| Afghanistan Afghanistan
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| Abdul Rashid Dostum Abdul Rashid Dostum (also known as Heavy D, D-Diddy) (born 1954) is a former pro-Soviet fighter during the Soviet war in Afghanistan and is considered by many to be the leader of Afghanistan's Uzbek community. He joined the Afghan military in 1978, fighting with the Soviets and against the mujahideen throughout the 1980s before switching sides and joining the mujahideen. Abdul_Rashid_Dostum
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| Anti-globalization movement The anti-globalization movement is critical of the globalization of capitalism. Participants base their criticisms on a number of related ideas. What is shared is that participants stand in opposition to the unregulated political power of large, multi-national corporations and to the powers exercised through trade agreements. Anti-globalization_movement
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| Anti-globalization movement Talk:Anti-globalization_movement
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| Foreign policy of the United States The foreign policy of the United States is the policy by which the United States interacts with foreign nations. United States foreign policy is highly influential on the world stage, as it is the only remaining superpower. The global reach of the United States is backed by a 13 trillion dollar economy, the largest in the world of all countries formally recognized by the United States for which data is available is here; the military expenditures for said countries is available here; and the political details are available on the main United States page here here. Foreign_policy_of_the_United_States
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| Diego Garcia Diego Garcia is an island considered the largest atoll, in terms of land area, of the Chagos Archipelago, and is part of the British Indian Ocean Territories. The island is located in the Indian Ocean, about 1,600India. Other countries in the vicinity of Diego Garcia include Sri Lanka and Maldives.In the 1960s, the Chagos archipelago was secretly leased to the United Kingdom and detached from Mauritius with the intention of expelling its entire population and establishing a military base. Diego_Garcia
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| Free software movement free software movement (abbreviated FSM) is a social movement which aims to promote user's rights to access and modify software. The alternative terms "software libre", "open source", and "FOSS" are associated with the free software movement. Although drawing on traditions and philosophies among members of the 1970s hacker culture, Richard Stallman is widely credited with launching the movement in 1983 by founding the GNU Project. Free_software_movement
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| History of Haiti The recorded history of Haiti began on December 5, 1492 when the European navigator Christopher Columbus happened upon a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the Caribbean Sea. It was inhabited by the Taíno, an Arawakan people, who variously called their island Ayiti, Bohio, or Kiskeya. Columbus promptly claimed the island for the Spanish Crown, and renamed it La Isla Española ("the Spanish Island"), or Hispañola (later Anglicized as Hispaniola). History_of_Haiti
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| Economy of Haiti Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere; however its potential for leaving its long-associated status is growing. Two-thirds of all Haitians depend on the agriculture sector, mainly small-scale subsistence farming, and remain vulnerable to damage from frequent natural disasters, exacerbated by the country's widespread deforestation. Economy_of_Haiti
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| The Holocaust Industry The Holocaust Industry is a book published in 2000 by Norman G. Finkelstein, who argues that the American Jewish establishment exploits the memory of the Nazi Holocaust for financial and political gain, as well as to further the interests of Israel. According to Finkelstein, this "Holocaust industry" has corrupted Jewish culture, as well as the authentic memory of the Holocaust. Finkelstein's parents were both Holocaust survivors who had been inmates of concentration camps. The_Holocaust_Industry
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| Hamas Hamas
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| Republic of Iraq Talk:Republic_of_Iraq
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| Iran–Iraq War Iran–Iraq_War
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| Israeli settlement Israeli settlements are residential areas inhabited by Jewish Israelis in Arab territory that was occupied during the 1967 Six-Day War. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank, which is militarily occupied by Israel and is under Israeli military administration and partially under the control of the Palestinian National Authority, and in the Golan Heights, which are under Israeli civilian administration. Israeli_settlement
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| Zionist political violence/Talk:Zionist Terrorism Talk:Zionist_political_violence/Talk:Zionist_Terrorism
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| Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) was the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. Prior to becoming president, Carter served two terms in the Georgia Senate followed by the governorship of the State of Georgia, from 1971 to 1975.As president, Carter created two new cabinet-level departmentsDepartment of Energy and the Department of Education. Jimmy_Carter
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| Libertarian socialism Libertarian socialism (sometimes called socialist anarchism, and sometimes left libertarianism) is a group of political philosophies that aspire to create a society without political, economic, or social hierarchies, i.e. a society in which all violent or coercive institutions would be dissolved (or at least drastically reduced in scope), and in their place every person would have free, equal access to the tools of information and production. Libertarian_socialism
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| Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (, ISO 15919:tamiḻ iiḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ; commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers) is a separatist organization based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976, it waged a secessionist campaign that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam
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| Leninism Leninism refers to various related political and economic theories elaborated by the Bolshevik communist leader Vladimir Lenin. Leninism builds upon and elaborates the ideas of Marxism, and serves as a philosophical basis for the ideology of Soviet communism. Leninism
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| Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media This article is about a documentary film, for the similarly named book see Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass MediaManufacturing Consent (1992) is a multi award-winning documentary film that explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, a linguist, intellectual, and political activist. Manufacturing_Consent:_Noam_Chomsky_and_the_Media
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| Noam Chomsky Avram Noam Chomsky (; born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, political activist, author, and lecturer. He is an Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chomsky is well known in the academic and scientific community as one of the fathers of modern linguistics. Since the 1960s, he has become known more widely as a political dissident, an anarchist, and a libertarian socialist intellectual. Noam_Chomsky
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| Naomi Klein Naomi Klein (b. May 8, 1970, Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian journalist, author and activist known for her political analyses and criticism of corporate globalization. Naomi_Klein
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| Pol Pot Pol_Pot
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| Revolution A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turn around") is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time. Aristotle described two types of political revolution Complete change from one constitution to another Modification of an existing constitution. Revolution
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| Rudyard Kipling Talk:Rudyard_Kipling
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| Rogue state Rogue_state
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| September 11 attacks/Archive 2 Talk:September_11_attacks/Archive_2
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| Shinto is the name ascribed to the non-Buddhist religious practices of Japan. The word Shinto ("Way of the Gods") was adopted from the written Chinese (神道), combining two kanji:Chinese word shen); and , or "do" meaning a philosophical path or study (originally from the Chinese word tao). The terms Kami no michi and kannagara can also be used and the meanings are very similar. Shinto
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| Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević, whose last family name sometimes is transliterated as Miloshevich ( ; Serbian Cyrillic:Požarevac, Yugoslavia – 11 March 2006, The Hague, Netherlands) was President of Serbia and of Yugoslavia. He served as the President of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000. He also led the Socialist Party of Serbia from its foundation in 1990. Slobodan_Milošević
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| Green Party (United States) The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is one of the political parties in the United States, and similar in mission to many of the worldwide Green Parties. The Greens, a voluntary association of state parties, have been active as a nationally recognized political party since 2001. Green_Party_(United_States)
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| The Bell Curve The Bell Curve is a controversial, best-selling 1994 book by the late Harvard psychologist Richard J. Herrnstein and American Enterprise Institute political scientist Charles Murray. Its central point is that intelligence is a better predictor of many factors including financial income, job performance, unwed pregnancy, and crime than parents' socioeconomic status or education level. The_Bell_Curve
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| Utopia Utopia is a name for an ideal community or society, taken from the title of a book written in 1516 by Sir Thomas More describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempted to create an ideal society, and fictional societies portrayed in literature. Utopia
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| Uruguay Uruguay
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| 1948 Arab–Israeli War 1948_Arab–Israeli_War
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| Sexual abstinence Sexual abstinence is the practice of voluntarily refraining from some or all aspects of sexual activity. religious or philosophical reasons (e.g., chastity belts); material reasons (to prevent conception - undesired pregnancy - or sexually transmitted disease transmission); psycho-sociological reasons (e.g., clinical depression, social anxiety disorder, increasing testosterone in males, or negative past experiences); or, legal injunctions requiring conformity. Sexual_abstinence
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| American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (abbreviated APA) is a professional organization representing psychologists in the U.S., with around 150,000 members and an annual budget of around $70m. The American Psychological Association is occasionally confused with the American Psychiatric Association, which also uses the acronym APA. American_Psychological_Association
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| Morality Morality (from the Latin 'In its first, descriptive usage, morality means a code of conduct which is held to be authoritative in matters of right and wrong. Morals are created and defined by society, philosophy, religion, or individual conscience. An example of the descriptive usage could be "common conceptions of morality have changed significantly over time." Morality
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| National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR) is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to 797 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, signed into law by President Lyndon B. National_Public_Radio
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| Ramallah Ramallah ( Rām Allāh) (literally "Height of God") is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank adjacent to al-Bireh with a population nearly 25,500. Ramallah is located 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Jerusalem and currently serves as the administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority. Ramallah
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| Turning the other cheek Turning the other cheek is to respond to an aggressor without violence (in every sense of the word). The phrase originates from the Sermon on the Mount in the New Testament. In the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus saysA parallel version is offered in the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke: Turning_the_other_cheek
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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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| Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict is an ongoing dispute between Israelis and the Palestinians. It forms part of the wider Arab–Israeli conflict. Though the State of Israel was established in 1948, the term is usually used also in reference to the earlier phases of the same conflict, between Zionist pioneers and the Arab population living in Palestine under Ottoman or British rule. Israeli–Palestinian_conflict
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| Globalization Globalization (globalisation) is a term for the process by which local, regional or national phenomena become integrated on a global scale.Globalization is often used to refer to economic globalizationtrade, foreign direct investment, capital flows, migration, and the spread of technology. Globalization
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| Flat tax A flat tax (short for flat rate tax) is a tax system with a constant tax rate. Usually the term flat tax would refer to household income (and sometimes corporate profits) being taxed at one marginal rate, in contrast with progressive taxes that may vary according to such parameters as income or usage levels. Flat taxes generally offer simplicity in the tax code, which has been reported to increase compliance and decrease administration costs. Flat_tax
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| Non-governmental organization Non-governmental organization (NGO) is a term that has become widely accepted for referring to a legally constituted, non-governmental organization created by natural or legal persons with no participation or representation of any government. In the cases in which NGOs are funded totally or partially by governments, the NGO maintains its non-governmental status therefore it excludes government representatives from membership in the organization. Non-governmental_organization
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| David Lloyd George David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC (17 January 1863 British statesman and the only Welsh Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; he is also the only one to have spoken English as a second language, Welsh having been his first.During a long tenure of office, mainly as Chancellor of the Exchequer, he was a key figure in the introduction of many reforms which laid the foundations of the modern Welfare State. David_Lloyd_George
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| Mitsubishi The , Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese conglomerate consisting of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark and legacy. The Mitsubishi group of companies form a loose entity, the Mitsubishi Keiretsu, which is often referenced in US and Japanese media and official reports; in general these companies all descend from the zaibatsu of the same name. Mitsubishi
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| Market economy A market economy is an economy based on the division of labor in which the prices of goods and services are determined in a free price system set by supply and demand. This is often contrasted with a planned economy, in which a central government determines the price of goods and services using a fixed price system. Market_economy
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| Hugo Chávez Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías () (born July 28, 1954) is the President of Venezuela. As the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Chávez promotes a political doctrine of participatory democracy, socialism and Latin American and Caribbean cooperation. He is also a critic of neoliberalism, globalization, and United States foreign policy.A career military officer, Chávez founded the left-wing Fifth Republic Movement after orchestrating a failed 1992 coup d'état against former President Carlos Andrés Pérez. Hugo_Chávez
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| Chemical warfare Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons to kill, injure, or incapacitate an enemy.This type of warfare is distinct from the use of conventional weapons or nuclear weapons because the destructive effects of chemical weapons are not primarily due to their explosive force. Chemical_warfare
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