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71CIA transnational health and economic activities — This article deals with activities of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency related to human survival issues, emphasizing disease and basic needs such as water and agriculture. TOC CIA activities in this area include the preparation of National… …
72Mérida Initiative — The Mérida Initiative (also called Plan Mexico by critics) is a security cooperation agreement between the United States and the government of Mexico and the countries of Central America, with the declared aim of combating the threats of drug… …
73Afghan training camp — Guantanamo captives alleged attendance at training camps. An Afghan training camp is a camp or facility used for militant training located in pre 2002 Afghanistan.[citati …
74Human trafficking — is the recruitment, transportation, harbouring, or receipt of people for the purposes of slavery, forced labor (including bonded labor or debt bondage) and servitude. The total annual revenue for trafficking in persons is estimated to be between… …
75Bulgaria — /bul gair ee euh, bool /, n. a republic in SE Europe. 8,652,745; 42,800 sq. mi. (110,850 sq. km). Cap.: Sofia. * * * Bulgaria Introduction Bulgaria Background: The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in …
76heresy — /her euh see/, n., pl. heresies. 1. opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, esp. of a church or religious system. 2. the maintaining of such an opinion or doctrine. 3. Rom. Cath. Ch. the willful and persistent… …
77United Nations — 1. an international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945. Abbr.: UN Cf. General… …
78Law, Crime, and Law Enforcement — ▪ 2006 Introduction Trials of former heads of state, U.S. Supreme Court rulings on eminent domain and the death penalty, and high profile cases against former executives of large corporations were leading legal and criminal issues in 2005.… …
79Nobel Prize winners by category (physiology or medicine) — ▪ Table Nobel Prize winners by category (physiology or medicine) year name country* achievement 1901 Behring, Emil von Germany work on serum therapy 1902 Ross, Sir Ronald U.K. discovery of how malaria enters an organism 1903 Finsen, Niels Ryberg… …
80Nobel Prize winners by year 7 — ▪ Table Nobel Prize winners by year (1981–90) year category name country* achievement literary area 1981 chemistry Fukui Kenichi Japan orbital symmetry interpretation of chemical reactions chemistry Hoffmann, Roald U.S. orbital symmetry… …
