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  • 41Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …

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  • 42South Africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 42,327,458; 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town. Formerly, Union of South Africa. * * * South Africa Introduction South Africa… …

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  • 43Vivian Solon — Vivian Alvarez Solon is an Australian who was unlawfully removed to the Philippines by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) in July 2001. In May 2005, it became public knowledge that she had been deported …

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  • 44Canonical Inquisition —     Canonical Inquisition     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Inquisition     Canonical Inquisition is either extra judicial or judicial: the former might be likened to a coroner s inquest in our civil law; while the latter is similar to an… …

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  • 45HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

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  • 46inquisition — inquisitional, adj. /in kweuh zish euhn, ing /, n. 1. an official investigation, esp. one of a political or religious nature, characterized by lack of regard for individual rights, prejudice on the part of the examiners, and recklessly cruel… …

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  • 47inquest — in·quest / in ˌkwest/ n [Anglo French enqueste, from Old French, ultimately from Latin inquirere to ask about, from in within, into + quaerere to seek] 1: a judicial or official inquiry or examination often before a jury a coroner s inquest… …

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  • 48France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 49Doodhipora killing, 2006 — Doodhipora killing refers to killing of four teenagers on 22 February 2006 by troops of 33 Rashtriya Rifles of Indian armed forces in Doodhipora village of Kupwara district, in Jammu and Kashmir. Contents 1 Incident 2 Protest against the killing… …

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  • 50Shirley McKie — is a former Scottish police detective who was accused by experts from the Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO) of leaving her thumb print on the bathroom door frame of a murder crime scene in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, on January 14, 1997. Denying… …

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