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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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Geneva conventions
GENEVA CONVENTIONS GENEVA CONVENTIONS, a series of international agreements drafted for the amelioration (improvement)of the treatment of the sick and wounded, in particular—but all prisoners Read more |
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Gallic Wars
Gallic Wars , campaigns in Gaul led by Julius Caesar in his two terms as proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul, Transalpine Gaul, and Illyricum (58 BC-51 BC). Caesar's first campaign was to prevent the Helvetii (who lived N of the Lake of Geneva) from crossing the Roman territory Provincia (Provence) on... Read more |
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antipope
antipope [Lat.,=against the pope], person elected pope whose election was declared uncanonical and in opposition to a canonically chosen pontiff. Important antipopes were Novatian ; Clement III (see Guibert of Ravenna ); Nicholas V (see Rainalducci, Pietro ); Clement VII (see Robert of Geneva... Read more |
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Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc , Alpine massif, on the French-Italian border, SE of Geneva. One of its several peaks, also called Mont Blanc (15,771 ft/4,807 m), is the highest peak in France and the second highest in Europe. The southeastern (Italian) face is a massive wall; on the northwestern slopes are numerous... Read more |
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torture
torture the intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering in order to intimidate, coerce, obtain information or a confession, or punish. In international law, the term is usually further restricted to actions committed by persons acting in an official capacity. The UN... Read more |
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Charles Bonnet
Bonnet, Charles (b. Geneva, Switzerland, 13 March 1720; d. Geneva, 20 May 1793) natural history, biology, philosophy. Bonnet was the son of Pierre Bonnet, whose family lived at Th Read more |
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Geneva Steel
Geneva Steel 10 South Geneva RoadVineyard, Utah 84058U.S.A.(801) 227-9000Fax: (801) 227-9431 Public Company Incorporated: 1987Employees: 2,400Sales: $420 millionStock Exchanges: New York PacificSICs: 3312 Blast Furnaces & Steel Mills Geneva Steel is the only integrated steel mill... Read more |
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Montreux
Montreux , resort area (1990 pop. 22,917), on the northeast shore of the Lake of Geneva, Vaud canton, W Switzerland. It is composed of the communes of Le Châtelard, Les Planches, and Veytaux, which were merged in 1962. Montreux is a leading resort on the Lake of Geneva, and lies on a railway... Read more |
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George Frost Kennan
George Frost Kennan 1904-2005, U.S. diplomat and historian, b. Milwaukee, Wis., grad. Princeton, 1925. Among the most influential Americans in the Foreign Service in the 20th cent., he served from 1927 in various diplomatic posts in Europe, including Geneva, Hamburg, Riga, Berlin, Prague, Lisbon,... Read more |
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Chutes and ladders
...issues: Insisting on Palestinian reciprocity, fighting...Another Likud rebellion against another Likud leader...Reaching peace with the Palestinians via the Geneva Initiative Outlook...National Union, it has to start preparing to run ... |
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Palestinians Plan Diplomatic Steps to Put Israel Under 'International Siege'.
...a diplomatic campaign that aims to...Israeli and Palestinian representatives...offensive the Palestinians are planning...will be the start of an unprecedented...part of the Palestinian leadership...the one waged against ... |
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Palestinians forge own path to statehood ; Fed up with talks, P.L.O. lobbies...
...22-2010 Palestinians forge own...NewsThe Palestinian leadership...signatories of the Geneva Conventions...Israeli-Palestinian relations...back the Palestinians. The Israelis...public stand against the new ... |
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Palestinians shift focus in strategy for statehood
...signatories of the Geneva Conventions...Israeli-Palestinian relations...back the Palestinians. The Israelis...public stand against the new approach...since the Palestinians are the weaker...against the ... |
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Palestinians irate over new Jerusalem tram
...first light rail starts test runs this...congestion. But Palestinians see no reason...it in 1967. Palestinians say Israel is...use our land, Palestinian land," said...alike." The campaign against the train is...Israel's war ... |
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Anti-Israel NGOs get head start in Geneva ahead of Durban II
...NGOs get head start in Geneva ahead of Durban...2009 -- Geneva was abuzz with...a body of Palestinian and anti...Conference Against Racism (2001...the global Campaign for Boycott...gearing up in Geneva over ... |
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RIGHTS: PALESTINIANS LOSING HOPE, U.N. REPORT SAYS
...propaganda against Israel...rights of Palestinians, even before...following the start of the second Palestinian uprising...than 1,300 Palestinians, including...the Fourth Geneva Convention...killing ... |
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Secretary-General marks Day of Solidarity with Palestinians by calling for...
...Solidarity with Palestinians by calling for...hold Israelis, Palestinians to their commitments...life in the Palestinian territories...of war crimes against the Palestinian...hope that a start would shortly...support for the ... |
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Albright Seeks to Spur Mideast Talks; Following Israeli Offer to Withdraw...
...West Bank to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Geneva on Saturday...States and the Palestinians say were...s time to start swimming." The ruling Palestinian Council Thursday...months, of a Palestinian pledge to...terrorist ... |
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Part 2 - Calling For Greater Diplomatic Efforts As Security Council Concludes...
...5 million Palestinians if the international...thousands of Palestinian women, men...territory and start their work...military attacks against Palestinians, which contravened...brutal military campaign, which ... |
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