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  • 1Johannesburg — /joh han is berrg , hah nis /; Du. /yoh hahn euhs buerddkh /, n. a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa. 1,441,000. * * * City (pop., 1996: metro. area, 1,480,530), northeastern South Africa. One of the country s largest cities …

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  • 2India — /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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  • 3Iraq — /i rak , i rahk /, n. a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 22,219,289; 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Cap.: Baghdad. Also, Irak. * * * Iraq Introduction Iraq Background …

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  • 4THE EVENTS — introduction European Jewry in the Early 1930s Germany in the Early 1930s the expansion of the reich …

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  • 5Victoria (Australia) — Coordinates: 37°0′S 144°0′E / 37°S 144°E / 37; 144 …

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  • 6Jacques Cartier — Infobox Person name = Jacques Cartier caption = Portrait of Jacques Cartier by Théophile Hamel, ca. 1844. No contemporary portraits of Cartier are known. birth date = December 31, 1491 birth place = St. Malo, France death date = September 1, 1557 …

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  • 7Falun Gong — The Falun Dafa emblem Traditional Chinese 法輪功 Simplified Chinese …

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  • 8Julius Evola — Infobox Person name = Julius Evola residence = other names = image size = 200px caption = Evola sporting his trademark monocle. birth name = Giulio Cesare Andrea Evola birth date = 19 May 1898 birth place = Rome, Italy death date = 11 June 1974… …

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  • 9Melbourne — This article is about the Australian metropolis. The name may also refer to the Melbourne City Centre (also known as the Central Business District or CBD ) or the City of Melbourne (the Local Government Area within which the Melbourne City Centre …

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  • 10Mexico City — a city in and the capital of Mexico, in the central part. 8,906,000; ab. 7400 ft. (2255 m) above sea level. Official name, México, Distrito Federal /me hee kaw dees tree taw fe dhe rddahl /. * * * Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city,… …

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