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Kabila, Joseph
(Encyclopedia)Kabila, Joseph käbēˈlä [key], 1971–, Congolese political leader, eldest son of Laurent Kabila. He was educated in Tanzania while his father was in exile there, and after his father became presid...Checheno-Ingush Republic
(Encyclopedia)Checheno-Ingush Republic, former republic, Russia: see Chechnya; Ingushetia. ...Tipperary , county, Republic of Ireland
(Encyclopedia)Tipperary tĭpˌərârˈē [key], county (1991 pop. 132,772), 1,643 sq mi (4,255 sq km), S central Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Tipperary. Administratively, the county is divided into North...United Arab Republic
(Encyclopedia)United Arab Republic, political union (1958–61) of Egypt and Syria. The capital was Cairo. The two countries were merged (1958) into a single unit comprising the Southern (Egypt) and the Northern (S...Brazzaville
(Encyclopedia)Brazzaville brăzˈəvĭl, Fr. bräzävēlˈ [key], city (1984 pop. 585,812), capital of the Republic of the Congo, on Pool Malebo of the Congo River. It is the nation's largest city and its administr...Dublin, city, Republic of Ireland
(Encyclopedia)Dublin, Irish Baile Átha Cliath, county borough (2021 est. pop. 1,430,000), Leinster, capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay at the mout...Liberal Democratic party, Japanese political party
(Encyclopedia)Liberal Democratic party (LDP), Japanese political party. It began as the conservative Liberal party, which, under Shigeru Yoshida, became the dominant political force in Japan following World War II....Ubangi
(Encyclopedia)Ubangi o͞obängˈgē, yo͞obăngˈ– [key], Fr. Oubangui, river, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, formed on the Congo (Kinshasa)–Central African Republic border, central Africa, by the confluence of the ...Far Eastern Republic
(Encyclopedia)Far Eastern Republic, Far Eastern Russia, or Far Eastern Territory: see Russian Far East. ...Afars and the Issas, French Territory of the
(Encyclopedia)Afars and the Issas, French Territory of the: see Djibouti, republic. ...Browse by Subject
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