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Joseon Dynasty, Japanese colonial era, and the most recent Republic of ... into three branches: executive, judicial, and legislative. The executive ...

statesman, revolutionary, diplomat, and jurist, best known as the ... Jay served in the Continental Congress and was elected president of that ...

a long-time professor at Harvard University, and the author of several books ... ==Life and work== John Bordley Rawls was born in Baltimore, Maryland ...

1972) was a Canadian statesman, diplomat, and politician, who, in 1957, ... care, student loans, the Canada Pension Plan and Canada's flag. He improved ...

30, 1930) was a prominent American labor and community organizer. Mother ... ==Early Life and Family== Mary was born on the north side of Cork City ...

, was an American botanist, paleontologist, and sociologist, and first president ... Illinois, into the family of Justus Ward and Silence Rolph. His family ...

happiness was the ultimate goal of life, and that it could be achieved ... émigré family; his parents, Neocles and Chaerestrate, both Athenian ...

July 23, 1793) was an early American lawyer and politician and a founding ... Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. ...

field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army and the third and ninth Prime ... was strongly influenced by Prussian military and political ideas, which favored ...

1501-1570). The two lived in the same period and they met in 1558 when T'oegye ... developed Zhu Xi's Thought in Korea and set the path of Korean Neo ...

Many witnesses, including bystanders and journalists, testify that ... of the day largely cleared the soldiers and British authorities of blame ...

against Iran's Mohammed Mosaddeq and returned Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ... However, the Shah's regime was oppressive and rode roughshod ...

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island nation in the Windward ... its native peoples, East Indians, Africans, and the British who settled the ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law [[Image:TVP.JPG ... or agencies are those empowered to use force and other forms of coercion and ...

New Zealand serving three terms between 1999 and 2008. She was New Zealand ... Loosing the 2008 election, she was appointed foreign affairs spokeswoman. ...

born at Monmouth, Wales, September 16, 1387, and he reigned as King of England ... Henry was son of Henry of Bolingbroke, later Henry IV, and Mary de ...

female Prime Minister, from 1993 to 1995, and the third woman leader of ... she was a professor at Bosphorus University and a partner in business with ...

6, 1964) was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played ... is considered to be the country's first and the youngest Philippine President ...

against the corruption of Tammany Hall, and fought to keep taxes low. ... == Early life and career == Tilden was born in New Lebanon in New York ...

S. Continental Congress, minister to France and Great Britain, governor of ... first five U.S. presidents, four were born and lived in Virginia. ...

founder of the present form of the agency, and remained director for 48 years ... World War II, the Korean War, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War. During this ...

branch of the Union's institutions and has been described as one ... procedure (equal rights of amendment and rejection) does not apply ...

minister in the United Methodist Church and leader in the civil rights ... Joseph Echols Lowery was born to Leroy and Dora Lowery on October ...

brothers in the continued violence. Corrigan and Williams believe that women ... gained recognition as a promoter of peace and justice that has inspired ...

is an Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and founder of Children's ... for appearing in public without a headscarf and for allegedly shaking the ...

of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs. There are more than 300 ... rendered much of reservation land unusable and had a catastrophic effect ...

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Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University-Jen ... is one of the eight Ivy League universities and among the most prestigious ...

19, 1917 – July 1, 1999) was the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African ... In 1980, both Nkomo and Mugabe took part in the Lancaster House talks ...

12, 1945 - ) is a Jamaican politician and was the country's Prime ... has had a reputation as a voice for the poor and unemployed, as an advocate ...

1443 – April 6, 1490) was king of Hungary and Croatia, ruling between 1458 ... -a successful military leader of Kuman and Hungarian descent, who had ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law An authorized official can pardon, or forgive, a crime and its penalty; ...

The Belfast Agreement, alternatively and widely known as the Good ... with the Irish Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds and by helping to bring about ...

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of the United States, the 10th Chief Justice of the United States, a ... judge, Governor-General of the Philippines and Secretary of War before being ...

authority was. He succeeded a pious and good man, Pope Celestine but ... Benedict had served as a cardinal priest and papal legate to Sicily, France ...

June 24, 1908) was the 22nd (1885–1889) and 24th (1893–1897) president ... taxes, corruption, patronage, subsidies and inflationary policies. His ...

regardless of sex or gender, in public and private life. Islamic feminists ... Zia who held the post from 1991 to 1996, and was elected again in 2001 ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Social work ameliorating social problems such as poverty and homelessness.]] ...

be tasked with writing a new constitution and deciding a new form of government ... signed by Kerensky as Minister-President and Zarudny as Minister of Justice ...

24, 1929) was a French statesman, physician and journalist. He led France ... Clemenceau, however, secured France's trusteeship of Syria and ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... Category:Marriage and family [[Image:Douglass Helen Eva Frederick.jpg ...

comedian, writer, media personality, and television host. ... Frost Over the World on Al Jazeera English and from 2012, the weekly program ...

two separate countries: The Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is sometimes ... Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. The Slovak government ...

in continental Africa, though Seychelles and São Tomé and Príncipe are ... democracy since 1991, the 1996 and 2002 presidential elections—as ...

in consultation with the Cook Islands and at its request. The Cook Islands ... Pacific Ocean, about half-way between Hawaii and New Zealand, spread out over ...

- May 9, 1987) was a Nigerian politician and leader, a Yoruba Chief, and ... of holding Nigeria's competing regions and tribes together within a federal ...

(November 17, 1558 – March 24, 1603), and Lord High Treasurer from 1572 ... original thinker; but he was a cautious man and a wise counselor, with a rare ...

in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations ... On January 1, 2007, he succeeded Kofi Annan, and passed several major reforms ...

December 6, 1889) was an American statesman and advocate for slavery, most ... the U.S. House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate. He fought ...

22, 1995) married into the Kennedy family and together with her husband ... greater purpose: President John F. Kennedy and Senator and Presidential candidate ...

New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States in 1947 ... The unresolved issues of independence from France and resurgent Kanak ...

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– July 14, 1965) was an American statesman and politician. He was known for ... by people of all persuasions for his vision and thoughtful eloquence that ...

politician, lawyer, military leader, and the 19th President of the ... 4, 1822. His parents were Rutherford Hayes and Sophia Birchard. Hayes was ...

not select or dismiss heads of governments, and governments cannot request ... with few exceptions, most were autocratic and limited the representation ...

November 25, 1997) was the leader of Malawi and its predecessor state, Nyasaland ... By 1993, facing international pressure and widespread protest, a referendum ...

a Chinese statesman, historian, essayist, and poet of the Song Dynasty. ... lifestyle among the mountains, rivers and people of Chuzhou, is acclaimed ...

beginning his parliamentary career as a Tory and concluding it as a Liberal ... were greatly controversial at the time, and remain so today. On the other ...

, was an African-American philanthropist and tycoon. Born Sarah Breedlove ... Despite such odds, Sarah Breedlove, with vision and determination ...

the terms of the Twenty Fifth Amendment, and upon succession to the presidency ... inflation, reviving a depressed economy and solving chronic energy shortages; ...

, British secretary of state for foreign affairs, formerly prime minister ... enabling the return of the Jews to Israel and eventually the unfolding of ...

of Independence from South Carolina and, at the age of 26, the youngest ... A delegate at both the First Continental Congress and the Second Continental ...

1898) was a British Liberal Party statesman and prime minister of the United ... prime ministers, with Winston Churchill and others citing Gladstone as ...

an Italian medieval philosopher, theologian, and church official who held the ... He also attempted to resolve contradictions and paradoxes through making subtle ...

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servant, administrator, businessman, author, and lecturer. In 1948, Whittaker Chambers, a government informant and former Communist ...

of princely states, colonial provinces and possessions. Despite partition ... fragmented between medieval-era kingdoms and provinces organized by colonial ...

The islands are best known for being the home of the descendants of ... of the Tuamotus of French Polynesia, and consist of four islands: Pitcairn ...

was President of France from 1981 to 1995, and was best known for leading ... a strong supporter of European integration and did not want Germany to dominate ...

of a European state, the Netherlands, and two Caribbean states, Aruba ... The original native people of Aruba and surrounding islands were the ...

a leader of the Indian independence movement and first Prime Minister of the ... As the son of the wealthy Indian barrister and politician Motilal ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology NAACP representatives E. Franklin Jackson and Stephen Gill Spottswood meeting ...

along the state line with Nebraska and flows northwest, past the ... historical conflict between Native Americans and white Americans. The first ...

Dominion of India between August 15, 1947 and January 26, 1950 and that ... quot; at the top, white in the middle, and green at the bottom. In the ...

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(most of which are volcanically active) and 36 smaller islets with a total ... The islands were explored by Russians in the seventeenth and eighteenth ...

reign saw vital developments in legislature and government—in particular ... a coup against his regent, Roger Mortimer, and began his personal reign. ...

a successful mining engineer, humanitarian, and administrator. He exemplified ... Hoover took office in 1929, amid high hopes for the country and his ...

of Madagascar. Largely populated by Indian and Creole descendants of those ... upscale tourists. Though it was once the home of the extinct dodo bird, ...

India as it acquired auxiliary governmental and military functions, until ... initiatives, such as education provision and measures aimed at creating ...

Bible. It is part of Judaism's Torah and Christianity's Old Testament ... The language of Deuteronomy is often inspiring and poetic, portrayed ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Communication ... between two or more people (the interviewer and the interviewee) where questions ...

is officially conducted by the President and the Secretary of State. Less ... of the United States repeatedly mentioned and emphasized by government officials ...

The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental ... a fundamental change in the way people think and act, so that global solidarity ...

#039;u'lláh is seen as the most recent and pivotal, but not final of ... is unity: the unity of God, of religion, and of humankind. These principles ...

bordering Guangdong province in the north and facing the South China Sea ... serve as an entrepôt of the British Empire, and grew rapidly into a center ...

the twenty-third Prime Minister of Australia and longest serving Australian ... state-owned Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and stabilized the economy. Aboriginal ...

chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974) and leader of the Social Democratic ... North-South divide, conserve the environment and build a world "in which ...

) spans nearly a century of political tensions and open hostilities ... Despite involving a relatively small land area and number of casualties ...

world, is located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, ... It is a self-governing Danish province. Though physiographically and ...

the Gdańsk Shipyards, where Lech Wałęsa and others formed Solidarity ( ... Nonviolence: The Dispute Between Realists and Idealists (Routledge, 2004 ...

Kyiv, pronounced [ˈkɪjiu̯], the capital and the largest city of Ukraine ... Kiev is an important industrial, scientific, educational and cultural ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Communication ... the father of the field of public relations, and was named as one of the one ...

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She is the eldest daughter of Queen Juliana and her husband, Prince Bernhard ... of the twenty-first, beginning with Emma and ending with Beatrix. Beatrix ...

Union armies during the American Civil War and the eighteenth President of ... Grant's tenacity in war was matched by his discretion and magnanimity ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Social work ... providing humanitarian aid to persons and communities who have suffered ...

, but communities exist across the country and significant numbers also live ... Han Chinese except that they practice Islam, and have some distinctive cultural ...

rest in Judaism, some forms of Christianity, and other religious traditions ... with Sunday as a day of special worship and evolved a less strict attitude ...

prophets" of the Old Testament, and the son of Hilkiah, a priest ... scribe who transcribed much of his work and probably provided many of ...

– March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served ... faculty of Georgetown University in 1982 and advised Democratic candidates ...

1969-1972), Minister of Finance (1972-1974), and briefly as Minister of Economics ... for peaceful resolution of conflict, and to end war. Speaking before ...

Her mother, Wilhelmina reigned from 1890 and saw the start of the twentieth ... in international development, peace and humanitarian work helped to ...

who, with near contemporaries Stendhal and Honore de Balzac, is credited ... Flaubert's best-known and influential novel, Madame Bovary, explored ...

from governments in the United States and Canada where it is celebrated ... Unfortunately, that day has not yet arrived, and the contributions of Black ...

in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004 and then as a United States Senator ... Obama graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where ...

the President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973, and as Prime Minister from 1973 ... for the welfare of all his fellow citizens and made providing "Bread ...

of North America in western South Dakota and extending into northeastern ... The Hills, which cover an area 125 miles long and 65 miles wide, include ...

#039;Ali Khan, the last of the Zand dynasty, and had reasserted Persian sovereignty ... Britain and Iran fought a war in 1856 over territory between Iran ...

dependencies of the bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey, and also take in the ... a launching pad for an invasion of Britain, and once Germany had lost the ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... belief, resources, preferences, needs, risks and a number of other conditions ...

January 12, 2020) was an English philosopher and writer who specialized in ... France. From 1971 to 1992 he was a lecturer and professor of aesthetics at ...

the first time a high visibility platform and base for a presidential candidacy ... policy, especially with the Soviet Union and China, and his efforts to ...

an important leader of the Democratic Party, and, as president, attempted to ... In 1973, Johnson's years of overeating, excessive drinking, and ...

is also that nation's capital city and its administrative, commercial ... churches, in the city’s 100 museums, and celebrated with the annual ...

the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize and the Caribbean Sea to the northeast ... recent history has been plagued by civil war and military coups, which have ...

abolition of the state, private property, and capitalism in favor of common ... private property, especially the means and assets of mass production; ...

Enki was the god of water, crafts, intelligence, and creation. He ... Semitic gods such as the Canaanite El and the Hebrew Yahweh. The patriarch ...

who served as governor of South Carolina and as a United States Senator ... Timothy Noah, [https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2002/12/the-legend ...

woman who had supported the revolution and was a supporter of the Girondins ... While Corday was a young girl, her older sister and their mother, ...

in a denouncement of alternative practices and interpretations. There are ... "fundamentals" of Biblical faith, and who stressed the literally ...

(although this was not confirmed until 1239) and by renouncing his claims to ... Sicily. As discontent with Henry's wars and demands for subsidies grew ...

blend of people of South Indian, Sinhalese, and Arab ethnicity. ... established hegemony over Maldivian affairs. But the British expelled ...

South Asian nation situated between India and China. A strategic location ... tightly controls foreign influences and tourism to preserve its traditional ...

the failure of the Provisional Government and the 74-year reign of communism. ... decided to grant basic civil liberties and hold elections to a newly ...

president of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd governor of California ... newspaper columnist, motion picture and television actor, president ...

more famous gods such as Odin, Thor, Loki, and Freyja. Such Minor Aesir, ... memorable characters, heroic sacrifice, and epic battles. In the history ...

consumed or even prohibit its production and consumption entirely. In predominantly ... violence associated with alcohol abuse, and the large share of household ...

Morocco and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia al-Hamra ... be able to adequately control its territory and might be subject to manipulation ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Social work ... all prisoners of conscience; to ensure fair and prompt trials for political ...

1862 – June 3, 1900) was an English writer and explorer whose writing on ... Kingsley was courageous to challenge the imperial order and to cross ...

general of the army, secretary of state, and the third secretary of ... of war "insofar as humanly possible, and in this way make war impossible ...

officials, in pursuit of their own agenda and goals. Government entities ... actors who have their own political agenda and seek to promote it in opposition ...

political philosopher, musician, poet, and playwright. He was a key figure ... another into the hands of foreign powers, and governments rising and falling ...

military officer during World War II and the 34th President of the ... president, Eisenhower worked to bring North and South Korea to a negotiated ...

military leader of the American Revolution and the first president of the ... States, the Inter-American Development Bank, and other national and international ...

Nonviolence is the practice of being harmless to self and others under ... from both religious or ethical beliefs and political analysis. Religious ...

the agency's focus beyond Europe and prepared it for an explosion ... the Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismailis and Princess Andrée Aga Khan ...

the first president of the United States and the leader of the revolutionary ... The monument is made of marble, granite, and sandstone. It was designed ...

it has proved influential since its passage and many of its articles have ... The Declaration guarantees many important and fundamental human rights ...

Parliament also includes the Sovereign and the upper house, the House ... at some point during the fourteenth century and has been in continuous existence ...

The Victorian era of the United Kingdom and its overseas Empire was ... of peace, known as the Pax Britannica, and economic, colonial, and industrial ...

Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the ... the city's two familiar nicknames, Motor City and Motown. ...

– August 27, 1979), was a British admiral and statesman, a great grandson ... In India, he enjoyed excellent relations with Jawaharlal Nehru and ...

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Revolution. For the military campaign and notable battles, see American ... In this period, the colonies rebelled against Britain and entered ...

frontier towns, gambler, saloon-keeper, and miner. He is best known for ... a law enforcer serves as a corrective over-and-against the way in which such ...

26, 2021) was a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide ... Mandela, he chaired the nation's Truth and Reconciliation Commission ...

such as the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, and is considered ... between Pope Innocent III, King John, and his English barons about the ...

consisting of two chambers, the Senate and the House of Representatives ... of Representatives represents a district and serves a two-year term. "House ...

controlled conflict between the government and the armed forces by creating ... As president and head of the Baath Party, Saddam espoused secular ...

Lyon, who gave away his property around 1177 and went about preaching apostolic ... of Waldensians in Europe, South America, and North America. Many groups ...

1925) was a British Conservative statesman, and hereditary peer seven times ... Curzon's tenure in India was characterized by pomp and splendor ...

served nearly 12 years as both the 50th and 52nd Governor of Arkansas ... continued to transition from the Cold War, and the United States experienced ...

Its history has been a record of commitment to political independence ... in South Carolina's economy, and the focus of textile production ...

was a British Conservative politician and prime minister of the United ... In 1918, after serving in local politics and as lord mayor of Birmingham ...

astronomer, alchemist, inventor, and natural philosopher, who is ... enunciated his law of universal gravitation and three laws of motion. He thus ...

served as an ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra and Grand Master of the French ... price controls, strong punishment for crime and terrorism, and business privatization ...

have interacted, traded, migrated through, and often fought. Invaders and ... It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan ...

fell in 1644, remnants of the Ming throne and power (now collectively called ... masted ships of 1,500 tons displacement, and a standing army of 1,000,000 ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole }} The Creek are ...

past, throughout a vast number of cultures and nations. Women have played ... the course of human history. Natural justice demanded that women have ...

or (archaically) Columbia–is a federal republic of 50 states and ... seventeenth century, when British, Dutch, and German colonists began migrating ...

1970) was a British philosopher, logician, and mathematician, working mostly ... Russell was born at the height of Britain's economic and political ...

comedy film directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra ... to a number of Gandhigiri protests in India and in the United States: "For ...

, West Indian spokesman of black nationalism and economic development, was ... leader, whose gift of appealing to dreams and ideals fired the minds and ...

was a British statesman who guided Britain and the British Empire through ... 1909 Budget had also rearmed the Royal Navy, and so contributed to the 1918 ...

of Russia, Alexander III (1881 - 1894) and Nicholas II (1894 - 1917) ... Following months of civil unrest and outbreaks of violence in what ...

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the peace treaties between the Allied and Associated Powers and the ... administer territories formerly under German and Ottoman rule, introducing ...

is located in the middle of Beijing, China and now houses the Palace Museum ... whose extensive collection of artwork and artifacts was built upon the ...

Led by Martin Luther King Jr., James Bevel, Fred Shuttlesworth, and ... cities in the United States, both culturally and as enforced by law. Black ...

House of Representatives (1949-1959) and a member of the Philippine ... to increase agricultural productivity, and to dismantle the oligarchy ...

America's foremost civil rights leader and is deemed by many as the greatest ... 1968. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s impact and legacy was not limited to ...

Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north. ... known locally as a center for pearl–diving and boat construction, Kuwait ...

25, 2005) was an American psychiatrist and author, best known for his ... on the way to developing a mature character, and promoted discipline, or to ...

an American professional baseball catcher and coach in Major League Baseball ... Berg was a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School ...

governor of New York, U.S. vice president, and twenty-sixth president of ... the later President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the uncle of Eleanor Roosevelt ...

capital Freetown was founded in 1787 as a home for enslaved Africans who ... incursions. To end rebel activities, UN and British forces disarmed 17 ...

Congo, often referred to as DRC or Congo, and formerly as Zaire, is the ... Both before and after independence, the Congolese have endured exploitation ...

John Stuart Mill (May 20, 1806 - May 8, 1873), an English philosopher ... happiness for the greatest number of people, and distinguished among the quality ...

population of primarily Jewish religion and background, it is the world ... sites (such as the remains of the First and Second Temples of the Jewish ...

racially motivated massacre of black people and the destruction of a black ... the event. The survivors, their descendants, and the perpetrators all remained ...

August 25, 2018) was an American politician and naval officer. He was a prisoner ... After being investigated and largely exonerated in a political influence ...

the Indus River. The Constitution of India and common usage in Hindi also ... country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy ...

27, 1859 – June 4, 1941) was the third and last German Emperor and the ... the economy of that state was designed and geared for war; Germany was ...

influential British businessman, politician, and statesman. member, a campaigner for educational reform, and President of the Board of ...

in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic ... in the late fifteenth century, British and French expeditions explored ...

Major-General Orde Charles Wingate, Distinguished Service Order (DSO ... He knew that unless fought for a just cause and to defeat evil, war becomes ...

Two Holy Mosques" in reference to Mecca and Medina, considered by Islam ... Saudi Arabia is the world's leading petroleum producer and exporter ...

15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the ... famous for his roles in preserving the Union and helping to end slavery in ...

army on May 10, 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon erupted into other mutinies ... Quote: "The 1857 rebellion was by and large confined to northern ...

Romania is a country in Southeastern Europe bordering Hungary and ... of the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859. The state ...

of America. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota (Sioux) American Indian ... River, dividing the state into two socially and economically distinct halves ...

the "Pearl of the Indian Ocean," and is home to more than 20 million ... island was ruled by independent kingdoms, and at one time was integrated ...

populous state with 3.4 million residents and is ranked 48th in size by ... was one of the thirteen original colonies and in 1788 became the fifth state ...

Nations, to which it was admitted in 1993, and other international institutions ... Macedonia is located at "the crossroads between East and West ...

sector energy corporations in the world, and one of the six "supermajors ... Company, Ltd., registered in 1909 to extract and refine oil from an oil-field ...

by Cambodian head of state Norodom Sihanouk and was later adopted by English ... as that in Rwandan Genocide in 1994 and in Bosnia during the war in ...

economist, known for his work in many fields and particularly in welfare economics ... for the famous distinction between private and social marginal products and ...

The Kingdom of Denmark is geographically the smallest and southernmost ... Denmark borders the Baltic Sea on the southeast and the North Sea ...

under the control of a USAF airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft ... in failing to exercise appropriate control and for not intervening in the ...

formed as the "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" after World ... Republic of Yugoslavia (FPRY)" (1946), and the "Socialist Federal ...

Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of several past and present organizations ... on intimidating "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags" as on ...

São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São ... Upon achieving independence from Portugal in 1975, São Tomé and ...

, Hagadah Hamaaravit), also known as Judea and Samaria, is a landlocked ... Jews as the birthplace of the Jewish peoples and is the location of the main ...

years, through both periods of tolerance and spasms of antisemitic violence ... these did not guarantee the safety, security and survival of the Jews. ...

the north by the United States; on the south and west by the North Pacific ... country in the Americas by total area and 14th largest in the world ...

would replace the Republic of China in 1971, and Russia replaced the Soviet ... by the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union and their ...

political corruption, acted as riot police and as detectives, protected the ... the most important events of Texas history and were involved in some of the ...

Kingdom, but external relations, defense, and ultimate good-governance of ... The Isle of Man was controlled by Norse, Scottish, and English lords ...

India, officially the British Indian Empire, and internationally and contemporaneously ... Prior to 1858, Britain's interests and possessions in India had been ...

)), was a Dominican military commander and dictator who ruled the ... He served as president from 1930 to 1938 and again from 1942 to 1952 ...

trials held by the Soviet Union between 1936 and 1938 at the instigation of ... of the Seventeen', January 1937); and # the "Case of the ...

in Poland, were marred by social unrest and economic depression. Poland by the advancing Soviet Red Army, and the Yalta Conference sanctioned ...

born leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The group ... directly involved in ISIL's atrocities and human rights violations. These ...

the banking capital of the Arab world and was widely known as the "Switzerland ... By early 2006, extensive efforts to revive the economy and rebuild ...

κρυπτός kryptós "hidden," and the verb γράφω gráfo ... security of ATM cards, computer passwords, and electronic commerce. It is ...

The Holocaust, also known as The Shoah (Hebrew: השואה HaShoah ... to seven million. Also, about 220,000 Sinti and Roma were murdered in the ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics The history of economic thought concerns thinkers and theories in ...

his own demise in 1799. He had a vision and a mission in life. The vision ... Tipu Sultan was a learned man and an able soldier. He was reputed ...

as Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a U.S. senator from 1932 ... of a net asset tax on large corporations and individuals of great wealth ...

was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for ... His creative output included over 75 plays and libretti, numerous stories ...

November 25, 2016) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary. He governed ... a revolutionary group with his brother Raúl and Che Guevara. After Batista ...

during the French Revolution. Between 1,176 and 1,614 people were killed by ... With widespread fear that foreign and royalist armies would attack ...

Democracy is the name given to a number of forms of government and ... or make decisions. Everyone has a vote and is committed to respecting ...

which lasted from July 1964Peter N. Stearns and William Leonard Langer, The ... land are not genuine war veterans. Some are, and they are cultivating the land ...

was a period of rebellions in northern and central India against British ... main leaders were Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi and Tantia Tope. The British cruelly ...

Lev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij, Trockij and Trotzky) (Old Style Date November ... basis of the Communist theory of Trotskyism, and Trotskyism remains a major ...

Sea coast. It is the easternmost and smallest of the nations situated ... with the famous Phoenician city of Carthage, and later, as the Africa Province ...

between the United States of America and the nascent First Philippine ... end of the war as far as the United States and the Filipino elite were concerned ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... existential themes such as religion, honor, and the meaning of life. Most ...

8, 1793), born Marie-Jeanne Phlipon, and best known under the name ... Initially she led a quiet and unremarkable life as a provincial intellectual ...

end of the Second World War both in Europe and Pacific took place in his ... the eldest child of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen Young Truman ...

) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. ... politics during his time as a logographer, and in 354 B.C.E. he gave his ...

founder of the province of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis people ... the Red River Rebellion of 1869–1870 and the North-West Rebellion of ...

Coast of southwestern India. To its east and northeast, Kerala borders ... influenced Kerala. Later, the Cheran kingdom and feudal Namboothiri Brahminical ...

Civil War (1918-1921), the tenure of Lenin, and the rise of Stalin and Stalinism ... implementation of the New Economic Policy and other aspects of Stalinism ...

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independence by the various Western colonies and protectorates in Asia and ... territory, achieved independence. From 1945 and the end of the twentieth century ...

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