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  • 121AGENCY — AGENCY, legal concept whereby the lawful acts of someone authorized by, and acting on behalf of, another are as effective as if performed by the principal; recognized in Jewish law from ancient times. A basic concept in the Talmud is that a man s …

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  • 122Politics of New Zealand — New Zealand This article is part of the series: Politics and government of New Zealand Constitution …

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  • 123Tiananmen 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 …

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  • 124Ombudsman — An ombudsman (conventional English plural: ombudsmen) is a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency while representing not only but mostly the broad scope of constituent… …

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  • 125Nuclear program of Iran — See also: Iran and weapons of mass destruction Nuclear program of Iran …

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  • 126History of Church activities in Zambia — Christianity has been very much at the heart of the narrative the Zambian region since the European colonial explorations into the interior of Africa in the mid nineteenth century. The area features heavily in the accounts of David Livingstone’s… …

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  • 127Israel — /iz ree euhl, ray /, n. 1. a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 5,534,672; 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Cap.: Jerusalem. 2. the people traditionally descended from Jacob; the Hebrew or Jewish people. 3 …

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  • 128Southern Africa — Introduction       southernmost region of the African continent, comprising the countries of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The island nation of Madagascar is excluded… …

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