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  2. Lion - Wikipedia

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    The upper cladogram is based on the 2006 study, [6][7] the lower one on the 2010 [8] and 2011 [9] studies. Felis leo was the scientific name used by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, who described the lion in his work Systema Naturae. [3] The genus name Panthera was coined by Lorenz Oken in 1816. [10] Between the mid-18th and mid-20th centuries, 26 lion specimens were described and proposed as subspecies ...

  3. Internet in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    South Atlantic 3/West Africa Submarine Cable/South Africa Far East (SAT-3/WASC/SAFE): SAT-3/WASC, a 14,350 km-long 340 Gbit/s cable system, became operational in 2001, providing the first links to Europe for West African and South African Internet users, taking up service from SAT-2 which was reaching maximum capacity.

  4. List of serving generals of the Pakistan Army - Wikipedia

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    List of serving generals of the Pakistan ArmyThis is the list of serving officers in the Pakistan Army. At present the Army has one Field Marshal, one General, 29 Lieutenant Generals (including one from Army Medical Corps) and 184 Major Generals (including 27 from Army Medical Corps).

  5. List of unarmed African Americans killed by law enforcement ...

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    This is a list of African Americans reportedly killed while unarmed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States. Events are listed whether they took place in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. The listing documents the occurrence of a death, making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or officer ...

  6. Independent Schools Inspectorate - Wikipedia

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    The Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) is approved by the Secretary of State for Education – under section 106 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 – to inspect private schools in England. [1] These schools are members of associations, which form the Independent Schools Council.

  7. Potassium nitrate - Wikipedia

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    Potassium nitrate is a chemical compound with a sharp, salty, bitter taste and the chemical formula K N O 3. It is a potassium salt of nitric acid. This salt consists of potassium cations K+ and nitrate anions NO− 3, and is therefore an alkali metal nitrate. It occurs in nature as a mineral, niter (or nitre outside the United States). [5] It is a source of nitrogen, and nitrogen was named ...

  8. Nashville, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Nashville, often known as Music City, [9] is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. [10] It is the 21st-most populous city in the United States and fourth-most populous city in the Southeast with a population of 689,447 at the 2020 census, [d][6] while the Nashville metropolitan ...

  9. Islamic State – West Africa Province - Wikipedia

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    The Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP), officially Wilāyat Garb Ifrīqīyā (Arabic: ولاية غرب إفريقية), meaning 'Province of West Africa', [3] is a militant group and administrative division of the Islamic State (IS), a Salafi jihadist militant group and unrecognised quasi-state.