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  2. National Special Security Event - Wikipedia

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    A National Special Security Event ( NSSE) is an event of national or international significance deemed by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to be a potential target for terrorism or other criminal activity. These events have included summits of world leaders, meetings of international organizations, presidential nominating ...

  3. Fact sheet - Wikipedia

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    Fact sheet. A factsheet or fact sheet, also called fact file, is a single-page document containing essential information about a product, substance, service or other topic. Factsheets are frequently used to provide information to an end user, consumer or member of the public in concise, simple language. They generally contain key safety points ...

  4. Summer solstice - Wikipedia

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    The opposite event is the winter solstice. The summer solstice occurs during the hemisphere's summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the June solstice (20 or 21 June) and in the Southern Hemisphere, this is the December solstice (21 or 22 of December). Since prehistory, the summer solstice has been a significant time of year in many ...

  5. Expo 2020 - Wikipedia

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    Website. expo2020dubai .com. Expo 2020 ( Arabic: إكسبو 2020) was a World Expo hosted by Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022. Originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates. [4]

  6. Gymnastics - Wikipedia

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    Flying rings was an event similar to still rings, but with the performer executing a series of stunts while swinging. It was a gymnastic event sanctioned by both the NCAA and the AAU until the early 1960s. Club swinging. Club swinging, a.k.a. Indian clubs, was an event in Men's Artistic Gymnastics sometime up until the 1950s.

  7. Earthquake - Wikipedia

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    An earthquake is the shaking of the surface of Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes may also be referred to as quakes, tremors, or temblors. The word tremor is also used for non-earthquake seismic rumbling . In its most general sense, an earthquake is any seismic event ...

  8. The World Factbook - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .cia .gov /the-world-factbook /. The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, [1] is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac -style information about the countries of the world. The official print version is available from the Government Publishing Office.

  9. List of athletics events - Wikipedia

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    Men's Indoor 35lb Weight Throw and Women's Indoor 20lb Weight Throw. Octathlon, combined track and field event featured at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. Throws pentathlon, a championship combined track and field event at the World Masters Athletics Championships. Fierljeppen, Frisian sport of pole vaulting for distance.