primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (now the Anglican Church of Southern Africa). Desmond_Tutu
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| Joe Seremane Wetshotsile Joseph "Joe" Seremane is a South African politician and federal chairperson of the country's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA). Seremane started his career as a school teacher in Bekkersdal in the North West province of South Africa, until he was barred from teaching due to his involvement in politics. Joe_Seremane
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| Jerry Klein’s 2006 Radio Experiment On Nov. 26, 2006 radio host Jerry Klein of WMAL 630 AM (covering Washington DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland) had a program that was "focused on public reaction to the removal of six imams, or Islamic religious leaders, from a US Airways flight." (See Flying Imams controversy). Jerry_Klein’s_2006_Radio_Experiment
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| Taliep Petersen Taliep Petersen (April 15, 1950 – December 16, 2006) was a South African singer, composer and director of a number of popular musicals. He worked most notably with David Kramer, with whom he won an Olivier Award. Taliep_Petersen
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| 2006-2007 Malaysian floods The 2006-2007 Malaysian floods are a series of floods that hit Malaysia. The floods were caused by above average rainfall, which was attributed to Typhoon Utor which had hit the Philippines and Vietnam a few days earlier . By the third week of January 2007, Johor was hit by a larger flood. 2006-2007_Malaysian_floods
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| Juba Valley Alliance The Juba Valley Alliance (JVA) (SomaliIsbahaysiga Dooxada Jubba) is a political faction of the Somali Civil War. It was the primary opponent of the Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM) and the Somali Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) vying for the control of Kismayo and the Juba River valley, the area known as Jubaland.Following the breakdown of central authority in the Somali Civil War, General Hersi "Morgan" declared Jubaland independent on September 3, 1998. Juba_Valley_Alliance
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| History of the Transitional Federal Government of the Republic of Somalia The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of the Republic of Somalia has had a tumultuous history. It is the most recent attempt to restore national institutions to Somalia after the 1991 downfall of Siad Barre. The country has been run for more than a decade by tribal factions and warlords.There are two distinct phases of the transitional governmentNational Government (TNG) and the Transitional Federal Government History_of_the_Transitional_Federal_Government_of_the_Republic_of_Somalia
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| Battle of Jilib The Battle of Jilib was a battle in the 2006 Somali War fought by the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) and affiliated militias against Ethiopian and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces for control of the town of Jilib. It began on 31 December 2006, when ICU forces dug in and defended the town to prevent approach to Kismayo, the last stronghold of the ICU. Battle_of_Jilib
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| Deaths in 2007 The following is a list of notable deaths in 2007. Names are listed under the date of death, not the date it was announced. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by family name.A typical entry appears in the following sequence Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference. Deaths_in_2007
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| Fall of Kismayo The Fall of Kismayo occurred on January 1, 2007, when the troops of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ethiopian forces entered the Somali city of Kismayo unopposed. It came after the Islamic Courts Union's forces faltered and fled in the Battle of Jilib, abandoning their final stronghold. Fall_of_Kismayo
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| Deaths in January 2007 Deaths_in_January_2007
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| Wikipedia Signpost/2006-12-04/SPV Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-12-04/SPV
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| Solar Ice Rink Solar Ice Rink is an ice rink located in Nairobi, Kenya. The rink is located in the Panari Sky Centre, a large retail, leisure and hotel accommodation complex.Opened in 2005, the Solar Ice Rink is the largest rink in Africa, and the first rink in East and Central. The rink cost US$700,000 to build.The rink covers an area of 15,000 square feet (1,393 square metres), and can accommodate 200 skaters. Solar_Ice_Rink
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| Robert Ellis (U.S. Army nurse) Master Sergeant Robert Ellis is a retired United States Army nurse that from January 2004 until August 2005, cared for Saddam Hussein and his cousins. He was the senior medical adviser at the compound at Camp Cropper near Baghdad. He was instructed to call Saddam by his code name "Victor," in case any agency or groups came looking for him. When Ellis told Saddam he had to leave for America because his brother was dying, Saddam hugged him and said he would be his brother. Robert_Ellis_(U.S._Army_nurse)
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| Na'eem Jeenah Na'eem_Jeenah
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| 2006 Israel–Gaza conflict The 2006 Israel–Gaza conflict refers to the series of battles between Palestinian militants and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Large-scale conventional warfare beyond the peripheries of the Gaza Strip began when Israel launched Operation Summer Rains (, Mivtza Gishmey Kayitz), the codename for an IDF military operation in the Gaza Strip that began on June 28, 2006, and its first major ground operation in the Gaza Strip since Israel's unilateral disengagement plan was implemented between August and September 2005. 2006_Israel–Gaza_conflict
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| 2006 timeline of the War in Somalia The timeline of events in the War in Somalia during 2006 is set out below. 2006_timeline_of_the_War_in_Somalia
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| Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi (1985 or 1986 – January 26, 2007) was a Nigerian national convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore in a trial that was described by the United Nations human rights expert, Philip Alston, as failing to meet international legal standard for criminal prosecution. Iwuchukwu_Amara_Tochi
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| 2007 timeline of the War in Somalia The timeline of events in the War in Somalia during 2007 is set out below. 2007_timeline_of_the_War_in_Somalia
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| Idi Amin/Archive 1 Talk:Idi_Amin/Archive_1
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| Abahlali baseMjondolo Talk:Abahlali_baseMjondolo
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| Themba Mabaso Thembinkosi 'Themba' Mabaso, State Herald (a.k.a. National Herald) of South Africa, is director of that country's Bureau of Heraldry.Together with the Heraldry Council, his office forms part of the National Archives of South Africa, which is currently under the authority of the Minister of Arts & Culture, Pallo Jordan.Mabaso's responsibilities including registering coats of arms, insignia badges, flags and seals. Themba_Mabaso
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