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  • 31Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem — The arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, then president of South Vietnam, marked the culmination of a successful CIA backed coup d état led by General Duong Van Minh in November 1963. On the morning of November 2, 1963, Diem and his adviser …

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  • 32Aurora's drift — refers to the Antarctic expedition ship SY Aurora , and its drift in the Ross Sea and Southern Ocean pack ice for a period of 282 days from 7 May 1915 to 12 February 1916. Aurora had brought the Ross Sea party mdash;a support team for Sir Ernest… …

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  • 33Algeria — /al jear ee euh/, n. a republic in NW Africa: formerly comprised 13 departments of France; gained independence 1962. 29,830,370; 919,352 sq. mi. (2,381,122 sq. km). Cap.: Algiers. * * * Algeria Introduction Algeria Background: After a century of… …

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  • 34Dates of 2005 — ▪ 2006 January This is a unique case of a people under occupation being asked to hold free and fair elections when they themselves are not free.… It s an important internal test, and I think it s a turning point. Palestinian legislator Hanan… …

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  • 35Nguyen Van Thieu — Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Born April 5, 1923(1923 04 05) Phan Rang, Ninh Thuận Province, Annam, French Indochina (now Vie …

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  • 36rig — rig1 [ rıg ] noun count * ▸ 1 for getting oil/gas ▸ 2 large truck ▸ 3 set of equipment ▸ 4 arrangement of sails ▸ 5 set of clothes/uniform 1. ) a tall structure fitted with equipment for getting oil or gas out of the ground or from under the… …

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  • 37rig — 1 verb rigged, rigging (T) 1 to arrange or influence an election, competition etc in a dishonest way so that you get the result that you want: She claimed the election was rigged. 2 (usually passive) to provide a ship with ropes, sails etc: a… …

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  • 38rig — I UK [rɪɡ] / US noun [countable] Word forms rig : singular rig plural rigs * 1) a tall structure fitted with equipment for getting oil or gas out of the ground or from under the bottom of the sea a drilling rig an oil rig 2) American a large… …

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  • 39USS Nautilus (SS-168) — USS Nautilus (SF 9/SS 168), a sclass|Narwhal|submarine and one of the V boats , was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to bear that popular ship s name. She was originally named and designated V 6 (SF 9), but was redesignated and given hull …

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  • 40Philippine general election, 2004 — Infobox Election election name = Philippine general election, 2004 country = Philippines type = presidential ongoing = no previous election = Philippine general election, 2001 previous year = 2001 next election = Philippine general election, 2007 …

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