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The Brussels Regime consists of the Brussels Convention, the Lugano Convention, and the Brussels I Regulation. The Brussels Convention, officially the "Convention of 27 September 1968 on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters", (also known as the EEX Convention), was agreed in 1968 by the member states of the EU, with the goal of increasing economic efficiency and promoting the single market by harmonising the rules on jurisdiction and preventing pa ...

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Brussels Regime, Brussels Regime - Overview, Brussels Regime - Scope and content, Brussels Regime - Landmark cases

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Google - Beginning. Google began as a research project in January 1996 [1] by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two Ph.D. students at Stanford. They hypothesized that a search engine that analyzed the relationships between Web sites would produce better results than existing techniques. (Contemporary search engines essentially ranked results according to how many times the search term appeared on a page.) It was originally nicknamed BackRub because the system checked backlinks to estimate a site's imp ...

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Google, Google - History, Google - Beginning, Google - Financing and IPO, Google - Today, Google - Salaries, Google - Management, Google - Corporate culture, Google - Twenty percent time, Google - Googleplex, Google - April Fool's Day jokes, Google - IPO and culture, Google - Google partnerships, Google - Criticism and controversy, Google - Copyright issues, Google - Multinational corporation, Google - Past legal issues, Google - Current legal issue, Google - Personnel issues, Google - Partiality, Google - Offensive Search results, Google - Privacy, Google - The PageRank system, Google - Digital rights management in Google Video, Google - Specific searches

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The genesis of the show began around 2002 when the Seven Network's script executive, Bevan Lee, was asked to create a Home and Away spin off with the hope of attracting the UK's Channel Five (who air Home and Away) as a co-producer. He created a show called Away From Home that told the story of Home and Away characters at the Yabbie Creek University. Channel Five were not interested for various reasons, and a big reworking of the original concept was undertaken and the show was renamed Campus, and later Ten Degrees South - a title eventually rejected due to a possible confusion ...

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HeadLand, HeadLand - Development, HeadLand - Filming locations, HeadLand - Australian broadcast, HeadLand - Cast, HeadLand - Supporting Cast, HeadLand - Guest Cast, HeadLand - Upcoming Recurring Guest Roles, HeadLand - Crew

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2005 in the UK 2005 in Ireland About this page ...

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British and Irish current events, British and Irish current events - Deaths in December, British and Irish current events - Ongoing events, British and Irish current events - Future events, British and Irish current events - Upcoming holidays, British and Irish current events - Sports, British and Irish current events - Featured Seasons, British and Irish current events - Current sports events, British and Irish current events - Upcoming sports events, British and Irish current events - Related pages, British and Irish current events - 6 January 2006 Friday, British and Irish current events - 5 January 2006 Thursday, British and Irish current events - 4 January 2006 Wednesday, British and Irish current events - 31 December 2005 Saturday, British and Irish current events - 22 December 2005 Thursday, British and Irish current events - 19 December 2005 Monday, British and Irish current events - 15 December 2005 Thursday, British and Irish current events - 14 December 2005 Wednesday, British and Irish current events - 13 December 2005 Tuesday, British and Irish current events - 9 December 2005 Friday, British and Irish current events - 8 December 2005 Thursday, British and Irish current events - 5 December 2005 Monday, British and Irish current events - 1 December 2005 Thursday, British and Irish current events - 24 November 2005 Thursday, British and Irish current events - 23 November 2005 Wednesday, British and Irish current events - 13 November 2005 Sunday, British and Irish current events - 9 November 2005 Wednesday, British and Irish current events - 4 November 2005 Friday, British and Irish current events - 25 October 2005 Tuesday, British and Irish current events - 20 October 2005 Thursday, British and Irish current events - 19 October 2005 Wednesday, British and Irish current events - 17 October 2005 Monday, British and Irish current events - 6 October 2005 Thursday, British and Irish current events - 3 October 2005 Monday, British and Irish current events - 2 October 2005, British and Irish current events - Past British and Irish events by month

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Various Heads of State use a multitude of different styles and titles, often with many variations in content under diverse constitutions, even in a given state. In numerous cases, two or more of the following peculiar types apply, not counting the primary duo monarchy-republic. In a monarchy, the monarch is the head of state. This is a relatively recent phenomenon; until the last few decades a sovereign was seen as the personal embodiment of the state, and therefore could not be head of themselves (hence many constitutions from the 19 ...

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Head of state, Head of state - Constitutional models, Head of state - Presidential system, Head of state - Semi-presidential systems, Head of state - Parliamentary system, Head of state - Non-executive heads of state, Head of state - Complications with categorisation, Head of state - Roles of the head of state, Head of state - Symbolic role, Head of state - Chief diplomatic officer, Head of state - Chief executive officer, Head of state - Chief appointments officer, Head of state - Legislative roles, Head of state - Supreme commander of the military, Head of state - Summoning and dissolving the legislature, Head of state - Other prerogatives, Head of state - Selection and various types and styles of Heads of state, Head of state - Legitimacy & Term in office, Head of state - Absent and Substitute heads of state, Head of state - Theocratic Ecclesiastic and other Religious states, Head of state - City states and crowned republics, Head of state - Multiple or collective Heads of State, Head of state - Curiosa and residual cases, Head of state - Former heads of state

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Sheffield is located at 53°23′N 1°28′W. It lies directly beside Rotherham, from which it is separated by the M1 motorway. Although Barnsley Metropolitan Borough also borders Sheffield to the north, the town itself is a few miles further. The southern and western borders of the city are shared with Derbyshire; in the first half of the 20th century Sheffield extended its borders south into Derbyshire, annexing a number of villages.[3 ...

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Sheffield, Sheffield - Geography, Sheffield - People, Sheffield - Districts, Sheffield - History, Sheffield - Industry and economy, Sheffield - Government and politics, Sheffield - International Links, Sheffield - Sport, Sheffield - Culture and attractions, Sheffield - Music, Sheffield - Attractions, Sheffield - Media and film, Sheffield - Education, Sheffield - Transport, Sheffield - National and international travel, Sheffield - Local travel, Sheffield - References and notes

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Flash mob events quickly spread to Asia, and by August 2003 to Europe, Latin America and Australia. The first flash mob in India took place on October 4, 2003 outside a shopping centre. A group of 70 people gathered, talking loudly about stock prices and then dancing for a few minutes. More flash mob events were planned for Mumbai, but the police there introduced strict security restrictions in response to bomb blasts that occurred around the time. Police permission would have needed to be sought before a gathering of more than five people could take place. Fl ...

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Flash mob, Flash mob - Origins, Flash mob - Usage and effects, Flash mob - Around the world, Flash mob - Recent flash mobs in Britain, Flash mob - Brazil, Flash mob - Canada, Flash mob - France, Flash mob - Other forms of flash mob activity

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As of 2005, Fiji has become embroiled in a number of disagreements with other countries, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand, China, and Vanuatu. Foreign relations of Fiji - Tensions with the United States. On 2 March 2005, Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase strongly reacted to a U.S. State Department report criticizing Fiji for practicing racial discriminiation, and for the racial divide between Fiji's two main political parties, the United Fiji Party (mostly indigenous Fijian) and the Fiji La ...

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Foreign relations of Fiji, Foreign relations of Fiji - Diplomatic and trade developments, Foreign relations of Fiji - Tensions with the United States, Foreign relations of Fiji - Relations with Australia, Foreign relations of Fiji - Relations with China and Taiwan, Foreign relations of Fiji - Relations with New Zealand, Foreign relations of Fiji - Concern over reduced British presence, Foreign relations of Fiji - Trade war with Vanuatu, Foreign relations of Fiji - Relations with India, Foreign relations of Fiji - Relations with Tonga, Foreign relations of Fiji - Relations with Papua New Guinea, Foreign relations of Fiji - Relations with the European Union, Foreign relations of Fiji - Fijian missions abroad, Foreign relations of Fiji - Foreign reaction to Fijian legislation, Foreign relations of Fiji - Fiji and international organizations, Foreign relations of Fiji - Oceania Customs Organisation, Foreign relations of Fiji - World Trade Organization, Foreign relations of Fiji - International Labour Organization, Foreign relations of Fiji - Diplomatic initiatives

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Though Hong Kong has been inhabited since the Neolithic Age, the area now known as Hong Kong was an important trading region, and also a significant strategic location for the Chinese mainland during the Tang and Song dynasties and the subsequent Mongol invasion. After that, the prominence of Hong Kong fell, and only began to attract the attention of China again and the rest of the world in the 19th century when it was ceded to Britain after the Opium Wars. Hong Kong was first visited by a European in 1513, the Portuguese mariner Jorge Álva ...

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong - History, Hong Kong - Politics and government, Hong Kong - Legal system and judiciary, Hong Kong - Geography, Hong Kong - Administrative divisions, Hong Kong - Economy, Hong Kong - Demographics, Hong Kong - Education, Hong Kong - Culture, Hong Kong - Religion, Hong Kong - Architecture, Hong Kong - Transport, Hong Kong - Military, Hong Kong - International rankings, Hong Kong - Footnotes

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Expulsion of Germans after World War II - Germany. After World War II many expellees (German: Heimatvertriebene) from the land east of the Oder-Neisse received refuge in both West Germany and East Germany. Some of the expellees are active in politics and belong to the political right-wing. Many others do not belong to any organizations, but they continue to maintain what they call a lawful right to their homeland. The vast majority pledged to work peacefully towards that goal while rebuilding post-war Germ ...

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Expulsion of Germans after World War II, Expulsion of Germans after World War II - Wording of the actual agreement, Expulsion of Germans after World War II - Discussion of the reasons, Expulsion of Germans after World War II - The results, Expulsion of Germans after World War II - Summary of German Expellee Population, Expulsion of Germans after World War II - Historical development, Expulsion of Germans after World War II - Germany, Expulsion of Germans after World War II - Poland, Expulsion of Germans after World War II - Czechoslovakia, Expulsion of Germans after World War II - Hungary, Expulsion of Germans after World War II - Russia, Expulsion of Germans after World War II - Development

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The first of the 'easy' companies was the no frills airline, easyJet, started in March 1995. Four years later, in 1999, an internet café chain, easyEverything (now easyInternetcafé) was opened, with the first located in London. In April 2000 the company set-up the car rental company, easyRentacar (now easyCar) and, later, the internet shopping comparison site, easyValue, firstly in partnership with Ke ...

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EasyGroup, EasyGroup - History, EasyGroup - easyCruise, EasyGroup - easyMobile, EasyGroup - easyCinema DVD Rental, EasyGroup - easy Companies, EasyGroup - In the pipeline

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In early April, 1940, Electra escorted 2 convoys to Norway and back. The first trip, which also included HMS Escapade and the cruiser HMS Southampton, was uneventful. On the second trip, the convoy was attacked by German bombers. An ex-Polish liner serving as a transport was sunk, but the rest of the convoy safely arrived. After the convoy was delivered, Electra was tasked to drop off two Army officers at a desolate location. During this time, Electra shot do ...

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HMS Electra H27, HMS Electra H27 - Early War Service, HMS Electra H27 - Norway, HMS Electra H27 - Bismarck Episode, HMS Electra H27 - Russian Convoy, HMS Electra H27 - To the Far East, HMS Electra H27 - Force Z at Singapore, HMS Electra H27 - Convoy Duty, HMS Electra H27 - Battle of the Java Sea, HMS Electra H27 - Survivors, HMS Electra H27 - The Wreck

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A ten-member court martial panel was named on 5 October. Military spokesman Captain Neumi Leweni and lawyer Sevuloni Valenitabua announced that that Lieutenant Colonel Apakuki Kurusiga had been appointed President of the court martial, with Fiji Law Society President Graeme Leung as the Judge Advocate. Other members of the panel named were Major Sitiveni Qiliho, Captain Anil Kumar, Lieutenant Eliki Salusalu, Lieutenant Marika Vosawale, Captain Viliame Tokalautawa, Captain Viliame Kolinisau and Captain Vatimio Leva. < ...

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Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - Retrial ordered, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - Court martial panel named, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - Multiple adjournments, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - Contempt of court allegations; release on bail, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - The Military's response, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - Other criticisms of the delay, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - Leung commissioned, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - The court martial reconvenes, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - Soldiers plead guilty, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit Court Martial Fiji - Soldiers demand to be paid

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Hilde Rake grew up in Berlin-Mitte (downtown). Her mother ran a small leatherware shop. After finishing vocational school, she worked as a language teaching assistant through much of the 1930s. Hilde Rake was working in Berlin as a clerk at the Reich Insurance Institute for Clerical Workers when she got to know Hans Coppi, who had only just been released from prison. Already by 1933, Rake had had contact with members of t ...

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Hilde Coppi, Hilde Coppi - Life, Hilde Coppi - Source

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Even though Hong Kong has been inhabited since the Neolithic Age, the area now known as Hong Kong was an important trading region, and also a significant strategic location for the Chinese mainland during the Tang and Song dynasties and the subsequent Mongol invasion. After that, the attention of Hong Kong fell, and only began to attract the attention of China again and the rest of the world in the 19th century when it was ceded to Britain after the Opium Wars. Hong Kong was first visited by a European in 1513, the Portuguese mariner Jorge � ...

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong - History, Hong Kong - Politics and government, Hong Kong - Legal system and judiciary, Hong Kong - Geography, Hong Kong - Administrative divisions, Hong Kong - Economy, Hong Kong - Demographics, Hong Kong - Education, Hong Kong - Culture, Hong Kong - Religion, Hong Kong - Architecture, Hong Kong - Transport, Hong Kong - Military, Hong Kong - International rankings, Hong Kong - Footnotes

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1988 in South Africa - January. 1 January - Nordic countries implement comprehensive sanctions against South Africa and South West Africa which are intended to counteract apartheid 10 January - 6 African National Congress members are injured in a car bomb explosion in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 25 January - Guerrillas wound a policeman when they open fire at a police roadblock set up at Ugie A Limpet mine explodes at the Kokstad Men's Club opposite the police station 27 January - Guerrillas open fire on a police vehicle in Soweto a ...

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1988 in South Africa, 1988 in South Africa - Events, 1988 in South Africa - January, 1988 in South Africa - February, 1988 in South Africa - March, 1988 in South Africa - April, 1988 in South Africa - May, 1988 in South Africa - June, 1988 in South Africa - July, 1988 in South Africa - August, 1988 in South Africa - September, 1988 in South Africa - October, 1988 in South Africa - November, 1988 in South Africa - December, 1988 in South Africa - Unknown date, 1988 in South Africa - Births, 1988 in South Africa - Deaths

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1994 in South Africa - January. 16 January - The Pan Africanist Congress suspends its armed struggle 1994 in South Africa - February. 28 February - At midnight Walvis Bay was handed over Namibia Bophuthatswana public servants go on strike 1994 in South Africa - March. 1 March - The African National Congress president Nelson Mandela and Inkatha Freedom Party leader Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi in DurbanSee also:

1994 in South Africa, 1994 in South Africa - Events, 1994 in South Africa - January, 1994 in South Africa - February, 1994 in South Africa - March, 1994 in South Africa - April, 1994 in South Africa - May, 1994 in South Africa - December, 1994 in South Africa - Unknown date, 1994 in South Africa - Sport, 1994 in South Africa - Football Rugby Union, 1994 in South Africa - Football Soccer, 1994 in South Africa - Births, 1994 in South Africa - Deaths

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From 1869 to 1874, Forrest led three expeditions into the uncharted land surrounding the colony of Western Australia. In 1869, he led a fruitless search for the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt, in the desert west of the site of the present-day town of Leonora. The following year, he surveyed Edward John Eyre's land route from Perth to Adelaide. In 1874, he led a party to the watershed of the Murchison River, and then east through the unknown desert centre of Western Australia. Forrest published an account of his expeditions, Explorations in Australia, in 1875. In 1882, He was made a CMG by Queen ...

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John Forrest, John Forrest - Early Years and Family Life, John Forrest - Forrest the Explorer, John Forrest - The search for Leichhardt, John Forrest - The Bight crossing, John Forrest - Across the interior, John Forrest - Premier John Forrest, John Forrest - In Federal Politics, John Forrest - Forrest's character, John Forrest - Forrest in the Landscape

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1977 in South Africa - January. 8 January - the railway line near Soweto is maliciously damaged 1977 in South Africa - February. 24 February - A bomb explodes at the Daveyton Police Station which cause only structural damage 1977 in South Africa - March. 7 March - A Pretoria restaurant destroyed by a bomb 1977 in South Africa - April. 1 April - Pik Botha, South Africa's ambassador in the United States of America is a ...

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1977 in South Africa, 1977 in South Africa - Events, 1977 in South Africa - January, 1977 in South Africa - February, 1977 in South Africa - March, 1977 in South Africa - April, 1977 in South Africa - June, 1977 in South Africa - July, 1977 in South Africa - August, 1977 in South Africa - September, 1977 in South Africa - November, 1977 in South Africa - December, 1977 in South Africa - Unknown date, 1977 in South Africa - Births, 1977 in South Africa - Deaths

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The arrangement of justices north and south of Trent did not become fixed until 1236. John Marshall (apptd. November 8, 1217), justice of the forest of all England Brian de l'Isle (apptd. March 6, 1220), justice of the forest of all England Hugh de Neville (apptd. April 29, 1224), justice of the forest of all England Brian de l'Isle (apptd. October 8, 1229), justice of the forest in the counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, York, Lancaster, Derby, Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Buckingham, Essex, Cam ...

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Justice in Eyre, Justice in Eyre - Early Justices, Justice in Eyre - Justices in Eyre north of the Trent, Justice in Eyre - Justices in Eyre south of the Trent, Justice in Eyre - Source

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List of results of the Australian national rugby league team - Tests. The matches against National Rugby League of Fiji (1996) and Rest of the World (1997) are only considered to be Tests by the Australian Rugby League, and not by the Rugby League International Federation. New Zealand def. Australia 24-0 (26 November 2005) Australia def. Great Britain 26-14 (19 November 2005) Australia def. France 44-12 (13 November 2005) Australia def. Great Britain 20-6 (6 November 2005)< ...

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List of results of the Australian national rugby league team, List of results of the Australian national rugby league team - Australia, List of results of the Australian national rugby league team - Tests, List of results of the Australian national rugby league team - World Cup, List of results of the Australian national rugby league team - Other International Matches, List of results of the Australian national rugby league team - Exhibition Matches, List of results of the Australian national rugby league team - Super League Australia

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The modern Japanese names for the months literally translate to "first month", "second month", and so on. The corresponding number is combined with the suffix -gatsu (month): January - 一月 (ichigatsu) February - 二月 (nigatsu) March - 三月 (sangatsu) April - 四月 (shigatsu) May - 五月 (gogatsu) June - 六月 (rokugatsu) July - 七月 (shichigatsu) August - 八月 (hachigatsu) September - 九月 (kugatsu) October - 十月 (jūgatsu) November - 十一月 (jūichigatsu) ...

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Japanese calendar, Japanese calendar - Years, Japanese calendar - Months, Japanese calendar - Days of the month, Japanese calendar - Days of the week, Japanese calendar - National holidays, Japanese calendar - Timeline of changes to the national holidays, Japanese calendar - Seasonal days, Japanese calendar - 24 Sekki, Japanese calendar - Zassetsu, Japanese calendar - Seasonal festivals, Japanese calendar - Rokuyō, Japanese calendar - April 1

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