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  2. Portal:United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States of America is a federal republic of 50 states, a federal district, and a number of other territories.It is located mostly in central North America.The U.S. has three land borders, two with Canada and one with Mexico, and has sea borders with Cuba, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Bermuda and Russia, and is otherwise bounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, the Arctic ...

  3. Bindi (decoration) - Wikipedia

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    Hindu woman in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh wearing a bindi. A bindi (Hindi: बिंदी, from Sanskrit बिन्दु bindú meaning "point, drop, dot or small particle") known as pottu (Tamil: பொட்டு) and teep (Bengali: টিপ) is a coloured dot or, in modern times, a sticker worn on the center of the forehead, originally by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists from the Indian ...

  4. Ranks in the French Air and Space Force - Wikipedia

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    The aspirant must have been previously élève officier (Officer Cadet). They can afterwards be commissioned as a sous-lieutenant . Élève officier. Officer cadet. A rank held during the first years at the officer academies. Student. Aspirant élève de l'École de l'air (EA) (officer candidate, air force academy)

  5. Empire of Atlantium - Wikipedia

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    The Empire of Atlantium is a micronation and secular, pluralist progressive lobby group based in New South Wales, Australia.. Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations described Atlantium in 2006 as "a refreshing antidote to the reactionary self-aggrandisement of so many micronations", and "an extremely sophisticated nation-state experiment, as well as an entirely serious ...

  6. West Portal, San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    West Portal is located at the southern edge of the hills in central San Francisco. The neighborhood is named for the western terminus of the Muni tunnel beneath Twin Peaks that opened in 1918. The ride in the subway from West Portal Station to Castro Station is about seven minutes. By the West Portal Station, the L Taraval goes west along Ulloa ...

  7. Artur da Costa e Silva - Wikipedia

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    He then entered the Military School of Realengo in Rio de Janeiro in 1918, where he finished third of his class. Made an aspirant on January 18, 1921, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in 1922 and was stationed with the 1st Infantry Regiment in Vila Militar until 5 July 1922, when he was involved in Tenentist rebellion and imprisoned for six ...

  8. Military ranks of Estonia - Wikipedia

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    Present Estonian system of rank insignia is a direct descendant of various systems used in the past in the Estonian Defence Forces.Some of the grades trace their name back to the period of World Wars, for instance, the rank of aspirant literally means an officer in training in military academies or voluntaries, serving as temporary officers.

  9. 2017 in Philippine television - Wikipedia

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    December 29: SRO: Suhestiyon, Reaksyon at Opinyon, Usapang de Campanila, MMK Klasik and TNT: Tapatan ni Tunying on DZMM TeleRadyo (Reason: pre-empted by Ganap 2017) Networks. The following are a list of free-to-air and cable channels or networks launches and closures in 2017. Launches