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111Al Gore and the environment — Al Gore is the former Vice President of the United States (1993–2001), the 2000 Democratic Party presidential nominee, and the co recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has been involved… …
112Grand committee — In the United Kingdom = The grand committees are committees of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom which are made up of all MPs from each of the Home Nations except England, together with some other MPs who are co opted onto the committee …
113Former members of the Polisario Front — Since the end of the 1980 s, several members of Polisario have decided to discontinue their military or political activities for the Polisario Front. Most of them returned from Algeria to Morocco, among them top leaders, founder members, and… …
114Second Amendment to the United States Constitution — The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution is a part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the pre existing individual right to possess and carry weapons (i.e. keep and bear arms ) in case of confrontation.… …
115United States House Committee on Appropriations — The Committee on Appropriations is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is in charge of setting the specific expenditures of money by the government of the United States. As such, it is one of the most powerful of the… …
116Names of the Irish state — The front cover of an Irish passport showing the name of the state in its two official languages. There have been various names of the Irish state, some of which have been controversial. The constitutional name of the contemporary state is… …
117Rationale for the Iraq War — The rationale for the Iraq War (i.e., the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent hostilities) has been a contentious issue since the Bush administration began actively pressing for military intervention in Iraq in late 2001. The primary… …
118History of the Australian Capital Territory — The history of the Australian Capital Territory as a Territory of Australia began after the Federation of Australia in 1901, when it was created in law as the site for Australia s capital city Canberra. The region has a long prior history of… …
119Monarchy in the Canadian provinces — The three main bodies of the government of Alberta: The Queen of Canada (centre), her viceregal representative, the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, then Norman Kwong (left), and her Albertan premier, then Ralph Klein (right), at the official… …
120United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform — The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is a United States House of Representatives committee that has existed in varying forms since 1816. The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is the main investigative committee in the U.S.… …
