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  • 41Mayak — For other uses, see Mayak (disambiguation). Satellite image/map of the Mayak nuclear facility. Mayak Production Association (Russian: Маяк производственное объединение, from Маяк lighthouse ) refers to an industrial complex that is one of the… …

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  • 42Marshall Islands — Marshallese / sheuh leez , lees /, n., pl. ese, adj. n.pl. a group of 34 atolls in the W central Pacific: formerly a part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; since 1986 a self governing area associated with the U.S. 60,652; 70 sq. mi.… …

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  • 43United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 44Monsanto — This article is about the corporation. For other uses, see Monsanto (disambiguation). Monsanto Company Type Public company Traded as NYSE:  …

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  • 45Ramat Hovav — ( he. רמת חובב) is Israel s main hazardous waste disposal facility, as well as an industrial zone, built in the Negev Desert in 1979. The nearest village is the largest unrecognized Bedouin village in the Negev Desert, Wadi el Na am, directly… …

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  • 46Cetraro — Citrarium   Comune   Comune di Cetraro …

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  • 47OCEANIAN AFFAIRS — ▪ 1994       Environmental issues dominated the 1993 meeting of the South Pacific Forum, which was held in Nauru in August. For the first time in many years, the Forum was attended in person by the heads of governments of all 15 Forum members.… …

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  • 48Mineral Policy Institute — The Mineral Policy Institute is an Australian based non governmental organisation that specialises in preventing environmentally and socially destructive mining, minerals and energy projects in Australia, Asia and the Pacific.[1] The institute as …

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  • 49Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… …

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  • 50pollution — /peuh looh sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of polluting or the state of being polluted. 2. the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment: air pollution. [1350 1400; ME pollucioun ( < OF) < LL pollution , s. of pollutio&#8230; …

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