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12008 Summer Olympics torch relay — 2008 Summer Olympics Bid process Venues Marketing Concerns and controversies Torch relay (route) Opening ceremony (flag bearers) Medal table (medalists) Closing ceremony Event calendar …
2Timeline of the 2011 Egyptian revolution under Hosni Mubarak's rule — This article is about timeline of the 2011 Egyptian revolution before Hosni Mubarak s resignation. For subsequent events, see Timeline of the 2011 Egyptian revolution under Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Main article: Timeline of the 2011… …
3Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Mount Olympus Meets the Middle Kingdom — Introduction officially Games of the XXIX Olympiad The Games of the XXIX Olympiad, involving some 200 Olympic committees and as many as 13,000 accredited athletes competing in 28 different sports, were auspiciously scheduled to begin at 8 …
4Argentine rock — The moment when Argentine rock began as a distinct musical style can be traced to the middle 1960s, when several garage groups and aspiring musicians began composing songs and lyrics that related to local social and musical themes. Rock Roll… …
5Black Consciousness Movement — The Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) was a grassroots anti Apartheid activist movement that emerged in South Africa in the mid 1960s out of the political vacuum created by the decimation of the African National Congress and Pan Africanist… …
6African independence movements — The African Independence Movements took place in the 1960s, when a wave of struggles for independence in African colonies was witnessed. These independence movements took place in countries like Angola, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, and South Africa …
7zaire — /zah ear , zah ear/, n., pl. zaire. a paper money and monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 100 makuta. * * * Zaire Zaire:Geography Location: Central Africa, northeast of Angola Map references: Africa Area: total area: 2 …
8Zaire — /zah ear , zah ear/, n. 1. Republic of, a former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2. official name within the Democratic Republic of the Congo of the Congo River (the term Congo River is more widely used elsewhere). Also, Zaïre. * *… …
9John Reid (politician) — Infobox Minister honorific prefix = The Right Honourable name = Dr John Reid imagesize = 200px office = Home Secretary term start = 5 May 2006 term end = 27 June 2007 primeminister= Tony Blair predecessor = Charles Clarke successor = Jacqui Smith …
10African American literature — is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. The genre traces its origins to the works of such late 18th century writers as Phillis Wheatley and Olaudah Equiano, reaching early high points with slave… …
