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  • 2Social Protection — ▪ 2006 Introduction With medical costs skyrocketing and government programs scaled back, citizens bore more responsibility for their health care costs; irregular migration, human trafficking, and migrant smuggling posed challenges for… …

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  • 3Marine Le Pen — Marine Le Pen, president of the Front National pictured in January 2011 2nd President of the National Front Incumbent …

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  • 4Harold Wilson — Infobox Prime Minister honorific prefix = The Right Honourable name =Harold Wilson honorific suffix = Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC office =Prime Minister of the United Kingdom term start =4 March 1974 term end =5 April 1976 monarch …

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  • 6Venezuela — Venezuelan, adj., n. /ven euh zway leuh, zwee /; Sp. /be ne swe lah/, n. a republic in N South America. 22,396,407; 352,143 sq. mi. (912,050 sq. km). Cap.: Caracas. * * * Venezuela Introduction Venezuela Background: Venezuela was one of the three …

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  • 7Niger — Nigerien /nuy jear ee en /, adj., n. /nuy jeuhr/; Fr. /nee zherdd /, n. 1. a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 9,388,359; 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Cap.: Niamey. 2. a river in W Africa, rising in S Guinea,… …

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  • 8D'Oyly Carte Opera Company — Publicity poster for The Mikado, 1919 The D Oyly Carte Opera Company was a professional light opera company that staged Gilbert and Sullivan s Savoy operas. The company performed nearly year round in the UK and sometimes toured in Europe, North… …

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  • 9History of the United Kingdom (1945–present) — This article details the history of the United Kingdom from the end of World War II to the year 2000. For a longer history, see History of the United Kingdom.Labour Government (1945 51)After World War II, the landslide 1945 Election returned… …

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