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71Local government in the United States — is generally structured in accordance with the laws of the various individual states. Typically each state has at least two separate tiers: counties (known in Louisiana as parishes and as boroughs in Alaska), and municipalities. Some states have… …
72Papal mediation in the Beagle conflict — After the failure of the negotiations with Chile, on 22 December 1978 the Argentina Junta started the Operation Soberanía in order to invade the islands around Cape Horn awarded to Chile by the binding Beagle Channel Arbitration. A few hours… …
73Saint Vincent And The Grenadines — Introduction Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Background: Disputed between France and the United Kingdom in the 18th century, Saint Vincent was ceded to the latter in 1783. Autonomy was granted in 1969, and independence in 1979. Geography Saint… …
74Pensions in the United Kingdom — fall into seven major divisions; Basic State Pension, State Second Pension (S2P), Occupational Pensions, Stakeholder Pensions, Group Personal Pensions and Personal or Individual Pensions. Personal accounts, automatic enrollment and the minimum… …
75Nunavut: The Birth of a New Territory — ▪ 2000 Introduction by David M.L. Farr Canada witnessed the birth of a new territory in 1999, the first change in its internal boundaries since the admission of Newfoundland into the federation 50 years ago. (See Map >.) The Inuit of the Eastern …
76Constitution of the Dominican Republic — Dominican Republic This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the Dominican Republic Constitution …
77SYNAGOGUE, THE GREAT — (Heb. כְּנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה, Keneset ha Gedolah). Chronology The institution of the Great Synagogue, or perhaps, more correctly, the Great Assembly, belongs to that period of Jewish history which is still virtually a complete blank, namely the… …
78Law of the European Union — The Law of the European Union is the unique legal system which operates alongside the laws of Member States of the European Union (EU). EU law has direct effect within the legal systems of its Member States, and overrides national law in many… …
79Legality of the Iraq War — The legality of the Iraq War has been widely debated since the United States, United Kingdom, Italy and several other countries launched the 2003 invasion of Iraq. US and UK officials have argued that existing UN Security Council resolutions… …
80Members of the covenant — The members of the covenant were an important part of early Syriac Christianity. Before the advent of monasticism proper (which developed in the desert of Egypt), most Syriac churches would consist of a community focused around the members of the …
