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1Cyclone Aila — Severe Cyclonic Storm Aila Severe cyclonic storm (IMD) Category 1 Tropical cyclone (SSHS) Severe Cyclonic Storm Aila at peak intensity Formed 23 May 2009 …
2November 2008 — was the 11th month of the leap year. It began on a Saturday and ended 30 days later on a Sunday. Portal:Current Events This is an archived version of Wikipedia s Current events Portal from November 2008 …
3Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
4State and Local Affairs — ▪ 1997 Introduction States continued to be at the centre of national debates on public policy during 1996. The U.S. Congress, reacting in part to successful experimentation by a number of states, enacted a historic welfare reform measure… …
51999 Pacific typhoon season — Infobox hurricane season Track=1999 Pacific typhoon season summary.jpg Basin=WPac Year=1999 First storm formed=January 3, 1999 Last storm dissipated=December 16, 1999 Strongest storm name=Bart Strongest storm pressure=898 Strongest storm… …
6Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed …
7Switzerland — /swit seuhr leuhnd/, n. a republic in central Europe. 7,248,984; 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Cap.: Bern. French, Suisse. German, Schweiz. Italian, Svizzera. Latin, Helvetia. * * * Switzerland Introduction Switzerland Background: Switzerland s …
8performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
9Criticism of government response to Hurricane Katrina — Hurricane Katrina 2005 Atlantic hu …
10environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
