Gang warfare is the conflict between opposing gangs. Gang warfare is commonly held over turf boundary disputes, the takeover of an area in order to bring in narcotics to push on the streets, personal rivalries, or simply the fact that the opposing group is different in some way. Gang warfare takes a huge toll on cities, families, and communities involved, especially many cities in South/Central America and South Africa where the levels of gang violence ha ...

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Gangs have been known to claim colors such as red or blue, a trend that started as far back as the late 18th century and early 19th century with the rivalry of the Roach Guards and the Dead Rabbits of New York's Five Points district and later with Mexican bandits and roving marauders in what would later become the Southwest/Western United States. (In the United States, especially in the 1950s and 1960s, "gang colors" can r ...

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Ganges (Ganga): (Sanskrit)

India's most sacred river, 1,557 miles long, arising in the Himalayas above Hardwar under the name Bhagiratha, and named Ganga after joining the Alakanada (where the Sarasvati is said to join them underground). It flows southeast across the densely populated Gangetic plain, joining its sister Yamuna (or Jumna) at Prayaga (Allahabad) and ending at the Bay of Bengal.

See: Gangetic Plain.

(See also: Ganges, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

The Axe Gang(斧頭幫)is a notorious and most powerful gang in Shanghai n the 1920's through the 1940's. It controlled most of Shanghai's businesses and there were brutal slaughterings during gang warfares. Their weapons were axes. Categories: Gangs | Wikipedia articles needing factual verification Other related archivesGangs, Shanghai, Wikipedia articles needing factual verification

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Verdens Gang, commonly known as VG, is Norway's largest newspaper with a circulation of 365 000 copies in 2004. It is published daily in tabloid format. The editor in chief is Bernt Olufsen. The newspaper was started by members of the resistance movement shortly after the country was liberated from German occupation in 1945. The first issue was published June 23, 1945. The newspaper has no party affiliation. VG is today owned by the media conglomerate Schibsted that also owns Aftenposten in addition to shares in most of the larger Norwegian regional pa ...

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Chain gangs were long common in the U.S. South, and featured in a number of books and films set there, such as Cool Hand Luke and O Brother, Where Art Thou The Chain Gang is also what the wrestler John Cena calls his fans. Still in Sports Entertainment, the Chain Gang is considered by Smarks as the mark fan group of John Cena. Livin' on a Chain Gang is a song by the heavy metal band Skid Row. See also. Chain ganging

The Ganges River (Ganga in Indian languages; Ganges is the Latin form) (Devanagari गंगा) is the major river in northern India and Bangladesh. The river has a long history of reverence in India and is often called the 'holy Ganga'. It originates as the Bhagirathi from the Gangotri Glacier in the Uttaranchal Himalayas and joins the Alaknanda near Deoprayag to form the Ganga. Then on, the Ganga flows across the large plains of North India (called the Gangetic Plains) and empties into the Bay of Bengal after dividing ...

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The United Bamboo Gang (竹聯幫, or Chu Lien Pang) is a triad society based in Taiwan. It is sometimes referred to as the Bamboo Union or the Bamboo Alliance. It is the largest of Taiwan's three main triads (the others being the Four Seas and the Celestial Way). United Bamboo Gang - History. The United Bamboo Gang was founded in 1957 in Taipei by sons of Kuomintang army members who had escaped to Taiwan. The name comes from their original territory, Bamboo Forest Road. < ...

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Gang warfare is the conflict between opposing gangs. Gang warfare is commonly held over turf boundary disputes, the takeover of an area in order to bring in narcotics to push on the streets, personal rivalries, or simply the fact that the opposing group is different in some way. Gang warfare takes a huge toll on cities, families, and communities involved, especially many cities in South/Central America and South Africa where the levels of gang violence ha ...

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Apart from street gangs, there are motorcycle gangs (such as Hells Angels, the Gypsy Jokers, Mongols, Vagos, etc.), as well as other clubs that might be designated as gangs based around other shared hobbies or activities. These gangs tend to go international with their activities as soon as they can. The Crips in Los Angeles are famous for bringing their terror in a similar fashion to other cities around the world such as New ...

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Gangs have been known to claim colors such as red or blue, a trend that started as far back as the late 18th century and early 19th century with the rivalry of the Roach Guards and the Dead Rabbits of New York's Five Points district and later with Mexican bandits and roving marauders in what would later become the Southwest/Western United States. (In the United States, especially in the 1950s and 1960s, "gang colors" can r ...

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Ganges (Ganga): The sacred river-believed to be of divine origin-that flows from high up in the Himalayas, through the plains of Northern India, and empties into the Bay of Bengal. Hindus consider that bathing in the Ganges profoundly purifies both body and mind.

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Ganga, Ganges

A holy river of India. The principal river given this name originates in the Himalayas, flows past Hardvar, Prayag (Allahabad), Varanasi (Banaras), and Gaya, and empties into the Bay of Bengal at Gangasagar.

This Ganga is said to have come from the feet of the Hindu god Vishnu and to have landed first on the matted hair of the god Shiva, where it aroused the jealousy of Shiva's wife. It is also called Bhagirathi and Jahnavi. Other Gangas include a Ganga in the sky (Akashaganga, the Milky Way), a Ganga in the underworld (Patalaganga), and numerous replicas of the Ganga on earth.

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Between 115 and 143 million people live on the delta, despite risks from floods caused by monsoons, heavy runoff from the melting snows of the Himalayas, and tropical cyclones. A large part of the nation of Bangladesh lies in the Ganges Delta, and many of the country's people depend on the delta for survival. It is believed that upwards of 300 million people are supported by the Ganges Delta, and approximately 400 million people live in the Ganges River Basin, making it the most populous river basin in the world. Most of the Ganges De ...

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By 1920, the considerable success of the IRA, in particular its Intelligence Department under Michael Collins, was a cause of concern in Dublin Castle, the then headquarters of the British administration in Ireland. Colonel Sir Ormonde Winter commanded the gang. The IRA's unprecedented success led to the British government's demand that it be eliminated. This was the reason for the Cairo Gang's formation. The Cairo Gang's members were put up in boarding houses across Dublin, where they lived unobtrusively while preparing a "hit list" ...

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Tattoos have long been associated with gang membership, and connote the toughness desired by gang members as well as the permanence of gang affiliation. The designs used are frequently very symbolic and often occur again and again in the symbology of a particular gang, with some variation from area to area or to represent particular deeds (murder being one example). The gang symbols used in tattoos and graffiti (below) are sometimes fairly involved, and often refer to the mythology and meaning that a gang may invent for itself. For ex ...

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Gang Starr is an influential American hip-hop duo, composed of Guru (Backronym for Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal, real name Keith Elam) hailing from Boston, Massachusetts and DJ Premier (real name Chris Martin) hailing from Houston, Texas. They are based in Brooklyn, New York and epitomized the New York City hip-hop sound. The entirety of Gang Starr's catalog, especially Step in the Arena (1991, 1991 in music) and Daily Operation (1992, 1992 in music), are well-respected among critics and hip-hop heads alike (save, p ...

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Our Gang - Early years. According to Roach, the idea for Our Gang came to him in 1921, when he was auditioning a child actress to appear in one of his films. The girl was, in his opinion, overly made up and overly rehearsed, and Roach patiently waited for the audition to be over. After the girl and her mother left the office, Roach looked out of his window to a lumberyard across the street, where he saw a group of children having an argument. The children had all taken sticks from the lumberyard to play wi ...

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The operation was planned by several senior IRA members, including Michael Collins, Dick McKee, Liam Tobin, Peadar Clancy, Tom Cullen, Frank Thornton and Oscar Traynor. The killings were deliberately planned to coincide with the big Gaelic football match between County Dublin and County Tipperary because the large crowds around Dublin would provide easier movement and less chance of detection for the members of Coll ...

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