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  • 21Inquisition — • By this term is usually meant a special ecclesiastical institutional for combating or suppressing heresy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Inquisition     Inquisition      …

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  • 22Nineteen Eighty-Four — This article is about the Orwell novel. For other uses, see 1984 (disambiguation). Nineteen Eighty Four   …

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  • 23Crucifixion — For other uses, see Crucifixion (disambiguation). Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, by Marco Palmezzano (Uffizi, Florence), painting ca. 1490 …

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  • 24Waterboarding — is a form of torture that consists of immobilizing a person on their back with the head inclined downward and pouring water over the face and into the breathing passages.cite news | last = Eban | first = Katherine | title = Rorschach and Awe |… …

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  • 25Spanish Inquisition — The Spanish Inquisition started and was established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms, and to replace the medieval inquisition which was under papal… …

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  • 26The Good, the Bad and the Ugly — Infobox Film name = The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo) caption = Original American movie poster director = Sergio Leone producer = Alberto Grimaldi writer = Story: Sergio Leone Luciano Vincenzoni Screenplay: Age… …

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  • 27Peterborough Chronicle — The Peterborough Chronicle (also called the Laud Manuscript ), one of the Anglo Saxon Chronicles , contains unique information about the history of England after the Norman Conquest. According to philologist J.A.W. Bennett, it is the only prose… …

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  • 28Harbhajan Singh Yogi — Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji (born as Harbhajan Singh Puri) [ [http://www.sikhnet.com/yogibhajan Biography Sikhnet] ] (August 26, 1929 ndash;October 6, 2004), also known as Yogi Bhajan and Siri Singh Sahib, was a charismatic spiritual leader and …

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  • 29Torture in Bahrain — In 2005, the United Nations Committee Against Torture reported in a judgement that there is no systematic torture in Bahrain since it had started the implementation of reforms in 2001. [http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CAT.C.CR.34.BHR.En?… …

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  • 30Prostitution en République populaire de Chine — Signalétique d un club de Hong Kong en 2005 indiquant « Filles de Malaisie, femmes bustées du nord, femmes blanches de Russie, jeunes filles fraiches de Hong Kong » La Prostitution en République populaire de Chine fut longtemps réprimée …

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