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  2. United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations ( UN) is a diplomatic and political [2] international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. [3] It is the world's largest international ...

  3. Iran hostage crisis - Wikipedia

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    The Iranian hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States.Fifty-three American diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of militarized Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, including Hossein Dehghan (future Iranian Minister of Defense), Mohammad Ali Jafari (future ...

  4. Terrorism in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Many terrorist attacks have occurred in Kenya during the 20th and 21st centuries. [1] In 1980, the Jewish -owned Norfolk hotel was attacked by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). In 1998, the US embassy was bombed in Nairobi, as was the Israeli -owned Paradise hotel in 2002 in Mombasa.

  5. Langata Constituency - Wikipedia

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    Nairobi South. Lang'ata Constituency is an electoral constituency in Nairobi City County. It is one of the seventeen constituencies in the county. It consists of southern and southwestern areas of Nairobi. Langata constituency had common boundaries with a now-defunct Kibera Division of Nairobi. It is the largest constituency in Nairobi with an ...

  6. NATO Joint Civil/Military Frequency Agreement - Wikipedia

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    NATO Joint Civil/Military Frequency Agreement ( NJFA) and is the universal NATO common civil/military treaty to regulate the military access to the radio frequency spectrum in the range of 14 kHz to 100 GHz in peacetime, during exercises, in times of crisis, and in military operations. This document has been the basis for the frequency ...

  7. Kenya Airways - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .kenya-airways .com /ke /. Kenya Airways Ltd., more commonly known as Kenya Airways, is the flag carrier airline of Kenya. [5] The company was founded in 1977, after the dissolution of East African Airways. Its head office is located in Embakasi, Nairobi, [6] with its hub at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

  8. Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya ( Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya ), is a country in East Africa. With a population of more than 47.6 million in the 2019 census, [12] Kenya is the 28th-most-populous country in the world [7] and 7th most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi, while its oldest and second-largest city ...

  9. Polycarp Igathe - Wikipedia

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    At the University of Nairobi, Igathe was the National Chairman of AIESEC in Kenya. Career before politics. Straight out of the University of Nairobi in 1995, Igathe was employed in Australia as a finance officer at Queensland Health in Australia. He returned to Kenya a year and a half later and took up employment with Coca-Cola, where he worked ...