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  2. Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [ O.S. January 6, 1705] [Note 1] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath, a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. [1] Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the ...

  3. Microsoft Bing - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Bing, commonly referred to as Bing, is a search engine owned and operated by Microsoft. The service traces its roots back to Microsoft's earlier search engines, including MSN Search, Windows Live Search, and Live Search. Bing offers a broad spectrum of search services, encompassing web, video, image, and map search products, all ...

  4. Sinéad O'Connor - Wikipedia

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    Website. sineadoconnor .com. Musical artist. Shuhada' Sadaqat [a] (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor / ʃɪˈneɪd / shin-AYD; 8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023) was an Irish singer, songwriter, and activist. [8] Her debut studio album, The Lion and the Cobra, was released in 1987 and achieved international chart success.

  5. The Shock Doctrine - Wikipedia

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    The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is a 2007 book by the Canadian author and social activist Naomi Klein.In the book, Klein argues that neoliberal free market policies (as advocated by the economist Milton Friedman) have risen to prominence in countries and regions such as the United States, the United Kingdom, China, the European Union, and Eastern Europe, because of a ...

  6. Xuzhou chained woman incident - Wikipedia

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    The Xuzhou chained woman incident ( Chinese: 徐州铁链女事件 ), also known as the Xuzhou eight-child mother incident ( Chinese: 徐州八孩母亲事件 ), is a case of human trafficking, false imprisonment, sexual assault, severe mistreatment, and subsequent events that came to light in late January 2022 in Xuzhou 's Feng County, Jiangsu ...

  7. China - Wikipedia

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    China, [h] officially the People's Republic of China ( PRC ), [i] is a country in East Asia. With a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the world's second-most populous country. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land. [j] With an area of nearly 9.6 million square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it ...

  8. Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator - Wikipedia

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    Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator. Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators ( POGOs) is the official designation for firms operating in the Philippines which offer online gambling services to markets outside the Philippines. Building complex in San Rafael, Bulacan which has a POGO as its tenant.

  9. Censorship of Winnie-the-Pooh in China - Wikipedia

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    Beginning in July 2017, the government of China has been censoring imagery of the anthropomorphic teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, particularly Disney's version of the character. [1] The censorship is believed to be a result of General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping being compared to the character in internet memes, which the ...