There are records of the town of Dubai from 1799. Earlier in the 18th century the Al Abu Falasa lineage of Banu Yas clan established itself in Dubai which was a dependent of the settlement of Abu Dhabi until 1833. On 8 Jan 1820 the then sheikh of Dubai was a signatory to the British sponsored "General Treaty of Peace" (the General Maritime Treaty). In 1833, the Al Maktoum dynasty of the Bani Yas tribe left the settlement of Abu Dhabi and took over the town of Dubai, "without resistance". From that point on, Dubai, a newly indep ...

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Dubai, Dubai - History of Dubai, Dubai - The ruler chronology, Dubai - Demographics, Dubai - Language and religion, Dubai - Education, Dubai - Entertainment, Dubai - Real estate and property, Dubai - Stamps and postal history of Dubai, Dubai - Ports, Dubai - Airports, Dubai - Transportation, Dubai - Construction, Dubai - Communities, Dubai - Twinning, Dubai - Sports

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Pune (पुणे in Marathi), formerly known as Punavadi and Poona (पूना in Hindi), is located in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated at the confluence of the Mula and Mutha rivers. Called as the “Queen of the Deccan,” Pune is the cultural capital of Marathi people. According to the 2001 census provisional results, it has a population of 4,485,000 in 2005. This figure includes the population of the city of Pimpri-Chinchwad, which is the industrial twin of Pune. The combined population of ...

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• Pune - Geography
• Pune - Climate
• Pune - History
• Pune - Economy
• Pune - Civic administration
• Pune - Culture
• Pune - Transport system
• Pune - Education
• Pune - Hospitals
• Pune - Places of interest
• Pune - Important roads
• Pune - Important phone numbers
• Pune - Current Events
• Pune - Famous personalities
• Pune - Pune District
• Pune - Pune Division

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Benazir Bhutto (Born 21 June 1953 in Karachi) became the first woman to lead a Muslim country in modern times when she was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988, only to be deposed 20 months later by the President of Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan using the 8th Amendment to dissolve the parliament and allowing for re-elections within 90 days. She was re-elected in 1993 but was dismissed three years later amid various corruption scandals by the then President of Pakistan Farooq Leghari again using his discretionary powers under the 8t ...

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• Benazir Bhutto - Early years
• Benazir Bhutto - Imprisonment elections and exile
• Benazir Bhutto - Charges of corruption & Abuse of Power
• Benazir Bhutto - Afghanistan policy
• Benazir Bhutto - Policies for women
• Benazir Bhutto - Current scenario
• Benazir Bhutto - Books by Ms Bhutto

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Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players each. It is a bat-and-ball game played on a roughly elliptical grass field, in the centre of which is a hard, flat strip of ground some 22 yards long, called the pitch. At each end of the pitch stand a set of wooden poles called a wicket (traditionally made from the wood of the ash tree). A player from one team (the bowler) propels a hard, fist-sized ball from one wicket towards the other. A player from the opposing team (the batsman) attempts to defend the ball ...

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• Cricket - Objective and summary
• Cricket - Laws of cricket
• Cricket - Players and officials
• Cricket - The playing field
• Cricket - Match structure
• Cricket - Batting and scoring runs
• Cricket - Bowling and dismissals
• Cricket - Fielding and wicket-keeping
• Cricket - Other roles
• Cricket - History
• Cricket - Forms of cricket
• Cricket - Test cricket
• Cricket - One-day cricket
• Cricket - First-class matches
• Cricket - Other forms of cricket
• Cricket - International structure

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The United Arab Emirates (also called the UAE) is an oil-rich Middle Eastern country situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, comprising seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain. Before 1971, they were known as the Trucial States or Trucial Oman, in reference of a nineteenth-century truce between the British and some Arab Sheikhs. It borders Oman and Saudi Arabia. United Arab Emirates - History. Including:

• United Arab Emirates - History
• United Arab Emirates - Politics
• United Arab Emirates - Federal institutions
• United Arab Emirates - The 7 Emirates and their present rulers
• United Arab Emirates - Economy
• United Arab Emirates - Human rights and labor issues
• United Arab Emirates - Airlines history
• United Arab Emirates - Geography
• United Arab Emirates - Exclaves and enclaves
• United Arab Emirates - Demographics
• United Arab Emirates - Technology and telecommunications
• United Arab Emirates - Culture
• United Arab Emirates - Holidays
• United Arab Emirates - Universities
• United Arab Emirates - Miscellaneous topics

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Abu Dhabi (Arabic: أبو ظبي ʼAbū Ẓaby) is the largest of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates and was also the largest of the former Trucial States. Abu Dhabi is also a city of the same name within the Emirate that is the capital of the country, in north central UAE. The city lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western coast. An estimated 1,000,000 lived there in 2000, with about an 80% expatriate population. Abu Dhabi city is located at 24.4667° N ...

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• Abu Dhabi - History
• Abu Dhabi - Current ruler
• Abu Dhabi - Postal History
• Abu Dhabi - Climate
• Abu Dhabi - Transport
• Abu Dhabi - Trivia

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List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Algeria. Kabyles Proposed state: Kabylia Political: Mouvement pour l'Autonomie de la Kabylie List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Angola. Cabinda Government-in-exile: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (FLEC) Political: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (FLEC) Violent: Forças Armadas de Cabinda (FAC) ...

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List of active autonomist and secessionist movements, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Africa, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Algeria, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Angola, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Benin, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Cameroon, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Chad, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Comoros, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Congo-Kinshasa, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Côte d'Ivoire, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Equatorial Guinea, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Ethiopia, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - France Africa, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Maldives, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Mauritius, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Morocco, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Namibia, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Niger, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Nigeria, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Rwanda, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Somalia, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Senegal, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - South Africa, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Sudan, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Tanzania, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Western Sahara, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Zambia, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Zimbabwe, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Asia, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Armenia, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Azerbaijan, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Bahrain, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Bangladesh, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - China, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Georgia, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - India, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Indonesia, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Iran, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Iraq, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Israel, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Japan, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Laos, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Lebanon, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Malaysia, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Myanmar, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Pakistan, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Philippines, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Russia Asia, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Sri Lanka, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Syria, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Tajikistan, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Thailand, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Turkey, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - United Arab Emirates, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Uzbekistan, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Vietnam, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Yemen, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Europe, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Albania, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Belgium, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Bosnia and Herzegovina, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Croatia, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Cyprus, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Denmark, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Finland, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - France Europe, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Germany, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Italy, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Republic of Macedonia, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Moldova, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Netherlands Europe, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Norway, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Poland, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Portugal, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Romania, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Russia Europe, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Serbia and Montenegro, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Spain, List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - 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Pottery dating back to 4000 BCE and silver coins of Roman emperors Augustus, Tiberius and Claudius have been excavated in and around present-day Bangalore district, but have not revealed much about its then inhabitants. The inscription stone found near Begur reveals, that the district was part of the Ganga kingdom ruled from Gangavadi until 1004 and was known as 'Benga-val-oru', the City of Guards in old Kannada. The Cholas of Tamil Nadu captured the city in 1015 AD and collected taxes through the local chieftans until 1116. Th ...

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Bangalore, Bangalore - Origin of name, Bangalore - History, Bangalore - Plague-Crisis of 1898, Bangalore - 1900s, Bangalore - Garden City, Bangalore - Current infrastructure crisis, Bangalore - Climate, Bangalore - Culture and education, Bangalore - Economy, Bangalore - Manufacturing industries, Bangalore - Space technology, Bangalore - Silicon Valley, Bangalore - Biotechnology, Bangalore - Urban life, Bangalore - Current concerns, Bangalore - Roads infrastructure and traffic, Bangalore - Airport issues, Bangalore - Slum population, Bangalore - Bangalore Division

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The game is played in accordance with 42 laws of cricket, which have been developed by the Marylebone Cricket Club in discussion with the main cricketing nations. Teams may agree to alter some of the rules for particular games. Other rules supplement the main laws and change them to deal with different circumstances. In particular, there are a number of modifications to the playing structure and fielding position rules that apply to one innings games that are restricted to a set number of fair deliveries. See also:

Cricket, Cricket - Objective and summary, Cricket - Laws of cricket, Cricket - Players and officials, Cricket - The playing field, Cricket - Match structure, Cricket - Batting and scoring runs, Cricket - Bowling and dismissals, Cricket - Fielding and wicket-keeping, Cricket - Other roles, Cricket - History, Cricket - Forms of cricket, Cricket - Test cricket, Cricket - One-day cricket, Cricket - First-class matches, Cricket - Other forms of cricket, Cricket - International structure

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Benazir Bhutto - the eldest child of former Pakistani premier Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, son of Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto (an ethnic Sindhi) and Begum Nusrat Bhutto (who was of Kurdish-Iranian origin), was born in June 21, 1953 in Karachi. Bhutto attended Lady Jennings Nursery School and then the Convent of Jesus and Mary in Karachi. After two years of schooling at the Rawalpindi Presentation Convent, she was sent to the Jesus and Mary Convent at Murree. She passed her O-level examination at the age of 15. In April 1969, she received admission t ...

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Benazir Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto - Early years, Benazir Bhutto - Imprisonment elections and exile, Benazir Bhutto - Charges of corruption & Abuse of Power, Benazir Bhutto - Afghanistan policy, Benazir Bhutto - Policies for women, Benazir Bhutto - Current scenario, Benazir Bhutto - Books by Ms Bhutto

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Although each element (land, sea, and air) wears distinctive uniforms, the CF as a whole has been reduced to two orders of dress: No. 3 Service Dress and No. 5 Operational Dress. No. 4 Base Dress (Garrison Dress in the Army) was eliminated to reduce the number of uniforms members had to ship or pack when going on postings or taskings; either Operational Dress or Service Dress is substituted as appropriate to the situation. No. 1 Ceremonial and No. 2 Mess Dress are normally not provided out of public funds. Generally speaking, Operational Dre ...

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Canadian Forces, Canadian Forces - History, Canadian Forces - Early days, Canadian Forces - Operations, Canadian Forces - Postwar developments, Canadian Forces - Modern reorganization, Canadian Forces - Command structure, Canadian Forces - Land Force Command LFC, Canadian Forces - Maritime Command MARCOM, Canadian Forces - Air Force Command AIRCOM, Canadian Forces - Canadian Forces reserve force, Canadian Forces - Current deployments, Canadian Forces - Canadian Forces bases, Canadian Forces - Army, Canadian Forces - Navy, Canadian Forces - Air Force, Canadian Forces - All services, Canadian Forces - Uniforms, Canadian Forces - Service Dress, Canadian Forces - Operational Dress, Canadian Forces - Berets

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The World Sevens Series is an international rugby union series of tournaments run by the International Rugby Board. The tournaments span the globe, with the following events included in the 2005-06 tour: Dubai (Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground): December 1-2, 2005 South Africa, aka George (Outeniqua Park, George): December 9-10, 2005 New Zealand (Westpac Stadium, Wellington): February 3-4, 2006 USA (Home Depot Center, Carson, California): February 11-12, 2006

Until the mid 20th century the record for the world's tallest structure was relatively clearly defined (see table below.) Since that time however, more debate and confusion has been present over the criteria and definitions involved. In terms of absolute height, most of the tallest structures are the dozens of radio and television broadcasting towers that are around 600 meters (2000 feet) tall. Tall-structure enthusiasts debate: whether guy-wire–supported structures should be eligible to be counted wheth ...

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• World's tallest structures - Tallest structures
• World's tallest structures - Way of comparison
• World's tallest structures - Tallest buildings
• World's tallest structures - Tallest buildings in world history
• World's tallest structures - Currently-standing tallest skyscrapers
• World's tallest structures - Proposed record-breaking structures
• World's tallest structures - Other proposed very tall towers
• World's tallest structures - Radio masts taller than 600 metres
• World's tallest structures - Towers/Skyscrapers

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2005. 2005 in rail transport - Events. 2005 in rail transport - January events. Main article January 2005 in rail transport January 6 - A Norfolk Southern train carrying a few carloads of hazardous materials (including chlorine gas) collides with a parked train in Graniteville, South Carol ...

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• 2005 in rail transport - Events
• 2005 in rail transport - January events
• 2005 in rail transport - February events
• 2005 in rail transport - March events
• 2005 in rail transport - April events
• 2005 in rail transport - May events
• 2005 in rail transport - June events
• 2005 in rail transport - July events
• 2005 in rail transport - August events
• 2005 in rail transport - September events
• 2005 in rail transport - October events
• 2005 in rail transport - November events
• 2005 in rail transport - December events
• 2005 in rail transport - Unknown date events
• 2005 in rail transport - Deaths
• 2005 in rail transport - January deaths
• 2005 in rail transport - February deaths
• 2005 in rail transport - March deaths
• 2005 in rail transport - April deaths
• 2005 in rail transport - May deaths
• 2005 in rail transport - August deaths
• 2005 in rail transport - November deaths

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A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis and especially for tourists. Hotels often provide a number of additional guest services such as a restaurant, a swimming pool or childcare. Some hotels have conference services and encourage groups to hold conventions and meetings at their location. Hotels differ from motels in that most motels have drive-up, exterior entrances to the rooms, while hotels tend to have interior entrances to the rooms, making them safer and more relaxing to peopl ...

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• Hotel - Origins of the term
• Hotel - Services and facilities
• Hotel - Classification
• Hotel - Boutique hotels
• Hotel - Famous Hotels
• Hotel - Unusual hotels
• Hotel - Treehouse hotels
• Hotel - Cave hotels
• Hotel - Ice hotels
• Hotel - Underwater hotels
• Hotel - Other unusual hotels
• Hotel - World-record setting hotels
• Hotel - Tallest
• Hotel - Largest
• Hotel - Oldest
• Hotel - Hotels in fiction
• Hotel - Other usage

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Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. A tourist is someone who travels at least eighty kilometres (fifty miles) from home for the purpose of recreation, as defined by the World Tourism Organization (a United Nations body). A more comprehensive definition would be that tourism is a service industry, comprising a number of tangible and intangible components. The tangible elements include transport systems - air, rail, road, water and now, space; hospitality service ...

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• Tourism - Tourism Classification
• Tourism - Required factors
• Tourism - History
• Tourism - Health tourism & leisure travel
• Tourism - Winter tourism
• Tourism - Mass travel
• Tourism - International mass tourism
• Tourism - Recent developments
• Tourism - Special forms of tourism
• Tourism - Trends

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World Vision, founded in the United States in 1950, is an international Christian relief and development organization whose goal is "working for the well being of all people, especially children." Working on six continents, World Vision is one of the largest Christian relief and development organisations in the world with $1B budget (2005). Its headquarters are in Federal Way, Washington. World Vision - History. World Vision was started by Dr. Bob Pierce, a young Christian minister in China and then Korea, ...

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• World Vision - History
• World Vision - Organizational Structure
• World Vision - Funding
• World Vision - Activities
• World Vision - Countries
• World Vision - Organizational links

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