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9-11
9/11 the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, in the United States, and the associated events and impact of those attacks. The attacks, which were carried out by agents of Al Qaeda (a militant Islamic terrorist group led by Osama bin Laden ) used three hijacked commercial jet aircraft to destroy... Read more |
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rood
rood , crucifix mounted above the entrance to the chancel and flanked by large figures of the Virgin and St. John, an almost invariable feature in the 14th- and 15th-century European church. This group, usually carved in wood and painted and gilded, was in early examples supported upon a beam as... Read more |
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Battle of Cape Passaro
Cape Passaro, battle of, 1718. Cape Passaro is the extreme southerly cape of Sicily. On 31 July 1718 a British fleet under Sir George Byng defeated a Spanish fleet of twice its numerical strength, destroying or capturing 17 Spanish warships. The Spanish fleet was newly built and hardly fit for... Read more |
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Waziristan
Waziristan Arid and mountainous region in North-West Frontier province, nw Pakistan, on the Afghanistan border. It is divided into n and s Waziristan. In the n, Wazir tribes live in fortified mountain villages and farm the fertile valleys. In s Waziristan, the semi-nomadic Mashud tribes live in... Read more |
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Combat Support
Combat Support. Land warfare is the mission of the U.S. Army, and army forces are divided into three categories according to their function on the battlefield: combat, combat support, and combat service support. Combat forces engage in direct confrontation with enemy forces to kill or capture them,... Read more |
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Geneva Protocol on Chemical Warfare
Geneva Protocol on Chemical Warfare (1925).Widespread revulsion against the World War I use of poison gas led to the Geneva Protocol in 1925, restricting chemical warfare. The agreement, ratified by most powers, was rejected by Japan and by the U.S. Senate.Senators blocked it despite popular belief... Read more |
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ANALYSIS: Hard fought landmine victory faces new threat.(News)
...Undoubtedly her support helped secure...stop using landmines, destroy stockpiles, clear mined...consequences of landmines on civilians...ban. The landmine treaty has...trade of landmines has almost...the world stockpile them; they...from the UN Mine ... |
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UN chief urges states to abide by pacts against landmines.
...UzReport.com): UN Secretary...appealed for support for mine awareness...he said. In Afghanistan alone, 14...helping to destroy more than a...remnants of war. UN development...education, and destroy stockpiles has helped...accidents with landmines and explosive...society ... |
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Landmine clearance saves lives in over 40 countries.
...international support for mine action...Max Kerley, UN Mine Action...organisations and the UN to clear mines...education, and destroy stockpiles has helped...destroyed in Afghanistan in 2010. Over...accidents with landmines and explosive...UNICEF. "The Landmine Monitor ... |
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LANDMINE CLEARANCE SAVES LIVES AND PROTECTS LIVELIHOODS IN OVER 40 COUNTRIES...
...international support for mine action...Max Kerley, UN Mine Action...organisations and the UN to clear mines...education, and destroy stockpiles has helped...destroyed in Afghanistan in 2010. Over...accidents with landmines and explosive...UNICEF. "The Landmine Monitor ... |
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ON GLOBAL MINE ACTION DAY, BAN URGES STATES TO ABIDE BY PACTS AGAINST LANDMINES.
...appealed for support for mine awareness...he said. In Afghanistan alone, 14...helping to destroy more than a...remnants of war. UN development...Ban. The UN Mine Action...education, and destroy stockpiles has helped...accidents with landmines and explosive...society ... |
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ON WORLD MINE AWARENESS DAY, UN CHIEF HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL DE-MINING EFFORTS.
...a show of support for landmine survivors...solidarity with landmine survivors...limbs to landmines and unexploded...ordnance. The UN is currently...management of stockpiles of landmines in Libya...assisting in stockpile management...agree to destroy ... |
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How can Britain still use the Merchant of Death? GILLIGAN ON MONDAY.
...conflicts and support UN-sanctioned regimes in Afghanistan, Angola...they ruled Afghanistan." The story...wrote the UN report...7,500 landmines and millions...old Soviet stockpiles. That weaponry...weapons to destroy Liberia... |
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