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  2. Member states of NATO - Wikipedia

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    Founding members and enlargement. NATO was established on 4 April 1949 via the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty (Washington Treaty). The 12 founding members of the Alliance were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [4]

  3. Delta Force - Wikipedia

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    Delta Force bodyguards in civilian clothing providing close protection to General Norman Schwarzkopf during the Gulf War, 1991. Delta Force was created in 1977 after numerous well-publicized terrorist incidents led the U.S. government to develop a full-time counter-terrorism unit. Key military and government figures had already been briefed on ...

  4. United States Army Special Forces - Wikipedia

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    The United States Army Special Forces ( SF ), colloquially known as the " Green Berets " due to their distinctive service headgear, is the special operations branch of the United States Army. [9] Although technically a Army branch, the Special Forces operates similarly to a functional area (FA), in that individuals may not join its ranks until ...

  5. National Empowerment Center - Wikipedia

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    The self-stated mission of NEC is to carry a message of recovery, empowerment, hope and healing to people who have been labeled with mental illness diagnosis. It argues that recovery and empowerment are not the privilege of a few but a process that is possible for everyone to embark on and find help with.

  6. Gender Development Index - Wikipedia

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    The Gender Development Index ( GDI) is an index designed to measure gender equality . GDI, together with the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM), was introduced in 1995 in the Human Development Report written by the United Nations Development Program. These measurements aimed to add a gender-sensitive dimension to the Human Development Index (HDI).

  7. Non-governmental organization - Wikipedia

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    According to the UN, an NGO is a private, not-for-profit organization which is independent of government control and is not merely an opposition political party. [62] The rapid development of the non-governmental sector occurred in Western countries as a result of the restructuring of the welfare state.

  8. Nadar (caste) - Wikipedia

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    Nadar Regions with significant populations Chennai, Kanyakumari, Kollam, Madurai, Thanjavur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thoothukudi, Tiruchendur, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar Languages Tamil, Malayalam Religion Hinduism, Christianity, Ayyavazhi Related ethnic groups Tamil people Nadar (also referred to as Nadan, Shanar and Shanan) is a Tamil caste of India. Nadars are predominant in the districts of ...

  9. EST and The Forum in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, Climate Theater in San Francisco, California showed a play called The Group, written by Robert Quillen Camp and performed by Ryan Eggensperger, and inspired, according to Climate "by the largely American tradition of packaging and selling self-empowerment, from est and the Landmark Forum to Norman Vincent Peale and The Secret".