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  • 101Claudianus Mamertus — (died circa 473) was a Gallo Roman theologian and the brother of St. Mamertus, Bishop of Vienne. Descended probably from one of the leading families of the country, Claudianus Mamertus relinquished his worldly goods and embraced the monastic life …

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  • 102Battle of Jarama — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Jarama caption=Bombers of the Nationalist air force partof=the Spanish Civil War date=February 6, 1937 February 27, 1937 place=near Madrid, Spain result=Indecisive combatant1=flagicon|Spain|1931 Second …

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  • 103Jack Abramoff CNMI scandal — The Jack Abramoff CNMI scandal involves the efforts of Jack Abramoff, other lobbyists, and government officials to change or prevent, or both, Congressional action regarding the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (“the CNMI”) and… …

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  • 104Amon Bazira — (1944 1993) was a Pan Africanist leader and organiser who created an extensive intelligence network that was the critical clandestine component of the struggle to end the regime of Idi Amin. After he helped to remove Idi Amin, Bazira served as… …

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  • 105John Macoun — (17 April, 1831 ndash; 18 June,1920) was an Irish born Canadian naturalist. Early life Macoun was born in Magheralin, County Down, Ireland in 1831, the third child of James Macoun and Anne Jane Nevin. In 1850 the worsening economic situation in… …

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  • 106Alexander Zach — (born September 10, 1976) is an Austrian politician and since 2006 member of the Austrian Parliament. He has been the head of the Liberal Forum since 2001. His party did not run the elections of 2006, but Zach was given a seat of the SPÖ thanks… …

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  • 107Sir Henry Slingsby, 1st Baronet — Sir Henry Slingsby (14 January, 1602 8 June, 1658) was a Yorkshire landowner and Member of Parliament who was executed for his adherence to the Royalist cause during the English Civil War.Slingsby inherited substantial estates at Scriven and… …

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  • 108Leonardo da Vinci's personal life — Infobox Artist name = Leonardo da Vinci imagesize = 150px caption = Portrait in red chalk, circa 1512 to 1515. [ This drawing in red chalk is widely (though not universally) accepted as an original self portrait. The main reason for hesitation in …

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  • 109Swansea University Students' Union — ( cy. Undeb Myfyrwyr Prifysgol Abertawe) is the students union for Swansea University and is part of the part of National Union of Students of the United Kingdom. The Student Union aims to promote the interests of its students. It is currently… …

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  • 110Esoteric Nazism — This article describes semi religious developments of Nazism after 1945. Semi religious elements within pre 1945 Nazism are discussed in Nazi occultism. The term Esoteric Nazism refers to semi religious developments of Nazism in the post WWII… …

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