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Human trafficking in Saudi Arabia
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! With respect to human trafficking, Saudi Arabia was designated, together with Bolivia, Ecuador, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Burma, Jamaica, Venezuela, Cambodia, Kuwait, Sudan, Cuba, North Korea, and Togo, as a Tier 3 country by the United States Department of State in its 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report required by the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 on which this article was originally based. Tier 3 countries are "countries whose governments do not fully comply with the maximum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so." The 2006 report shows some effort by the Kingdom to address the problems, but continues to classify the Kingdom as a Tier 3...
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the diaphragm. The most common type of CDH is a Bochdalek hernia; other types include Morgagni`s hernia, diaphragm eventration and central tendon defects of the diaphragm. Malformation of the diaphragm allows the abdominal organs to push into the proper lung formation.
M1 motorway (Northern Ireland)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The M1 is a motorway in Northern Ireland. It is the longest motorway in Northern Ireland and runs for 38 miles (61 km) from Belfast to Dungannon through County Down and County Armagh. It forms part of the route via the A1 in Northern Ireland (N1/M1 in the Republic of Ireland) between Belfast and Dublin as well as being a part of the unsigned European E01 and E18 routes.
Padraic Colum
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Padraic Colum (8 December 1881 – 11 January 1972) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children`s author and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Celtic Revival.
Butterflyfish
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The butterflyfish are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Found mostly on the reefs of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, there are approximately 120 species in 10 genera. A number of species pairs occur in the Indian and Pacific oceans, members of the huge genus Chaetodon.
David Mellor
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! David John Mellor, QC (born 12 March 1949) is a British politician, non-practising barrister, broadcaster, journalist and football pundit. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1990–92) and Secretary of State for National Heritage (April–September 1992), before resigning following a series of scandals in 1992. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Putney from 1979-97. Since leaving Parliament, he has worked in the media and served as Chairman of the government`s `Football Task Force`.
Stephen Hopkins (politician)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Stephen Hopkins (March 7, 1707 – July 13, 1785) was an American political leader from Rhode Island who signed the Declaration of Independence. He served as the Chief Justice and Governor of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and was a Delegate to the Colonial Congress in Albany in 1754 and to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776. Hopkins was also the first chancellor of the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (predecessor to Brown University) in conjunction with the presidency of the Baptist Reverend James Manning.
Lawnside, New Jersey
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lawnside is a Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the borough population was 2,945.
Severance, Colorado
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Severance is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 597 at the 2000 census. The town is located on the Colorado Eastern Plains, northwest of Greeley, a crossroads of county roads. Founded in the late 19th century as an agricultural community, the town remained primarily a small rural farming community based on the raising of cattle, sugar beets, potatoes, and onions. In the 1990s it began to grow aggressively by the construction of new residential subdivisions in the nearby rural areas of Weld County, especially as growth spilled over from nearby Windsor. The construction of new residential communities near the town has left the original agricultural...
Kekal discography
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The discography of the Indonesian band Kekal includes eight full-length studio albums, an EP, two compilation albums, two demo tapes, a split album with Slechtvalk, and several contributions to various collaborative albums. Though the band currently has no active members, it continues to exist as an institution, and still releases new material.
Beached Az
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Beached Az is an animated cartoon series broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It is shown on both ABC1 and ABC2.
Fortissimus
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Fortissimus is a well recognised event in strength athletics. The name means "the mightiest" and is a multi-event challenge at the end of which the winner is crowned as the "Strongest Man on Earth". It was set up to bring together the strongest competitors on the planet independent of the organisations to which they were signed, and also as a tribute to the nineteenth century Canadian strongman Louis Cyr, which gave it many similarities to Le Defi Mark Ten International which last took place in Canada in the early 1990s. After its first airing in 2008, the strength athletics magazine Milo described it as the ultimate strongman competition ever held. Despite a successful edition in 2009, a...
2009 Bonnaroo Music Festival
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was held June 11–14, 2009 at a 700-acre (2.8 km2) farm in Manchester, Tennessee, United States. There were roughly 75,000 people in attendance. The onset of Bonnaroo 2009 was punctuated by monstrous thunderstorms. Thursday night included heavy rain, lightning, strong winds and hail. A lighter storm passed over the farm on Friday. The resulting mud became a hardship for some and a plaything for others.
Tharwa Foundation
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Tharwa Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan grassroots organization that encourages diversity, development and democracy in Syria and the broader Middle East/North Africa. The Foundation derives its name from the Arabic word meaning wealth. Incidentally, the word Tharwa sounds much like the Arabic word thawra, meaning revolution. Founded in 2003, The Tharwa Foundation is an offshoot of the Tharwa Project, an initiative launched in Syria by Ammar Abdulhamid and Khawla Yusuf.. Ammar is a blogger, human rights activist and author. Khawla is an author, politician, and human rights activist.
Park Point at RIT
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Park Point at RIT (originally referred to as "Collegetown" or "College Park") is a commercial enterprise on the northeast corner of Rochester Institute of Technology`s campus in Rochester, New York. The property is being leased to Wilmorite Properties. Park Point at RIT is a $72 million dollar project and is expected to bring in $10 million in tax revenue during the first ten years of operation.
Jim Mather (Hanshi)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Jim Mather (born November 28, 1942) is an American karate teacher and founder of the United States National Karate Association.
Greatest Kiss
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Greatest Kiss is a compilation album of previously available material released by the American hard rock band Kiss. Along with You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!, this album was issued to coincide with the group`s 1996–97 Alive/Worldwide Tour. The US version covers only selected hits from 1974 to 1980 (with an exclusive live version of "Shout It Out Loud"), while non-US releases include the band`s 1992 hit "God Gave Rock `N` Roll To You II."
Philippine Marine Corps
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) (Filipino: Hukbong Kawal Pandagat ng Pilipinas) (HKPP) is the marine corps of the Philippines, and is part of the Philippine Navy.
Golden City (comics)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Golden City is a fictional city that appears in comic books published by Dark Horse Comics, and is part of the Comics Greatest World imprint. It was created by Team CGW. Golden City first appeared in Comics` Greatest World: Golden City Week 1, in 1993. It is the home and base of operations for Catalyst: Agents of Change.
Capital Subdivision
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Capital Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Maryland and the District of Columbia. The line runs from near Baltimore, Maryland southwest to Washington, D.C. along the former Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road (B&O) Washington Branch. The subdivision`s Alexandria Extension provides a connection to Virginia and points south.
HAL Bangalore International Airport
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HAL Bangalore International Airport (ICAO: VOBG), also known as HAL Airport or Hindustan Airport, is the airport of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) facility at Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
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