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  • 31UNITED NATIONS (UN) — UNITED NATIONS (UN), a worldwide organization of states established in 1945, in the wake of World War II, with a view, primarily, to maintain international peace and security and also bring about cooperation among nations in the economic, social …

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  • 32Jewish exodus from Arab lands — The Jewish exodus from Arab lands refers to the 20th century expulsion or mass departure of Jews, primarily of Sephardi and Mizrahi background, from Arab and Islamic countries. The migration started in the late 19th century, but accelerated after …

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  • 33Population and Human Relations — ▪ 1996 Introduction DEMOGRAPHY       At midyear 1995, world population stood at 5,702,000,000, according to estimates prepared by the Population Reference Bureau. The 1995 figure was about 700 million higher than in 1987, when world population… …

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  • 34Populations and Population Movements — ▪ 1995 Introduction DEMOGRAPHY        World s 25 Most Populous Urban AreasAt midyear 1994, world population stood at 5,607,000,000, according to estimates prepared by the Population Reference Bureau. (See Table (World s 25 Most Populous Urban… …

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  • 35Mthwakazi — This word Mthwakazi is derived from the name of Queen Mu Thwa, the first ruler of the Mthwakazi territory who ruled around 7,000 years ago. She was the matriarch of the Aba Thwa, the San people who were derogatively called the Bushmen by… …

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  • 36List of premature obituaries — A premature obituary is an obituary published whose subject is not actually deceased. Such situations have various causes, such as hoaxes or mix ups over names, and usually produce great embarrassment or sometimes more dramatic consequences.… …

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  • 37Commentary on Palestine Peace Not Apartheid — Infobox Book name = Palestine Peace Not Apartheid image caption = Cover showing the author, left, and protesters at the Israeli West Bank barrier, right author = Jimmy Carter cover artist = Michael Accordino country = United States of America… …

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  • 38Spanish literature — Introduction       the body of literary works produced in Spain. Such works fall into three major language divisions: Castilian, Catalan, and Galician. This article provides a brief historical account of each of these three literatures and… …

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  • 39Commentary on Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid — Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid   Cover showing the author, lef …

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  • 40Introduction —    Germany, during the years between 1933 and 1945, was a state organized around the principle of race. Rudolph Hess, Hitler’s confidant, was not being facetious when he defined National Socialism as applied biology. To the Nazis, paraphrasing… …

    Historical dictionary of the Holocaust