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  • 11ZIONISM — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the word and its meaning forerunners ḤIBBAT ZION ROOTS OF ḤIBBAT ZION background to the emergence of the movement the beginnings of the movement PINSKER S AUTOEMANCIPATION settlement… …

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  • 12international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 13Calendar of 1996 — ▪ 1997 JANUARY JANUARY 1       King Fahd cedes power       Still experiencing the effects of a stroke suffered in November 1995, Saudi Arabia s King Fahd, who also held the post of prime minister, ceded temporary power to Crown Prince Abdullah,… …

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  • 14Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …

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  • 15Kenya — Kenyan, adj., n. /ken yeuh, keen /, n. 1. a republic in E Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British crown colony and protectorate. 28,803,085; 223,478 sq. mi. (578,808 sq. km). Cap.: Nairobi. 2. Mount, an extinct volcano… …

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  • 16Calendar of 1993 — ▪ 1994 January January 1       Czechoslovakia now two nations. What had been the single nation of Czechoslovakia officially became two independent states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Vaclav Havel, the former president of Czechoslovakia, and… …

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  • 17Heraeus — Infobox Company company name = Heraeus Holding GmbH company type = Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung/ Private foundation = 1851 location city = Hanau location country = Germany key people = Wilhelm Carl Heraeus, Founder Dr. Jürgen Heraeus,… …

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  • 18K. P. Chen — (Chinese: 陳光甫; pinyin: Chén Guāngfǔ) (b. 1880 d. July 1976) was a Shanghai based Chinese banker and State Councillor, was a great innovator, as one of China s most successful entrepreneurs in the twentieth century, and was particularly… …

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  • 19Giannini, A P — ▪ American financier born May 6, 1870, San Jose, Calif., U.S. died June 3, 1949, San Mateo, Calif.       American banker, founder of the California based Bank of Italy later the Bank of America which, by the 1930s, was the world s largest… …

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  • 20Asif Ali Zardari — آصف علی زرداری …

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