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  2. Réunion - Wikipedia

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    Réunion. /  21.11444°S 55.53250°E  / -21.11444; 55.53250. La Réunion, [note 1] officially Department of La Réunion, [note 2] is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately 679 km (422 mi) east of the island of Madagascar and 175 km (109 ...

  3. 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion - Wikipedia

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    The 13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion (French: 13e Demi-Brigade de Légion Étrangère, 13e DBLE ), was created in 1940 and was the main unit of the 1st Free French Division, Free French Forces (FFL). From the coast of Norway to Bir Hakeim, to Africa then the Alsace, while passing by Syria and Italy, the 13th Demi-Brigade would be part of ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Gaza fighting intensifies, Israel asks why armed men were at ...

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    RISING DEATH TOLL. Since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, Israel's Gaza offensive has killed more than 35,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials, with at least 82 killed on Tuesday in the ...

  6. La Ronde et autres faits divers - Wikipedia

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    978-2-07-021395-5. OCLC. 8781480. Dewey Decimal. 843/.914 19. LC Class. PQ2672.E25 R66 1982. La Ronde et autres faits divers (1982) is the title of a set of short stories written in French by French Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio and translated into English as The Round & Other Cold Hard Facts .

  7. Idi Amin - Wikipedia

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    Idi Amin Dada Oumee ( / ˈiːdi ɑːˈmiːn, ˈɪdi -/ ⓘ, UK also /- æˈmiːn /; 30 May 1928 – 16 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. He ruled as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal despots in modern world history.

  8. Polysemy - Wikipedia

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    Polysemy ( / pəˈlɪsɪmi / or / ˈpɒlɪˌsiːmi /; [1] [2] from Ancient Greek πολύ- (polý-) 'many', and σῆμα (sêma) 'sign') is the capacity for a sign (e.g. a symbol, a morpheme, a word, or a phrase) to have multiple related meanings. For example, a word can have several word senses. [3] Polysemy is distinct from monosemy, where a ...

  9. Réunion des Musées Nationaux - Wikipedia

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    Réunion des Musées Nationaux. Coordinates: 48.8479°N 2.3682°E. Grand Palais. The Réunion des Musées Nationaux ( RMN) is a French cultural umbrella organisation, an établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial (EPIC), formed in 2011, through the merger of the Paris National Museums and the Grand Palais. [1]