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The People's Republic of China (PRC; Simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国, Traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國; Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó listen ▶ (help·info)), commonly referred to as China, is an East Asian country. The exact meanings of PRC and China vary. In an ongoing dispute, the PRC claims sovereignty over Taiwan and some neighboring islands, whose control was never relinquished by the Republic of ...

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The word veto comes from Latin and literally means I forbid. It is used to denote that a certain party has the right to unilaterally stop a certain piece of legislation. A veto thus gives unlimited power to stop changes, but not to adopt them. The veto originated with the Roman tribunes who had the power to unilaterally refuse legislation passed by the Roman senate. Veto - Westminster Systems. In Westminster Systems and most constitutional monarchies, the power to veto legisla ...

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The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. At various times a soldier, journalist, author, and politician, Churchill is generally regarded as one of the most important leaders in British and world history. He won the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature. In a poll conducted by the BBC in 2002 to identify the "100 Greatest Britons", partici ...

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• Winston Churchill - Second term
• Winston Churchill - Anglo-Iranian Oil Dispute
• Winston Churchill - The Mau Mau Rebellion
• Winston Churchill - Malaya Emergency
• Winston Churchill - Honours for Churchill
• Winston Churchill - Family
• Winston Churchill - Last days
• Winston Churchill - Churchill as historian
• Winston Churchill - Quotes
• Winston Churchill - Churchill's war cabinet May 1940–May 1945
• Winston Churchill - Changes
• Winston Churchill - Winston Churchill's caretaker cabinet May–July 1945
• Winston Churchill - Winston Churchill's third cabinet October 1951–April 1955
• Winston Churchill - Changes

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Flag of the United Nations 1 Name in the other official languages: Organisation des Nations Unies Organización de las Naciones Unidas Организация Объединённых Наций 聯合國 (联合国) امم متحدة The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945. The UN describes itself as a "global association of governments facilitating cooperation in international law, international secur ...

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• United Nations - Committee membership
• United Nations - Oil-for-Food scandal
• United Nations - Personnel policy
• United Nations - Smokers
• United Nations - Same-sex marriages
• United Nations - The UN in popular culture
• United Nations - Notes

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The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) was originally formed to monitor a ceasefire in the border war that began in 1998 between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Since that time the mission has remained in place in order to formally mark the border between the two countries. This border follows the original border as declared by a tribunal in The Hague. The mission has it's headquarters in Mek'ele (Ethiopia) and remains in place, with 3,300 peacekeepers, whilst tensions between the two countries remain high. 1,500 of these peacekeepers are from the Indian Army. ...

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Charles Taylor - Foday Sankoh Hinga Norman - Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Johnny Paul Koroma Valentine Strasser - Solomon Musa RUF - SLA - West Side Boys Kamajors - Executive Outcomes ECOMOG - Sandline International Lomé Peace Accord - Abidjan Peace Accord UNAMSIL - SCSL SLPP - AFRC - APC Mende - Temne

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The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR), is a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations. It is a subsidiary body of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and is also assisted in its work by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UHCHR). It is the UN’s principal mechanism and international forum concerned with the promotion and protection of human rights. United Nations Commission on Human Rights - History. The UNCHR was esta ...

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• United Nations Commission on Human Rights - Criticism
• United Nations Commission on Human Rights - Human rights and mental health

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An armistice is the effective end of a war, when the warring parties agree to stop fighting. It is derived from the Latin arma, meaning weapons and stitium, meaning a stopping. A truce or "ceasefire" usually refers to a temporary cessation of hostilities for an agreed limited time or within a limited area. A truce may be needed in order to negotiate an armistice. An armistice is a modus vivendi and is not the same as a peace treaty, which may take months or even years to agree on. The 1953 Korean War armistice is a major example of an armistice wh ...

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Daniel Patrick "Pat" Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was a U.S. Senator, ambassador, and academic. He was first elected to the United States Senate for New York in 1976, and re-elected three times, in 1982, 1988, and 1994. He declined to run for re-election in 2000. Prior to his years in the Senate, Moynihan was a member of four successive presidential administrations, beginning with the administration of John F. Kennedy, and continuing through the administrations of Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford. ...

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Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, in Cyrillic Југославија) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. Translated, the name means Land of the South Slavs (jug in the word Jugoslavija means south). The first was a kingdom formed in December 1, 1918 as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which was re-named the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in ...

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• Yugoslavia - Breakup
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• Yugoslavia - Legacy
• Yugoslavia - Miscellaneous

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United Kingdom This article is part of the series: Politics of the United Kingdom Parliament The Crown: Queen Elizabeth II House of Lords Lord Chancellor: Lord Falconer House of Commons Speaker: Michael Martin Prime Minister: Tony Blair Cabinet Government departments Scottish Parliament Scottish ExecutiveIncluding:

• Politics of the United Kingdom - Executive branch
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• Politics of the United Kingdom - House of Commons
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• Politics of the United Kingdom - British politics and the European Union
• Politics of the United Kingdom - Politics in Northern Ireland
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• Politics of the United Kingdom - Miscellaneous
• Politics of the United Kingdom - Referendums
• Politics of the United Kingdom - Political pressure groups
• Politics of the United Kingdom - International organization participation
• Politics of the United Kingdom - Footnotes

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1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. 1992 - Events. 1992 - January. January 1 - Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 - George H. W. Bush becomes the first President of the United States to address the Australian Parliament. January 8 - Bosnian Serbs declare their own republic within Bosnia-Herzegovina in protest to the decision by Bosnian Muslims and ...

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• 1992 - Unknown date
• 1992 - Nobel Prizes
• 1992 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
• 1992 - Templeton Prize
• 1992 - Alternative

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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин, pronunciation ▶ (help·info), Pútin; born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician, and the current President of the Russian Federation. He succeeded Boris Yeltsin on December 31, 1999. Vladimir Putin - Life and Career. Vladimir Putin was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). His autobiography, Ot Pervovo Litsa, trans ...

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The First Intifada refers to a series of violent incidents between Palestinians and Israelis between 1987 and approximately 1993, when the Oslo accords were signed and the Palestinian National Authority was established. It is also referred to as the "war of the stones." The Second Intifada, also known as the al-Aqsa Intifada, is considered to have been between 2000 and early 2005. The First Intifada is also referred to simply as the Intifada, since that is how it was called before the Second Intifada. Fi ...

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Date & Place of Origin Thursday, February 5, 2004 Gonaïves, Haiti Date & Place of Conclusion Sunday, February 29, 2004 Port-au-Prince, Haiti Prelude Political dispute between government and opposition; general social tension. Aims Overthrow of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide; reconstitution of Haitian army. Rebel leaders Guy Philippe, Buteur Metayer Targets Capture of cities; neut ...

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• 2004 Haiti rebellion - Timeline
• 2004 Haiti rebellion - Aftermath
• 2004 Haiti rebellion - Claims of Aristide and His Supporters
• 2004 Haiti rebellion - Claims of rebels
• 2004 Haiti rebellion - Controversy over Aristide's Departure
• 2004 Haiti rebellion - Controversy over Aristide's election in 2000
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November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. November 8 - Events. 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great pomp as would befit a returning god. 1520 - Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 persons. 1576 - Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent - The States ...

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Boniface Alexandre (b. 1936) is currently the acting president of Haiti. Following the coup d'état removing President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on February 29, 2004, Alexandre, as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and therefore next in the presidential line of succession, assumed the office of president. Alexandre was raised by his uncle, former Haitian Prime Minister Martial Célestin. He trained as a lawyer and worked for 25 years for Cabinet Lamarre, a Port-au-Prince law firm sp ...

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The World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) is the largest debating tournament, and one of the largest annual international student events in the world. It is a parliamentary debating event, held in a variant of the British Parliamentary format, organised by a University selected by the World Universities Debating Council. The tournament is known as the "World Universities Debating Championship" or colloquially as "Worlds". World Universities Debating Championship - Past hosts and championsIncluding:

• World Universities Debating Championship - Past hosts and champions
• World Universities Debating Championship - Future championships
• World Universities Debating Championship - The Championship
• World Universities Debating Championship - Predecessor tournaments
• World Universities Debating Championship - Detailed annual history of the World Universities Debating Championship
• World Universities Debating Championship - Glasgow University Union 1981 Glasgow Scotland
• World Universities Debating Championship - University of Toronto Hart House Toronto Canada 1982
• World Universities Debating Championship - Princeton University Princeton New Jersey USA 1983
• World Universities Debating Championship - University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Scotland 1984
• World Universities Debating Championship - McGill University Montreal Canada 1985
• World Universities Debating Championship - Fordham University New York City USA 1986
• World Universities Debating Championship - University College Dublin Dublin Ireland 1987
• World Universities Debating Championship - University of Sydney Sydney Australia 1988
• World Universities Debating Championship - Princeton University Princeton New Jersey USA 1989
• World Universities Debating Championship - Glasgow University Union Glasgow Scotland 1990
• World Universities Debating Championship - University of Toronto Hart House Toronto Canada 1991
• World Universities Debating Championship - Trinity College Dublin Dublin Ireland 1992
• World Universities Debating Championship - Oxford Union Society Oxford England 1993
• World Universities Debating Championship - University of Melbourne Melbourne Australia 1994
• World Universities Debating Championship - Princeton University Princeton New Jersey USA 1995
• World Universities Debating Championship - University College Cork Cork Ireland 1996
• World Universities Debating Championship - Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch South Africa 1997
• World Universities Debating Championship - Deree College Athens Greece 1998
• World Universities Debating Championship - Ateneo de Manila University Manila Philippines 1999
• World Universities Debating Championship - University of Sydney Sydney Australia 2000
• World Universities Debating Championship - Glasgow University Union Glasgow Scotland 2001
• World Universities Debating Championship - University of Toronto Hart House Toronto Canada 2002
• World Universities Debating Championship - Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch South Africa 2003
• World Universities Debating Championship - Nanyang Technological University Singapore 2004
• World Universities Debating Championship - Multimedia University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2005
• World Universities Debating Championship - University College Dublin Ireland 2006
• World Universities Debating Championship - World Universities Debating Council

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The 2003 Invasion of Iraq began on March 20, consisting primarily of United States and United Kingdom forces; 98% of the forces came from these two countries, although numerous other nations also participated. The 2003 Iraq invasion marked the beginning of what is commonly referred to as the Iraq War. Iraq's elite Republican Guard units were defeated April 2, and Baghdad fell on April 9th, 2003. On May 1, 2003, U.S. president George W. Bush declared the end of major combat operations, terminating the Ba'ath Party's rule and removing I ...

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• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Fall of Baghdad April 2003
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• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Summary of the invasion
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Security looting and war damage
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - End of major combat operations May 2003
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Deaths
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Related propaganda and phrases
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Media coverage
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Veterans Organizations

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History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Background. For a discussion of the period of history leading up to apartheid, see History of South Africa. The first recorded use of the word "apartheid" (International Phonetic Alphabet [əˈpɑː(r)teɪt] or [-taɪt] in English and [aˈpartheid] in Afrikaans) was in 1917 during ...

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• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Legal system created
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - The apartheid system
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Apartheid in South Africa from day to day
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - The homeland system
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Forced Removals
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Black White Indian and coloured
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Apartheid in international law
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Resistance
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - The ANC and the Pan African Congress
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - The Sharpeville Massacre
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Resistance goes underground
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - The Black Consciousness Movement and the Soweto riots
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - White resistance
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - International relations
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - UN arms embargo
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Total onslaught
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Destabilisation and sabotage
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Conservatism
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - State security
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - HIV/AIDS epidemic
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Winds of change
• History of South Africa in the apartheid era - Notes

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2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains Year of the Outback in Australia National Science Year in the United Kingdom Autism Awareness Year in the United Kingdom 2002 - Overview of the year. In contrast to 2000 and 2001, which retained elements of the late 1990s, 2002 shifted into a new cultural decade. Wi ...

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