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121Goguryeo controversies — The Goguryeo controversies refers to the disputes between China and Korea on the history of Goguryeo, an ancient kingdom located mostly in the present day Northeast China and North Korea. In 2004 this dispute threatened to lead to diplomatic… …
122Directions (delegated legislation) — Directions are a form of delegated legislation used in the United Kingdom. An Act of Parliament or other delegated legislation may confer a power on a Minister to give Directions so as to enable that Minister to give instructions to a public body …
123European Union recommendation — A recommendation in the European Union (introduced in Article 249/EC) is one of two kinds of non binding acts cited in the Treaty of Rome.Recommendations are without legal force but are negotiated and voted on according to the appropriate… …
124Japanese general election, 2003 — Infobox Election election name = Japanese general election, 2003 country = Japan type = parliamentary ongoing = no previous election = Japanese general election, 2000 previous year = 2000 next election = Japanese general election, 2005 next year …
125Operation Sledgehammer — was a World War II Allied plan for a cross Channel invasion of Europe, as the first step in helping to reduce pressure on the Soviet Red Army by establishing a Second Front. Essentially, Allied forces were to seize the French ports of either… …
126Cham Albanian collaboration with the Axis — During the Axis occupation of Greece between 1941 and 1944, large parts of the Albanian minority in the Thesprotia prefecture in Epirus, northwestern Greece, known as Chams (Albanian: Çamë, Greek: Τσάμηδες, Tsamides) collaborated with the… …
127Loyalists, United Empire — Name applied to the inhabitants of the Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to Great Britain, and rather than submit to the new republic, migrated to Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. No adequate provision having… …
128ethics committee — a group including lay people, medical practitioners, and other experts set up to review medical practice. There are two types of ethics committee. A research ethics committee will review research activities that involve the use of human subjects …
