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  • 1State — A state is a political association with effective sovereignty over a geographic area and representing a population. These may be nation states, sub national states or multinational states. A state usually includes the set of institutions that… …

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  • 2Police — For other uses, see Police (disambiguation). Department of Police redirects here. For other uses, see Department of Police (disambiguation) …

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  • 3HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

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  • 4Anti-bureaucratic revolution — The term Anti bureaucratic revolution refers to a series of mass protests against governments of Yugoslavian republics and autonomous provinces during 1988 and 1989, which lead to resignation of leaderships of Kosovo, Vojvodina and Montenegro,… …

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  • 5Federal Highway Police — Infobox Law enforcement agency agencyname = Federal Highway Police nativename = Polícia Rodoviária Federal commonname = abbreviation = PRF patch = Brasaoprf.jpg patchcaption = logocaption = badge = badgecaption = flagcaption = motto =… …

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  • 6Department of State Security — The Department of State Security (Serbian: Uprava državne bezbednosti, Croatian: Uprava državne sigurnosti, Cyrillic: Управа државне безбедности, УДБА; Macedonian: Управа за државна безбедност, УДБА; Slovene: Uprava državne varnosti) was the… …

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  • 7Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …

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  • 8international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 9France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 10India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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