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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...

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...

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...

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...

Affirmative action (also sometimes called reservations, alternative access, positive discrimination or positive action in various countries' laws and policies)...

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...

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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In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against the countries...

The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff...

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...

An ombudsman (/ˈɒmbʊdzmən/ OM-buudz-mən, also US: /-bədz-, -bʌdz-/ -⁠bədz-, -⁠budz-), ombud, ombuds, bud, ombudswoman, ombudsperson, or public advocate...

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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A driver's license, driving licence, or driving permit is a legal authorization, or the official document confirming such an authorization, for a specific...

The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand [and] tens"), variously nicknamed "the '10s" ("the Tens"), "the Tenties", or more rarely "the Teens")...

Abortion-rights movements, also self-styled as pro-choice movements, advocate for the right to have legal access to induced abortion services including...

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is an online database of all published names of Australian vascular plants. It covers all names, whether current...

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...

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...

A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares...

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...

Polygamy (called plural marriage by Latter-day Saints in the 19th century or the Principle by modern fundamentalist practitioners of polygamy) was practiced...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In many[citation needed] periodizations of human history, the late modern period followed the early modern period. It began around 1800 and, depending...

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"...

The Royal Australian Navy School of Underwater Medicine (RANSUM) is an instructor-led training course based at Sydney, Australia. Before 1961 medical support...

Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from approximately 1945 to...

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...

György Lukács (born György Bernát Löwinger; Hungarian: szegedi Lukács György Bernát; German: Georg Bernard Baron Lukács von Szegedin; 13 April 1885 – 4...

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...

The Conversation is a network of nonprofit media outlets publishing news stories and research reports online, with accompanying expert opinion and analysis...

The Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) is a heritage-listed botanical garden located in Acton, Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia...

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...

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...

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...

There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference...

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...

This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood...

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...

Anti-abortion violence is violence committed against individuals and organizations that perform abortions or provide abortion counseling. Incidents of...

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...

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...

The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, also known as the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) or the Bonn Convention...

Territorial disputes have occurred throughout history, over lands around the world. Bold indicates one claimant's full control; italics indicates one or...

The Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM; lit. 'Party of the Revolution' in English) is the dominant ruling party in Tanzania and the second longest-ruling party in...

Counterfeit money is currency produced outside of the legal sanction of a state or government, usually in a deliberate attempt to imitate that currency...

The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million (calculated to present-day value of £69 million - or $73,547,750), from a Royal Mail train heading...

The South Carolina civil disturbances of 1876 were a series of race riots and civil unrest related to the Democratic Party's political campaign to take...

A marriage license (or marriage licence in Commonwealth spelling) is a document issued, either by a religious organization or state authority, authorizing...

A Grand Master is a title of honour as well as an office in Freemasonry, given to a freemason elected to oversee a Masonic jurisdiction, derived from the...

A riding is an administrative jurisdiction or electoral district, particularly in several current or former Commonwealth countries. Look up riding in Wiktionary...

In the United States Congress, a bill is proposed legislation under consideration by either of the two chambers of Congress: the House of Representatives...

An au pair (/oʊˈpɛər/; pl.: au pairs) is a person from a foreign country working for, and living as part of, a host family. Typically, au pairs take on...

Anti-Slavery International, founded as the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in 1839, is an international non-governmental organisation, registered...

The Independent Democrats (ID) was a South African political party, formed by former Pan Africanist Congress member Patricia de Lille in 2003 via floor...

Western civilization traces its roots back to Europe and the Mediterranean. It is linked to ancient Greece, the Roman Empire and Medieval Western Christendom...

The laws of driving under the influence vary between countries. One difference is the acceptable limit of blood alcohol content before a person is charged...

Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876 – February 11, 1937) was an American architect and landscape architect. He designed Canberra, Australia's capital...

Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or the sum of money involved in such a practice...

The 1st constituency of Gard is a French legislative constituency in the Gard département. It consists of the (pre-2015) cantons of Beaucaire, Nîmes 1...

A use tax is a type of tax levied in the United States by numerous state governments. It is essentially the same as a sales tax but is applied not where...

The House of Commons of Northern Ireland was the lower house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. The...

Blanquism refers to a conception of revolution generally attributed to Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805–1881) that holds that socialist revolution should be...

Honorary citizenship is a status bestowed by a city or other government on a foreign or native individual whom it considers to be especially admirable...

A gang sign, also known as a gang signal, is a verbal or visual way gang members identify their affiliation. This can take many forms including slogans...

Cannabis political parties are generally single-issue parties that exist to oppose the laws against cannabis. In the 1970s, J.J. McRoach ran for parliament...

The Darwin–Wedgwood family are members of two connected families, each noted for particular prominent 18th-century figures: Erasmus Darwin, a physician...

The 1977 San Francisco general elections occurred on November 8, 1977, for all 11 newly created electoral districts to be represented in the Board of Supervisors...

Pedicide, child murder, child manslaughter, or child homicide is the homicide of an individual who is a minor. In many legal jurisdictions it is considered...

A treasury is either A government department related to finance and taxation, a finance ministry; in a business context, corporate treasury. A place or...

Impossibilism is a Marxist theory that stresses the limited value of political, economic, and social reforms under capitalism. As a doctrine, impossibilism...

Chapter XI of the United Nations Charter defines a non-self-governing territory (NSGT) as a territory "whose people have not yet attained a full measure...

The Cambridge Union Society, also known as the Cambridge Union, is a debating and free speech society in Cambridge, England, and the largest society in...

The 4th constituency of Hérault is a French legislative constituency in the Hérault département. "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans l'Hérault"...

The 1998 Hackney Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hackney London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was...

California Proposition 91 was a failed proposal to amend the California Constitution to prohibit motor vehicle fuel sales taxes that are earmarked for...

Markup (or mark-up) is the process by which a U.S. congressional committee or state legislative session debates, amends, and rewrites proposed legislation...

Australian Systematic Botany is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal published by CSIRO Publishing. It is devoted to publishing original research...

The Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park is a protected area in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, immediately south-west of and adjacent to the...

THOMAS was the first online database of United States Congress legislative information. A project of the Library of Congress, it was launched in January...

The lieutenant governor of Delaware is the second ranking executive officer of the U.S. state of Delaware. Lieutenant governors are elected for a term...

Tax revenue is the income that is collected by governments through taxation. Taxation is the primary source of government revenue. Revenue may be extracted...

The Marshal of the United States Supreme Court heads the United States Supreme Court Police, a security police service answerable to the court itself rather...

Incitement to ethnic or racial hatred is a crime under the laws of several countries. In Australia, the Racial Hatred Act 1995 amends the Racial Discrimination...

Bird Islands Conservation Park is a 3.69-square-kilometre (1.42 sq mi) protected area in eastern Spencer Gulf, South Australia. It is located at Warburto...

In law, void means of no legal effect. An action, document, or transaction which is void is of no legal effect whatsoever: an absolute nullity—the law...

Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India is an Indian public interest litigation case challenging the conclusion of the Mandal Commission that about 52% of...

The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Guam was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, to elect the non-voting Delegate to the United...

Racial biases are a form of implicit bias, which refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect an individual's understanding, actions, and decisions...

Budawang National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, located approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) southwest of Sydney and 25 kilometres...

The 1993 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 81st...

The Communications Act of 1934 is a United States federal law signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 19, 1934, and codified as Chapter 5 of...

A commercial driver's license (CDL) is a driver's license required in the United States to operate large and heavy vehicles (including trucks, buses, and...

In the fields of cultural studies and social anthropology, cultural cringe is an expression used to refer to an internalized inferiority complex where...

Republican News was a longstanding newspaper/magazine published by Sinn Féin. Following the split in physical force Irish republicanism in the late 1960s...

A NEET, an acronym for "Not in Education, Employment, or Training", is a person who is unemployed and not receiving an education or vocational training...

The Adelaide International Jubilee Exhibition of 1887 was a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne on 20 June...

The foreign relations of Peru are managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. is an important first-tier state in South America, Peru has been a member...

A pontifical council was a mid-sized department or dicastery of the Roman Curia, the central organization responsible for assisting the Pope in the governance...

Baron Chorley, of Kendal in the County of Westmorland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 November 1945 for the barrister...

The Politics of Northwest Territories involves not only the governance of the Northwest Territories but also the social, economic and political issues...

Clann na Talmhan (pronounced [ˈklˠaːn̪ˠ n̪ˠə ˈt̪ˠal̪ˠwənˠ, - ˈt̪ˠalˠuːnˠ], "Family/Children of the land"; formally known as the National Agricultural Party)...

Look up provost in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Provost is a title held by the civic heads of local governments in Scotland. It is similar in use to...

International adoption (also referred to as intercountry adoption or transnational adoption) is a type of adoption in which an individual or couple residing...

The Sinatra Doctrine was a Soviet foreign policy under Mikhail Gorbachev for allowing member states of the Warsaw Pact to determine their own domestic...

Some edits to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia by staff of the United States Congress have created controversy, notably in early to mid-2006. Several...

The Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) are rules that are applicable to the domestic regulations a country applies to foreign investors...

Hepburn v. Griswold, 75 U.S. (8 Wall.) 603 (1870), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Chief Justice of the United States, Salmon P. Chase...

27°31′30″S 153°0′26″E / 27.52500°S 153.00722°E / -27.52500; 153.00722 (Queensland Tennis Centre) The 2017 Brisbane International was a tournament of...

A strip search is a practice of searching a person for weapons or other contraband suspected of being hidden on their body or inside their clothing, and...

The United States Capitol Guide Service is a guide service charged by the United States Congress to "provide guided tours of the interior of the United...

United Nations Day is an annual commemorative day, reflecting the official creation of the United Nations on 24 October 1945. In 1947, the United Nations...

The United Labour Party (ULP) of New Zealand was an early centre-left to left-wing political party. Founded in 1912, it represented the more moderate wing...

The Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party was a South African political party founded in 1994. Its principal objective was monetary reform, which it...

Sandgate is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia. It is located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, covering Sandgate, Shorncliffe...

Republic Day is the name of a holiday in several countries to commemorate the day when they became republics. Legend   Ceased to be republic   Transition...

In common-law jurisdictions, administration of an estate on death arises if the deceased is legally intestate, meaning they did not leave a will, or some...

The Massachusetts District Court (also known as the District Court Department of the Trial Court) is a trial court in Massachusetts that hears a wide range...

Speed limits are enforced on most public roadways by authorities, with the purpose to improve driver compliance with speed limits. Methods used include...

The Concentration Camps Inspectorate (CCI) or in German, IKL (Inspektion der Konzentrationslager; German: [ɪnspɛkˈt͡si̯oːn deːɐ̯ kɔnt͡sɛntʁaˈt͡si̯oːnsˌlaːɡɐ]...

Timber recycling or wood recycling is the process of turning waste timber into usable products. Recycling timber is a practice that was popularized in...

This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of New Brunswick's unicameral legislative body, the Legislative...

Basket Swamp is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 558 km north of Sydney, and 15 kilometres north east of Tenterfield. The park is named after...

The 1994 Harlow District Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same...

In the law of evidence, a dying declaration is testimony that would normally be barred as hearsay but may in common law nonetheless be admitted as evidence...

Lawrence Joseph Connery (October 17, 1895 – October 19, 1941) was a United States House Representative from Massachusetts. Connery was born in Lynn, Massachusetts...

Black Hill Conservation Park, formerly the Black Hill National Park, is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located approximately...

Nicoll Scrub is a national park in South East Queensland, Australia, 88 km southeast of Brisbane. It adjoins the Currumbin Valley Reserve and protects...

Totness Recreation Park (formerly Totness National Parks Reserve) is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located within the localities...

The Belmont Anti-Tank Ditch was an anti-tank trench constructed in 1942 as part of the southern perimeter defensive system of the Port of Newcastle, New...

The Irish National Federation (INF) was a nationalist political party in Ireland. It was founded in 1891 by former members of the Irish National League...

Seychelles – United States relations are bilateral relations between Seychelles and the United States. The year 1963 marked the beginning of an official...

Mount Brown Conservation Park is a protected area in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. The park has established walking trails, including a section...

The Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы Парламенті Мәжілісі, romanized: Qazaqstan Respublikasy Parlamentî...

Southwood is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 288 km west of Brisbane. Brigalow-belah forest remnants are conserved in this park on the western...

Peter John Mitchell Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gwydir, PC, QC (31 July 1920 – 4 February 2008) was a British Conservative politician. He was the first Welshman...

Beaumont Street (/ˈboʊmɒnt/ BOH-mont) is a major street in Hamilton Newcastle, Australia running from the Islington antiques district on Maitland Road...

A certificate of identity, sometimes called an alien's passport, is a travel document issued by a country to non-citizens (also called aliens) residing...

This article gives an overview of liberalism in Armenia. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had representation...

The 1992 Brentwood Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Brentwood Borough Council in England. "Election results" (PDF)...

Tahlee is a heritage-listed former pastoral property of 68.8 hectares (170 acres) in the suburb of Tahlee situated on the north side of Port Stephens near...

The Commonwealth of Australia possesses an extensive network of diplomatic and consular missions. They are mostly maintained by the Department of Foreign...

The prime minister of the Cook Islands is the head of government of the Cook Islands, a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand....

George Campbell Peery (October 28, 1873 – October 14, 1952) was an American Democratic politician, and was the 52nd governor of Virginia from 1934 to 1938...

Democratic liberalism aims to reach a synthesis of democracy which is the participation of the people in power and liberalism, a political and/or social...

The Union of Young Fascists – Vanguard (Russian: Союз Юных Фашисток — Авангард, Soyuz Yunykh Fashistok — Avangard) was the young women's youth organization...

The 2019 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect one third of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in England. The Conservatives...

Forest Arthur Harness (June 24, 1895 – July 29, 1974) was an American lawyer, World War I veteran, and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative...

The 149th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 6 to April 23, 1926, during...

Science fiction television has been produced in Australia since the 1960s, as a homegrown response to imported overseas US and British shows. The Stranger...

The former Kanawinka Geopark is situated along a structurally controlling geological fault of the same name that extends from the Naracoorte Caves in South...

Macau – United States relations are bilateral relations between Macau and the United States. In recognition of Macau's high degree of autonomy, the United...

Birth tourism is the practice of traveling to another country or city for the purpose of giving birth in that country. The main reason for birth tourism...

The Communist Party of Vietnam is organized according to the Leninist principle of Democratic centralism. The supreme party organ is the National Congress...

Keppel Bay Islands are part of both a national park and a scientific national park in Queensland, Australia, respectively 538 km and 518 km northwest of...

New Kosovo Alliance (Albanian: Aleanca Kosova e Re, AKR) is a liberal political party in Kosovo. The party was founded on 3 May 2006, by Behgjet Pacolli...

The Personal Choice Party (PCP) was a United States political party whose presidential candidate for 2004 qualified for the ballot in the state of Utah...

Old Junee is a village community in the central east part of the Riverina and situated about 8 kilometres north west from Junee and 16 kilometres east...

A perpetual traveler (also PT, permanent tourist or prior taxpayer) is a person who bases different aspects of their life in different countries, without...

The Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity (Italian: Partito Democratico Italiano di Unità Monarchica, PDIUM) was an Italian monarchist political...

Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground is a multi-use stadium located in Newcastle, New South Wales, and has a nominated capacity of approximately 10,000. It...

West Hill is a national park in Carmila, Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. The park is 722 km (449 mi) northwest of Brisbane. Queensland portal Protected...

The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Ustav Republike Hrvatske) is promulgated by the Croatian Parliament. While it was part of the socialist...

Louis Leon Ludlow (June 24, 1873 – November 28, 1950) was a Democratic Indiana congressman; he proposed a constitutional amendment early in 1938 requiring...

John Bartholomew Sosnowski (December 8, 1883 – July 16, 1968) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Sosnowski was born in a Polish family in...

Wild Cattle Island is a national park in Queensland, Australia, approximately 25 km southeast of Gladstone. Queensland portal Protected areas of Queensland...

Particracy, also known as partitocracy, partitocrazia or partocracy, is a form of government in which the political parties are the primary basis of rule...

The phrase "by operation of law" is a legal term that indicates that a right or liability has been created for a party, irrespective of the intent of that...

Cassius Clay Dowell (February 29, 1864 – February 4, 1940) was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa. He served from 1915 to 1935, and again from...

Yamarrinh Wachangan Islands (Denham Group) is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 2098 km northwest of Brisbane. The park is the largest nesting...

Whampoa Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) located in the eastern region of Singapore. The constituency covers the main...

The United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) was introduced by Kofi Annan in 2001. Its mandate was to coordinate the efforts undertaken...

Liberalism in Honduras is a form of Latin American liberalism. It was influenced by French revolutionaries from 1789 to 1799, when the door was open for...

The Slave Kidnapping Act of 1866 was an act passed in the United States that punished a person who carried away another person, without their consent,...

The Diocese of Riverina is one of 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese covers 37% of New South Wales, including the Riverina and...

City Vision is a centre-left coalition of two political parties, the New Zealand Labour Party and the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, and community...

For centuries, firefighters have worn helmets to protect them from heat, cinders and falling objects. Although the shape of most fire helmets has changed...

Legislative elections were held in Israel on 28 January 2003. The result was a resounding victory for Ariel Sharon's Likud. The previous separate election...

The Tugun Bypass is a 7.5-kilometre-long (4.7 mi) stretch of motorway-grade road, bypassing through the suburb of Tugun on the Gold Coast, in Queensland...

The 1997 Winston-Salem mayoral election was held on November 7, 1997 to elect the mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It saw the election of Jack Canvanagh...

The Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board (ATB) is a quasi-judicial agency within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Office of the Governor. Though part of...

Historically, the political post of Prime Minister, officially called President of the Council of Ministers (Portuguese: Primeiro-ministro, Presidente...

The Salta Renewal Party (Spanish: Partido Renovador de Salta; PRS) is a conservative provincial political party in Salta Province, Argentina. The party...

Henry Gordon McMorran (June 11, 1844 – July 19, 1929) was an American Republican politician and businessman. He served five terms in the U.S. Congress...

Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) is an international nonprofit organization advocacy and education organization with focus on drug policy, war...

View map The East Maitland–Morpeth railway is a closed branch railway in New South Wales, Australia. St Michael was a seagoing ship that traded between...

In criminal law, culpability, or being culpable, is a measure of the degree to which an agent, such as a person, can be held morally or legally responsible...

The Labour Representation Committee (LRC) is a British socialist pressure group within the Labour Party and wider labour movement. It is often seen as...

Abortion in Germany is legal on demand during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy upon condition of mandatory counseling. The same goes later in pregnancy...

Triple M Sydney (callsign 2MMM) is a radio station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia. Triple M Sydney is part of Southern Cross Austereo's Triple M network...

Benjamin Kurtz Focht (March 12, 1863 – March 27, 1937) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Benjamin K. Focht...

Counsellors of State are senior members of the British royal family to whom the monarch can delegate royal functions through letters patent under the Great...

The Australian Defence College (ADC) comprises three joint education and training organisations operated by the Australian Defence Force in Canberra, Australian...

The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting albums on the Australian Album Charts, for the year of 1976. These were the best charting albums...

The Second Congress of Rastatt, which began its deliberations in November 1797, was intended to negotiate a general peace between the French Republic and...

An election of the delegation from Latvia to the European Parliament was held on 6 June 2009. Seventeen lists containing a total of 185 candidates were...

John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, PC, FRS (4 March 1651 – 26 April 1716) was an English jurist, Whig statesman and peer. Somers first came to national attention...

Robert Gordon Cousins (January 31, 1859 – June 20, 1933) was an eight-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 5th congressional district. He represented...

Policy debate is an American form of debate competition in which teams of two usually advocate for and against a resolution that typically calls for policy...

The 2012 Brisbane International was a joint 2012 ATP World Tour and 2012 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland...

The Order of Mark Master Masons is an appendant order of Freemasonry that exists in some Masonic jurisdictions, and confers the degrees of Mark Mason and...

In constitutional usage in Commonwealth realms, a ministry (usually preceded by the definite article, i.e., the ministry) is a collective body of government...

The 145 is a 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m) two person intermediate sailing dinghy complete with main, jib, spinnaker and trapeze. The class is a lengthened version...

Ablekuma Central is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post...

The 2007 Queensland Cup season was the 12th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The...

Albert Estopinal (January 30, 1845 – April 28, 1919) was an American Civil War veteran who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Louisiana from...

The 1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series (more commonly known as the 1980–81 World Series) was a cricket tournament held in Australia from 23 November 1980...

Royal Park is the largest of Melbourne's inner city parks (181 hectares or 450 acres). It is located four kilometres (2.5 mi) north of the Melbourne CBD...

The 2021 Cambridge City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other...

AFS Intercultural Programs (or AFS, originally the American Field Service) is an international youth exchange organization. It consists of over 50 independent...

A Conservative Association (CA) is a local organisation composed of Conservative Party members in the United Kingdom. Every association varies in membership...

Baron Shepherd, of Spalding in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1946 for George Shepherd, who...

A general partnership, the basic form of partnership under common law, is in most countries an association of persons or an unincorporated company with...

The 1980 Labour Party deputy leadership election took place on 13 November 1980 when incumbent deputy leader Michael Foot was elected leader of the Labour...

Rupert Vance Hartke (May 31, 1919 – July 27, 2003) was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana from 1959 until...

Baron Robertson of Oakridge, of Oakridge in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 29 June 1961 for...

Baron Norrie, of Wellington in New Zealand and of Hawkesbury Upton in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was...

The 1914 Bolton by-election was held on 22 September 1914. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Alfred Gill. It was won...

Baron Wrenbury, of Old Castle, Dallington in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1915 for the barrister...

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In the United States, the Victims' Rights Amendment is a provision which has been included in some states' constitutions, proposed for other states, and...

The Revenue Tariff Party, also known as the Tariff Reform Party, was a minor Australian political party that operated in Tasmania in 1903. It elected one...

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Australian National Line (ANL) was a coastal shipping line established by the Government of Australia in 1956. It was sold in 1998 by the Howard government...

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Ratio decidendi (Latin plural rationes decidendi) is a Latin phrase meaning "the reason" or "the rationale for the decision". The ratio decidendi is "the...

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The Prevention of Nuclear War Agreement was created to reduce the danger of nuclear war between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics...

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Federal law bans smoking in all Australian Commonwealth government buildings, public transport, airports, and international and domestic flights. Australia...

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Millbillillie meteorite is a meteorite named after the cattle station in Western Australia on which it fell in October 1960. It is classified as a eucrite...

Alberton is a metropolitan suburb in the west of Adelaide, South Australia, about 20 minutes drive from the city. Part of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield...

Buona Vista Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1976 to 1997 and it was merged into Tanjong Pagar GRC. Note :...

The Embassy of the United States of America in Ottawa (French: Ambassade des États-Unis d'Amérique à Ottawa) is the diplomatic mission of the United States...

Williams was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950. A rural district named for...

Syria is a semi-arid country with scarce water resources. The largest water-consuming sector in Syria is agriculture. Domestic water use is only about...

The Union of Greens of Russia (UGR; Russian: Союз зелёных России; СЗР; Soyuz zelonykh Rossii, SZR) or Green Russia (Russian: Зелёная Россия; Zelonaya Rossiya)...

Clementi Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1980 to 1988, where it merged into Pasir Panjang Group Representation Constituency...

The politics of Equatorial Guinea take place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President is both the head of state and head of government...

The Lebanese Republic and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan have close, warm relations. Pakistan has an embassy in Beirut. Lebanon has an embassy in Islamabad...

Pambula Beach is a town in New South Wales, Australia not far from Pambula. At the 2016 census, Pambula Beach had a population of 654 people. There are...

The 1994 Waveney District Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Waveney District Council in England. This was on the same day as...

Chapter 9: Judiciary. Chapter 9 of the 1997 Constitution of Fiji is titled Judiciary. It is divided into twenty-two sections, setting out the composition...

Henderson Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1972 to 1988, and it was merged into Tiong Bahru Group Representation Constituency...

Stella Maris College is an independent Roman Catholic high school for girls, located on the northern end of Manly Beach in Manly, on the Northern Beaches...

The position of Under-Secretary of State for War was a British government position, first applied to Evan Nepean (appointed in 1794). In 1801 the offices...

Europe–Democracy–Esperanto (EDE, E–D–E, or E° D° E°; Esperanto: Eŭropo–Demokratio–Esperanto) is an electoral list, which participates in the European elections...

Sepoy Lines Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1976, whereby it consists of Singapore General Hospital. Wee Toon...

Crawford Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1976, broke off from Rochore Constituency. Kenneth Michael Byrne (1959...

The 1955 United States gubernatorial elections were held in three states. Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi hold their gubernatorial elections in odd...

Bo Wen Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It existed from 1984 to 1988. S Vasoo was an MP until it shifted to Radin Mas in 1988. It absorbed...

Colin Edward 'Col' Austen (2 December 1920 – 3 October 1995) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and Richmond...

Irymple (/ˈaɪərɪmpəl/ EYE-rim-pəl) is a suburb of Mildura in the state of Victoria in Australia. Located in the region of Sunraysia in the far North-West...

Braddell Heights Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It existed from 1976 to 1997 and was merged into Marine Parade Group Representation...

The Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan Party (PMKP) was a political party in Pakistan founded in 1974 by Afzal Khamosh. On 20 December 2015, it merged with the Communist...

The Socialist Labour Party (SLP) was a minor political party in the Republic of Ireland formed under the leadership of Matt Merrigan (Dublin Secretary...

Joseph Andrew Gavagan (August 20, 1892 – October 18, 1968) was an American World War I veteran, lawyer, and politician who served seven terms as a United...

Police blogs are a means for police officers from around the world to tell others about their work and way of life. The authors often retain anonymity...

Orroral River, a perennial stream of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia...

Quantum meruit is a Latin phrase meaning "what one has earned". In the context of contract law, it means something along the lines of "reasonable value...

The Greens (De Grønne) was a Danish green party. It was founded in October 1983. It first participated in the 1985 local elections. It was a founding member...

Tanah Merah Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It was created in 1980 by merging parts of Bedok and Changi constituencies. In 1988, it was abolished...

Bodalla is a small town on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia, and located in the local government area of Eurobodalla Shire. The town sits...

The Federal Correctional Complex, Forrest City (FCC Forrest City) is a United States federal prison complex for male inmates in Arkansas. It is operated...

Upper Horton is a very small village and surrounding agricultural area located by the Horton River in northern New South Wales, Australia. The community...

The Hall–Rabushka flat tax is a flat tax proposal on consumption designed by American economists Robert Hall and Alvin Rabushka at the Hoover Institution...

The 1990 IPSC Handgun World Shoot IV held in Adelaide, Australia was the 9th IPSC Handgun World Shoot, and was won by Doug Koenig of USA, the first competitor...

The 2000 Argentina rugby union tour of Australia and England were two series of matches played by the Argentina national rugby union team . The first tour...

Croppa Creek is a very small village and railway location in the Gwydir Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was the site of a railway station on the...

The Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland is a member of the UK Shadow Cabinet responsible for the scrutiny of the Secretary of State for Scotland and...

The Liberal Party of Kosovo (Albanian: Partia Liberale e Kosoves) is a liberal political party in the Republic of Kosovo. The party is an observer member...

The Russell Tribunal, also known as the International War Crimes Tribunal, Russell–Sartre Tribunal, or Stockholm Tribunal, was a private People's Tribunal...

The Movement for Socialism is an occasional grouping of socialists in the United Kingdom. It originated as one half of the major split in the Workers Revolutionary...

The 2003 South Australian National Football League season was the 124th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia...

The governor of Zacatecas (Spanish: Gobernador Constitucional del Estado de Zacatecas) wields executive power in the State of Zacatecas. The governor is...

Cannabis in Burundi is illegal. A 1977 United States Congressional report noted that cannabis in Burundi was illegal, with cultivation, transport, or possession...

Stannifer is a small rural village, on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. The village is situated nine kilometres north of Tingha, New...

Copyright in the Netherlands is governed by the Dutch Copyright Law (called Auteurswet), copyright (auteursrecht in Dutch) is the exclusive right of the...

Stonehenge is a rural locality on the Northern Tablelands of New England in New South Wales, Australia. The settlement is located about 8 kilometres (5 mi)...

Grañén is a small town in the Monegros region of the Province of Huesca, Aragón, Spain. It is at a low elevation on the Monegros Plain, and has 2100 inhabitants...