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101Papacy — Since Italy became a unified nation in 1861, there have been 11 popes. All but two (the current incumbent, Benedict XVI, and his predecessor, John Paul II) have been Italian. The moral teachings and political opinions of these men have… …
102Escola Superior de Guerra — (ESG) / Higher War College A Brazilian war college that helped shape the anticommunist views of General Humberto de Alencar Castello Branco and the other conspirators behind the 1964 military coup. The ESG was established in 1949 by… …
103United States — U.S. involvement in the “dirty wars” can be traced to the advent of the Cold War. From the 1950s onward, the United States trained thousands of Latin American military students at its School of the Americas (at locations such as the Panama… …
104Introduction — When Burma (Myanmar) achieved independence from British colonial rule in 1948, many observers viewed it with its high standards of education and abundant natural resources as one of the Asian countries most likely to achieve economic… …
105Foreign Relations — After Burma became an independent state in January 1948, the government of Prime Minister U Nu adopted a foreign policy based on the principles of neutralism and nonalignment, a trend that became more pronounced as the Cold War intensified in… …
106Karen National Union — (KNU) At the beginning of the 21st century, the oldest and strongest ethnic minority organization opposing the Burman (Bamar) dominated central government. It was established on February 5, 1947, as a successor to the Karen National… …
107ur- — I. combining form or uro Etymology: New Latin, from Greek our , ouro , from ouron urine, from ourein to urinate more at urine 1. urine < uric > 2. urinary tract < urology > 3. urinary and < …
108Ada — or ADA may refer to: People * St. Ada, a 7th century French abbess. *Ada, Countess of Atholl (died 1264) * Ada, Countess of Holland * Ada de Warenne, Countess of Northumbria and Huntingdon (d. 1178) * Ada of Caria, satrap deposed by her brother… …
109Conservatism — This article is about conservatism as a political and social philosophy. For other uses, see Conservatism (disambiguation). Part of a series on …
110History of the Dominican Republic — The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles. Successive waves of Arawak migrants, moving northward from the Orinoco delta in South America, settled the islands of the Caribbean.… …
