hotchpotch/wikipedia-multilingual-ir-related-lead-pairs huggingface dataset:
Nissanka Wijeyeratne
Deshamanya Nissanka Parakrama Wijeyeratne (Sinhala: නිශ්ශංක පරාක්‍රම විජයරත්න) (14 June 1924 – 7 January 2007), known as Nissanka Wijeyeratne, was a Sri Lankan politician, civil servant,
diplomat and English language poet. He was also the 17th Diyawadana Nilame (chief lay custodian) of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy from 1975 to 1985. At the time of death, he was serving as the chairman of The Law and Society Trust in Sri Lanka.

The Law and Society Trust
The Law & Society Trust (LST) is a not-for-profit organisation engaged in legal research, advocacy and human rights documentation. It is headquartered at No. 102/3, Bars Place, Colombo 00700, Sri Lanka. LST was founded in 1982 by the late Dr Neelan Tiruchelvam under the Trusts Ordinance. It was incorporated in 1992 under the Companies Act No. 17 of 1982 and has since re-registered as required by law under the new Companies Act No. 07 of 2007 with Registration No. GA 648.
Protégé: The Battle for the Big Break
Protégé: The Battle for the Big Break is a 2011 reality-based singing talent show created by Real Florido for GMA Network. It is hosted by Ogie Alcasid, as the journey host, Dingdong Dantes as gala presenter, and Jennylyn Mercado, the show's reality host. It is the first season of GMA's reality talent program, Protégé.

The show was first intended to be a "talent search" similar to StarStruck and Protégé might have been the replacement of the said show.

This show is stapled the timeslot between the two talent shows from other rival shows with ABS-CBN's Pilipinas Got Talent and TV5's Talentadong Pinoy.

The result reveals right after the performance. The first two results nights were shown one hour after the performance of the finalists. The judges, on the other hand are happy that their opinions matter in this contest, since the results will not depend solely on text votes.

Janno Gibbs
Janno Ronaldo Ilagan Gibbs (born September 16, 1969) is a Filipino singer, songwriter, comedian and actor. He was a regular host of GMA Network television shows SOP Rules, Nuts Entertainment, Eat Bulaga!, Kakasa Ka Ba Sa Grade 5?, Power of 10, Party Pilipinas and Sunday All Stars.
Ashaiman Municipal District
Ashaiman Municipal District is one of the twenty-nine districts in Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Tema Municipal District, which was created from the former Tema District Council, until two parts of the district were later split off to create Adenta Municipal District (from the northwest part) and Ashaiman Municipal District (from the north central part) respectively on 29 February 2008; thus the remaining part was elevated to metropolitan district assembly status on that same year to become Tema Metropolitan District. The municipality is located in the central part of Greater Accra Region and has Ashaiman as its capital town.

Greater Accra Region
The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the most populated region, with a population of 5,455,692 in 2021, accounting for 17.7 per cent of Ghana's total population.

The Greater Accra region is the most urbanized region in the country, with 87.4% of its total population living in urban centres. The capital city of Greater Accra Region is Accra which is at the same time the capital city of Ghana.
Toxic (TV series)
Toxic (Burmese: အဆိပ်သွေး) is a Burmese zombie thriller horror television series. It aired on Canal+ Zat Lenn, on every Thursday at 20:00. Its season 1 aired from May 3 to July 19, 2018 for 12 episodes and season 2 aired from January 31 to April 18, 2019 for 12 episodes.

Canal+ (Myanmar)
Canal+ (current Forever Group in Myanmar and Canal+ Group in France. Originally launched by Forever Group alone, Canal+ Group joined in the business in 2017, and the service adopted the current name in April 2021.

Canal+ delivers the service through the digital terrestrial television (DTT) signals (available in Yangon and Mandalay) and direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television signals (beamed through Thaicom 6). It launched a Burmese version of My Canal OTT television service in 2019.

There are 80 television channels, including nine in-house television channels, available on the platform. After February 2021, some of the international broadcasting channels were closed, including news channels like CNN and BBC, during the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. As of October 1, 2022, the total number of channels is now 69.
West Takone, Tasmania
West Takone is a rural locality in the local government areas of Waratah-Wynyard and Circular Head in the North West region of Tasmania. It is located about 38 kilometres (24 mi) south-west of the town of Wynyard. 
The 2016 census determined a population of 8 for the state suburb of West Takone.

Circular Head Council
Circular Head Council is a local government body in Tasmania covering the far north-west mainland. It is classified as a rural local government area with a population of 8,066, and its major towns and localities include Arthur River, Marrawah and Stanley, with Smithton being the largest and principal town.  The origin of the name “Circular Head” is unknown.
Van Loo
Van Loo is a Dutch toponymic surname, meaning "from the forest clearing", see van (Dutch).

People with this surname include:

A family of painters

Jacob van Loo (1614–1670), Dutch painter

Louis-Abraham van Loo (1653–1712), Dutch-born French painter, son of Jacob

Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684–1745), French painter, son of Louis-Abraham

Charles-André van Loo (1705–1765), French painter, brother of Jean-Baptiste

Louis-Michel van Loo (1707–1771), French painter, son of Jean-Baptiste

Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1719–1795), French painter, son of Jean-Baptiste

Others

Albert Vanloo (1841–1920), Belgian librettist and playwright

Anthony Van Loo (born 1988), Belgian footballer

Brian van Loo (born 1975), Dutch football goalkeeper

Christine Van Loo, American aerialist and acrobat

Leon Van Loo (1841–1907), Belgian-born American photographer and art promoter

Hayden van Loo (1982-present), Australian born - average surfer, golfer

Jacob van Loo
Jacob van Loo (1614 – 26 November 1670) was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age, chiefly active in Amsterdam and, after 1660, in Paris. Van Loo is known for his conversational groupings; particularly his mythological and biblical scenes generally attributed to the genre of History painting. He was especially celebrated for the quality of his nudes to the extent that, during his lifetime, particularly his female figures were said to have been considered superior and more popular than those of his Amsterdam contemporary and competitor Rembrandt. Unlike Rembrandt, he drew these nudes on blue paper. In 1663, three years after fleeing to Paris, Jacob van Loo was accepted into the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.

Though his father also painted, Jacob's success ensured that he would forever be referred to as the founder of the Van Loo family of painters; a dynasty which was influential in French and European painting from the 17th to the beginning of the 19th century.
The Georgia Satellites
The Georgia Satellites is an American Southern rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. They achieved mainstream success with their 1986 self-titled debut album, featuring their best-known single "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Two more albums followed – Open All Night (1988) and the band's last to feature original material In the Land of Salvation and Sin (1989) – before they went on hiatus in 1990.

The Georgia Satellites resurfaced in 1993 and continued to perform live. A 1996 studio album, Shaken Not Stirred, included re-recordings of the band's older material, in addition to eight new songs. They have experienced numerous lineup changes in their career, with lead guitarist and vocalist Rick Richards as the only constant member. Their current lineup includes Richards, drummer Todd Johnston, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Fred McNeal, and bassist Bruce Smith.

Southern rock
Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitars and vocals.
Maa Markama Temple
Maa Markama Temple located at Bissam Cuttack village of Rayagada district is a place of tourist interest. It is the only shrine (Shakti Peethas) of Devi Maa Markama and Maa Karkama in the Indian state of Odisha. The temple of Maa Karkama (believed to be the sister of Maa Markama) is situated next to the temple of Maa Markama. The legend says that the Devi is being worshiped for centuries. However, the temple was constructed in the recent past. 
A junior college and a university college in Bissam Cuttack are named after Maa Markama. The temple is one of the places of tourist attractions in the Rayagada district. Dussehra and chaitra Paraba are celebrated every year at the temple. The nearest railhead is Chatikona, which is 7 km (4.34 miles) from Bissam Cuttack.

Rayagada district
Rayagada district is a district in the southern Odisha state in India. Rayagada became a separate district in October 1992. Its population consists mainly of tribes, primarily the Khonds and the Soras. In addition to Odia, Kui and Sora are spoken by the district's indigenous population. It was founded by Biswanatha Deba Gajapati of the Surjyabansha dynasty of Jeypore.
Treaty of Big Tree
The Treaty of Big Tree was a treaty signed in 1797 between the Seneca Nation and the United States, in which the Seneca relinquished their rights to nearly all of their traditional homeland in New York State—nearly 3.5 million acres. In the 1788 Phelps and Gorham Purchase, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) had previously sold rights to their land between Seneca Lake and the Genesee River. The Treaty of Big Tree signed away their rights to all their territory west of the Genesee River (except 12 small tracts of land) for $100,000 and other considerations (roughly $5 billion in 2020 dollars, in relation to GDP). The money was not paid directly to the tribe, but was to be invested in shares of the Bank of the United States, and to be paid out to the Senecas in annual earnings of up to six percent, or $6,000 a year, on the bank stock.

Joseph Ellicott
Joseph Ellicott (November 1, 1760 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania – August 19, 1826 in New York City) was an American surveyor, city planner, land office agent, lawyer and politician of the Quaker faith.
IBM Information Management Software
Information Management Software is one of the brands within IBM Software Group (SWG) division. The major Information Management products include:

IBM Db2 — management system (RDBMS)

Informix Dynamic Server — high-throughput database server for online transaction processing (OLTP)

Cloudscape — embedded RDBMS for Java

Information Management System (IMS) — hierarchical database and information management system

OmniFind — search and text analytics software

Enterprise Content Management — IBM services for managing content, optimizing business processes and enabling compliance

pureQuery - data access platform

IBM RFID Information Center (RFIDIC) - Tracking and tracing products through global supply chains

IBM InfoSphere DataStage - an ETL tool

InfoSphere Guardium – Real-time database security and monitoring application to safeguard enterprise data (SAP, PeopleSoft, etc.) and address regulatory compliance requirements

IBM Software Group
IBM Software Group (SWG) was one of the major divisions of IBM. 
Since 2010, it was sub-divided into two groups: Middleware and Solutions

See List of IBM products#Computer software for a list of actual IBM software products.
Portland Power (basketball)
The Portland Power was a women's professional basketball team in the American Basketball League (ABL) based in Portland, Oregon. The Power began play in 1996, and disbanded when the ABL folded at the end of 1998. The Power hosted home games at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which had a capacity of 10,934.

Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)
The Veterans Memorial Coliseum (originally known as the Memorial Coliseum) is an indoor arena located in the oldest part of the Rose Quarter area in Portland, Oregon. The arena is the home of the Portland Winterhawks, a major junior ice hockey team, and was the original home of the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. It has been included on the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of its architectural significance.
LNWR 1185 Class
The LNWR 1185 Class was a class of 0-8-2T steam tank locomotives designed by Charles Bowen-Cooke and introduced in 1911.  They passed into LMS ownership in 1923 and 8 survived to British Railways ownership in 1948.  British Railways numbers were 47875-47896 (with gaps).

0-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle (usually in a trailing truck).

Other equivalent classifications are:
UIC classification (also known as German classification and Italian classification): D1, 
French classification: 041,
Turkish classification: 45,
Swiss classification: 4/5.
Man from the Deep River
Il paese del sesso selvaggio (English: The Country of Savage Sex), also known as Man From Deep River, Deep River Savages and Sacrifice!, is a 1972 Italian cannibal exploitation film directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Ivan Rassimov, Me Me Lai and Pratitsak Singhara. It is perhaps best known for starting the "cannibal boom" of Italian exploitation cinema during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

It is theorized that Lenzi was trying to imitate the content of notorious Mondo cinema, which had gained considerable popularity in grindhouse theaters since Gualtiero Jacopetti and Paolo Cavara had made Mondo Cane in 1962, even though this film is fictional. Like Man from Deep River, Mondo films often focus on exotic customs and locations, graphic violence, and animal cruelty.

The film and its title were mainly inspired by A Man Called Horse, which also featured a white man who is incorporated into a tribe that originally held him captive.

Ivan Rassimov
Ivan Đerasimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Ђерасимовић; 7 May 1938 – 14 March 2003), known professionally as Ivan Rassimov, was an Italian actor of Serb descent who appeared in many horror and exploitation films. he is the brother of Rada Rassimov.
Latvians in Lithuania
The Latvian minority in Lithuania (Latvian: latvieši, Lithuanian: latviai) numbered 2,025 persons at the 2011 census, and at 0.07% of the total population of Lithuania, being the 9th biggest national minority. The Latvian national minority in Lithuania has a long history.

According to the 2011 census, 46.2% of Latvians speak Latvian as their mother tongue, while Lithuanian is native for 27.8%, Russian - 14.6% of Latvians. 3.95% of Latvians are bilingual in terms that they have 2 mother tongues.

Cities with a relatively significant Latvian proportion:

Palanga – 0.97%

Naujoji Akmenė – 0.55%

Palanga
Palanga (pronunciationⓘ; Samogitian: Palonga) is a resort city in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea. The city's population as of January 2025 was 18,551.

Palanga is the busiest and the largest summer resort in Lithuania and has sandy beaches (18 km, 11 miles long and up to 300 metres, 1000 ft wide) and sand dunes.

Officially Palanga has the status of a city municipality and includes Šventoji, Nemirseta, Būtingė, Palanga International Airport and other settlements, which are considered as part of the city of Palanga.
Memon people
The Memon are a Muslim community in Gujarat, India, and Sindh, Pakistan, the majority of whom follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. They are divided into different groups based on their origins: Kathiawari Memons, Kutchi Memons and Bantva Memons from the Kathiawar, Kutch and Bantva regions of Gujarat, respectively, and Sindhi Memons from Sindh.

Memons have cultural similarities with the Khoja, Bohra, and other Gujarati peoples. They speak the Memoni language as their first language, which shares vocabulary with the Sindhi language, Kutchi language and Gujarati languages.

Today Memons are connected through globally recognized organisations such as the World Memon Organisation (WMO) and International Memon Organisation (IMO).

Gujarati people
The Gujarati people, or Gujaratis, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the Indian state of Gujarat. They primarily speak Gujarati, an Indo-Aryan language. Gujaratis have diaspora across India as well in a large number of countries around the world.
Ash Kalra
Ash Kalra (born January 21, 1972) is a Canadian-American politician who has served as a member of the California State Assembly since 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, Kalra previously served on the San Jose City Council from 2008 to 2016.

Kalra represents the 25th Assembly District, which encompasses parts of eastern San Jose, and chairs the California Legislative Progressive Caucus and the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee. A first-generation immigrant, he is the first Hindu and Indian American to serve in the California State Legislature.

California Democratic Party
The California Democratic Party, also known as the Democratic Party of California, is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of California. It is headquartered in Sacramento, California.

With 45.27% of the state's registered voters as of February 2025, the Democratic Party has the highest number of registrants of any political party in California. It is currently the dominant party in the state, and is one of the largest affiliates of the national Democratic Party. The party currently controls the majority of California's U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, the governorship, and has supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.
Mario Visintini
Mario Visintini, MOVM, (26 April 1913 – 11 February 1941) was an Italian military pilot, the first Regia Aeronautica flying ace of World War II. In recognition of his flying skill and meticulousness, Visintini was nicknamed cacciatore scientifico (scientific hunter).

Visintini was the top-scoring pilot of all belligerent air forces in Eastern Africa (Africa Orientale) and the top biplane fighter ace of World War II; he achieved all his air victories flying the Fiat CR.42 biplane. He is credited with 16 confirmed air victories (20, according to other sources) and five probable, plus two victories achieved during the Spanish Civil War serving in the Aviazione Legionaria.

Poreč
Poreč (pronounced [ˈpɔrɛtʃ]; Italian: Parenzo; known also by several alternative names) is a town and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria County, west Croatia. Its major landmark is the 6th-century Euphrasian Basilica, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

The town is almost 2,000 years old, and is set around a harbour protected from the sea by the small island of Sveti Nikola. Its population of approximately 12,000 resides mostly on the outskirts, while the wider Poreč area has a population of approximately 16,600 inhabitants. The municipal area covers 142 square kilometres (55 sq mi), with the 37 kilometres (23 miles) long shoreline stretching from the Mirna River near Novigrad (Cittanova) to Funtana (Fontane) and Vrsar (Orsera) in the south.
Contigliano
Contigliano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Rome and about 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Rieti.

Contigliano borders the following municipalities: Casperia, Colli sul Velino, Cottanello, Greccio, Montasola, Rieti.

The most important church in town is the church of San Michele Arcangelo. Among the other churches, is the church of Sant'Antonio, San Lorenzo, and the Abbey of San Pastore.

Sant'Antonio, Contigliano
Sant’Antonio da Padova (Italian: St Antony of Padua) is a small Roman Catholic Church, located at Piazza Sant'Antonio just outside what were the medieval walls of the town of Contigliano, in the province of Rieti, region of Lazio, Italy.
Danville Stadium
Danville Stadium is a baseball stadium in Danville, Illinois, located at 610 Highland Boulevard.

Danville Stadium is currently home to the Danville Dans of the collegiate summer Prospect League.  The ballpark was formerly home of the Danville Warriors, which was a Class A minor league baseball team in the Midwest League. Originally built in 1946, the park has a capacity of 4,000 people.  Selected scenes from the 1992 movie The Babe were filmed here.

The Babe
The Babe is a 1992 American biographical sports drama film about the life of famed baseball player Babe Ruth, who is portrayed by John Goodman. Directed by Arthur Hiller, written by John Fusco, it was released in the United States on April 17, 1992, to mixed reviews. The somewhat fictionalized account of Ruth's life begins in Maryland with his childhood. The film covers his personal life and rise as a ball player with the Red Sox, trade to New York, and decline in health and career that ends with his walking away after being a "name only" manager to boost ticket sales.
2018 NBA 2K League season
The 2018 NBA 2K League season was the inaugural season of the NBA 2K League, an esports league based on the basketball video game series NBA 2K. The season opened with the Tip-Off Tournament, which ran from May 1–5, 2018, where 76ers GC defeated Blazer5 Gaming. The season culminated on August 25, 2018, when Knicks Gaming defeated Heat Check Gaming in a best-of-three finals to become the first playoff champions in league history. Other tournaments included The Turn (where Blazer5 Gaming defeated Celtics Crossover Gaming) and The Ticket (where Knicks Gaming defeated Celtics Crossover Gaming).

NBA 2K League
The NBA 2K League (NBA 2KL or simply 2K League) is an esports league joint venture between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Take-Two Interactive owned through NBA T2 Media. The league under its original form was announced in 2017 with its inaugural season taking place in 2018. There were 22 NBA teams that had teams, with a few independent teams also competing. The league would go on hiatus in 2024 before relaunching in 2025 under a revamped, creator-focused format.
Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District
Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District is a public school district based in Los Fresnos, Texas (USA).

In addition to Los Fresnos, the district serves the towns of Bayview and Indian Lake as well as the communities of Arroyo Gardens, Chula Vista, Del Mar Heights, Green Valley Farms, La Tina Ranch, Laureles, Olmito, and Orason. Portions of Brownsville and Rancho Viejo also lie within the district.

In 2016, the school district was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

Olmito, Texas
Olmito is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cameron County, Texas, United States. Olmito is Spanish for "little elm". The population was 1,021 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area. Olmito is the self-described "mesquite capital of the world."