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- The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are the 14 territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming...111 KB (8,814 words) - 08:14, 1 August 2024
- A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy...110 KB (11,983 words) - 21:35, 3 July 2024
- The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging...183 KB (20,553 words) - 01:47, 4 August 2024
- Academi, formerly known as Blackwater and Blackwater Worldwide, is an American private military contractor founded on December 26, 1996, by former Navy...134 KB (12,563 words) - 16:51, 3 August 2024
- Affirmative action (also sometimes called reservations, alternative access, positive discrimination or positive action in various countries' laws and policies)...111 KB (12,117 words) - 08:57, 25 July 2024
- Child labour is the exploitation of children through any form of work that interferes with their ability to attend regular school, or is mentally, physically...152 KB (16,917 words) - 08:47, 25 July 2024
- The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day. Likewise, its victims have come from many...282 KB (32,726 words) - 05:17, 9 July 2024
- An identity document (also called ID or colloquially as papers) is any document that may be used to prove a person's identity. If issued in a small, standard...187 KB (22,412 words) - 15:10, 22 July 2024
- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, and is a three-time Nobel Prize laureate...92 KB (11,558 words) - 19:24, 3 August 2024
- A protectorate, in the context of international relations, is a state that is under protection by another state for defence against aggression and other...60 KB (5,243 words) - 03:09, 22 July 2024
- Historical negationism, also called historical denialism, is falsification or distortion of the historical record. This is not the same as historical revisionism...177 KB (20,103 words) - 11:45, 23 July 2024
- Equal opportunity is a state of fairness in which individuals are treated similarly, unhampered by artificial barriers, prejudices, or preferences, except...102 KB (11,432 words) - 03:27, 12 July 2024
- A public toilet, restroom, public bathroom or washroom is a room or small building with toilets (or urinals) and sinks for use by the general public. The...98 KB (10,883 words) - 13:48, 22 July 2024
- Arranged marriage is a type of marital union where the bride and groom are primarily selected by individuals other than the couple themselves, particularly...69 KB (8,952 words) - 06:41, 3 August 2024
- The abortion debate is a longstanding, ongoing controversy that touches on the moral, legal, medical, and religious aspects of induced abortion. In English-speaking...119 KB (13,650 words) - 16:22, 3 August 2024
- School corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of physical pain as a response to undesired behavior by students. The term corporal punishment...108 KB (11,317 words) - 08:38, 2 August 2024
- International piracy law is international law that is meant to protect against piracy. Throughout history and legal precedents, pirates have been defined...19 KB (2,392 words) - 20:16, 23 May 2023
- Wog is a racial slur used to refer, in British English, to black and South Asian people, and, in Australian English, to people from the Mediterranean region...16 KB (1,795 words) - 08:15, 3 August 2024
- Counterfeit money is currency produced outside of the legal sanction of a state or government, usually in a deliberate attempt to imitate that currency...53 KB (5,419 words) - 17:11, 3 June 2024
- Chapter XI of the United Nations Charter defines a non-self-governing territory (NSGT) as a territory "whose people have not yet attained a full measure...83 KB (4,537 words) - 13:44, 7 July 2024