National Council of Provinces

•  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.

  

  39.1%
  

  34.8%
  

  26.1%
  
•  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%
  

  28.6%
  

  42.9%
  
•  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.

  

  50.0%
  

  16.7%
  

  33.3%
  
•  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.

  

  33.3%
  

  50.0%
  

  16.7%
  
•  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.

  

  40.0%
  

  20.0%
  

  40.0%
  
•  Project for the New American Century

  The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) was an American think tank based in Washington, D.C. that lasted from early 1997 to 2006. It was co-founded as a non-profit educational organization by neoconservatives William Kristol and Robert Kagan. The PNAC's stated goal was "to promote American global leadership.

  

  37.5%
  

  12.5%
  

  50.0%
  
•  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%
  

  33.3%
  

  33.3%
  
•  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.

  

  60.0%
  

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  40.0%
  

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•  Melvill Jones

  Professor Sir Bennett Melvill Jones (1887-1975) was Francis Mond Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Cambridge from 1919 to 1935. He demonstrated the importance of streamlining in aircraft design. Jones' idea that a moving body passing through air or another fluid encounters resistance, had been known since the time of Aristotle, but he demonstrated the importance of this to the performance of aircraft.

  

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•  Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport

  Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport, in Languedoc or Aéroport Béziers Cap d'Agde en Languedoc, previously known as Béziers-Agde-Vias Airport, is the main airport serving the town of Béziers and the nearby Languedoc coastal resorts such as Cap d'Agde. It is located 11.5 km east-southeast of Béziers, in the Hérault département. It handles commercial national flights as well as private, non-regular air traffic. The runway is equipped with ILS.

  

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•  Jefferson Montero

  Jefferson Antonio Montero Vite (born 1 September 1989 in Babahoyo) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for Villarreal C.F. of La Liga.

  

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