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  • 13Dates of 2006 — ▪ 2007 January Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. And here we have a serious problem. America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. U.S. Pres. George W. Bush, in his state of the union… …

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  • 142001 in India — See also: 2000 in India, other events of 2001, 2002 in India and the Timeline of Indian history. EventsJanuary*1 January Calcutta officially becomes Kolkata, reverting to its precolonial name. *2 January Power cuts leave huge swathes of northern… …

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  • 16United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 17Lashkar-e-Taiba — لشکرطیبہ‎ Dates of operation 1990[1][2][3]–present Leader Hafiz Muhamma …

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  • 18LABOR — Jewish Labor Organizations IN THE PRE STATE PERIOD Since the last decades of the 19th century, a number of sporadic labor associations have arisen in agriculture and in the printing, clothing, and building trades, as well as groups limited to a… …

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  • 19Nguyen Ngoc Tho — In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyễn. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Thơ. Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ US Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (centre) and Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ (far right)… …

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