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  2. Al-Qaeda - Wikipedia

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    The English name of the organization is a simplified transliteration of the Arabic noun al-qāʿidah (‏ القاعدة ‎), which means "the foundation" or "the base". The initial al- is the Arabic definite article "the", hence "the base". [168] In Arabic, al-Qaeda has four syllables ( /alˈqaː.ʕi.da/ ).

  3. Alaska Airlines - Wikipedia

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    Alaska Airlines is a member of Oneworld, the third-largest airline alliance in the world. [6] As of 2020, the airline employs over 16,000 people and has been ranked by J. D. Power and Associates as having the highest customer satisfaction of the traditional airlines for twelve consecutive years.

  4. Puerto Rico Highway 181 - Wikipedia

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    Puerto Rico Highway 181 (PR-181), also known as Expreso Trujillo Alto, is a road that connects the towns of San Juan, Puerto Rico (very close to Carolina) in the north/northeast coast of Puerto Rico with Patillas in the southeast, passing through the municipalities of San Juan (very small part) at Jesus de Piñero Avenue (PR-17) as it approaches the Teodoro Moscoso Bridge and the Luis Muñoz ...

  5. U.S. Route 181 - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Highway 181 is a south–north U.S. Highway located entirely in the state of Texas.Both termini are at Interstate 37, the road that it mainly parallels to the east.US 181 begins in Corpus Christi, Texas at mile marker 0 [citation needed] to the south, through south-central Texas to just south of San Antonio to the north (mile marker 131), for a total length of 137 miles (220 km).

  6. Ziona - Wikipedia

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    Ziona. Ziona (born Zionnghaka; 21 July 1945 – 13 June 2021) [1] was the leader of Lalpa Kohhran Thar (meaning "The Lord's New Church"), informally referred to as Chana Pâwl or Chhuanthar Kohhran ("The Church of New Generation"), a polygamy-practising Christian sect in Mizoram, India. [2] [3] He was often referred to as a world record holder ...

  7. Washington Heights, Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    Area code. 212, 332, 646, and 917. Washington Heights is a neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest natural point on Manhattan by Continental Army troops to defend the area from the British forces during the American Revolutionary War.

  8. Julianne Moore - Wikipedia

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    Julie Anne Smith (born December 3, 1960), known professionally as Julianne Moore, is an American actress. Prolific in film since the early 1990s, she is particularly known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women in independent films, as well as for her roles in blockbusters. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an ...

  9. Wagner Group - Wikipedia

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    The Wagner Group (Russian: Группа Вагнера, tr. Gruppa Vagnera ), officially known as PMC Wagner [9] (Russian: ЧВК «Вагнер», tr. ChVK «Vagner» [63]) is a Russian state-funded [64] private military company (PMC) controlled until 2023 by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former close ally of Russia's president Vladimir Putin. [9] [65 ...