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  2. August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion - Wikipedia

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    On 6 August 2024, Russia reportedly deployed air and artillery forces to counter a Ukrainian border incursion in Kursk Oblast. Ukrainian fighters, equipped with tanks and armored vehicles, crossed into Russian territory. The Russian Ministry of Defense responded by sending troops and aviation units to the area.

  3. Kursi, Sea of Galilee - Wikipedia

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    Kursi, Sea of Galilee. Kursi (Medieval Greek: Κυρσοί, Hebrew: כורסי, Arabic: الكرسي) is an archaeological site in the Golan Heights containing the ruins of a Byzantine monastery and identified by tradition as the site of Jesus ' "Miracle of the Swine". [1] Part of the archaeological site is now an Israeli national park.

  4. List of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [ 6 ] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [ 7 ]

  5. Gergesa - Wikipedia

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    Gergesa, also Gergasa (Γέργεσα in Byzantine greek) or the Country of the Gergesenes, is a place on the eastern (Golan Heights) side of the Sea of Galilee located at some distance to the ancient Decapolis cities of Gadara and Gerasa. Today, it is identified with El-Koursi or Kursi. It is mentioned in some ancient manuscripts of the Gospel ...

  6. Kursk submarine disaster - Wikipedia

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    Kursk was a Project 949A Antey (Oscar II class) submarine, twice the length of a 747 jumbo jet, and one of the largest submarines in the Russian Navy.. On the morning of 12 August 2000, Kursk was in the Barents Sea, participating in the "Summer-X" exercise, the first large-scale naval exercise planned by the Russian Navy in more than a decade, and also its first since the dissolution of the ...

  7. January 6 United States Capitol attack - Wikipedia

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    Insurrection suppressed; The deaths of six people [a]; Assaults on at least 174 police officers [16]; Delay of counting electoral votes by several hours [17]; Extensive physical damage; [7] [18] [19] offices and chambers vandalized and ransacked; property stolen; [20] more than $30 million for repairs and security measures [21]

  8. Kursk Oblast - Wikipedia

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    Kursk Oblast. Kursk Oblast (Russian: Курская область, romanized: Kurskaya oblast', IPA: [ˈkurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kursk. As of the 2021 census, Kursk Oblast had a population of 1,082,458.

  9. United States Electoral College - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years during the presidential election for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice president. The process is described in Article II of the U.S. Constitution. [1] The number of electoral votes a state has equals its number ...