Negeb
Negeb A dry area in the south of
Judah through which were several roads of strategic importance; many villages were built there as defences. At the time of the
Exodus Amalekites dwelt in the Negeb (Num. 13: 29). From the time of the Exile (586 BCE) it was occupied by
Edomites, and later known to Greek-speakers as
Idumaea (Mark 3: 8).
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Sikkim's unique electoral college.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 4/30/2009; 700+ words
; Gangtok, Apr. 30 -- Sikkim has a unique electoral college for Sangha...Sangha seat. -X- Women take pride in Sikkim's elections in electing the 8th Assembly...X- Chujachen constituency in east Sikkim has the highest number of voters in...
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Sikkim tour operators steal a march over NE rivals.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 5/31/2009; 700+ words
; ...tourism appeal and quality services of Sikkim, 11 leading travel agencies of the Himalayan...agencies are members of Travel Agents of Sikkim (TAAS), the premier tour body in the...operators - Blue Sky Tours and Travels, Sikkim Tours and Travels, Marcopolo Tours and...
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Sikkim, a new fascination for holidaying tourists
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 6/3/2008; 700+ words
; ...International brought to you by HT Syndication. Gangtok (Sikkim), June 3 -- Tourism in Sikkim is witnessing an instant boom as people from the...Nearly 130,000 domestic tourists have visited Sikkim, the State in the foothills of Himalayas from...
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Sikkim records 80 pc voting to elect eighth Assembly.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 4/30/2009; 700+ words
; ...cross 80. In the 2004 general election Sikkim had recorded about 80 per cent voting...candidates. Mr Chamling, who is the Sikkim Democratic Front president, is looking...election is for the eighth Assembly as Sikkim became part of Indian Union in 1975...
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Polling in Sikkim to elect 32-member Assembly, one LS seat begins.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 4/30/2009; 700+ words
; Gangtok, Apr. 30 -- Polling in Sikkim's 32 Assembly constituencies and lone...seven candidates. Chief Minister and Sikkim Democratic Front president Pawan Chamling...election is for the eighth Assembly as Sikkim became part of Indian Union in 1975...
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Jawant boosts BJP's confidence in Sikkim.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 4/12/2009; 700+ words
; ...river and wafted through neighbouring Sikkim. The state is in the midst of active...party's confidence for the elections in Sikkim, by hitting the headlines of regional...in both political and social sector of Sikkim as both the regions enjoy brotherhood...
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Congress manifesto promises justice to all voters in Sikkim.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 4/13/2009; 700+ words
; Gangtok, Apr. 13 -- The Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee(SPCC...The discrimination made by the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) government...the old business community and non-Sikkim subject holders is our chief agenda...
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Chamling seeks 4th time in office in Sikkim.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 4/29/2009; 700+ words
; ...Gangtok, Apr. 29 -- Chief Minister and Sikkim Democratic Front president Pawan Chamling...his straight fourth time in office as Sikkim goes to the polls tomorrow to choose a...Samtem and Poklok-Khamdong in South Sikkim and Bhandari from Singtam-Khamdong in...
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Sikkim wants to be India's Switzerland
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 12/6/2006; 700+ words
; ...the Hindustan Times Gangtok, Dec 6 -- Sikkim Chief Minister, Pawan Chamling has said...Chamling recently. The magical lure of Sikkim has always attracted people from around...the support of the Central Government, Sikkim will be the number one tourism destination...
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FIRST GOVERNOR OF SIKKIM PASSES AWAY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/5/2008; 562 words
; The first Governor of Sikkim, B.B. Lal passed away at his residence in New Delhi today, said the Sikkim Government in a news release: The verbatim...Mr. B.B. Lal, first Governor of Sikkim passed away on January 5. He breathed...
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Sikkim
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sikkim , state (2001 provisional pop. 540,493...capital and only town is Gangtok. Most of Sikkim is mountainous, and rivers, including...Agriculture is chiefly for subsistence. Sikkim has some copper deposits. There is a handicraft...
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Sikkimese
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Sikkimese live in the Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim, with a population of 316,385 in 1981...and Tibet have frequently intervened in Sikkim's internal affairs. The British Indian...Sikkimese for access to central Asia. Sikkim is the political core of the larger former...
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Bhutanese
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...introduction of Buddhism into Bhutan, Sikkim, and Tibet in the eighth century a...by Arunachal Pradesh and on the west by Sikkim. In 1990 the estimated population of...Bhutanese have seen how in neighboring Sikkim the original inhabitants have been Gradually...
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Lepcha
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, a land located in the districts of Sikkim and Darjeeling, India, lying between 27 ° and 28...at 65,000 by the United Bible Societies, with 23,706 in Sikkim (1982), 1,272 in Nepal (1961), and 24,200 in Bhutan...
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David-Néel, Alexandra
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...xE9;el went on to the royal monastery in the nearby kingdom of Sikkim, where she met the crown prince, Sidkeong Tulku Namghyal, who...enlightenment, David-Néel spent more than a year in a cave in Sikkim, though assigned he
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