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  • 21Freedom of religion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — The Constitution, approved in a national referendum in December 2005 and formally adopted in February 2006, provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respected this right in practice, provided that worshipers did not disturb… …

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  • 22HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

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  • 23States of the Church — • Consists of the civil territory which for over 1000 years (754 1870) acknowledged the pope as temporal ruler Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. States of the Church     States of the Church …

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  • 24Clint Eastwood in the 1970s — Main article: Clint Eastwood This article is part of a series on Clint Eastwood Background  …

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  • 25Irish Colleges on the Continent —     Irish Colleges, on the Continent     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Irish Colleges, on the Continent     The religious persecution under Elizabeth and James I lead to the suppression of the monastic schools in Ireland in which the clergy for the… …

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  • 26Franklin Pierce: The Military Academy — ▪ Primary Source       Many Democrats followed President Andrew Jackson s lead in condemning the Military Academy at West Point, New York. The reasons for the attack are revealed in the following speech delivered to the House of Representatives… …

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  • 27Affinity (in the Bible) —     Affinity (in the Bible)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Affinity (in the Bible)     Scripture recognizes affinity as an impediment to wedlock. This is evident from the legislation contained in Lev., xviii, 8, 14 16, 18; xx, 11, 12, 14, 20, 21.… …

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  • 28History of the Jesuits (1773-1814) —     Society of Jesus, History of the (1773 1814)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Jesuits During the Interim (1773 1814)     The execution of the Brief of Suppression having been largely left to local bishops, there was room for a good deal of… …

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  • 29Title 2 of the Swiss Federal Constitution — of 18 April 1999, entitled Fundamental Rights, Civil Rights and Social Goals , contains a comprehensive and directly enforceable bill of rights, as well as a set of social goals which the state authorities are to pay heed to. A few rights,… …

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  • 30Feast of the Most Pure Heart of Mary —     Feast of the Most Pure Heart of Mary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of the Most Pure Heart of Mary     In its principal object this feast is identical with the feast of the Inner Life of Mary , celebrated by the Sulpitians on 19 October …

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