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21Myanmar — /muy ahn mah/, n. Union of, official name of Burma. * * * I or Burma officially Union of Myanmar Country, Southeast Asia, on the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Area: 261,228 sq mi (676,577 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 42,238,000. Capital:… …
22Human rights in North Korea — North Korea This article is part of the series: Politics and government of North Korea Constitution Juche …
23international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
24Nikolay Dyatlenko — The interrogation of Paulus at Don Front HQ. Left to right: General Rokossovsky, Marshal Voronov, Dyatlenko and Field Marshal Paulus Captain Nikolay Dmitrevich Dyatlenko (Russian: Николай Дмитриевич Дятленко; 26 November 1914 – 1996) was a… …
252007 Burmese anti-government protests — The 2007 Burmese anti government protests were a series of anti government protests that started in Burma (also known as Union of Myanmar) on August 15, 2007. (On the names Burma and Myanmar see Names of Burma.) The immediate cause of the… …
26Uthman Ibn Affan — ‘Uthmān ibn ‘Affān (Arabic: ar. عثمان بن عفان) (c. 579 July 17 656) was one of the sahaba (companions). An early convert to Islam, he played a major role in early Islamic history, most notably as the third Caliph of the Rashidun Empire (644 to… …
27Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
28Nobel Prizes — ▪ 2009 Introduction Prize for Peace The 2008 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, former president (1994–2000) of Finland, for his work over more than 30 years in settling international disputes, many involving ethnic,… …
29Uthman ibn Affan — For other uses of the name, see Uthman. Uthman ibn Affan Caliph Uthman s empire at its peak, 655. Thu Al Nurayn Reign …
30International recognition of Kosovo — Kosovo This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Kosovo Political status of Kosovo Declaration of independence …
