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early 15c., from Old French paternal "of a father" (12c.), from Medieval Latin paternalis, from Latin paternus "of a father, fatherly," from pater (see father (n.)).
paternal pa·ter·nal (pə-tûr'nəl)adj.
Relating to or characteristic of a father or fatherhood.
Received or inh... | 3 |
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Definitions for runic
- Having some secret or mysterious meaning.
- Consisting of or set down in runes.
- Referring to an interlaced form seen on ancient monuments, metalwork, etc., of the northern European peoples.
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asexual reproduction n.
Reproduction occurring without the sexual union of male and female gametes.
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See under reproduction.
The kind of reproduction in which it is not necessary to have two parents to produce offspring. The reproduction of single-cell... | 3 |
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any of various methods of colouring cloth in a pattern by pretreating designed areas to resist penetration by the dye. To obtain a two-colour pattern on goods already dyed in one colour, a dye paste is applied in the desired design; the paste contains a substance resistant t... | 3 |
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Any network which provides similar services within an organisation to those provided by the Internet outside it but which is not necessarily connected to the Internet. The commonest example is the use by a company of one or more World-Wide Web servers on an internal TCP/IP n... | 3 |
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the parents of the Virgin Mary, according to tradition derived from certain apocryphal writings. Information concerning their lives and names is found in the 2nd-century-AD Protevangelium of James ("First Gospel of James") and the 3rd-century-AD Evangelium de nativitate Mari... | 3 |
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(Or "Operator overloading"). Use of a single symbol to represent operators with different argument types, e.g. "-", used either, as a monadic operator to negate an expression, or as a dyadic operator to return the difference between two expressions. Another example is "+" us... | 3 |
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Chinese stringed instrument of the dulcimer, or struck zither, family. The yangqin is played with bamboo beaters having rubber or leather heads. Its trapezoidal wooden body is strung with several courses (from 7 to 18 sets) of strings on four or five bridges. The sets of str... | 3 |
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Old English heorð "hearth, fire," in transferred use "house, home," from West Germanic *hertho "burning place" (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian herth, Middle Dutch hert, Dutch haard, German Herd "floor, ground, fireplace"), from PIE *kerta-, from root *ker- "heat, fire" (see c... | 3 |
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endoscope en·do·scope (ěn'də-skōp')
An instrument for examining visually the interior of a bodily canal or hollow organ such as the colon, bladder, or stomach.
A medical instrument used for visual examination of the interior of a body cavity or a hollow organ such as the col... | 3 |
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early 15c., from Medieval Latin aneurisma, from Greek aneurysmos "dilation," from aneurynein "to dilate," from ana- "up" (see ana-) + eurynein "widen," from eurys "broad, wide," from PIE root *were- "wide, broad" (cf. Sanskrit uruh "broad, wide").
aneurysm an·eu·rysm or an·e... | 3 |
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c.1300, "pale," from Old Norse bleikr "pale, whitish, blond," from Proto-Germanic *blaika- "shining, white," from PIE root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)). Later "bare, windswept" (1530s). Sense of "cheerless" is c.1719 figurative extension. The same Ger... | 3 |
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c.1300, "attendant in a noble household," of unknown origin, perhaps a contraction of Old English iunge man "young man," or from an unrecorded Old English *geaman, equivalent of Old Frisian gaman "villager," from Old English -gea "district, village," cognate with Old Frisian... | 3 |
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Old English sceadwe, sceaduwe "the effect of interception of sunlight, dark image cast by someone or something when interposed between an object and a source of light," oblique cases ("to the," "from the," "of the," "in the") of sceadu (see shade (n.)). Shadow is to shade (n... | 3 |
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1813, name for various kinds of liquor drinks, or for intoxicating drinks generally, possibly a variant of switchel "a drink of molasses and water" (often mixed with rum), first attested 1790, of uncertain origin. Swizzle-stick attested by 1859.
To convert external names, ar... | 3 |
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language, database (DML, or Data Management Language) A language for the manipulation of data in a database by applications and/or directly by end-users. SQL contains DML commands such as INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE. See also Data Definition Language (DDL). (1999-04-26) | 3 |
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1839, American English, from Mexican Spanish cafeteria "coffee store," from café "coffee" (see coffee) + Spanish -tería "place where something is done" (usually business). The ending came to be understood popularly as meaning "help-yourself" (as though café + -teria) and was... | 3 |
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1610s, "action of nodding," from Latin nutationem (nominative nutatio), noun of action from past participle stem of nutare "to nod," from PIE *neu- "to nod" (see numinous). Astronomical use is from 1715. Related: Nutational.
nutation nu·ta·tion (nōō-tā'shən, nyōō-)
The act o... | 3 |
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in Anglo-American property law, delivery of specific goods by one person, called the bailor, to another person, called the bailee, for some temporary purpose such as storage, transportation, deposit for sale, pawn or pledge, repair or loan for use, with or without compensati... | 3 |
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late 13c., "to bar or exclude temporarily from some function or privilege, to cause to cease for a time," from Old French suspendre, from Latin suspendere "to hang, stop," from sub "up from under" (see sub-) + pendere "cause to hang, weigh" (see pendant). The literal sense o... | 3 |
OBITUARY: Henry Guinness
Tuesday 12 March 1996
He had been born in Kaifeng, in central China, where his parents had moved just after the notorious Boxer Rebellion in which 75 missionaries and countless Chinese Christians were slaughtered. The Guinness family is noted for achievement, chiefly in the fields of banking, b... | 4 |
government of Thailand...While almost every government since 1932 has accepted constitutional authority, the country has had 17 constitutions, the most recent drafted in 2007. All of these documents have provided for a National Assembly with a prime minister as head of government. Power is exercised by the bicameral Na... | 4 |
discussed in biography...from the capital, and the new appointment signified a promotion. As always, his moral courage and outspoken manner did not endear him to his colleagues. He was first ordered to write the Xintangshu (“New History of the Tang Dynasty”). In 1057 he was placed in charge of civil service examination... | 4 |
1950 Takaoa Japanese Panorama Map of Hakone, Japan
Description: A rare panoramic view of Hakone, Japan, dating to the 1950s. This map was drawn by Tomiteru Takaoa. Shows railways and roads well as topography. Mt. Fuji rises in the distance. This uncommon type of map evolved from the exposure of traditional Japanese vie... | 4 |
Details about The Great Encounter of China and the West, 1500-1800:
In the twenty-first century, China has emerged as the leading challenger to U.S. global dominance. China is often seen as a sleeping giant, emerging out of poverty, backwardness, and totalitarianism and moving toward modernization. However, history sho... | 4 |
Ancient tomb remains a mystery (China)
The remains, excavated since 2008 in Anyang, Central China's Henan Province, are a source of intrigue.
A large tomb complex with 1800 years of history was dug up in 2008, and officials from the cultural relics administration of Henan Province said Sunday that the tomb most likely ... | 4 |
Chinese economic reform
|History of the People's
Republic of China (PRC)
|Generations of leadership|
The Chinese economic reform (simplified Chinese: 改革开放; traditional Chinese: 改革開放; pinyin: Gǎigé kāifàng; literally: "Reform & Opening up") refers to the program of economic reforms called "Socialism with Chinese charact... | 4 |
) is thecapitalof Japan. Ten percent (10%) of theJapanesepeople live inTokyo, and as many as twenty percent (20%) of the population live around it. As of 2007, the population was 12,790,000. Tokyo is the center of business, trade, andindustryof Japan and also of Asia.Tokyo is in a part of Japan called the Kanto plain. ... | 4 |
Chinese calligraphy is a form of calligraphy widely practiced in China and revered in the Chinese cultural sphere, which often includes Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Vietnam. The calligraphic tradition of East Asia originated and developed from China. There is a general standardization of the various styles of calligraphy i... | 4 |
|Huangpu River (黄浦江)|
|Pu Jiang (浦江)
Chunshen Jiang (春申江)
Shen Jiang (申江)
A view of the Huangpu River as it flows through downtown Shanghai.
|- left||Suzhou Creek|
|- location||Zhujiajiao, Qingpu, Shanghai, China|
|Length||113 km (70 mi)|
|- average||180 m3/s (6,357 cu ft/s) |
|Postal Map||Whangpoo River|
The Huangpu (... | 4 |
Literary and Colloquial Pronunciations of the Peking Mandarin Noted by Joseph Edkins in Romanized Chinese Book
Wong , Ling Yann (2011) Literary and Colloquial Pronunciations of the Peking Mandarin Noted by Joseph Edkins in Romanized Chinese Book. In: The 29th of International Conference on Chinese Phonology, 11-12 Mac ... | 4 |
Since the end of the Korean War, some Americans maintain a false sense of reality toward North-South Korean tensions. What most Americans fail to realize is that the Korean Peninsula has, for many years, experienced a plethora of military engagements between the Republic of Korea Army (South) and the Democratic Peoples... | 4 |
China is a huge country, about the same size as the USA or Europe, with the greatest range of weather of any country on the planet. So, before you travel to China, it is recommended that you check the weather conditions. China is vast, and the climate and conditions vary widely from region to region.
Climates range fro... | 4 |
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Nanjing (南京), literally meaning Southern Capital, is one of the most important cities in Chinese history. It also an amazing place to visit and the current day capital of Jiangsu province. The city is located on the lower bends of the Yangtze River making its location extremely important ... | 4 |
In the Yellow River region of China, farming, based on millet cultivation, is the backbone of the economy, and small towns and villages dot the landscape. The larger settlements are surrounded by thick beaten-earth walls, an indicator of endemic warfare. Elaborate burials for the elite suggest that the region is home t... | 4 |
Karate Do has its origins in Okinawa and not China as it is often displayed in the media. Karate Do was known simply as Te (hand) on Okinawa long before the chinese influence on Te took pace and developed Okinawa Te. Karate Do was used primarily by peasants and working class people to defend themselves against maraudin... | 4 |
Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere: An Illustrated Introduction
provides a complete foundation in the practice of one of the most distinctive and effective Japanese martial arts. Aikido was created in Japan in the 1920's by Morihei Ueshiba, also known as Osensei. To possess the skills, techniques and attitude of the true pr... | 4 |
Chinese: of uncertain origin, originating in
Shaanxi province. It may be a variant of another name from the same
region and pronounced the same way (see 4 below, ).
Chinese: the origin of this name is closely tied up
with that of Zhuang. During the Spring and Autumn period
(722–481 bc), many members of the ruling class... | 4 |
The practice of painting marks on porcelain on a regular basis was established during the Xuande reign near the beginning of the Ming period, in the early 15th century. The mark usually consisted of the reign title of the emperor and the name of the dynasty. The Qing dynasty adopted this practice which continued for 50... | 4 |
The People's Republic of China Zhonghua renming gongheguo 中华人民共和国 (PRC) is the present form of government in mainland China. The People's Republic was founded in 1949 by the Communist Party of China (Zhongguo gongchandang 中国共产党) that is still the single ruling party of China.
After almost 30 years of civil war and war ... | 4 |
Koreans are people who live in or come from Korea (usually South Korea a.k.a. Republic of Korea, because most North Koreans are not allowed to travel abroad). But here we will deal with the ones in the United States of America, including those whose family currently lives in Korea.
There are all kinds of Koreans, but t... | 4 |
- Government and society
- Cultural life
- The first historical dynasty: the Shang
- The Zhou and Qin dynasties
- The Han dynasty
- The Six Dynasties
- The Sui dynasty
- The Tang dynasty
- The Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms
- The barbarians: Tangut, Khitan, and Juchen
- The Song dynasty
- The Yuan, or Mongol, dyna... | 4 |
Useful Notes: Sanada Yukimura
An enduringly popular figure of Japanese historical legend, Sanada Yukimura was a Sengoku/early Edo Era general who reached Folk Hero
status with record speed after his death. His usual appellations are "the bravest warrior in Japan" and "crimson war demon." He owes his fame mostly to his ... | 4 |
This month has seen the death of two men who have undoubtedly influenced and shaped the way their countries interact with the outside world. However, they will be remembered in two completely different ways: one as a hero of democracy, the other as contributing to the continuation of his country’s Stalinist ideology an... | 4 |
- North Korea calls the armistice celebration 'Victory Day'
- Parade features references to "U.S. aggressors" and a crumpled U.S. flag
- Military hardware on display will be scrutinized worldwide for signs of advancement
Two hours of tanks, bands and goose-stepping under a blazing sun.
Mass military parades are a North... | 4 |
The image above is a sketch based on an early stone-rubbing showing one
of the ten Chinese suns crossing the heavens.
The Ten Chinese Suns
Antique inscriptional documents tell us how during the time of the Chou dynasty
(c. 1027-221 B.C.), Chinese people believed that there existed ten suns that
appeared in turn in the ... | 4 |
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Seppuku is a ritual form of committing suicide in the Japanese society. Behind this gruesome and barbaric act lies the concept in Japanese thinking that an honorable death is more desirable... | 4 |
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Origin of the Title "Huang Di"
"Huang Di", a name addresses by people in ancient times, was originated from "San Huang and Wu Di", means three emperors and five monarchs. The three emperors refer to the Emperor of Heaven, Emperor of Earth, and Emperor of... | 4 |
Shinto, Buddhism and the Japanese belief system
Religion in Japan is a wonderful mish-mash of ideas from Shintoism and Buddhism. Unlike in the West, religion in Japan is rarely preached, nor is it a doctrine. Instead it is a moral code, a way of living, almost indistinguishable from Japanese social and cultural values.... | 4 |
The most common traditions for Mid-Autumn Festival are eating mooncakes and gazing at the moon. Ethnic minority people has their own customs to celebrate the festival.
A new way of celebrating in recent years, as mobile phone have become ubiquitous in China, is sending text messages to wish to each other well. See Mid-... | 4 |
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The first British outpost in South Asia was established by the English East India Company in 1619 at Surat on the northwestern coast. The British subsequently expanded their influence in India, and by the 1760s they controlled most of present-day India, Pak... | 5 |
IF there is a point on which all Afghans unite, it is on the Durand Line. The British-drawn frontier is more than a century old and has been accepted by the world community as an international border. But Afghans to this day have shied away from recognising this reality. On Oct 21, Marc Grossman said in a TV interview ... | 5 |
- Sakuntala definition, a Sanskrit drama written in the 6th century or earlier by Kalidasa. See more.
- Essentials of Free and Fair Elections Dr. Sakuntala Kadirgamar
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- particularly the Sakuntala, his most renowned work, and examini... | 5 |
This week the historical Second Arya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering for nuns began at Tergar Monastery in Bodhgaya. The annual gathering brings together Karma Kagyu nuns in a program focused on advanced training in philosophy and debate.
“When we initiated this Winter Dharma Gathering for nuns the primary aim was to st... | 5 |
Hampi (in Bellary, Karnataka). the erstwhile capital of the mighty Hindu Kingdom, the Vijayanagara Empire (1336-1565), is one of the World Heritage Sites in India. Vijayanagara, the City of Victory, is now totally in ruins and uninhabited. What had happened to the magnificent city?
The Vijayanagara Empire of Hampi (133... | 5 |
(The views expressed in this column are the author's own and do not represent those of Reuters)
By C. Uday Bhaskar
India finally honoured its long ignored ‘shaheed' -- soldiers who had laid down their lives defending flag and national sovereignty -- in the brief war with China that began with the surprise People's Libe... | 5 |
The medieval period saw great developments in the field of architecture. With the coming of Muslims to India, many new features came to be introduced in buildings. The development of Muslim Style of Architecture of this period can be called the Indo-Islamic Architecture or the Indian Architecture influenced by Islamic ... | 5 |
- The Namakarana Samskar is performed, normally on the tenth or twelfth day ..
- Nama Karana de Govinda
- Nama Karana de Govinda.
- Pt. Vilas Thuse Namakaran Vidhi Preparation Guidelines || Pooja
- Rites of Passage
- Namakarana, Name-Giving. (Pictured at left) The Hindu name-giving rite, namakarana samskara, is one of ... | 5 |
|Indus River (Urdu: دريائے سِندھ (Darya-e Sindh)
Hindi: सिन्धु नदी (Sindhu Nadi))
Satellite image of the Indus River basin in Pakistan, India, and China.
|Country|| Pakistan (93%)
|- left||Zanskar River, Chenab River, Sutlej River, Soan River, Beas River, Ravi River, Dras River, Suru River, Jhelum River, Kishanganga Ri... | 5 |
The Caraka Samhita establishes that the causes of psychological disorders are due to the wrong use of the mind.
“Thinking is an object for the mind (it can be observed). Thus the wrong use of the mind creates abnormal mental conditions. The right use of the mind creates mental stability.” CS, Sutrasthana, Ch 8, 16
Cara... | 5 |
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Kedarpur, Baleswar, British India (now Odisha, India)
|Died||27 April 1908(aged 59)|
|Occupation||Inspector of School|
|Genre||Poet, novelist, short-story writer, essayist, playwright, educationist, cultural relativist, orator, song-writer.|
Radhanath Ray (Oriya: ରାଧାନାଥ ରାୟ) (28 September 1848 – 27 ... | 5 |
SRINGAR, INDIA—Locals call it paradise on earth, and it’s easy to see why. Cradled in the lap of the Himalayas, India’s Kashmir region is full of snow-capped peaks, shimmering lakes and flowering meadows.
Beyond the beautiful scenery, however, life is hard here in this disputed valley home of about 700,000. During the ... | 5 |
Making Real Change in Pakistan Through Trade and Investment
SOURCE: AP/Anjum Naveed
Pakistan’s historic election on May 11, 2013, has given Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s center-right political party, the Pakistan Muslim League, a decisive mandate to form a new government. The former and now re-elected prime minister ca... | 5 |
Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language with about 17 million speakers in the south-eastern province of Sind in Pakistan and about 2.8 million people in India.
The Sindhi language first appeared in writing in the 8th century AD and a number of different scripts have been used to write it. Sindhi literature, in particular lyri... | 5 |
Gandhi’s autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, 2 vol. (1927–29, originally published in Gujarati; reissued in 1 vol., 1983, and in numerous subsequent editions and reprintings), tells the story of his life up to 1921, and his Satyagraha in South Africa, 2nd rev. ed. (1961, reprinted 1972), illuminates ... | 5 |
Source of the Ganges
Journey to the source of the Ganges -- where science and faith meet in concern over the shrinking glaciers of the Himalaya.
Gary Braasch trekked from Gangotri village to the glacier which gave the town its name, a journey which each year is a few meters longer as climate change takes its toll on th... | 5 |
The Boy Who Got Tired of Posing
Bani Abidi b. 1971, Karachi, Pakistan
The Boy Who Got Tired of Posing
Three chromogenic prints and one inkjet print
three prints: 40 3/4 x 30 3/4 inches (103.5 x 78.1 cm) each and one print: 18 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (47 x 36.8 cm)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Guggenheim UBS MAP P... | 5 |
On the centenary of the Ghadar Party—which formed in North American to fight colonialism in British-controlled India—it's time to revisit the Air India to analyze political factors that contributed to the crime.
Twenty-eight years ago today, two Air India flights were targeted by bombers, leaving 331 people dead.
The J... | 5 |
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- India from the Paleolithic Period to the decline of the Indus civilization
- The development of Indian civilization from c. 1500 bce to c. 1200 ce
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- The Mughal Empire, 1526–1761
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- India and European expansion, c. 1500–1... | 5 |
Draupadi was extremely beautiful, intelligent and virtuous woman, with her body smelling like a fresh bloom lotus. There are few women in Hindu mythology who were aggressive and who spoke their mind in a world of men. Draupadi was one of them. She is considered by many as the first feminist of Indian mythology. At the ... | 5 |
|Affiliation||Avatar of Shesha or Vishnu|
Balarama (बलराम, Balarāma), also known as Baladeva, Balabhadra and Halayudha, is the elder brother of Krishna (an avatar of the god Vishnu) and is regarded generally as an avatar of Shesha. He is also sometimes considered as the Sankarshana form of Vishnu and the eighth avatar ... | 5 |
Symbols In Hinduism
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- Hinduism is believed to be the oldest organiz... | 5 |
Senate of Pakistan
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The Senate (Urdu: سینی... | 5 |
Ranakpur Temple is a beautiful structure carved in stone. Renowned for its fabulous architectural style, Ranakpur temple is situated in Ranakpur village that falls under Pali district of Rajasthan. For the followers of Jainism, Ranakpur temples are of great importance, as they make one of the five major pilgrimage site... | 5 |
Bal Thackeray’s death leaves a legacy of fear in India
Who was Bal Thackeray and how did his death rally millions to his procession and disrupt one of the biggest financial capitals in Asia?
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When Bal Thackeray, a one-time cartoonist turned Hindu fundamentalist leader ... | 5 |
Chapter 27: This Time It Can Be One Earth
For five thousand years thousands of musicians have tried to do something more, to bring something more to music, and have failed. And I don’t see that there is any possibility.. It simply reached its perfection. Whatever you can do is only new combinations - which are not in a... | 5 |
Katmandu or Kathmandu, city (1991 pop. 421,258), capital of Nepal, central Nepal, c.4,500 ft (1,370 m) above sea level, in a fertile valley of the E Himalayas. It is the administrative, business, and commercial center of Nepal, and lies astride an ancient trade and pilgrim route from India to Tibet, China, and Mongolia... | 5 |
|Music of India|
A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735 (Rajasthan)
|Media and performance|
|Nationalistic and patriotic songs|
|National anthem||Jana Gana Mana|
Indian pop music (Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी पॉप संगीत), often known as Indian-Pop, Hindi Pop, Indipop or Indi-pop, refers to pop music in India. Pop music really star... | 5 |
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city, northwestern Bangladesh, just east of the Punarbhaba River. Dinajpur is located in a flat alluvial plain intersected by rivers and broken by the slightly elevated Barind region. It is an important rice, wheat, jute, and sugarcane growing zone. The city itself contains ... | 5 |
The Student Stage of Life: Brahmacharya [Text]
According to Vedic philosophy, the life span of each person is divided into four stages, or ashrams. The word ashram means "shelter," referring to the protective nature of these phases against the turmoil of life. These stages are Brahmacharya, Grahasta, Vanaprastha and Sa... | 5 |
The pedestrian section as such starts at the intersection of Perú Street and Avenida de Mayo, a block north of the Plaza de Mayo; Perú Street crosses Rivadavia Avenue, and becomes Florida Street. Florida Street runs northwards for approximately one kilometer to Plaza San Martín, in the Retiro area. It intersects Buenos... | 6 |
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — The streets were filled with colors: bold stripes of red and yellow, green and white, red and blue, or just plain red, each representing one of the plethora of Costa Rica's political parties.
But in the end it was the green and white of the incumbent centrist party that prevailed in this month's ... | 6 |
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Ayapa Zoque (Ayapaneco), or Tabasco Zoque, is a critically endangered Zoquean language of Ayapa, a village 10 km east of Comalcalco, in Tabasco, Mexico. The native name is Nuumte Oote 'True Voice'. A vibrant, albeit minority, language until the middle of the 20th century, the language... | 6 |
R EPUBLIC OF E CUADOR (L A R EPÚBLICA DEL E CUADOR ).
An independent state of South America, bounded on the north by Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the south by Peru, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. The northwest corner of the state is crossed by the equator, hence its name.
No part of America has been so pr... | 6 |
Last week, NASA released a video titled "Why the World Didn't End Yesterday," in which they tried to put some rumors about the supposed 2012 apocalypse to rest.
The clip was dated December 22, a day after the alleged end of the world; however, it leaked or was accidentally published earlier.
Live Science posts 5 myths ... | 6 |
United States Department of State, U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 1998 - Azerbaijan, 26 February 1999, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aa550.html [accessed 30 March 2015]
This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, it... | 6 |
Lumumba, Patrice Emergy
, 1925-61, prime minister (1960) of the Republic of the Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). A member of the Batatele tribe, he was educated in mission schools and later worked as a postal clerk. He became a member of the permanent committee of the All-African Peoples Conference (fo... | 6 |
Foreign relations of Ethiopia
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Many historians trace modern Ethiopia's foreign policy to the reign of Emperor Tewodros II, whose primary concerns were the security of Ethiopia's traditional borders, obtaining technology from Europe (or modernization), a... | 6 |
history of ChadA large measure of autonomy was conceded under the constitutional law of 1957, when the first territorial government was formed by Gabriel Lisette, a West Indian who had become the leader of the Chad Progressive Party (PPT). An autonomous republic within the French Community was proclaimed in November 19... | 6 |
- Tanzania has Africa's highest mountain, 500 miles of coastline and 15 National Parks
- The country was formed by the union of Tanganyia and the islands of Zanzibar
- Serengeti National Park is famous for its annual migration of two million wilderbeest, gazelles, zebras
Home to Africa's highest mountain and one of its... | 6 |
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RULING parties in Africa often have to answer as much to their donors as their citizens. A recent paper suggests that the government in Somaliland has become more accountable to its citizens because of the lack of aid.
Somaliland announced its secession from Somalia in 1991 and has operated as a mo... | 6 |
Grenada country profile - Overview
- 26 November 2014
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
Grenada made world headlines in 1983 when a split in the governing left-wing party led to the overthrow and execution of the country's charismatic leader, Maurice Bishop, and provided the pretext for a US invasion of the ... | 6 |
Fred Brownell: The man who made South Africa's flag
- 27 April 2014
- From the section Magazine
The multi-coloured flag of modern South Africa is a symbol of its post-apartheid rebirth. But while Nelson Mandela led the country on a "long walk" to freedom, the creation of the flag 20 years ago was a frantic sprint by an... | 6 |
Last Updated: Apr 19, 2012
Summary: First capital of Costa Rica; boasts the country's most notable Catholic church.
Landscape: City, Mountains
Attractions: Guayabo National Monument, Irazu Volcano National Park, Lankester Botanical Garden
Activities: Hiking, Shopping
Caters to: Culture Aficionados, Day Trippers, Famili... | 6 |
Guadeloupe, overseas département and overseas region of France consisting of a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles chain in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The nearest neighbours of the principal islands are the British overseas territory of Montserrat to the northwest and the republic of Dominica to the south. The isla... | 6 |
- The land
- The people
- The economy
- Administration and social conditions
- Cultural life
Education, health, and welfare
Primary education for children 6 to 13 years of age is free and officially compulsory, although school attendance is difficult to enforce in some areas. Secondary education, lasting up to 4 years,... | 6 |
Orania, Northern Cape
A view of the town of Orania
|District||Pixley ka Seme|
|• Chairman/mayor||Carel IV Boshoff|
|• Total||8.95 km2 (3.46 sq mi)|
|• Density||100/km2 (260/sq mi)|
|Racial makeup (2011)|
|• Black African||0.9%|
|First languages (2011)|
|Postal code (street)||8752|
The aim of the town is to create a str... | 6 |
This rich culture of East Africa, known in the Bible as Abyssinia, claims descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Under a Marxist regime, however, this ancient people has suffered from famine and genocide. This presentation chronicles the heartbreak of Ethiopia, which mirrors many of the crises besieging the ... | 6 |
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Mexico : Afro-Mexicans
|Publisher||Minority Rights Group International|
|Cite as||Minority Rights Group International, World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Mexico : Afro-Mexicans, 2008, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/49749ce5c.html [a... | 6 |
discussed in biography... Reeds and Mud, 1966), is marked by a vigorous and intense realism and considerable dramatic force in the depiction of the life of Valencia. Later novels, such as La bodega (1906; The Fruit of the Vine, 1919), are held to have suffered from a heavy ideological treatment of serious social proble... | 6 |
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