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  • Creative Commons (CC) is an American non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative...
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    The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging...
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    The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725. Recipients of the Order are usually senior...
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    The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres...
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  • Affirmative action (also sometimes called reservations, alternative access, positive discrimination or positive action in various countries' laws and policies)...
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    Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively...
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  • Thumbnail for Abolitionism
    Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world. The first country to fully outlaw slavery...
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    1996 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1996. 1996 (MCMXCVI)...
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    In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against the countries...
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    The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff...
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    1989 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1989. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX)...
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    An ombudsman (/ˈɒmbʊdzmən/ OM-buudz-mən, also US: /-bədz-, -bʌdz-/ -⁠bədz-, -⁠budz-), ombud, ombuds, bud, ombudswoman, ombudsperson, or public advocate...
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  • An identity document (also called ID or colloquially as papers) is any document that may be used to prove a person's identity. If issued in a small, standard...
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  • Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the fundamental principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and...
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    Debate is a process that involves formal discourse, discussion, and oral addresses on a particular topic or collection of topics, often with a moderator...
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    1994 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1994. 1994 (MCMXCIV)...
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  • Thumbnail for Driver's license
    A driver's license, driving licence, or driving permit is a legal authorization, or the official document confirming such an authorization, for a specific...
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    The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand [and] tens"), variously nicknamed "the '10s" ("the Tens"), "the Tenties", or more rarely "the Teens")...
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  • Thumbnail for Abortion-rights movements
    Abortion-rights movements, also self-styled as pro-choice movements, advocate for the right to have legal access to induced abortion services including...
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    1987 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1987. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII)...
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  • The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is an online database of all published names of Australian vascular plants. It covers all names, whether current...
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    The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA or the Kennedy–Kassebaum Act) is a United States Act of Congress enacted by the...
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  • Diplomatic rank is a system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations. A diplomat's rank determines many...
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  • A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares...
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    A presumption of death occurs when a person is believed to be dead, despite the absence of direct proof of the person's death, such as the finding of remains...
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    Polygamy (called plural marriage by Latter-day Saints in the 19th century or the Principle by modern fundamentalist practitioners of polygamy) was practiced...
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  • Cronyism is a specific form of in-group favoritism, the spoils system practice of partiality in awarding jobs and other advantages to friends or trusted...
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    The era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 1500s and phased out in the 1830s after the navies of the nations of Western Europe and North America with...
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  • Delegated legislation or secondary legislation in the United Kingdom is law that is not enacted by a legislative assembly such as the UK Parliament, but...
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  • Public opinion, or popular opinion, is the collective opinion on a specific topic or voting intention relevant to society. It is the people's views on...
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  • A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison". Convicts are often also known as "prisoners"...
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  • The Royal Australian Navy School of Underwater Medicine (RANSUM) is an instructor-led training course based at Sydney, Australia. Before 1961 medical support...
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  • In many[citation needed] periodizations of human history, the late modern period followed the early modern period. It began around 1800 and, depending...
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  • Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from approximately 1945 to...
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  • A smear campaign, also referred to as a smear tactic or simply a smear, is an effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding...
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    György Lukács (born György Bernát Löwinger; Hungarian: szegedi Lukács György Bernát; German: Georg Bernard Baron Lukács von Szegedin; 13 April 1885 – 4...
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  • The Conversation is a network of nonprofit media outlets publishing news stories and research reports online, with accompanying expert opinion and analysis...
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  • Thumbnail for Australian National Botanic Gardens
    The Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) is a heritage-listed botanical garden located in Acton, Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia...
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    A convention (or event), in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage...
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  • A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country...
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  • There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference...
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  • Shire (/ʃaɪər/, also /ʃɪər/) is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some of the other other English-speaking...
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  • This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood...
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  • Thumbnail for Foreign relations of Canada
    The foreign relations of Canada are Canada's relations with other governments and nations. Canada is recognized as a middle power for its role in global...
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  • Anti-abortion violence is violence committed against individuals and organizations that perform abortions or provide abortion counseling. Incidents of...
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  • Public intoxication, also known as "drunk and disorderly" and "drunk in public", is a summary offense in some countries rated to public cases or displays...
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  • Thumbnail for List of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom
    This is a list of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, excluding honorary consulates. The UK has one of the...
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  • In common law legal systems, original jurisdiction of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to appellate jurisdiction, when...
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  • The 2012 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 16 to 29 January 2012. It was the 100th...
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  • The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, also known as the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) or the Bonn Convention...
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