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  2. Scarification in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Wooden maternity figure with elaborate scarification from Ndemba, Lulua Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo Scarification in Africa is a major aspect of African cultures and cultural practice among African ethnic groups; the practice of scarification in Africa includes the process of making "superficial incisions on the skin using stones, glass, knives, or other tools to create ...

  3. List of highest-grossing films in South Korea - Wikipedia

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    The following are lists of the highest-grossing domestic films in South Korea, by receipts and the number of tickets nationwide.

  4. 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.

  5. Organisation of African Unity - Wikipedia

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    The Organisation of African Unity (OAU; French: Organisation de l'unité africaine, OUA) [1] was an African intergovernmental organisation established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with 33 signatory governments. [2][a] Some of the key aims of the OAU were to encourage political and economic integration among member states, and to eradicate colonialism and neo-colonialism from the ...

  6. Islamic State of Iraq - Wikipedia

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    The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI; Arabic: دولة العراق الإسلامية Dawlat al-ʿIrāq al-ʾIslāmiyyah) was a Salafi jihadist militant organization that fought the forces of the U.S.-led coalition during the Iraqi insurgency. The organization aimed to overthrow the Iraqi federal government and establish an Islamic state governed by Sharia law in Iraq. Islamic State of Iraq traces ...

  7. arXiv - Wikipedia

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    arXiv (pronounced as "archive"—the X represents the Greek letter chi χ ) [1] is an open-access repository of electronic preprints and postprints (known as e-prints) approved for posting after moderation, but not peer reviewed. It consists of scientific papers in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, electrical engineering, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics ...

  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. Addis Ababa Agreement (1972) - Wikipedia

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    from left to right: Abel Alier, representing the Sudan government, Haile Selassie, the negotiation mediator and host, and Ezboni Mondiri, representing the Southern Sudan Liberation Movement The Addis Ababa Agreement, also known as the Addis Ababa Accord, was a set of compromises within a 1972 treaty that ended the First Sudanese Civil War (1955–1972) fighting in Sudan. The Addis Ababa ...