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projected-00307615-002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Newman%20%28Australian%20politician%29 | John Newman (Australian politician) | Political career | John Paul Newman (born Johann Grauenig, formerly Naumenko; 8 December 1946 – 5 September 1994) was an Australian politician who served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1986 until his death. He was 47 when he was shot and killed outside his home in Cabramatta. Phuong Ngo, a local club owner a... | Newman had a long history of involvement with the labour movement and with the Labor Party, spending much of his working life as a union official. He was a State union organiser with the Federated Clerks' Union from 1970 to 1986. Newman completed post-graduate studies in industrial law at the University of Sydney and u... | [] | [
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projected-00307615-003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Newman%20%28Australian%20politician%29 | John Newman (Australian politician) | Death | John Paul Newman (born Johann Grauenig, formerly Naumenko; 8 December 1946 – 5 September 1994) was an Australian politician who served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1986 until his death. He was 47 when he was shot and killed outside his home in Cabramatta. Phuong Ngo, a local club owner a... | At 9:30 pm. on the night of 5 September 1994, in the car-park of his Woods Avenue, Cabramatta home, he was shot twice and killed instantly. His fiancée, Lucy Wang, was with him at the time (helping to put a car cover on his vehicle) but saw little of what happened because of the swiftness of the murder. She reported se... | [] | [
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projected-00307615-004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Newman%20%28Australian%20politician%29 | John Newman (Australian politician) | Investigation | John Paul Newman (born Johann Grauenig, formerly Naumenko; 8 December 1946 – 5 September 1994) was an Australian politician who served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1986 until his death. He was 47 when he was shot and killed outside his home in Cabramatta. Phuong Ngo, a local club owner a... | Within days, the leader of the 5T gang, 21-year-old Tri Minh Tran became the prime suspect. A local club owner, Phuong Ngo's conflict with Newman and his close ties to Tran led to widespread rumours in the community that he was involved and the media repeated the allegations. Tran, who had led the gang since the age of... | [] | [
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projected-00307615-006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Newman%20%28Australian%20politician%29 | John Newman (Australian politician) | Further reading | John Paul Newman (born Johann Grauenig, formerly Naumenko; 8 December 1946 – 5 September 1994) was an Australian politician who served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1986 until his death. He was 47 when he was shot and killed outside his home in Cabramatta. Phuong Ngo, a local club owner a... | Wang, Lucy. Blood Price: The Moving Story of the Fiancee of Murdered MP, John Newman (1996)
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projected-00307621-000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema%20of%20Albania | Cinema of Albania | Introduction | The film industry in Albania comprises the art of films and movies made within the country or by Albanian directors abroad. Albania has had an active cinema industry since 1897 and began strong activities in 1940 after the foundation of both the "Kinostudio Shqipëria e Re" and National Center of Cinematography in Tiran... | [] | [
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projected-00307621-002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema%20of%20Albania | Cinema of Albania | See also | The film industry in Albania comprises the art of films and movies made within the country or by Albanian directors abroad. Albania has had an active cinema industry since 1897 and began strong activities in 1940 after the foundation of both the "Kinostudio Shqipëria e Re" and National Center of Cinematography in Tiran... | List of Albanian films by year
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projected-00307622-000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacer | Spacer | Introduction | Spacer may refer to: | [] | [
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projected-00307622-001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacer | Spacer | Arts and entertainment | Spacer may refer to: | "Spacer", a song by Sheila and B. Devotion from the 1980 album King of the World
Spacer (album), 2011 jazz album by Jason Adasiewicz
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projected-00307622-003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacer | Spacer | Biology and medicine | Spacer may refer to: | Asthma spacer, medical equipment
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projected-00307622-004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacer | Spacer | Other uses in science and technology | Spacer may refer to: | Spacer, an element in HTML web design
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projected-00307622-005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacer | Spacer | Oil and gas industry | Spacer may refer to: | Spacer, a viscous fluid used to remove drilling fluids ahead of cement slurry. The spacer is made up with specific fluid attributes, such as viscosity and density that are designed to prohibit the interaction between the mud and cement slurry. | [] | [
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projected-00307622-006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacer | Spacer | Other uses | Spacer may refer to: | Spacer (self-storage), an Australian online market for self storage
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projected-00307622-007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacer | Spacer | See also | Spacer may refer to: | Space (disambiguation)
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projected-00307623-000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhaler%20spacer | Inhaler spacer | Introduction | A spacer is a device used to increase the ease of administering aerosolized medication from a metered-dose inhaler (MDI). It adds space in the form of a tube or "chamber" between the mouth and canister of medication. Most spacers have a one-way valve that allows the person to inhale the medication while inhaling and ex... | [
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projected-00307623-001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhaler%20spacer | Inhaler spacer | Terminology | A spacer is a device used to increase the ease of administering aerosolized medication from a metered-dose inhaler (MDI). It adds space in the form of a tube or "chamber" between the mouth and canister of medication. Most spacers have a one-way valve that allows the person to inhale the medication while inhaling and ex... | The term spacer is often used to refer to any tube-like MDI add-on device. Some spacers (e.g., InspirEase) utilize a collapsing bag design to provide visual feedback that successful inspiration is taking place. Another type (e.g., Volumatic) is transparent plastic in two vase-shaped parts that come together forming a b... | [] | [
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projected-00307623-002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhaler%20spacer | Inhaler spacer | Application and benefits | A spacer is a device used to increase the ease of administering aerosolized medication from a metered-dose inhaler (MDI). It adds space in the form of a tube or "chamber" between the mouth and canister of medication. Most spacers have a one-way valve that allows the person to inhale the medication while inhaling and ex... | To use an inhaler without a spacer requires coordinating several actions in a set order (pressing down on the inhaler, breathing in deeply as soon as the medication is released, holding your breath, exhaling), and not everyone is able to master this sequence. Use of a spacer, particularly a valved holding chamber, avoi... | [
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projected-00307624-000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | Introduction | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | [] | [
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projected-00307624-003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | European colonization | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | In 1720, the British controlled Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Northern and much of Western Canada, but otherwise, nearly all of Eastern Canada, from the Labrador shore and on the Atlantic coast to the Great Lakes and beyond was under French domination. The gradual conquest of New France by the British, culminating in Jame... | [
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projected-00307624-004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | Dominion of Canada | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | In early Canadian history, foreign affairs were under the control of the British government. Canada pushed against those legal barriers to further its interests. Alexander Galt, Canada's informal representative in London, attempted to conclude a commercial treaty with France in 1878, but tariff preference for France vi... | [] | [
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projected-00307624-005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | World Wars | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | A realignment of the great powers made allies of Canada, which was part of the British Empire, and France just in time for the two World Wars that would dominate the first half of the 20th century.
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projected-00307624-006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | Suez Crisis | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | During the Suez Crisis, the Canadian government was concerned with what might be a growing rift between the western allies. Lester B. Pearson, who would later become the Prime Minister of Canada, went to the United Nations and suggested creating a United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) in the Suez to "keep the borders a... | [] | [
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projected-00307624-007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | 1967 controversy by de Gaulle | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | In July 1967, while on an official state visit to Canada, the then president of France, Charles de Gaulle, ignited a storm of controversy by exclaiming, before a crowd of 100,000 in Montreal, Vive le Québec Libre! (Long live free Quebec!) Coming on the centennial year of Canadian Confederation, amid the backdrop of Que... | [] | [
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projected-00307624-008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | Master Agreement | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | The first step towards Quebec developing an "international personality" distinct from that of Canada, viewed by many as a stepping stone towards full independence, was for Quebec to develop relations with other nations independent from those of Canada. That effort began in earnest after de Gaulle's return to power, whe... | [] | [
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projected-00307624-009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | "Quebec Mafia" | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | The significant contingent of sovereigntists within the French government and the upper levels of the French foreign and civil services (especially Gaullists), who came to be known as the "Quebec Mafia" within the Canadian foreign service and the press, took full advantage of the Master Agreement of 1965 to further the... | [] | [
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projected-00307624-010 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | Direct relations with Quebec | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | Shortly after de Gaulle's 1967 Montreal address, the French Consulate-General in Quebec City, already viewed by many as a de facto embassy, was enlarged and the office of Consul General at Quebec replaced, by de Gaulle's order, with that of Consul General to the Quebec Government. At the same time, the flow of official... | [
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projected-00307624-011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | La Francophonie | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | One issue that sparked tensions between France and Canada began shortly after the creation of la Francophonie, an international organization of wholly and partially French-speaking countries that is modelled somewhat after the Commonwealth of Nations. While Canada agreed in principle to the organization's creation, it... | [] | [
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projected-00307624-012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | Normalized relations | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | De Gaulle's resignation in 1969 and, more importantly, the 1970 election of the Liberals in Quebec under Robert Bourassa gave impetus to the calls on both sides for the normalization of France-Canada relations. While the ultra-Gaullists and the remaining members of the "Quebec Mafia" continued occasionally to cause hea... | [] | [
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projected-00307624-013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | Saint Pierre and Miquelon boundary dispute | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | The maritime boundary between the tiny French islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Newfoundland, and Canada has long been a simmering point of contention between the two countries. As each country expanded its claimed territorial limit in the second half of the 20th century, first to and then to , th... | [] | [
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projected-00307624-014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | Sarkozy, Harper, Charest, and trade policy | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | In the 2007 and 2008, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Quebec Premier Jean Charest all spoke in favour of a Canada–EU free trade agreement. In October 2008, Sarkozy became the first French President to address the National Assembly of Quebec. | [
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projected-00307624-016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | Trade | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | Trade between the two countries is relatively modest, compared to trade with their immediate continental neighbours, but remains significant.
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projected-00307624-017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | Academic and intellectual | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | France is the fifth largest source country for foreign students to Canada (first among European source countries). According to 2003–2004 figures from UNESCO, France is also the fourth most popular destination for Canadian post-secondary students and the most popular non-English-speaking destination. For French post-se... | [] | [
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projected-00307624-018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | Resident diplomatic missions | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | Canada has an embassy in Paris. Quebec also maintains a paradiplomatic Government Office, the Délégation générale du Québec à Paris.
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projected-00307624-019 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | See also | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | France–Americas relations
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projected-00307624-021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | Sources | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | Bosher, John Francis. The Gaullist attack on Canada 1967–1997. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999. .
Haglund, David G. and Justin Massie. "L'Abandon de l'abandon: The Emergence of a Transatlantic 'Francosphere' in Québec and Canada's Strategic Culture," Quebec Studies (Spring/Summer2010), Issue 49, pp 59... | [] | [
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projected-00307624-022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93France%20relations | Canada–France relations | In French | Canadian–French relations are the diplomatic relations between Canada and the French Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centres on the history of French immigration to Canada. Canadians of French heritage make up the majority of native speakers of French in Canada, who in turn acco... | Bastien, Frédéric. Relations particulières : la France face au Québec après de Gaulle. Montreal : Boréal, 1999. .
Galarneau, Claude. La France devant l'opinion canadienne, 1760–1815 (Quebec: Presses de l'Université Laval, 1970)
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projected-00307625-002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiria | Leiria | Geography | Leiria (; ) is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat of its own district and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leiria-Fátima. The city is part of the historical province... | Leiria is located in western Central Portugal. The municipality borders the Atlantic Ocean to the northwest, Marinha Grande to the west, Alcobaça to the southwest, Batalha to the south, Ourém to the southeast, and Pombal to the north and northeast. The city is located about halfway between Lisbon and Porto. The distanc... | [
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projected-00307625-009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiria | Leiria | Economy | Leiria (; ) is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat of its own district and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leiria-Fátima. The city is part of the historical province... | Leiria has an economy concentrated on services and light industries. It has several industries related with plastics and moulds, as well as animal food, milling, cement, and civil construction, among other light industries. Agriculture, tourism, and state-run public services, such as education (including the Polytechni... | [
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projected-00307625-012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiria | Leiria | Education | Leiria (; ) is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat of its own district and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leiria-Fátima. The city is part of the historical province... | Leiria hosts a national public polytechnic institution of higher education, the Instituto Politécnico de Leiria which has 5 campuses, 3 of them located in Leiria.
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projected-00307625-013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiria | Leiria | Sport | Leiria (; ) is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat of its own district and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leiria-Fátima. The city is part of the historical province... | The city of Leiria has its own football team, the União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly called just União de Leiria. It currently plays at the third level of Portuguese football, in Liga 3, but recently spent 16 seasons in the Primeira Liga.
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projected-00307625-014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiria | Leiria | International relations | Leiria (; ) is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat of its own district and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leiria-Fátima. The city is part of the historical province... | According to the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities, Leiria is twinned with:
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Setúbal, Portugal (since 1982)
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France (since 1982)
Maringá, Brazil (since 1982)
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projected-00307625-015 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiria | Leiria | Notable people | Leiria (; ) is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat of its own district and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leiria-Fátima. The city is part of the historical province... | Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (1580–1622), the Portuguese Theocritus, a poet and bucolic writer.
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projected-00307628-000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazetteer | Gazetteer | Introduction | A gazetteer is a geographical index or directory used in conjunction with a map or atlas. It typically contains information concerning the geographical makeup, social statistics and physical features of a country, region, or continent. Content of a gazetteer can include a subject's location, dimensions of peaks and wat... | [] | [
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projected-00307628-001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazetteer | Gazetteer | Etymology | A gazetteer is a geographical index or directory used in conjunction with a map or atlas. It typically contains information concerning the geographical makeup, social statistics and physical features of a country, region, or continent. Content of a gazetteer can include a subject's location, dimensions of peaks and wat... | The Oxford English Dictionary defines a "gazetteer" as a "geographical index or dictionary". It includes as an example a work by the British historian Laurence Echard (d. 1730) in 1693 that bore the title "The Gazetteer's: or Newsman's Interpreter: Being a Geographical Index". Echard wrote that the title "Gazetteer's" ... | [] | [
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projected-00307628-002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazetteer | Gazetteer | Types and organization | A gazetteer is a geographical index or directory used in conjunction with a map or atlas. It typically contains information concerning the geographical makeup, social statistics and physical features of a country, region, or continent. Content of a gazetteer can include a subject's location, dimensions of peaks and wat... | Gazetteers are often categorized by the type, and scope, of the information presented. World gazetteers usually consist of an alphabetical listing of countries, with pertinent statistics for each one, with some gazetteers listing information on individual cities, towns, villages, and other settlements of varying sizes.... | [] | [
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projected-00307631-007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20white%20pelican | Great white pelican | Status and conservation | The great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) also known as the eastern white pelican, rosy pelican or white pelican is a bird in the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and Africa, in swamps and shallow lakes.
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projected-00307636-000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balclutha%2C%20New%20Zealand | Balclutha, New Zealand | Introduction | Balclutha () is a town in South Otago, lying towards the end of the Clutha River, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is about halfway between Dunedin and Gore on the Main South Line railway, State Highway 1 and the Southern Scenic Route. Balclutha has a population of (as of ), and is the largest... | [] | [
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projected-00307636-001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balclutha%2C%20New%20Zealand | Balclutha, New Zealand | History | Balclutha () is a town in South Otago, lying towards the end of the Clutha River, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is about halfway between Dunedin and Gore on the Main South Line railway, State Highway 1 and the Southern Scenic Route. Balclutha has a population of (as of ), and is the largest... | Known locally as "Clutha", Balclutha's name – and that of the river on which it stands – reflects the Scottish origin of the town's settlement. The name comes from Scottish Gaelic and would be spelt Baile Chluaidh in that language; this translates into English as "Town on the Clyde".
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projected-00307636-002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balclutha%2C%20New%20Zealand | Balclutha, New Zealand | Demographics | Balclutha () is a town in South Otago, lying towards the end of the Clutha River, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is about halfway between Dunedin and Gore on the Main South Line railway, State Highway 1 and the Southern Scenic Route. Balclutha has a population of (as of ), and is the largest... | Balclutha covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.
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projected-00307636-003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balclutha%2C%20New%20Zealand | Balclutha, New Zealand | Landmarks | Balclutha () is a town in South Otago, lying towards the end of the Clutha River, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is about halfway between Dunedin and Gore on the Main South Line railway, State Highway 1 and the Southern Scenic Route. Balclutha has a population of (as of ), and is the largest... | The Clutha River flows through the town. It is the largest river in New Zealand by volume of water, and the country's second longest after the Waikato. It provides the town with various recreational facilities, including fishing (brown trout), water skiing and power boating. Immediately to the south of the town it spli... | [
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projected-00307636-005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balclutha%2C%20New%20Zealand | Balclutha, New Zealand | Primary schools | Balclutha () is a town in South Otago, lying towards the end of the Clutha River, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is about halfway between Dunedin and Gore on the Main South Line railway, State Highway 1 and the Southern Scenic Route. Balclutha has a population of (as of ), and is the largest... | Balclutha School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of .
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projected-00307636-006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balclutha%2C%20New%20Zealand | Balclutha, New Zealand | Secondary schools | Balclutha () is a town in South Otago, lying towards the end of the Clutha River, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is about halfway between Dunedin and Gore on the Main South Line railway, State Highway 1 and the Southern Scenic Route. Balclutha has a population of (as of ), and is the largest... | South Otago High School is a co-educational state secondary school for Year 9 to 13 students, with a roll of . | [] | [
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projected-00307636-007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balclutha%2C%20New%20Zealand | Balclutha, New Zealand | Tertiary education | Balclutha () is a town in South Otago, lying towards the end of the Clutha River, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is about halfway between Dunedin and Gore on the Main South Line railway, State Highway 1 and the Southern Scenic Route. Balclutha has a population of (as of ), and is the largest... | There is one tertiary education facility, Telford, a campus of the Southern Institute of Technology. | [] | [
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projected-00307636-008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balclutha%2C%20New%20Zealand | Balclutha, New Zealand | Notable people | Balclutha () is a town in South Otago, lying towards the end of the Clutha River, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is about halfway between Dunedin and Gore on the Main South Line railway, State Highway 1 and the Southern Scenic Route. Balclutha has a population of (as of ), and is the largest... | Alister Abernethy, politician
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projected-00307636-010 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balclutha%2C%20New%20Zealand | Balclutha, New Zealand | References | Balclutha () is a town in South Otago, lying towards the end of the Clutha River, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is about halfway between Dunedin and Gore on the Main South Line railway, State Highway 1 and the Southern Scenic Route. Balclutha has a population of (as of ), and is the largest... | Bette Flagler. 2005. Adventure guide: New Zealand, Hunter Publishing, Inc, 800 pages | [] | [
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projected-00307637-000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabaul | Rabaul | Introduction | Rabaul () is a township in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain. It lies about 600 kilometres to the east of the island of New Guinea. Rabaul was the provincial capital and most important settlement in the province until it was destroyed in 1994 by falling ash from a volcanic ... | [] | [
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projected-00307637-001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabaul | Rabaul | History | Rabaul () is a township in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain. It lies about 600 kilometres to the east of the island of New Guinea. Rabaul was the provincial capital and most important settlement in the province until it was destroyed in 1994 by falling ash from a volcanic ... | Rabaul's proximity to its volcanoes has always been a source of concern. In 1878 before it was established as a town, an eruption formed a volcano in the harbour.
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projected-00307637-002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabaul | Rabaul | Colonial period and aftermath | Rabaul () is a township in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain. It lies about 600 kilometres to the east of the island of New Guinea. Rabaul was the provincial capital and most important settlement in the province until it was destroyed in 1994 by falling ash from a volcanic ... | In 1910 the German colonial government during the administration of Governor Albert Hahl moved offices, the district court, a hospital and customs and postal facilities from Herbertshöhe (today's Kokopo) to Simpsonhafen. That settlement was thus substantially enlarged with official buildings and housing and renamed Rab... | [
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projected-00307637-004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabaul | Rabaul | World War II | Rabaul () is a township in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain. It lies about 600 kilometres to the east of the island of New Guinea. Rabaul was the provincial capital and most important settlement in the province until it was destroyed in 1994 by falling ash from a volcanic ... | Rabaul was heavily bombed by Japanese aircraft starting from January 4 1942. On 23 January the battle of Rabaul began and Rabaul was captured shortly thereafter by thousands of Japanese naval landing forces. Rabaul was then bombed by Allied forces later that month.
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projected-00307637-005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabaul | Rabaul | Post–World War II until 1994 | Rabaul () is a township in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain. It lies about 600 kilometres to the east of the island of New Guinea. Rabaul was the provincial capital and most important settlement in the province until it was destroyed in 1994 by falling ash from a volcanic ... | After the Second World War, western New Guinea (renamed Papua) was returned to pre-war owner the Netherlands, and eastern New Guinea was returned to pre-war administrator Australia, and Rabaul flourished as the principal city and port of the archipelago, with one of the finest harbours in the world. By 1990 Rabaul's po... | [] | [
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projected-00307637-006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabaul | Rabaul | 1994 eruption | Rabaul () is a township in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain. It lies about 600 kilometres to the east of the island of New Guinea. Rabaul was the provincial capital and most important settlement in the province until it was destroyed in 1994 by falling ash from a volcanic ... | In 1983 and 1984 the town was ready for evacuation when the volcanoes started to heat up. Nothing happened until 19 September 1994, when again Tavurvur and Vulcan erupted, destroying the airport and covering most of the town with heavy ashfall. There were only 19 hours of warning, but the city and most nearby villages ... | [
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projected-00307637-007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabaul | Rabaul | Transport | Rabaul () is a township in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain. It lies about 600 kilometres to the east of the island of New Guinea. Rabaul was the provincial capital and most important settlement in the province until it was destroyed in 1994 by falling ash from a volcanic ... | Rabaul Airport was destroyed in the 1994 eruption, and, since the approach involved flying over the Tavurvur crater, it was abandoned. The airport was in the direct path of the falling ash from the nearby vents. A new airport was built at Tokua, about 50 km farther away to the southeast. However, even it has been close... | [] | [
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