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1959 Kedah Tengah by-election
The Kedah Tengah by-election is a parliamentary by-election that was held on 30 September 1959 in the state of Kedah in the Federation of Malaya. The Kedah Tengah seat was the only remaining constituency where elections have not been completed in the 1959 Malayan general election. Khir Johari of Alliance won the seat in 1955 Malayan general election with 29,646 majority.

The election was postponed due to disqualification of PMIP candidate Mansur Ishak two days before 19 August polling day. Mansur Ishak have been admitted to hospital roughly two weeks prior polling day but no reason were provided by Election Commission.

Khir Johari of Alliance, defended the seat, defeating Mohamed Shariff Babul of SF and Hussain Che Dol of PMIP  with a reduced majority of 6,836 votes. The constituency had 22,762 voters.

Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front
The Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front (Malay: Barisan Sosialis Rakyat Malaya) or better known as Socialist Front (SF) or Barisan Sosialis (BS) was a left-wing coalition of Malaysian socialist parties. It was among the longest-standing opposition coalitions in Malaysian general election history. The coalition was formed by Parti Rakyat Malaya (PRM) and the Labour Party of Malaya on Hari Merdeka in 1957. In 1964, the National Convention Party (NCP) joined the coalition. PRM left the coalition in 1965 and NCP soon become inactive. The Labour Party, the only remaining party in SF, abandoned it on 10 January 1966 and reverted to its own banner.
Amazonian long-tailed porcupine
The Amazonian long-tailed porcupine (Coendou longicaudatus), also known as Cerrado's long-tailed porcupine, is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae, the New World porcupines. Found across most of South America, it was first described by François Marie Daudin in 1802. It was for some time considered a subspecies of the Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis). C. prehensilis was split into three distinct species in 2021:

the Brazilian porcupine, C. prehensilis;

the Amazonian long-tailed porcupine, C. longicaudatus; and

the Baturite porcupine, C. baturitensis.

The species has been recorded as exhibiting albinism and is susceptible to several fungal infections.

Baturite porcupine
The Baturite porcupine (Coendou baturitensis) is a nocturnal species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae that is found in Brazil. The name refers to the locality of origin, a forests on a mountain range similar to the Brejos de Altitude of the Brazilian Northeast where a fauna different from that of the surrounding semiarid Caatinga can be found.
Judy Williams
Judith Yvonne Williams (25 February 1944 – 16 August 2024) was a British international table tennis player from England who also played in the Netherlands. She played in several World Table Tennis Championships and Veterans World Championships and won the English National Table Tennis Championships in 1969.

English National Table Tennis Championships
The English National Table Tennis Championships are run by the English Table Tennis Association. The first championships were held in 1960. Lester Miles has won the most singles titles with 11, whilst the leading women are Jill Parker-Hammersley-Shirley and Tin-Tin Ho, each with seven singles titles.
Cynthia Harvey
Cynthia Harvey (born May 17, 1957) is an American former ballet dancer, ballet mistress and educator. She joined the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) in 1974 and was promoted to principal dancer in 1982. In 1986, she joined The Royal Ballet, becoming the company's first American principal dancer. She returned to ABT two years later, and retired in 1996. She then started teaching and staging ballets across the world. Between 2016 and 2022, she was the artistic director of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, the affiliated school of ABT.

The Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet is a British classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England. The largest of the five major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in 1931 by Dame Ninette de Valois. It became the resident ballet company of the Royal Opera House in 1946, and has purpose-built facilities within these premises. It was granted a royal charter in 1956, becoming recognised as Britain's flagship ballet company.

The Royal Ballet was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century, and continues to be one of the world's most famous ballet companies to this day, generally noted for its artistic and creative values. The company employs approximately 100 dancers. The official associate school of the company is the Royal Ballet School, and it also has a sister company, the Birmingham Royal Ballet, which operates independently. The prima ballerina assoluta of the Royal Ballet is the late Dame Margot Fonteyn.
8th Parliament of Singapore
The 8th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 6 January 1992 and was prorogued on 6 December 1993. It commenced its second session on 10 January 1994 and was dissolved on 16 December 1996.

The members of the 8th Parliament were elected in the 1991 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and his cabinet. The Speaker was Tan Soo Khoon. The de facto Leader of the Opposition was Chiam See Tong until he resigned as secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party on 17 May 1993, and was replaced by Ling How Doong, chairman of his party.

At roughly five years, this term had the longest tenure in Singapore history. With Ng Kah Ting's departure, Lee Kuan Yew became the last MP from the inaugural Parliament to remain in Parliament; he would eventually die in office in 2015.

Leader of the Opposition (Singapore)
The leader of the opposition of Singapore is a position in the Parliament of Singapore referring to a politician who leads the largest opposition party in the country, typically the leader of a party that possesses the most seats in Parliament that is not the governing party or part of a governing coalition. Although the position has de facto existed since 1955, it was formally established in 2020, with Pritam Singh of the Workers' Party (WP) serving from 24 August 2020 until his removal by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong of the People's Action Party (PAP) on 15 January 2026. The position has since remained vacant after the WP declined to nominate a replacement, stating that the leader of the largest opposition party in Parliament was themselves the leader of the opposition. The rejection was accepted by the Prime Minister's Office.
Fatma Omar An-Najar
Fatma Omar Mahmoud An-Najar (Arabic: فاطمة عمر محمود النجار, romanized: Fāṭimah ʻUmar Maḥmūd al-Najjār; died November 23, 2006) was a Palestinian grandmother and suicide bomber who lived in the Gaza Strip. On November 23, 2006, she detonated explosives she was wearing on a belt, and injured several Israeli soldiers near Beit Lahia and the Jabalia Camp in northern Gaza. Hamas claimed responsibility for the bombing. Her family said she was 64.

Beit Lahia
Beit Lahia or Beit Lahiya (Arabic: بيت لاهيا) is a city in the Gaza Strip, north of Jabalia, in the North Gaza Governorate of the State of Palestine. It sits next to Beit Hanoun and close to the border with Israel. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the city had a population of 89,838 in 2017.
2008 Villa Canales bus disaster
The 2008 Villa Canales bus disaster occurred in the municipality of Villa Canales, Guatemala on 29 February 2008, at 19:15 local time. A passenger bus from Transportes Cubanita, with 79 people on board, crashed into a 10-meter ravine after missing a sharp bend in the road connecting Villa Canales to Barberena. Fifty-six people died and another 25 were wounded in the crash.

Barberena
Barberena is a town, with a population of 47,093 (2018 census), and a municipality in Santa Rosa department of Guatemala.  Filled with local vendors and stores selling American goods, Barberena is a small town typical of the Guatemalan countryside.

Due to its close proximity to many rural communities, Barberena plays a central role in the local economy, especially as a point of exchange for agricultural goods and manufactured products.
YachtWorld
YachtWorld is a company based in Miami that operates a boat sales platform with a multiple listing service, enabling professional yacht brokers, dealers and manufacturers to sell yachts. Jessica Muffett first founded YachtWorld in March 1995, semi-retiring as Publisher Emeritus in 2006. YachtWorld is now a subsidiary of Permira.

Permira
Permira Holdings Limited is a British global investment firm specialised in buyouts, growth funds, equity funds, and credit funds. Founded in 1985 as part of Schroders, it became independent in 1996. Operating as Permira since 2001, the company became one of the largest buyout specialists. As of 2024, Permira advises funds with total committed capital of €80 billion, which have invested in more than 300 companies worldwide. The company employs over 470 people in 15 offices across Europe, North America and Asia.

In June 2024, Permira ranked 20th in Private Equity International's PEI 300 ranking among the world's largest private equity firms.
Gordana Matković
Gordana Matković (Serbian Cyrillic: Гордана Матковић; born 15 March 1960) is a Serbian politician. She served as general adviser of the former president of Serbia Boris Tadić from 2004 to 2012. Previously, she served as the minister of social affairs in the Government of Serbia from 2000 to 2004.

President of Serbia
The president of Serbia (Serbian: Председник Србије, romanized: Predsednik Srbije), officially styled as President of the Republic (Председник Републике, Predsednik Republike), is the head of state of Serbia, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, representing the country both at home and abroad. The president jointly exercises the executive power with the Government, headed by the Prime Minister.

The president is elected on the basis of universal suffrage, through a secret ballot, for a five-year term. If no candidate in the election secures more than 50% of all votes cast, a runoff election between the top two candidates from the first round is held. The Constitution sets a limit of a maximum of two terms in office.

The current officeholder is Aleksandar Vučić who has held the role since 31 May 2017, winning two consecutive terms, in 2017 and in 2022.
Murat Çetinkaya
Murat Çetinkaya (born 1976, Tekirdağ) served as the governor of Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) between 2016 and 2019. He had been a member of top-level economic policy-making platforms in Turkey, such as Economic Policies Coordination Council, Financial Stability Committee. He was the official representative of Turkey in G-20. He contributed to the works of Financial Stability Board (FSB) and Bank for International Settlements (BIS). He had been co-chair for Financial Stability Board MENA Regional Consultative Group.

Tekirdağ
Tekirdağ (pronounced [teˈciɾdaː]) is a city in northwestern Turkey. It is located on the north coast of the Sea of Marmara, in the region of East Thrace. The city forms the urban part of the Süleymanpaşa district, with a population of 186,421 in 2022.

Tekirdağ is a commercial centre with a harbour for agricultural products (the harbour is being expanded to accommodate a new rail link to the main freight line through Thrace). It is also home to Martas and the BOTAŞ Terminal, both of them important for trade activities in the Marmara Region. The town's best known product remains Tekirdağ rakı although it is also known for its cherries, celebrated with a festival every June.

The proximity of the Greek and Bulgarian borders means that there are honorary consulates for both countries in Tekirdağ.

Ferries from Tekirdağ sail to the nearby Marmara Islands during the summer.

The nearest airport is Tekirdağ Çorlu Airport (TEQ) although there are many more flights to Istanbul Airport (IST).
Ob ich sitze oder stehe
"Ob ich sitze oder stehe" (Whether I sit or walk) is a Christian poem by Eugen Eckert, written in 1988, and made a hymn of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied with a melody and setting by Torsten Hampel the same year. It is based on Psalm 139. The song is also known by its refrain "Von allen Seiten umgibst du mich". It is included in song books and the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob.

Refrain
A refrain (from Vulgar Latin: refringere, "to repeat", through Old French: refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in poetry or in music—the "chorus" of a song. Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the villanelle, the virelay, and the sestina.

In popular music, the refrain or chorus may contrast with the verse melodically, rhythmically, and harmonically; it may assume a higher level of dynamics and activity, often with added instrumentation. Chorus form, or strophic form, is a sectional and/or additive way of structuring a piece of music based on the repetition of one formal section or block played.
Monsieur Taxi
Monsieur Taxi is a 1952 French comedy film directed André Hunebelle and starring Michel Simon and Jane Marken and Jean Brochard. It is about Pierre Verger, who is nicknamed Monsieur Taxi and always in company of a smart young dog called "Gangster". It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and on location around the city including in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré.

Jane Marken
Jane Marken (born Jeanne Berthe Adolphine Crabbe, sometimes credited as Jeanne Marken; 13 January 1895 in Paris – 1 December 1976 in Paris) was a French actress. She was the first wife of the actor Jules Berry.

Marken began her film career under the aegis of Abel Gance in 1915. She made several films with Marcel Carné including Hotel du Nord (1938), and as Madame Hermine, the hotelier (a comic role) in Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise, 1945). She also appeared in films of Julien Duvivier, Jacques Becker, Sacha Guitry, Renoir's Partie de campagne (A Day in the Country 1936), Yves Allégret's Une si jolie petite plage (1949) and Manèges (1950), Dr. Knock (1951), The Turkey (1951), and in Roger Vadim's And God Created Woman (1956). Her last appearance was in L'Humeur vagabonde (1971), directed by Édouard Luntz.
Glendinning
Glendinning is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Brian Glendinning (1934–2020), English footballer

Chellis Glendinning (born 1947), American psychotherapist

Ernest Glendinning (1884–1936), British-born American stage actor

James Glendinning (1844–1902), Scottish-born American politician

James Glendinning (1849–1929), Canadian politician

Kevin Glendinning (born 1962), English footballer

Mark Glendinning (born 1970), Northern Irish footballer

Paul Glendinning, English mathematician

Robert Glendinning (1844–1928), Irish politician

Robin Glendinning (1938–2025), Northern Irish playwright and politician

Ross Glendinning (born 1956), Australian footballer, after whom the Ross Glendinning Medal is named

S. Gail Glendinning, American physicist

Simon Glendinning (born 1964), English philosopher, son of Victoria

Victoria Glendinning (born 1937), English writer, mother of Paul

Will Glendinning, Northern Irish politician

James Glendinning (Canadian politician)
James Glendinning (June 2, 1849 – November 26, 1929) was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Ontario North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1890 to 1894.

He was born in Brock Township, Canada West in 1849 and grew up there. In 1871, he married Elizabeth Doble. Glendinning served on the township council for Brock and was reeve from 1885 to 1890. He lived near Vroomanton. He died in 1929.
Naigala Raja Maha Vihara
Naigala Rajamaha Viharaya (Sinhala: නයිගල රජ මහා විහාරය) is an ancient Buddhist temple situated in Weeraketiya, Hambantota District, Sri Lanka. It is located about 2 km (1.2 mi) away from Weeraketiya junction and 8 km (5.0 mi) from ancient Buddhist temple, Mulkirigala Raja Maha Vihara.

This temple has been built according to the Pabbata Vihara system and it is considered that the Naigala Raja Maha Viharaya was one of the rare sites in Ruhuna Kingdom with Panchayathana features and seven Stupas. Due to its historical importance, this temple has been formally recognised by the Government as an archaeological site in Sri Lanka. The designation was declared on 22 April 1966 under the government Gazette number 14692.

Mulkirigala Raja Maha Vihara
Mulkirigala Raja Maha Vihara (also known as Mulgirigala Raja Maha Vihara) (Sinhala: මුල්කිරිගල රජමහා විහාරය) is an ancient Buddhist temple in Mulkirigala, Sri Lanka. It has been built on a 205 m (673 ft) high natural rock, surrounded with another four rocks known as Benagala, Kondagala, Bisogala and Seelawathiegala. The temple site is located about 2 km (1.2 mi) from the Mulkirigala junction and can be reached from either Dikwella or Tangalle towns. The temple has been formally recognised by the Government as an archaeological site in Sri Lanka. The designation was declared on 8 April 1988 under the government Gazette number 501.
Monumental station
Monumental is a station on Line 2 of the Barcelona Metro and line T4 of the Trambesòs network. It is named after the nearby La Monumental bullring and located in Fort Pienc, a neighborhood of the Eixample district.

The connection between the Metro and Tram stations consists of a short walk on the street.

Bullring
A bullring is an arena where bullfighting is performed. Bullrings are often associated with the Iberian Peninsula, but they can also be found through Iberian America and in a few Spanish and Portuguese ex-colonies in Africa. Bullrings are often historic and culturally significant centres that bear many structural similarities to the Roman amphitheatre.
Koeharu!
Koeharu! (声春っ!) is a Japanese television series starring members of the idol group Hinatazaka46. The show follows the daily lives of students at a voice acting school. The show aired on Nippon TV at 1:00 AM to 1:30 AM on Thursdays, and was available on Hulu Japan after it finished airing. The series is the third television series to feature Hinatazaka46, after Re:Mind and Dasada, but Koeharu! is the first to not include every member.

Dasada (TV series)
Dasada (stylized in all-caps) is a Japanese television series starring members of the idol group Hinatazaka46. The show aired on Nippon TV at 1:00 AM to 1:30 AM on Thursdays, and is available on Hulu Japan after it finished airing. The series is the second television drama series starring Hinatazaka46, after Re:Mind.
FK Rudar Pljevlja
FK Rudar Pljevlja, commonly known as Rudar Pljevlja or simply Rudar, is a football club based in Pljevlja, Montenegro. It currently plays in the Montenegrin Second League, the country's second tier.

Rudar have played in the First League since its inception in 2006, and won two league titles in 2009–10 and 2014–15. The club have been the strongest in the Montenegrin Cup, with three triumphs, one runner-up position and two semi-final finishes in the tournament's six seasons.

2009–10 Montenegrin First League
The 2009–10 Montenegrin First League (also known as T-Com 1.CFL for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 8 August 2009 and ended on 29 May 2010. Mogren Budva are the defending champions.
Papal shoes
The papal shoes are the red leather outdoor shoes worn by the Pope. They are distinct from the indoor papal slippers or the episcopal sandals, which are the liturgical footwear proper to all ordained Catholic bishops of the Latin Church.

Mozzetta
The mozzetta ([motˈtsetta], plural mozzette; derived from almuce) is a short elbow-length sartorial vestment, a cape that covers the shoulders and is buttoned over the frontal breast area. It is worn over the rochet or cotta as part of choir dress by some of the clergy of the Catholic Church, among them the pope, cardinals, bishops, abbots, canons and religious superiors. There used to be a small hood on the back of the mozzetta of bishops and cardinals, but this was discontinued by Pope Paul VI. The hood, however, was retained in the mozzette of certain canons and abbots, and in that of the popes, often trimmed in satin, silk or ermine material.
Rape of the Fair Country
Rape of the Fair Country is a novel by Alexander Cordell, first published in 1959.  It is the first in Cordell's "Mortymer Trilogy", followed by The Hosts Of Rebecca (1960) and Song of the Earth (1969). The book has been translated into seventeen languages. In addition to the book having been adapted for numerous plays over the years and more recently.

There also exist audio versions of the book in circulation read by Philip Madoc and there have been successive attempts to get the book made into a film.

Cordell's style and subject matter are reminiscent of Richard Llewellyn's How Green Was My Valley.

Hosts of Rebecca
Hosts of Rebecca is a novel by Alexander Cordell, first published in 1960.  It is the second in Cordell's "Mortymer Trilogy", followed by Song of the Earth.

Cordell's style and subject matter are reminiscent of Richard Llewellyn's How Green Was My Valley.
Evangelos Apostolou
Evangelos Apostolou (Greek: Βαγγέλης Αποστόλου; born 28 May 1949 on the island of Euboea) is a Greek Syriza politician who served as the Minister of Agricultural Development and Food in the Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras from September 2015 to August 2018. From January to August 2015, he served as the Alternate Minister of Agricultural Development and Food in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras.

Euboea
Euboea (/juːˈbiːə/ yoo-BEE-ə; Ancient Greek: Εὔβοια, romanized: Eúboia, IPA: [ěu̯boi̯a]), also known as Evia (/ˈɛviə/ EV-ee-ə; Modern Greek: Εύβοια, IPA: [ˈevi.a]), is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete, and the sixth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only 40 m (130 ft) at its narrowest point), the North Euboean Gulf, and the South Euboean Gulf. In general outline it is a long and narrow island; it is about 180 km (110 mi) long, and varies in breadth from 50 km (31 mi) to 6 km (3.7 mi). Its geographic orientation is from northwest to southeast, and it is traversed throughout its length by a mountain range, which forms part of the chain that bounds Thessaly on the east, and is continued south of Euboia in the lofty islands of Andros, Tinos and Mykonos.

It forms most of the regional unit of Euboea, which also includes Skyros and a small area of the Greek mainland.
Tranche
In structured finance, a tranche (French pronunciation: [tʁɑ̃ʃ]) is one of a number of related securities offered as part of the same transaction. In the financial sense of the word, each bond is a different slice of the deal's risk.  Transaction documentation (see indenture) usually defines the tranches as different "classes" of notes, each identified by letter (e.g., the Class A, Class B, Class C securities) with different bond credit ratings.

Bond credit rating
In investment, the bond credit rating represents the creditworthiness of corporate or government bonds. The ratings are published by credit rating agencies and used by investment professionals to assess the likelihood the debt will be repaid.
Greg Russ
Gregory James Russ (born 12 April 1971) is a former New Zealand field hockey player, who finished in eighth position with the men's national team, known as the Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He was born in Auckland and is the brother of Craig Russ, also an Olympic hockey player for New Zealand.

Craig Russ
Craig Sinclair Russ (born 10 May 1968) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He was born in Hamilton, New Zealand. Craig Russ was the hitter in short corners for the New Zealand Black sticks team for a number of years.