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| Abu Sayyaf "Sword of God" redirects here. For the 7th century Arab Muslim military commander known as the "Sword of God", see Khalid ibn al-Walid. For the album by Quasi, see The Sword of GodThe Abu Sayyaf Group (; , ASG; ), also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several militant Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern islands of the Philippines, in Bangsamoro (Jolo, Basilan, and Mindanao) where for almost 30 years various Muslim groups have been engaged in an insurgency for a state, independent of the predominantly Catholic Philippines. Abu_Sayyaf | |
| Chupacabra The Chupacabra or Chupacabras (pronunciationSpanish words chupar, meaning "to suck", and cabra, meaning "goat"; literally "goat sucker"), also called El Chupacabra or El Chupacabras in Spanish, is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas. It is associated more recently with sightings of an allegedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico (where these sightings were first reported), Mexico, and the United States, especially in the latter's Latin American communities. Chupacabra | |
| Beetle Beetles are the group of insects with the largest number of known species. They are classified in the order Coleoptera (; from Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing"), which contains more described species than in any other order in the animal kingdom, constituting about 25% of all known life-forms. 40% of all described insect species are beetles (about 350,000 species Beetle | |
| Deforestation Deforestation is the logging and/or burning of trees in the forested area. There are several reasons for doing socharcoal can be sold as a commodity and used by humans, while cleared land is used as pasture, plantations of commodities and human settlement. The removal of trees without sufficient reforestation has resulted in damage to habitat, biodiversity loss and aridity. Deforested regions often degrade into wasteland. Deforestation | |
| Greenpeace Greenpeace is an international non-governmental organization for the protection and conservation of the environment. Greenpeace uses direct action, lobbying and research to achieve its goals. Greenpeace has a worldwide presence with national and regional offices in 46 countries, which are affiliated to the Amsterdam-based Greenpeace International. The global organization receives its income through the individual contributions of an estimated 3 million financial supporters. Greenpeace | |
| Legal aspects of transsexualism Transsexual people are those who establish a permanent identity with the gender opposite to the biological sex at which they were assigned at birth. As most legal jurisdictions have at least some recognition of the two traditional genders at the exclusion of other categories, this raises many legal issues and aspects of transsexualism. Legal_aspects_of_transsexualism | |
| Economy of Malaysia Malaysia is a growing and relatively open economy. In 2007, the economy of Malaysia was the 29th largest economy in the world by purchasing power parity with gross domestic product for 2007 was estimated to be $357.9 billion with a growth rate of 5% to 7% since 2007 The Southeast Asian nation experienced an economic boom and underwent rapid development during the late 20th century and has a GDP per capita of $14,400, being considered a newly industrialized country. Economy_of_Malaysia | |
| Philippines Philippines | |
| Economy of the Philippines Economy_of_the_Philippines | |
| Foreign relations of the Philippines Foreign relations of the Philippines is administered by the President of the Philippines and the nation's Department of Foreign Affairs. Much of the republic's international relations are dominated by the Philippines' ties to its Southeast Asian neighbors, United States, and the Middle East. Foreign_relations_of_the_Philippines | |
| Potato Potato | |
| Quentin Tarantino Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an independent filmmaker whose films used nonlinear storylines and aestheticization of violence. Quentin_Tarantino | |
| Cigarette A cigarette (French "small cigar", from cigar + -ette) is a product consumed through smoking and manufactured out of cured and finely cut tobacco leaves and reconstituted tobacco, often combined with other additives, then rolled or stuffed into a paper-wrapped cylinder (generally less than 120smoulder for the purpose of inhalation of its smoke from the other (usually filtered) end, which is inserted in the mouth. Cigarette | |
| Film festival Talk:Film_festival | |
| Father's Day Father's Day is a day honoring fathers, celebrated on the third Sunday of June in 52 of the world's countries and on other days elsewhere. It complements Mother's Day, the celebration honoring mothers. Father's_Day | |
| Organisation of the Islamic Conference The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is an international organisation with a permanent delegation to the United Nations. It groups 57 member states, from the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, Caucasus, Balkans, Southeast Asia, South Asia and South America. The official languages of the organisation are Arabic, English and French. Organisation_of_the_Islamic_Conference | |
| Ponzi scheme Talk:Ponzi_scheme | |
| Coconut Coconut | |
| Moro Islamic Liberation Front The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is a Muslim revolutionary group located in Southern Philippines. It is one of two Moro armed groups that claim legitimate belligerency against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) for the oppression and suppression it had allegedly done to the Moro people since the Philippines gained independence from the United States in 1946. Moro_Islamic_Liberation_Front | |
| Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport (born June 8, 1976 in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, Tennis magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years. Lindsay_Davenport | |
| Chen Shui-bian Chen Shui-bian (born October 12, 1950) is a Taiwanese politician and former President of the Republic of China. He is colloquially referred to as Ah-Bian (阿扁; Ābiǎn; Taiwanese:Chen, whose Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has traditionally been supportive of Taiwan independence, took office in 2000, ending more than fifty years of Kuomintang (KMT) rule in Taiwan. Chen_Shui-bian | |
| Name change Name change is a basic legal act that is recognized in practically all legal systems to allow an individual the opportunity to adopt a name other than the name given at birth, marriage, or adoption. The procedures and ease with which a person can do so is highly dependent on in which jurisdiction that person resides. In general, common law jurisdictions have rather loose limitations on name changes while civil law jurisdictions are quite restrictive. Name_change | |
| Water Buffalo The Water Buffalo or domestic Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is a large bovine animal, frequently used as livestock in Asia, and also widely in South America, southern Europe, north Africa and elsewhere. In 2000, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that there were approximately 158 million water buffalo in the world and that 97% of them (approximately 153 million animals) were in Asia. Water_Buffalo | |
| John Grisham John Ray Grisham (born February 8, 1955) is an American author, best known for his popular legal thrillers. Before becoming a writer, he was a successful lawyer and politician. As of 2008, his books have sold over 250 million copies worldwide. John_Grisham | |
| Philippine Eagle The Philippine Eagle, Pithecophaga jefferyi, also known as the Great Philippine Eagle, Haribon, or Monkey-eating Eagle, is a bird of prey belonging to the family Accipitridae and the world’s largest eagle. It is the only member of the genus Pithecophaga and is genetically believed to be most closely related to the snake eagles. Philippine_Eagle | |
| Hippocampus (genus) Seahorses are any species belonging to the genus Hippocampus, which, in turn, belongs to the family Syngnathidae, which also includes pipefish and leafy sea dragons. There are over 47 species of seahorse, mainly found in shallow tropical and temperate waters throughout the world. Hippocampus_(genus) | |
| ASEAN The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly abbreviated ASEAN (generally , occasionally ASEAN | |
| Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives (1949-1959) and a member of the Philippine Senate (1959-1965). Ferdinand_Marcos | |
| Slam dunk A slam dunk (or simply a dunk) is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air and manually powers the ball downward through the basket with one or both hands over the rim. This is considered a normal field goal attempt; if successful it is worth two points. The term "slam dunk" was coined by Los Angeles Lakers announcer Chick Hearn. Prior to that, it was known as a dunk shot. Slam_dunk | |
| Catholic sex abuse cases In 2002, criminal charges were brought against five Roman Catholic priests in the Boston area of the United States, (John Geoghan, John Hanlon, Paul Shanley, Robert V. Gale and Jesuit priest James Talbot) which ultimately resulted in the conviction and sentencing of each to prison. Catholic_sex_abuse_cases | |
| Carabao The carabao (Filipino:kalabaw; ) or Bubalus bubalis carabanesis is a domesticated subspecies of the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) found in the Philippines, Guam, and various parts of Southeast Asia. Carabaos are typically associated with farmers, being the farm animal of choice for pulling the plow and the cart used to haul farm produce to the market. Carabao | |
| Baguio City The City of Baguio (Ilokano:Ciudad ti Baguio; Tagalog:Lungsod ng Baguio) is a highly urbanized city in northern Luzon in the Philippines. Baguio City was established by Americans in 1900 at the site of an Ibaloi village known as Kafagway. Baguio City was designated by the Philippine Commission as the Summer Capital of the Philippines on June 1, 1903 and incorporated as a city by the Philippine Assembly on September 1, 1909. Baguio_City | |
| Andrés Bonifacio Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro (November 30, 1863 Filipino revolutionary leader and one of the main leaders of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish colonial rule in the late 19th century. He is regarded as the "Father of the Philippine Revolution" and one of the most influential national heroes of his country. A Freemason, Bonifacio was the leading founder of the Katipunan organization which aimed to start an independence movement against Spain. Andrés_Bonifacio | |
| Foreign relations of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea's foreign policy reflects close ties with Australia and other traditional allies and cooperative relations with neighboring countries. Its views on international political and economic issues are generally moderate. Papua New Guinea has diplomatic relations with 56 countries.Papua New Guinea belongs to a variety of regional organizations, including the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum; the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) (Papua New Guinea is an observer member of the ASEAN); the South Pacific Commission; the Pacific Islands Forum; the Melanesian Spearhead Group and the South Pacific Regional Environmental Program (SPREP). Foreign_relations_of_Papua_New_Guinea | |
| Land reform Land reforms (also agrarian reform, though that can have a broader meaning) is an often-controversial alteration in the societal arrangements whereby government administers possession and use of land. Land reform may consist of a government-initiated or government-backed real estate property redistribution, generally of agricultural land, or be part of an even more revolutionary program that may include forcible removal of an existing government that is seen to oppose such reforms. Land_reform | |
| Television advertisement A television advertisement or television commercial (often just commercial (US) or advert or ad (UK) or ad-film (India)) is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organisation that conveys a message. Advertisement revenue provides a significant portion of the funding for most privately owned television networks. Television_advertisement | |
| Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens (born November 18, 1923) is a former senior United States Senator from Alaska, who served from December 24, 1968 until January 3, 2009. As the longest continuously serving Republican in the Senate, Stevens served as President pro tempore in the 108th and 109th Congresses, serving from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2007, and then held the title President pro tempore emeritus in the 110th Congress, concluding in January 2009. Ted_Stevens | |
| Valentine's Day Valentine's_Day | |
| Manila This article is about the City of Manila. For the greater metropolitan area, see Metro Manila. For the pre-Hispanic entity, see Kingdom of Maynila. For other meanings of the word, see Manila (disambiguation). The City of Manila (Filipino:Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila, is the capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila. Manila | |
| Philippine–American War Philippine–American_War | |
| Philippine–American War Talk:Philippine–American_War | |
| Japanese people The are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries are referred to as . The term "Japanese people" may also be used in some contexts to refer to a locus of ethnic groups including the Yamato people, Ainu people, and Ryukyuans. Japanese_people | |
| Japanese diaspora The Japanese diaspora, and its individual members known as , are Japanese emigrants from Japan and their descendants to other parts of the world. Emigration from Japan first happened and was recorded as early as the 12th century to the Philippines, but did not become a mass phenomenon until the Meiji Era, when Japanese began to go to North America, beginning in 1897 with 35 emigrants to Mexico; and later Latin America, beginning in 1899 with 790 emigrants to Peru. Japanese_diaspora | |
| Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (April 5, 1947) is the fourteenth and current president of the Philippines. Arroyo is the country's second female president, and the daughter of late former Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal.A professor of economics, Arroyo entered government in 1987, serving as assistant secretary and undersecretary of the Department of Trade and Industry upon the invitation of President Corazon Aquino. Gloria_Macapagal-Arroyo | |
| University of the Philippines University_of_the_Philippines | |
| Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans. It may also be referred to as multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA). MRSA is by definition a strain of Staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to a large group of antibiotics called the beta-lactams, which include the penicillins and the cephalosporins. Methicillin-resistant_Staphylococcus_aureus | |
| University of the Philippines, Diliman The University of the Philippines, Diliman, or U.P. Diliman, is the flagship campus, seat of administration, and the largest constituent university of the University of the Philippines System. It is located in Diliman, Quezon City in Metro Manila. It offers courses in Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, Law, Business and Economics, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Music,Archaeology and Fine Arts among others. University_of_the_Philippines,_Diliman | |
| List of shipwrecks This list of shipwrecks is a list of those sunken ships whose remains have been located. List_of_shipwrecks | |
| Tree Sparrow The Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus, is a passerine bird in the family Passeridae with a rich chestnut crown and nape, and a black patch on each pure white cheek. The sexes are similarly plumaged, and young birds are a duller version of the adult. This sparrow breeds over most of temperate Eurasia and Southeast Asia, and has been introduced elsewhere, including the United States (where it is known as the Eurasian Tree Sparrow or German Sparrow to differentiate it from the native, unrelated American Tree Sparrow). Tree_Sparrow | |
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