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  2. ResearcherID - Wikipedia

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    ResearcherID is an identifying system for scientific authors. The system was introduced in January 2008 by Thomson Reuters Corporation. This unique identifier aims at solving the problem of author identification and correct attribution of works. In scientific and academic literature, it is common to cite the name, surname, and initials of the authors of an article. However, there are sometimes ...

  3. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 - Wikipedia

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    A map of Europe, with ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes in place of the full names of countries and other territories. 'Exceptional reservations' codes CQ, EU and UK are not shown. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard [1] published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent ...

  4. Karin Giannone - Wikipedia

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    Karin Thandi Giannone (/ ˈkɑːrɪn dʒəˈnoʊni / KAR-in jə-NOH-nee; [2] born January 1974) is a South African -born British news presenter working in the United Kingdom. She is a London -based main presenter on the BBC News channel.

  5. South African National Lottery - Wikipedia

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    The National Lottery was introduced to South Africa on 11 March 2000. At the time it was run by Uthingo. [citation needed] After a marketing effort that aimed to reach 80 percent of South African homes directly [5] more than 800,000 tickets were sold in the first day of availability [6] Nearly R70 million worth of tickets were sold in the first three weeks of operation. [7] In October 2002 ...

  6. South African labour law - Wikipedia

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    South African labour law regulates the relationship between employers, employees and trade unions in the Republic of South Africa.

  7. Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan's principal intelligence and covert action agency, has historically conducted a number of clandestine operations in its western neighbor, Afghanistan. ISI's covert support to militant jihadist insurgent groups in Afghanistan, the Pashtun -dominated former Federally Administered Tribal Areas, and Kashmir has earned it a reputation as the primary ...

  8. Economy of Long Island - Wikipedia

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    Long Island has played a prominent role in scientific research and in engineering. It was once the home of the Grumman Aircraft factories where all the Apollo program Lunar Module spacecraft were built; and it still is the home of the Brookhaven National Laboratories in nuclear physics and United States Department of Energy research, as well as physics and astrophysics research projects at ...

  9. Population Registration Act, 1950 - Wikipedia

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    The Population Registration Act of 1950 required that each inhabitant of South Africa be classified and registered in accordance with their racial characteristics as part of the system of apartheid. [1][2][3] Race classification certificate issued in terms of the Population Registration Act Explanation of South African identity numbers in an identity document during apartheid in terms of ...