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21Somalia — Somali Republic Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya جمهورية الصومال Jumhūriyyat as Sūmāl …
22Nguyen Ngoc Tho — In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyễn. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Thơ. Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ US Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (centre) and Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ (far right)… …
23Charles Stewart (Canadian politician) — For the Canadian Member of Parliament for Humboldt, see Charles Wallace Stewart. For the MLA from 1975 to 1982, see Charles Stewart (Alberta politician). For the MLA from 1905 to 1906, see Charles Stuart (politician). For other uses, see Charles… …
24History of East Timor — East Timor is a small country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco. The first people s are thought to be descendant of Australoid and Melanesian peoples. The Portuguese… …
25Vojtech Tuka — (July 41880, Štiavnické Bane (at that time Hegybánya or Piarg ) August 201946, executed in Bratislava) was the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic between 1940 and 1945 and one of the most controversial people in …
26Peace movement — A peace movement is a social movement that seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or all wars), minimize inter human violence in a particular place or type of situation, often linked to the goal of achieving world peace.… …
27Jacob Kovco — Jacob (Jake) Bruce Kovco (born 25 September 1980, Melbourne; died 21 April 2006, Baghdad) was a Private (PTE) in the Australian Army who died while deployed in Iraq, fatally wounded by a single shot to the head from his own Browning 9mm sidearm.… …
28Indian independence movement — The term Indian independence movement is diffuse, incorporating various national and regional campaigns, agitations and efforts of both Nonviolent and Militant philosophy and involved a wide spectrum of political organizations, philosophies, and… …
29United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
30Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
