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•  Hong Kong

  Hong Kong is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China; the other is Macau. Situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour. With land mass of 1,104 km (426 sq mi) and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Hong Kong's population is 95% ethnic Chinese and 5% from other groups.

  

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•  Real Irish Republican Army

  The Real Irish Republican Army, otherwise known as the Real IRA (RIRA) and styling itself as Óglaigh na hÉireann (Volunteers of Ireland), is a paramilitary organisation which aims to bring about a united Ireland. The RIRA was formed in 1997 following a split in the Provisional IRA. It is an illegal organisation in the Republic of Ireland and designated as a terrorist organisation in the United Kingdom and the United States.

  

  28.6%
  

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•  Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

  The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an international agency, located in The Hague, Netherlands. Its mission is to promote membership of the Chemical Weapons Convention treaty which entered into force in 1997 and mandated the elimination of "the scourge of chemical weapons forever and to verify the destruction of the declared chemical weapons stockpiles within stipulated deadlines.

  

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•  Brighton and Hove

  Brighton and Hove (or Brighton & Hove) is a unitary authority area and city on the south coast of England. It is England's most populous seaside resort. The city was established when two towns Brighton and Hove joined together to become a city. Brighton and Hove forms part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation, the 12th largest conurbation in the United Kingdom. Along this area of the south coast, there is little or no gap of countryside between these large towns and city.

  

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•  Prost Grand Prix

  Prost Grand Prix was a Formula One racing team managed by former world champion Alain Prost. The team participated in five seasons from 1997 to 2001.

  

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•  Project Rastko

  Project Rastko - Internet Library of Serb Culture is a non-profit and non-governmental publishing, cultural and educational project dedicated to Serb and Serb-related arts and humanities. It is named after Rastko Nemanjić. The project was established in 1997 as a part of a pan-regional Balkans Cultural Network Initiative.

  

  57.1%
  

  14.3%
  

  28.6%
  
•  Octopus card

  The Octopus card is a rechargeable contactless stored value smart card used to transfer electronic payments in online or offline systems in Hong Kong. Launched in September 1997 to collect fares for the territory's mass transit system, the Octopus card system was the first contactless smart card system in the world and has since grown into a widely used payment system for virtually all public transport in Hong Kong.

  

  33.3%
  

  33.3%
  

  33.3%
  
•  Star Alliance

  Star Alliance is the world's first and largest airline alliance. Founded in 1997, its name and emblem represent the five founding airlines, Air Canada, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines System, Thai Airways International, and United Airlines. Star Alliance has since grown considerably and now has 26 member airlines. Three more airlines are expected to become members in 2010. Star Alliance is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

  

  33.3%
  

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•  Newseum

  The Newseum is an interactive museum of news and journalism located at 555 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C. The seven-level, 250,000 square foot museum features 15 theaters and 14 galleries. The Newseum's Berlin Wall Gallery includes the largest display of sections of the Berlin Wall outside of Germany. The Today's Front Pages Gallery presents daily front pages from more than 80 international newspapers.

  

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•  Route 66 State Park

  Route 66 State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Missouri, located on the former site of the town of Times Beach. It is a 419 acre (1.7 km²) park located less than one mile (1.6 km) east of Eureka. Times Beach was bought, dismantled, and decontaminated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency following the discovery of widespread dioxin contamination in the 1980s. Fields of wild grass and brush now grow where the homes of evacuated residents formerly stood.

  

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• 1997 establishments by likeorhate
• Causes and prelude of the 2003 Iraq conflict by likeorhate
• Conservative organizations in the United States by likeorhate
• Conservative think tanks based in the United States by likeorhate
• Foreign policy and strategy think tanks in the United States by likeorhate
• Imperialism by likeorhate
• Neoconservative think tanks by likeorhate
• New Right (United States) by likeorhate
• Political and economic think tanks in the United States by likeorhate

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•  History of Hungary

  See also History of Europe, History of present-day nations and states, Pannonian basin before Hungary. Hungary is a state in central Europe, its history under this name dating to the early Middle Ages, when the region previously known as Pannonia was colonized by the Magyar nomad people from what is now central-northern Russia. For history of the area before this period, see Pannonian basin before Hungary.

  

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•  St. Francis, Wisconsin

  St. Francis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 8,662. It is the smallest incorporated city in Milwaukee County.

  

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•  South Geelong railway station, Victoria

  South Geelong is a railway station on the Geelong railway line in South Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is 76 kilometres from Southern Cross station. South Geelong is the terminus for some V/Line services. The station was also once the junction for the line to Bellarine Peninsula Railway line to Queenscliff, the route of which now forms the Bellarine Rail Trail.

  

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•  Viktor Kožený

  Viktor Kožený (born June 28, 1963 in Prague) is a Czech-born fugitive financier. He graduated from Harvard in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in economics. Viktor Kožený is officially an Irish citizen imprisoned in the Bahamas in 2005 but released in 2007. Efforts to bring him to justice stem from both the Czech Republic and the U.S.A. An international warrant has been issued for Kožený, who in the early '90s ran one of the great scams of the post-Communist era.

  

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•  Louis-Nazaire Bégin

  Louis-Nazaire Bégin (January 10, 1840 – July 18, 1925) was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1898 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1914.

  

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