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  2. P. C. Alexander - Wikipedia

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    The Governor of Maharashtra, Shri P. C. Alexander calling on the President of India, Shri K. R. Narayanan at Rashtrapati Bhavan. P.C. Alexander was born to an aristocratic Malankara Orthodox Christian Family on March 20, 1921 to Jacob and Mariamma Cherian. [3]

  3. History of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    Mahathir Mohamad was the leading force in making Malaysia into a major industrial power. Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in as prime minister on 16 July 1981. [ 197 ] One of his first acts was to release 21 detainees held under the Internal Security Act . [ 198 ]

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    Addie Viola Smith (1893–1975) was an American attorney who served as the U.S. trade commissioner to Shanghai from 1928 to 1939, the first female Foreign Service officer in the U.S. Foreign Service to work under the Commerce Department, and the first woman to serve as trade commissioner.

  5. Trade route - Wikipedia

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    A trade route is a logistical network identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo. The term can also be used to refer to trade over bodies of water.

  6. Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests - Wikipedia

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    The Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) once inhabited the forests, but Malaysia's last rhinoceroses died in 2019, and the species' few remaining members survive only in Sumatra. [5] The ecoregion is home to over 250 species of birds, including the endangered Malayan crested argus ( Rheinardia nigrescens ), and the threatened endemic ...

  7. Timeline of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 - Wikipedia

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    The timeline of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 lists events associated with the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 [a] —a scheduled, commercial flight operated by Malaysia Airlines from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport on 8 March 2014 with 227 passengers and 12 crew.

  8. King of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution vests the executive power of the federal government in the monarch. However, with few exceptions, the king is bound to exercise this power on the advice of the Cabinet or of a minister acting under the Cabinet's general authority. In practice, most of the actual day-to-day work of governing is performed by the Federal Cabinet.

  9. Securitization (international relations) - Wikipedia

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    In a 2009 report, public policy analyst Ben Hayes warns that the true beneficiaries from securitization are not general populations, but corporations: He argues that the arms and security companies lobby for a securitised agenda in the corridors of power in Brussels and Washington and subsequently win contracts to implement militarised security ...