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1United 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… …
2Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
3Korean War — Part of the Cold War …
4Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 — Tiananmen Square as seen from the Tiananmen Gate in 2004. The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the June Fourth Incident in Chinese[1] (in part to avoid confusion with two prior Tiananmen Square protests), were a series o …
5Provisional Irish Republican Army — (Óglaigh na hÉireann) Participant in the Troubles Masked Provisional IRA volunteers at a rally in August 1979 …
6List of Third Watch episodes — The following is a list of episodes for the NBC original series, Third Watch. The series started on September 23, 1999 and concluded its sixth and final season on May 6, 2005. Contents 1 Season 1: 1999–2000 2 Season 2: 2000–2001 3 Season 3:… …
7Cuban Missile Crisis — Part of the Cold War CIA reference photograph of Soviet R 12 intermedia …
8Operation Claret — Sarawak Planned by …
9Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
10Cold War — For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). United States President …
