| Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan ( , born Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan on October 11, 1942), is an Indian film actor. Also called Big B and Shahenshah. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Bollywood cinema, and has since become one of the most prominent figures in the history of Indian cinema. Amitabh_Bachchan
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| Aircraft carrier An aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power great distances without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations. They have evolved from wooden vessels, used to deploy balloons, into nuclear powered warships that carry dozens of fixed and rotary wing aircraft. Aircraft_carrier
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| Agent Orange Agent Orange is the code name for a herbicide and defoliant used by the U.S. military in its Herbicidal Warfare program during the Vietnam War. More than 21,000,000 gallons (80 000 m³) of Agent Orange were sprayed across South Vietnam. Agent_Orange
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| Belarus Belarus
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| Foreign relations of Belarus The Byelorussian SSR was one of only two Soviet republics to be separate members of the United Nations (the other being the Ukrainian SSR). Both republics and the Soviet Union joined the UN when the organization was founded in 1945. Foreign_relations_of_Belarus
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| People's Republic of China People's_Republic_of_China
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| Transportation in Cuba Transportation in Cuba is composed of a system of railways, roads, buses, airports, waterways, ports and harbours Transportation_in_Cuba
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| Confucius Confucius (), lit. "Master Kong," (traditionally September 28, 551 BC – 479 BC) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese and Vietnamese thought and life.His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. Confucius
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| Chopsticks Chopsticks are a pair of small, equal-length, tapered sticks. They are used as the traditional eating utensils of China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Generally believed to have originated in ancient China, they can also be found in some areas of Tibet and Nepal that are close to Han Chinese populations. Chopsticks
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| Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping (; 22 August 1904 19 February 1997) was a prominent Chinese politician. As leader of the Communist Party of China, Deng became a reformer who led China towards market economics. While Deng never held office as the head of state or the head of government, he nonetheless served as the Paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to the early 1990s.Inheriting a China wrought with social and institutional woes left over from the devastating Cultural Revolution and other mass political movements of the Mao era, Deng was the core of the second generation Chinese leadership. Deng_Xiaoping
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| David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born 2 May 1975) is an English footballer who currently plays in midfield for American Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy and the England national team.Twice runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year and in 2004 the world's highest-paid footballer, Beckham is the first British footballer to play 100 Champions League matches. David_Beckham
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| Friends Friends
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| Greater London For London as a whole, see the main article London. Greater_London
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| Guangzhou Guangzhou or Canton (; jyutping Gwong²zau¹; Yale:Gwóngjàu) is the capital of Guangdong (Kwangtung/Kwongtung) Province and a sub-provincial city in the southern part of the People's Republic of China. It is a port on the Pearl River, navigable to the South China Sea, and is located about 120Hong Kong. Guangzhou
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| Giant Panda The Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally meaning "cat-foot black-and-white") is a bear native to central-western and southwestern China. The Giant Panda was previously thought to be a member of the Procyonidae (raccoon) family. It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body. Giant_Panda
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| Homeschooling Homeschooling or homeschool (also called home education or home learning) is the education of children at home, typically by parents but sometimes by tutors, rather than in a formal setting of public or private school. Although prior to the introduction of compulsory school attendance laws, most childhood education occurred within the family or community, homeschooling in the modern sense is an alternative in developed countries to formal education. Homeschooling
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| Halle Berry Halle Berry (; born August 14, 1966) is an American actress, former fashion model, and beauty queen. Berry has received Emmy and Golden Globe awards for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Halle_Berry
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| Helium-3 This article is about the elemental isotope. For the record label Helium 3, see Muse or A&E Records.Helium-3 (He-3) is a light, non-radioactive isotope of helium with two protons and one neutron, rare on Earth, sought for use in nuclear fusion research. The abundance of helium-3 is thought to be greater on the Moon (embedded in the upper layer of regolith by the solar wind over billions of years) and the solar system's gas giants (left over from the original solar nebula), though still low in quantity (28 ppm of lunar regolith is helium-4 and 0.01 ppm is helium-3). Helium-3
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| Ithaca Hours The Ithaca HOUR is a local currency used in Ithaca, New York and is the oldest and largest local currency system in the United States that is still operating. It has inspired other similar systems in Madison, WI, Corvallis, OR, and a proposed system in the Lehigh Valley, PA. One Ithaca HOUR is valued at US$10 and is generally recommended to be used as payment for one hour's work, although the rate is negotiable. Ithaca_Hours
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| Foreign relations of Kazakhstan Foreign relations of Kazakhstan are primarily based on economic and political security. The Nazarbayev administration has tried to balance relations with Russia and the United States by sending petroleum and natural gas to its northern neighbor at artificially low prices while assisting the U.S. Foreign_relations_of_Kazakhstan
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| List of Buddhists A number of noted individuals have been Buddhists. List_of_Buddhists
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| Macau For the bird, see macaw. Aomen redirects here. For the island in the Pacific Ocean, see Aomen (Bikini Atoll). For a topic outline on this subject, see List of basic Macau topics. For other uses, see Macau (disambiguation).The Macau Special Administrative Region, (, Cantonese Yale:Portuguese:Macau or Macao (, ; Jyutping:special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong. Macau
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| Foreign relations of Mozambique While allegiances dating back to the liberation struggle remain relevant, Mozambique's foreign policy has become increasingly pragmatic. The twin pillars of the policy are maintenance of good relations with its neighbors and maintenance and expansion of ties to development partners.During the 1970s and early 1980s, Mozambique's foreign policy was inextricably linked to the struggles for majority rule in Rhodesia and South Africa as well as superpower competition and the Cold War. Foreign_relations_of_Mozambique
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| Mao Zedong Mao Zedong (Tse-tung) (Simplified Chinese:Traditional Chinese:Wade-Giles:Mao Tse-tung; Pinyin:Máo Zédōng) (26 December 18939 September 1976) was a Chinese Communist leader. Mao led the Communist Party of China (CPC) to victory against the Kuomintang (KMT) in the Chinese Civil War, and was the leader of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. Mao_Zedong
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| Mummy A Mummy is a corpse whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals, extreme coldness, very high humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs. Presently, the oldest discovered (naturally) mummified human corpse was a decapitated head dated as 6,000 years old and was found in 1936. Mummy
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| Politics of the People's Republic of China The politics of the People's Republic of China take place in a framework of a single-party socialist republic. The leadership of the Communist Party is stated in the Constitution of the People's Republic of China. State power within the People's Republic of China (PRC) is exercised through the Communist Party of China, the Central People's Government and their provincial and local counterparts. Politics_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China
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| Telecommunications in the People's Republic of China "Telecommunications in China" redirects here. For the industry, see Telecommunications industry in China. This article is about Communications in the People's Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong and Macau (see Communications in Hong Kong and Communications in Macau). Telecommunications_in_the_People's_Republic_of_China
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| Economy of Pakistan The economy of Pakistan is the 26th largest economy in the world in terms of purchasing power, and the 47th largest in absolute dollar terms. Pakistan's economy mainly encompasses textiles, chemicals, food processing, agriculture and other industries. In 2005, it was the third fastest growing economy in Asia.The major sectors constituting the mainstay of the economy of the various provinces in Pakistan are believed to be as follows Economy_of_Pakistan
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| Palau Palau , officially the Republic of Palau (), is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles (800Philippines and 2,000 miles (3,200Tokyo. Having emerged from United Nations trusteeship (administered by the United States) in 1994, it is one of the world's youngest and smallest sovereign states. In English, the name is sometimes spelled Belau in accordance with the native pronunciation. It was formerly also spelled Pelew. Palau
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| Poincaré conjecture mathematics, the Poincaré conjecture (French, ) is a theorem about the characterization of the three-dimensional sphere among three-dimensional manifolds. It began as a popular, important conjecture, but is now considered a theorem to the satisfaction of the awarders of the Fields medal. Poincaré_conjecture
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| Palestinian National Authority The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA; As-Sulṭa Al-Waṭaniyyah Al-Filasṭīniyyah) is the administrative organization established to govern parts of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which can refer to Palestine.The Palestinian National Authority was formed in 1994, pursuant to the Oslo Accords between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the government of Israel, as a 5-year interim body during which final status negotiations between the two parties were to take place but never did. Palestinian_National_Authority
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| Standard Mandarin Standard Mandarin, or Standard Chinese, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan, and is one of the four official languages of Singapore. The phonology of Standard Mandarin is based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin, a large and diverse group of Chinese dialects spoken across northern and southwestern China. Standard_Mandarin
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| Republic of China Republic_of_China
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| South Korea South_Korea
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| Shanghai Shanghai
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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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| Tiger Tiger
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| Blog A blog (a contraction of the term "weblog") is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. Blog
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| Drought A drought is an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply. Generally, this occurs when a region receives consistently below average precipitation. It can have a substantial impact on the ecosystem and agriculture of the affected region. Drought
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| Natalie Portman Natalie Portman (; born Natalie Hershlag June 9, 1981) is an Israeli American actress. Her first role came in the 1994 independent film Léon. She became very widely known when she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Natalie_Portman
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| Electric power transmission Electric power transmission is the bulk transfer of electrical power (or more correctly energy), a process in the delivery of electricity to consumers. A power transmission network typically connects power plants to multiple substations near a populated area. Electric_power_transmission
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| Hotline In telecommunication, a hotline (also called an automatic signaling service, ringdown, or off-hook service) is a point-to-point communications link in which a call is automatically directed to the preselected destination without any additional action by the user when the end instrument goes off-hook. An example would be a phone that automatically connects to emergency services on picking up the receiver. Hotline
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| Cameron Diaz Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress and former model. She broke out in the 1990s with her roles in The Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding and There's Something About Mary, and subsequently appeared in Charlie's Angels, Shrek, Vanilla Sky, Gangs of New York, What Happens in Vegas and several other Hollywood films. Cameron_Diaz
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| Video CD Video CD (abbreviated as VCD, and also known as View CD, Compact Disc digital video) is a standard digital format for storing video on a Compact Disc. VCDs are playable in dedicated VCD players, most modern DVD-Video players, personal computers, and some video game consoles.The VCD standard was created in 1993 Sony, Philips, Matsushita, and JVC and is referred to as the White Book standard. Video_CD
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| One-child policy one-child policy (; literally "policy of birth planning") is the population control policy of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The Chinese government refers to it under the official translation of family planning policy. It officially restricts the number of children married urban couples can have to one, although it allows exemptions for several cases, including rural couples, ethnic minorities, and parents without any siblings themselves. One-child_policy
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| Corfu Corfu (, Kérkyra, ; ; ; ) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands, Corfu
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| Violence Violence is the expression of physical force against self or other, compelling action against one's will on pain of being hurt. Variant uses of the term refer to the destruction of non-living objects (see property damage). Worldwide, violence is used as a tool of manipulation and also is an area of concern for law and culture who take attempts to suppress and stop it. Violence
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| Mother's Day The modern Mother's Day holiday was created by Anna Jarvis in Grafton, West Virginia, as a day to honor mothers and motherhood; especially within the context of families, and family relationships. Mother's_Day
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| 7-Eleven 7-Eleven is a worldwide chain of convenience stores. It is, since March 2007, the largest chain store in any category, beating McDonald's by 1,000 stores. Its stores are located in eighteen countries, with its largest markets being Japan, the United States, Canada, Taiwan, and Thailand. 7-Eleven is a subsidiary of Seven & I Holdings Co. of Japan.Among 7-Eleven's offerings are private label products, including Slurpee, a partially frozen beverage introduced in 1967, and the Big Gulp introduced in 1980 7-Eleven
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| Feyenoord Feyenoord is an professional football club located in Rotterdam. With Ajax and PSV, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. One or another of these three clubs has won every Dutch League Championship since 1965 – with the exception of AZ '67's 1981 and 2009 titles – and they are, together with FC Utrecht and Roda JC, the only clubs never relegated from Dutch first division football.. Feyenoord
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