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Shimon Peres

GCMG (, born **Szymon Perski**; 2 August 1923, died 28 September 2016) wis a Pols-born Israeli statesman. He wis the nint Preses o the State o Israel. Peres served twice as the Prime Meenister o Israel an ance as Interim Prime Meenister, an haes been a member o 12 cabinets in a poleetical career spannin ower 66 year. Peres wis electit tae the Knesset in November 1959 an, except for a three-month-lang hiatus in early 2006, served continuously till 2007, whan he became Preses.

He held several diplomatic an militar poseetions durin an directly efter Israel's War o Unthirldom. His first heich-level govrenment poseetion wis as Deputy Director-General o Defense in 1952, an Director-General in 1953 throu 1959. Durin his career, he haes represented five poleetical parties in the Knesset: Mapai, Rafi, the Alignment, Labor an Kadima, an haes led Alignment an Labor. Peres wan the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize thegither wi Yitzhak Rabin an Yasser Arafat for the peace talks that he participatit in as Israeli Foreign Meenister, producin the Oslo Accords.

Peres wis nominatit in early 2007 bi Kadima tae run in that year's presidential election, an wis electit bi the Knesset tae the presidency on 13 Juin 2007 an sworn intae affice on 15 Julie 2007 for a seiven-year term. He is the first umwhile Prime Meenister tae be electit Preses o Israel.

At the age o 90, Peres wis the warld's auldest heid o state at the end o his time in office, as well as the fift auldest heid o state ever unner a republican constitution (efter Hastings Banda o Malawi, Eamon de Valera o Ireland, Tôn Đức Thắng o Vietnam an Joaquin Balaguer o the Dominican Republic).

## References

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*Offeecial Israeli Presidency wabsteid 
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*The day Peres became a Sheikh! 
*Peres Center for Peace 
*Biography at the Encyclopædia Britannica
*Lecture at NobelPrize.org
*Shimon Peres biography at the Jewish Virtual Library
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*BBC – Sharon seals new Israel coalition
*Peres's metaphysical propensity tae lose  bi Matthew Wagner, published in the Jerusalem Post, 10 November 2005.
*Former Labor Leader Shimon Peres Headin For Sharon's new pairty  – recordit Report frae IsraCast.
*Shimon Peres speaks at the Cooncil on Foreign Relations aboot the Israel/Lebanon conflict  on 31 Julie 2006
*Shimon Peres speaks at Cornell University – "A Conversation with Shimon Peres"
*"Presidency rounds off 66-year career" bi Amiram Barkat, Haaretz
*Preses Peres' address tae the 63rd session o the Unitit Naitions General Assembly , 24 September 2008
*Honorary doctorate o Law frae Keeng's College Lunnon 
*Interview bi Leon Charney on The Leon Charney Report
Alexandra Stan

**Alexandra Ioanna Stan** (sometimes stylisit as **Alexandra Staи**) (born 10 Juin 1989, Constanța) is a Romanian sangster. She released her debut single, "Lollipop (Param Pam Pam)", in late 2009. The sang impactit Unitit States mainstream radios in early 2010, peakin at nummer-aichteen. Her sophomore release, "Mr. Saxobeat", became her warldwide breakthrou hit, sellin amaist 1,000,000 copies in less nor a year an reachin the top five in ower twinty kintras such as New Zealand an the Unitit Kinrick an the top 10 in Australie an top 30 Canadae an Unitit States. She released her debut album in August 2011, titled *[[Saxobeats]]*. The album spawned twa mair singles: "Get Back (ASAP)" an "1.000.000" the latter wi rapper Carlprit. On 4 Juin 2012, she released a new single, *[[:en:Lemonade (Alexandra Stan song)|Lemonade]]*, which haes ower 50 million views..

## Discografie

* *[[Saxobeats]]* (2011)
* *TBA* (2013)

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Isabella I o Castile

**Isabella I** (, Auld Spainyie: *Ysabel I*; 22 Aprile 1451 – 26 November 1504), forby kent as **Isabella the Catholic**, wis queen o Castile an León (Croun o Castile). She an her husband, Ferdinand II o Aragon, broucht stability tae the kinricks that acame the basis for the unification o Spain. Later the twa laid the foondations for the poleetical unification o Spain unner thair grandson, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Efter a struggle tae claim her richt tae the throne, she reorganized the govrenmental seestem, broucht the crime rate tae the lawest it haed been in years, an pulled the kinrick oot o the enormous debt her brither haed left ahind.  Her reforms an those she made wi her husband haed an influence that extendit well beyond the borders o thair unitit kinricks.  Isabella an Ferdinand are kent for completin the Reconquista, orderin conversion or exile o thair Muslim an Jewish subjects an in supportin an financin Christopher Columbus' 1492 voyage that led tae the openin o the "New Warld".  Isabella wis grantit the title Servant o God bi the Catholic Kirk in 1974.

## Freemit airtins
*Isabella I in the Catholic Encyclopedie
*Medieval Sourcebook: Columbus' letter tae Keeng an Queen o Spain, 1494 
*Muisic at Isabella's court 
*Varsity o Hull: Genealogy information on Isabella I
*El obispo judío que bloquea a la "santa". A report in Spainyie aboot the beatification in ''El Mundo''
Kaori Matsumoto

is a female Japanese judoka.

## Career
Kaori Matsumoto stairtit judo at the age o 6. Her favorite techniques are Kosoto gari, Sode tsurikomi goshi an Newaza. She broke her richt shoulder durin heich schuil, her nasal bone an richt elbow durin college, an her richt hand durin the 2009 warld championship due tae an unbalanced diet an finished fifth. Efter those events, she began tae control her eatin habits an learned the importance o fuid eddication. She then wan the Internaitional Conventions championship 7 times in a row, frae the Warld Masters o Januar 2010 tae the Grand Slam Tokyo o December 2010.

She wan the gowd medal in the lichtweicht (57&nbsp;kg) diveesion at the 2010 Warld Judo Championships. In August 2011, she finished third at the Warld Championships in Paris. In December, she wan the gowd medal at the Grand Slam Tokyo.

In 2012, Kaori wan gowd medals at the Masters in Januar an at the Dusseldorf Grand Prix in Februar. The same year, Kaori Matsumoto wan gowd at the 2012 Simmer Olympics ower Romanie Corina Căprioriu efter the latter wis disqualified durin the gowden score period in the weemen’s -57 kg final, winnin Japan's first gowd medal o the 2012 gemmes an their only gowd in the Judo event.

Efter 2012 Simmer Olympics, she stairtit tae dae volunteer wirk for kids in Japan. Kaori Matsumoto voiced a motorcycle policewoman modeled efter her in the 2013 movie *[[Dragon Ball Z: Battle o Gods]]*.

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* Profile at the *judoinside.com*.
Juan Martín del Potro

**Juan Martín del Potro** () (born 23 September 1988), eften gien the byname Delpo, is an Argentine professional tennis player that is the current heichest-ranked Argentine an the sevent-ranked player in the warld. Del Potro achieved a tap-10 rankin bi the Association o Tennis Professionals for the first time on October 6, 2008. In Januar 2010, he reached a career-heich rankin o warld no. 4. Suin efter attainin this rankin, del Potro haed tae widraw frae maist o the tournaments in 2010 due tae a wrist injury.

Haein stairtit playin tennis at the age o seiven, del Potro wan his first senior match in 2004 at the age o 15. In 2008, he becam the first player in ATP history tae win his first fower career titles in as mony tournaments. He completit the seicont-langest winnin streak in 2008 an aa, an the seicont langest bi a teenager in the Open Era, ahint Rafael Nadal—wi his winnin sequence spannin 23 matches ower five tournaments. Del Potro captured his first Grand Slam title at the 2009 US Open, defeatin Nadal in the semifinal an Roger Federer in the final—the first man tae defeat them baith in the same Grand Slam tournament. He becam the seicont Argentine an the fift-youngest man tae win the US Open title in the Open Era. Del Potro won the bronze medal in men's singles at the Lunnon Olympics in 2012 an aa.

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Roberta Vinci

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**Roberta Vinci** (; born 18 Februar 1983) is an Italian tennis player. As o 27 Mey 2013, Vinci is ranked Warld No. 15 in the WTA Tour Rankins. Vinci haes wan 27 WTA Tour titles, aicht in singles an 19 in doubles, includin the 2012 French Open, the 2012 US Open an 2013 Australian Open title wi regular pairtner Sara Errani.

Her first title came in the 2007 Copa Colsanitas, ower Tathiana Garbin. She wan her seicont title at the 2009 Barcelona Ladies Open, ower Maria Kirilenko. Her third title wis at the 2010 BGL Luxembourg Open, ower Julia Görges. Her fowerth title wis for her seicont victory efter 2009 at the 2011 Barcelona Ladies Open, ower Lucie Hradecká. Her fift title wis her first win on gress at the 2011 's-Hertogenbosch, ower Jelena Dokić. Her third victory in 2011 an saxt title wis in Budapest.

She an her Italian teammates Mara Santangelo, Flavia Pennetta, an Francesca Schiavone beat the Belgian team 3–2 in the 2006 Fed Cup final. Justine Henin-Hardenne haed tae retire in the fift an final match due tae an injury in her richt knee, which allowed Italy tae win thair first Fed Cup trophy. Wi the Italian team, she an aa wan the Fed-Cup in 2009 an 2010 against the USA.

At the 2012 US Open, Vinci reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final, at 29 years o age, bi defeatin then-Warld No. 2 Agnieszka Radwańska in the fowert roond. She subsequently lost tae her doubles pairtner an Warld No. 10 Sara Errani in the quarter-finals. At the 2015 US Open, Vinci reached her first Grand Slam final efter defeatin Serena Williams in the semifinals, in what numerous media outlets described as ane o the biggest upsets in tennis history. Williams haed been attemptin tae complete the calendar Grand Slam. Vinci lost the final tae kintrawoman Flavia Pennetta in the first ever aw-Italian Grand Slam final in the Open Era.

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Bob Bryan

**Robert Charles** "**Bob**" **Bryan** (born Aprile 29, 1978) is an American male professional tennis player. He an his twin brither, Mike, is current warld no. 1 doubles players an hae spent ower 290 weeks in this position. He haes wan twenty-ane Grand Slam titles, 14 in men's doubles an 7 in mixed doubles. He turnt professional in 1998. The brithers wis named ATP Team o the Decade fur 2000–2009. The brithers becam the seicont men's doubles team tae complete the career gowden slam at the 2012 Simmer Olympics.

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*Profile on the 60 Minutes news magazine broadcast Mairch 21, 2010
Paul Ireland

**Paul Ireland** (born 1970) is a Scots actor frae Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland. He is best kent for his role as Superintendent Duncan Hayes in *[[Neighbours]]*.

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Yoshihito

wis the 123rd Emperor o Japan, accordin tae the tradeetional order o succession, reignin frae 30 Julie 1912, till his daith in 1926.

The Emperor’s personal name wis . Accordin tae Japanese customs, the emperor haes na name durin his reign an is anly cried *the (present) Emperor*. Lik aw ither Japanese emperors, syne his daith he haes been kent bi a posthumous name that, accordin tae a practice datin tae his predecessor's daith in 1912, is the name o the era coincidin wi his reign. Havin ruled durin the Taishō period (literally * Great Righteousness*), he is nou kent as *Emperor Taishō*. As this is nae a personal name, mair accurately he should be referred tae as "the Taishō emperor".

Awtho ootside Japan he is whiles referred tae as *Yoshihito* or *Emperor Yoshihito*, in Japan deceased emperors are referred tae anly bi thair posthumous names.
Juan Carlos I o Spain

**Juan Carlos&nbsp;I** (, rarely anglicised as *John Charles&nbsp;I*; born 5 Januar 1938) wis King o Spain till Juin 19, 2014 whan he abdicatit in favour o Felipe VI o Spain.

General Francisco Franco named Juan Carlos as the next heid o state in 1969. He becam King on 22 November 1975, twa days efter General Francisco Franco's daith, the first reignin monarch syne 1931. Suin efter bein crouned, Juan Carlos introduced reforms tae dismantle the Francoist regime an begin the Spainish transition tae democracy. This led tae the approval o the Spainish Constitution o 1978 in a referendum, whilk established a constitutional monarchy. Juan Carlos pleyed a muckle role in stoppin the 1981 coup attempt an aa.

Accordin tae the Spaingie Constitution, the monarch is the heid-o-state an commander-in-chief o the Spainish Airmed Forces an pleys a role in promotin Ibero-American relations an aa, the "naitions o its historical community". In this capacity, the King o Spain serves as the preses o the Ibero-American States Organisation, representin ower 700,000,000 fowk in 24 member naitions warldwide. In 2008, he wis considert the maist popular leader in aw o Ibero-Americae. Accordin tae recent polls, houiver, the King an Croun o Spain arnae widely approved o bi Spaniards. 

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* Biography o Juan Carlos I at CIDOB Foondation 
*Offeecial wabsteid o the Spainyie Ryal Faimily
*Juan Carlos I Faimily Tree 
* Spainyie keeng tells Chavez tae 'shut up'
*Voices o the Transeetion – A Poleetical History o Spain, 1975–1982 
*Earth Times airticle 
*Spain supports the monarchy 
* Ryals
*Keeng against Chavez
Ilham Aliyev

**Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev** (; born 24 December 1961) is the Preses o Azerbaijan, havin been electit in 2003. He an aa functions as the Chairman o the New Azerbaijan Pairty an the heid o the Naitional Olympic Committee. Apart frae his native Azerbaijani, he speaks Inglis an Roushie.  Ilham Aliyev is the son o Heydar Aliyev, who wis Azerbaijan's preses frae 1993-2003.

His tenur as preses haes been marred bi widespread cases o poleetical corruption, censorship, an human richts abuses in Azerbaijan an allegations o nepotism an the concentration o the kintra's wealth an resoorces in the haunds o his faimily.

Aliyev haes been criticized for his alleged authoritarian rule an eften describit as a dictator bi analysts an poleetical commentators.

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## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial Azerbaijan preses wabsteid
* Offeecial YouTube channel o the Preses o Azerbaijan
* BBC profile: Ilham Aliyev
* Poleetical portrait o Ilham Aliyev
* Speeches, statements, interviews, declarations o the Azerbaijan Republic Preses Ilham Aliyev 
* Ilham Aliyev an ile diplomacy o Azerbaijan
Sindhi leid

**Sindhi**  (Sindhi: ) is the leid o the historical Sindh region, spoken bi the Sindhi fowk.  It is spoken bi 53,410,910 fowk in Pakistan an some 5,820,485 fowk in Indie. It is the offeecial leid o the province o Sindh. In Indie, Sindhi is ane o the scheduled leids offeecially recognized bi the federal govrenment. 
Abroad thare are some 2.6 million Sindhis.

Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan leid o the Indo-Iranian branch o the Indo-European leid faimily. It haes influences frae a local version o spoken fairm o Sanskrit an frae Balochi spoken in the adjacent province o Balochistan.

Maist Sindhi speakers are concentratit in the Sindh province an in Kutch, Gujarat, Indie whaur Sindhi is a local leid. The remainin speakers in Indie are componed o the Hindu Sindhis who migratit frae Sindh an settled in Indie efter partition an the Sindhi diaspora warldwide.

## References

## External links

* Sindhi Dictionary 
* Type in Sindhi online 
* Information an pronunciation o Sindhi alphabet (recordins) 
* Aw aboot Sindhi leid an cultur
* Wals.info
* Sindhi computin resources at TDIL (Arabic script) 
* Sindhi computin resources at TDIL (Devanagari script) 
* First an anly 24 oor internaitional Sindhi radio station online
* Sindhi newspapers gaspin for breath in Indie
Marathi leid

**Marathi** (;  ** ) is an Indo-Aryan leid. It is the offeecial leid o Maharashtra state o Indie an is ane o the 23 offeecial leids o Indie. It is the 19t maist spoken leid in the warld. Thare wur 73 million speakers in 2001. Marathi hars the fowerth lairgest nummer o native speakers in Indie Marathi haes some o the auldest literatur o aw modren Indo-European, Indic leids, datin frae aboot 1000 AD. The major dialects o Marathi are cried Staundart Marathi an Warhadi Marathi. Thare are a few ither sub-dialects lik Ahirani, Dangi, Vadvali, Samavedi, Khandeshi, an Malwani. Staundart Marathi is the offeecial leid o the State o Maharashtra.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* मराठीजगत » इथे मराठीचिये नगरी...  A Marathi Wabsteid an Social Network
* Marathi corner- lairgest Marathi fowk community]
* भारतीय भाषा ज्योति: मराठी —a textbook for learnin Marathi throu Hindi frae the Central Institute o Indian Leids
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* Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas). A dictionary, Marathi an Inglis. 2d ed., rev. an enl. Bombay: Printed for govrenment at the Bombay Eddication Society's press, 1857.
* Vaze, Shridhar Ganesh. The Aryabhusan schuil dictionary, Marathi-Inglis. Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press, 1911.
* Tulpule, Shankar Gopal and Anne Feldhaus. A dictionary o auld Marathi. Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
* Marathi Wordnet
Nile

The **Nile** (Arabic: , *an-Nīl*; Auncient Egyptian: *Iteru* & *Ḥ'pī*; Coptic Egyptian: , *P(h)iaro*; , *ʿAbbai*) is a major north-flawin river in northeastren Africae, generally regardit as the langest river in the warld. It is  lang. The Nile is an "internaitional" river as its watter resoorces are shared bi eleven kintras, namely, Tanzanie, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic o the Congo, Kenyae, Ethiopie, Eritrea, Sooth Sudan, Sudan an Egyp. In parteecular, the Nile River provides the primary watter resoorce, an, tharefore, it is the life artery for its dounstream kintras, sic as Egyp an Sudan.

The Nile haes twa major tributaries, the White Nile an Blue Nile. The White Nile is langer an rises in the Great Lochs region o central Africae, wi the maist distant soorce still undetermined but locatit in aither Rwanda or Burundi. It flaws north throu Tanzanie, Loch Victoria, Uganda an Sooth Sudan. The Blue Nile is the soorce o maist o the watter an fertile sile. It begins at Loch Tana in Ethiopie at  an flaws intae Sudan frae the sootheast. The twa rivers meet near the Sudanese caipital o Khartoum.

The northren section o the river flaws almaist entirely throu desert, frae Sudan intae Egyp, a kintra whose ceevilization haes dependit on the river syne auncient times. Maist o the population an ceeties o Egyp lie alang thae pairts o the Nile valley north o Aswan, an nearly aw the cultural an historical steids o Auncient Egyp are foond alang riverbanks. The Nile ends in a lairge delta that empties intae the Mediterranean Sea.

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Danube

The **Danube** is a river in Central Europe, the continent's seicont langest efter the Volga.

Classified as an internaitional watterway, it oreeginates in the toun o Donaueschingen which is in the Black Forest o Germany at the confluence o the rivers Brigach an Breg. The Danube then flaws sootheast for , passin through fower Central European caipitals afore emptyin intae the Black Sea via the Danube Delta in Romanie an Ukraine.

Ance a lang-staundin frontier o the Roman Empire, the river passes through or touches the borders o ten kintras: Romanie (29.0% o basin aurie), Hungary (11.6%), Serbie (10.2%), Austrick (10.0%), Germany (7.0%), Bulgarie (5.9%), Slovakie (5.9%), Croatie (4.4%), Ukraine (3.8%), an Moldovae (1.6%). Its drainage basin extends intae nine mair.

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Dnieper River

The **Dnieper River**  is ane o the major rivers o Europe (fowert bi length), risin near Smolensk an flawin through Roushie, Belarus an Ukraine tae the Black Sea.  
The tot length is  wi a drainage basin o .
The river is noted for its dams an hydroelectric stations. The Dnieper is an important navigable waterway for the economy o Ukraine an is connectit via the Dnieper-Bug Canal tae ither watterways in Europe. 

In antiquity, the river wis kent tae the Greeks as the Borysthenes an wis pairt o the Amber Road. Arheimar, a caipital o the Goths, wis locatit on the Dnieper, accordin tae the Hervarar saga.
Loire

The **Loire** (; ; ; ) is the langest river in Fraunce. Wi a length o , it drains an auriea o , which represents mair nor a fift o Fraunce's land aurie. It is the 170t langest river in the warld. It rises in the Cévennes in the *[[depairtments o Fraunce|département]]* o Ardèche at  near Mont Gerbier de Jonc, an flaws for ower  north through Nevers tae Orléans, then wast through Tours an Nantes till it reaches the Bay o Biscay at St Nazaire. Its main tributaries include the Maine, Nièvre an the Erdre rivers on its richt bank, an the Allier, Cher, Indre, Vienne, an the Sèvre Nantaise rivers frae the left bank. The Loire gies its name tae sax *départements*: Loire, Haute-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Indre-et-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, an Saône-et-Loire. The central part o the Loire Valley wis addit tae the Warld Heritage Steids leet o UNESCO on December 2, 2000. The banks are characterized bi vineyards an chateaux in the Loire Valley.

The Loire Valley haes been cried the "Garden o Fraunce" an is studded wi ower a thoosand chateaux, each wi distinct airchitectural embellishments coverin a wide range o variations, frae the early medieval tae the late Renaissance periods. Thay wur oreeginally creatit as feudal stranghaulds, ower centuries past, in the strategic divide atween soothren an northren Fraunce; nou mony are privately awned.

## References
Airden

**Airden** (Gaelic: *Àirdan*, Inglis: *Arden*) is the location o a middlin-sizit hoosin estate on the gey edge o Glesga, soothwast o the ceetie centre.

## Historie
The S.S.H.A (Scots Special Hoosin Associe) biggit the estate atwixt 1953 an 1957, tae rehoose faimilies frae the auld owercroudit inner ceetie closes. Historically, Airden wis a fairm an formit pairt o Sir John Maxwell's laund. Ane o lik 7 adjynin haudins. Seetuatit on aunciant Stewart laund, oreeginally grantit tae Walter Stewart, 6th Hie Steward o Scotland bi Robert the Bruce, upon his mairriage tae Marjorie Bruce, the Keeng's auldest dochter. Airden is near Thonliebank a veelage formit on the watter tae manufactur claith an a specializit prentin o cloth kent as beetling. Thonliebank linen wis quite faur kent in the 1800s until the shew-up o the faceelitie in or aroond 1920. The biggin adjynin pairt o whit is nou Airden wis uisit as a preesoner o weir camp during the second world war. The nearest Railwey Station is in Kennisheid namit efter anither o Sir John's fairms.

Airden becam gey rindoun durin the 1970s & 80s an grants war made for its replenishment. It's no quite feenisht bit is muckle impruiven. The shapping area conteenin aroond sax businesses is in immediate need o investment an replenishment. In 1999 the estate wis bocht b Glen Oaks Hoosin Associe for a rumourit £6m, bit the associe haes syne taen wi this mey hae been a raither swalt sum, an thay hae strauchlit tae mak necessar replenishes as thay ar fundit ainly bi rents.

## Amenities
Airden bowsts the new Eshpairk Primary whilk appenit on 2 December 2008 an replacit the foregane Airden Primary Schuil an Carndouk Primary Schuil. The seicont schuil, St. Louise Primary wis jynit thegidder wi the newly rebug St. Vincent's Primary in Carndouk, St. Louise closit in Juin 2009 an the biggins war cawit doun. Airden becam the first hoosin schame tae hae a public hoose (The Cuillins) preevately biggit in 1964-5 whilk than becam a brewery pub in 1968.

## In popular cultur
Airden wis featurit in the T.V Programme *Colin and Justin on the Estate* whilk luikit at thair efforts tae impruive the area. Some o the residenters o Airden, an forby some foregane residenters war concernt aboot the slant o the shaw, an war parteecular fasht bi the fact that the producers o the shaw concentratit thair tent on hoosing units that war schedulit for cawin doun an no on hoosing that haes seen extensive an successfu replenishment. Alasdair McKee, Glen Oaks chief executive, concludit houiver, that the program wis a success an "the improvements have helped to convince people that we can make a difference" an contreebutit tae a waitin leet o fowk wantin tae git intae the estate.

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Nek

**Nek** (born **Filippo Neviani**, 6 Januar 1972, Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy) is a popular contemporar Italian sangster-sangwriter.

Some o his hits include "Laura non c'è" (in Spainyie: "Laura no está"), which became a major hit in Europe an Laitin Americae in 1997, bein ane o the maist listened sangs o that year, an "Almeno stavolta".

Nek records an performs in baith Italian an Spainyie.

## Personal life
On 2 September 2006 Nek marriet Patrizia Vacondio. They hav a dochter, Beatrice Neviani, born 12 September 2010.

## Discografie

* *[[Nek (album)|Nek]]* (1991)
* *[[In te]]* (1993)
* *[[Calore umano]]* (1994)
* *[[Lei, gli amici e tutto il resto]]* (1996)
* *[[In due]]* (1998)
* *[[La vita è]]* (2000)
* *[[Le cose da difendere]]* (2002)
* *[[Una parte di me (Nek album)|Una parte di me]]* (2005)
* *[[Nella stanza 26]]* (2006)
* *[[Un'altra direzione]]* (2009)
* *[[Filippo Neviani (album)|Filippo Neviani]]* (2013)

## References

*Biography www.nekweb.com

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Rachid Taha

**Rachid Taha** (Arabic: رشيد طه, ; born 18 September 1958 in Sig; deed 12 September 2018 in Paris) wis an Algerian sangster an activist based in Fraunce who haes been describit as "sonically adventurous." His muisic is influencit bi mony different styles such as rock, electronic, punk an raï.

## Discografie
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## Videografie
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* 1984: Bleu De Marseille  
* 1987: Douce France
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* 1991: Barbes
* 1993: Voilà, Voilà 
* 1993: Indie 
* 1995: Non Non Non
* 1997: Ya Rayah 
* 1998: Ida
* 1999: 1,2,3 Soleils
* 2000: Hey Anta
* 2001: Rachid Taha En Concert Live Paris 
* 2004: Tékitoi 
* 2004: Rock El Casbah  
* 2006: Écoute Moi Camarade 
* 2006: Agatha 
* 2007: Ma Parabole D'Honneur 
* 2009: Bonjour

## References

* Plastino, Goffredo (2003). *Mediterranean Mosaic: Popular Music and Global Sounds*. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-93656-X.


## Freemit airtins
* Rachid Taha Offeecial Steid 
* Rachid Taha Bio, Picturs an Photos 
* Read an album review of Diwân 2 at Allaboutjazz.com
* Rachid Taha "Rock El Casbah" on Youtube
* Rachid Taha song appears on Saturday Night Live, FrenchMusicBlog.com
Fayza Ahmed

**Fayza Ahmed** (Arabic:**فايزة أحمد**) (Dizember 5, 1934 &ndash; September 24, 1983) wis a Sirie-Egyptian sangster an actress. Durin her career, she appeared in sax films.

## Beginnins
Fayza Ahmed wis born in 1934 in Sayda, Lebanon tae a Sirie faither an a Lebanese mither. She eventually had five children and nine grandchildren.

## Death
Fayza Ahmed dee'd on September 24, 1983 in Cairo after suffering from cancer.

## Filmografie
* Tamr Henna (1957). wi Naima Akef, Ahmed Ramzy an Rushdy Abaza.

## References

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Eros (disambiguation)

**[[Eros]]** is the Greek god o luve.

**Eros** mey refer tae an aw:

*Eros Ramazzotti (born 1963), Italian pop starn
*''Eros'' (Eros Ramazzotti album)
Javanese leid

:*"Bahasa Jawi" redirects here. For the Malay dialect spoken in Pattani, Thailand, see [[Pattani Malay]].*

**Javanese**  (Javanese:  *basa Jawa*; ) is the leid o the Javanese fowk frae the central an eastren pairts o the island o Java, in Indonesie. Thare are an aa pockets o Javanese speakers in the northren coast o wastren Java. It is the native leid o mair nor 100,000,000 fowk (mair nor 43% o tot population in Indonesie).

Javanese is pairt o the Austronesian faimily. Maist speakers o Javanese an aa speak Indonesie: for offeecial an commercial purposes, an tae communicate wi non-Javanese Indonesies.

Thare are speakers o Javanese in Malaysie (concentratit in the states o Selangor an Johor) an Singapore. Some fowk o Javanese strynd in Suriname (the Dutch colony o Suriname till 1975) speak a creole descendant o the leid.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Javanese Writin Seestem
*Ethnologue report on Javanese 
*Javanese in Suriname strive tae preserve origins ''Jakarta Post'' airticle
Aung San Suu Kyi

**Aung San Suu Kyi** MP AC (, , ; born 19 Juin 1945) is a Burmese politeecian, umwhile State Coonsellor (de-facto leader o Myanmar) an chairperson o the Naitional League for Democracy (NLD) in Burma. In the 1990 general election, the NLD wan 59% o the naitional votes an 81% (392 of 485) o the seats in Parliament. She haed, houiver, already been detained unner hoose arrest afore the elections. She remained unner hoose reest in Burma for almaist 15 o the 21 years frae 20 Julie 1989 till her maist recent release on 13 November 2010, acomin ane o the warld's maist prominent poletical prisoners.

Suu Kyi received the Rafto Prize an the Sakharov Prize for Freedom o Thocht in 1990 an the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. In 1992 she wis awairdit the Jawaharlal Nehru Awaird for Internaitional Unnerstaundin bi the govrenment o Indie an the Internaitional Simón Bolívar Prize frae the govrenment o Venezuela. In 2007, the Govrenment o Canadae made her an honorary ceetizen o that kintra, the fowerth person ever tae receive the honour. In 2011, she wis awairdit the Wallenberg Medal.
On 19 September 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi wis an aa presentit wi the Congressional Gowd Medal, which is, alang wi the Presidential Medal o Freedom, the heichest civilian honour in the Unitit States.

On 1 Aprile 2012, her pairty, the Naitional League for Democracy, annoonced that she wis elected tae the Pyithu Hluttaw, the lawer hoose o the Burmese parliament, representin the constituency o Kawhmu; her pairty an aa wan 43 o the 45 vacant seats in the lawer hoose. The election results wur confirmed bi the offeecial electoral commission the followin day.

On 6 Juin 2013, Suu Kyi annoonced on the Warld Economic Forum’s wabsteid that she wants tae run for the presidency in Myanmar's 2015 elections. She wisnae permittit tae run for Preses acause her sons are Breetish ceetizens; instead o acomin Preses, she acame State Coonsellor o Myanmar (de-facto leader o the kintra) in 2016, efter her pairty won the previous year's walin.

Syne acomin State Coonsellor, Suu Kyi haes faced internaitional creeticism ower her inaction on the persecution an killins o the Rohingya fowk in the wastren-Burmese Rakhine State an the resultin humanitarian creesis. Mony awairds were strippit frae her, incluidin the Freedom o the Ceety o Glesga, while ither Nobel Peace Prize laureates the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu an Malala Yousafzai creeticised her response tae the creesis.

Suu Kyi's Naitional League for Democracy won elections in 2020, but wis oustit in a militar coup on 1 Februar 2021.

## References

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*Aung San Suu Kyi's wabsteid via the Internet Archive
*Nobel Peace Prize 1991, Aung San Suu Kyi at NobelPrize.org
* Aung San Suu Kyi&nbsp;– Summary, biography, excerpts frae beuks
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* Burma's Suu Kyi, Free at Last&nbsp;– slideshaw bi *[[Der Spiegel]]*
*Peace Prize 2012 frae Indie bi Sarhad organisation PUNE Ceety  
*Awairds Received bi Daw Aung San Suu Kyi  
*Aung San Suu Kyi an Clinton
Lee Kuan Yew

**Lee Kuan Yew** (born **Harry Lee Kuan Yew**, 16 September 1923 – 23 Mairch 2015), GCMG, CH, wis a Singaporean politeecian. Eften referred tae as the **Faither o Singapore** or bi the initials **LKY**, he wis the first Prime Meenister o the Republic o Singapore, govrenin for three decades. He is an aa widely recognised as the foondin faither o modren Singapore.

As the co-foonder an first General Secretar o the Fowk's Action Pairty (PAP), he led the pairty tae aicht victories frae 1959 tae 1990, an owersaw the separation o Singapore frae Malaysie in 1965 an its subsequent transformation frae a relatively unnerdeveloped colonial ootpost wi na naitural resoorces intae a "First Warld" Asie Teeger. He is ane o the maist influential poleetical figurs in Asie.

Singapore's seicond prime meenister Goh Chok Tong appointit him Senior Meenister in 1990. He held the advisory post o Meenister Mentor, creatit bi his son Lee Hsien Loong, when the latter acame the naition's third prime meenister in August 2004.
Wi his successive ministerial poseetions spannin ower 50 years, Lee is an aa ane o history's langest-serving meenisters. On 14 Mey 2011, Lee an Goh Chok Tong annoonced thair retirement frae the cabinet efter the 2011 general election.

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Lee Kuan Yew 
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* A Conversation wi Lee Kuan Yew, Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs, Mairch–Aprile 1994
* War o Wirds  Alejandro Reyes, *[[Time (magazine)|Time]]*, 25 September 1998
* Lee Kuan Yew: A Chronology, 1923–1965 Largely based on Lee Kuan Yew, The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew. Singapore: Times, 1998. Retrieved 8 December 2004
*Part 1, Part 2: *[[CNN]]*, Fareed Zakaria talks wi Lee Kuan Yew aboot his life as prime meenister o Singapore, 22 September 2008
* Daddy knows best: The Lee Kuan Yew story, Tom Plate, *[[Sify.com]]*, 2010(?)
*Lee Kuan Yew Watch 
*Offeecial Profile at the Parliament o Singapore (archived)
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Cineto Romano

**Cineto Romano** is a *[[comune]]* (municipality) in the Province o Roum in the Italian region o Lazio, locatit aboot 40&nbsp;km northeast o Roum. It wis cried **Scarpe** till 1882.

It wis a fief o the Orsini in the 11t century, then o the Borghese. Main sichts include the Baronal Castle an the kirk o *San Giovanni Battista* (13t century).
## References
Douala

**Douala** is the lairgest ceety in Cameroon, the caipital o Cameroon's Littoral Region an the richest ceety in the whole CEMAC region o sax countries. Home tae Cameroon's lairgest port an its major internaitional airport, Douala Internaitional Airport, it is the commercial caipital o the kintra. Consequently, it handles maist o the kintra's major exports, such as ile, cocoa an coffee, timber, metals an fruits. As o 2010 the ceety an its surroondin aurie haed an estimatit population that surpassed 3,000,000 indwallers. The ceety sits on the estuary o the Wouri River an its climate is tropical. Settlements haed already existit on present-day Douala prior tae the arrival o the Portuguese, Breetish, an Germans; however, it wis during the  German colonization that the ceety began tae develop rapidly as a commercial an poleetical hub o the German colonial admeenistration. Durin Warld War I bitter battles wur foucht for control o Douala. Bi the time the war endit the Breetish an the French haed seized the ceety frae the Germans. A jynt Anglo-French condominium govrened the ceety till a comprehensive agreement cedit it (an much o Cameroon) tae the French. Efter the unthirldom o Cameroon, Douala haes grown rapidly. Local industries, trade, an ither opportunities hae attractit an unprecedentit influx o migrants, especially frae the wastren region o Cameroon. Fowk frae ither kintras in the region hae an aa permanently settled in the ceety; thay include Nigerians, Chadians, an Malians. In recent times ceety authorities hae been owerwhelmed bi rapidly increasing population; services are stretched an thare is an urgent need tae enhance the ceety's abeelity tae cope wi the rapid growth.
Douala is the 27t maist expensive ceety in the warld an the maist expensive in Africae, owertakin Lagos, Nigerie at 32nd. It is ranked 27t for 2009, up frae 34t in 2008. In 2007 it wis ranked 24t in the warld an 1st in Africae. Douala is the first ceety in tropical Africae tae hae a piped natural gas supply (presently servin anly industrial customers).
Douala is the hometoun o FC Barcelona midfielder Alex Song, an Wrexham FC goalkeeper Joslain Mayebi.

## Sister ceeties



## References

## Freemit airtins
* Offeecial Douala wabsteid 
* Image o Douala frae Google Earth
Petr Nečas

**Petr Nečas** (born 19 November 1964; ) is the umwhile Prime Meenister o the Czech Republic an Leader o the Ceevic Democratic Pairty. He wis sworn intae affice on 28 Juin 2010. 

He resigned on 17 Juin 2013, in the eftermath of a polis action, in which his chief o affice Jana Nagyová wis arrestit.

## Early life an eddication
Nečas wis born in Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic, on 19 November 1964. He attendit gymnasium in Uherské Hradiště frae 1979 tae 1983. He graduatit frae the faculty o science at the Varsity o J.E. Purkyně in Brno in 1988.

## Career
Nečas wis a member o Socialistic Union o Youth (SSM) which wis the youth wing o the Communist Pairty o Czechoslovakie (KSČ) till 1989. Frae 1988 tae 1992, he wirked as a developer at Tesla Rožnov. He acame a member o the Ceevic Democratic Pairty in 1991. He wis named as deputy defence meenister in 1995. Ane year later, he electit as a member o the Chamber o Deputies. Frae 4 September 2006 tae 8 Mey 2009, Nečas wis Deputy Prime Meenister an Meenister o Labour an Social Affairs.

In Mairch 2010, he replaced Mirek Topolánek as the leader o the pairty. The Ceevic Democratic Pairty wan seicont place in the Mey 2010 Czech legislative election an shortly efter that Nečas annoonced his intention tae staund for the post o the chairman o the pairty.

In Juin 2013, the Polis *Unit for Combatin Organized Crime* (in Czech: *Útvar pro odhalování organizovaného zločinu*, ÚOOZ) an the *Chief Public Prosecutor's Affice* (*Vrchní státní zastupitelství*) in Olomouc organized a raid against organized crime. It involved several heichly poseetioned state officers an politeecians, as well as controversial entrepreneurs an lobbyists. The scandal affectit the Prime Meenister an his coalition govrenment. Nečas, unner pressur o opposeetion pairties an politeecians, originally refused tae resign. On 17 Juin, Nečas resigned on his Prime Meenister function.

## See an aa
*Petr Nečas's Cabinet
*2013 Czech raid against organized crime

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Horadis

**Horadis** (), is a veelage in the Vayots Dzor Province o Armenie. It belangs tae the commonty o Zaritap.

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Akhta

**Akhta** mey refer tae:
*Akhta, Sitamarhi, a veelage in Sitamarhi destrict, Bihar, Indie
*Akhta Uttar, a gram panchayat in Sitamarhi destrict, Bihar, Indie
*Akhta, Vayots Dzor, a veelage in Vayots Dzor Province, Armenie
Kechut

**Kechut** (); umwhile kent as *Kushchi* an *Kush-Bilyak*, is a veelage an a landwart commonty in the Vayots Dzor Province o Armenie. It is locatit 2 km sooth o the toun o Jermuk, near the Jermuk airfield. It is pairt o the Jermuk toun municipality.

## References
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*World Gazeteer: Armenia &ndash; World-Gazetteer.com
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Ughedzor

**Ughedzor** (); umwhile kent as *Kochbek*, is a veelage in the Vayots Dzor Province o Armenie. It belangs the commonty o Saravan.

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Cruixtoun

**Cruixtoun** (, ) is a residential suburb on the soothwastern edge o the city o Glesga, Scotland.

Ae-time a veelage in its ain richt, Cruixtoun (Middle Scots: *Crocis toune*) an its surroondin launds an castle (*Dùn Cruic* in Scots Gaelic), war cried efter the feudal Norman laird, Rabert Croc, wha wis giftit the Levern straith in Renfrewshire bi King Dauvit I o Scots in 1170.

In the 1920s, Cruixtoun, thegither wi neebourin Cardonal, Hullintoun an Haufwey, wis eikit tae the waxin city o Glesga. Cruixtoun nou lies jist athin Glesga's present-day mairches wi Ralstoun, Renfrewshire.

## See forby
*Cruixtoun Castle
Miloš Zeman

**Miloš Zeman** (; born 28 September 1944) is the third Preses o the Czech Republic, in affice frae 8 Mairch 2013 tae 8 Mairch 2023. Previously he served as the Prime Meenister o the Czech Republic frae 1998 tae 2002. As leader o the Czech Social Democratic Pairty durin the 1990s, he transformed it intae ane o the kintra's major pairties. He wis Chairman o the Chamber o Deputies, the lawer hoose o the Czech parliament, frae 1996 tae 1998.

In Januar 2013, Zeman wis electit as Preses o the Czech Republic. He is the first directly electit Preses in Czech history; baith o his predecessors, Václav Havel an Václav Klaus, wur electit bi the Parliament.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Curriculum Vitae at the wabsteid o the Prague Castle
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*Miloš Zeman at the wabsteid o the Govrenment o the Czech Republic
Herman Van Rompuy

**Herman Achille Van Rompuy** (; born 31 October 1947) is the first full-time Preses o the European Cooncil. This is a poseetion appyntit bi the European Cooncil. A Belgian politeecian o the Christian Democratic an Flemish pairty, Van Rompuy served as the 66t prime meenister o Belgium frae 30 December 2008 till his predecessor () succeedit him on 25 November 2009. He haes the Grand Cordon o the Order o Leopold.

On 19 November 2009 Van Rompuy wis electit bi the members o the European Cooncil as the first full-time Preses o the European Cooncil unner the Treaty o Lisbon. He wis appyntit tae chair the institution for the period stairtin frae 1 December 2009 till 31 Mey 2012, tho he anly teuk up his poseetion offeecially on 1 Januar 2010. On 1 Mairch 2012 Herman Van Rompuy wis re-electit bi the heids o state or govrenment o the 27 EU member states. His seicont (an last) term is set tae last twa an a hauf years, frae 1 Juin 2012 tae 30 November 2014. He wis succeedit bi Donald Tusk on 1 December 2014.

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Personal wabsteid o Herman van Rompuy  
* President's pages  on the European Cooncil wabsteid.
* Wabsteid  'Manual on Haiku Herman' (Knack December 2009) bi his son, Peter Van Rompuy
* Offeecial Facebook page
* Herman Van Rompuy on Twitter
Bahmanabad

**Bahmanabad** () mey refer tae:

*Bahmanabad, Chaharmahal an Bakhtiari
*Bahmanabad, East Azerbaiajan
*Bahmanabad, Ilam
*Bahmanabad, Rafsanjan, Kerman Province
*Bahmanabad, Shahr-e Babak, Kerman Province
*Bahmanabad, Andika, Khuzestan Province
*Bahmanabad, Behbahan, Khuzestan Province
*Bahmanabad, Haftgel, Khuzestan Province
*Bahmanabad, Kurdistan
*Bahmanabad, Dargaz, Razavi Khorasan Province
*Bahmanabad, Sabzevar, Razavi Khorasan Province
*Bahmanabad, Birjand, Sooth Khorasan Province
*Bahmanabad, Qaen, Sooth Khorasan Province
*Bahmanabad, Tehran
Aliabad-e Bala

**Aliabad-e Bala** () mey refer tae:

*Aliabad-e Bala, Kerman
*Aliabad-e Bala, Rafsanjan, Kerman Province
*Aliabad-e Bala, Zarand, Kerman Province
*Aliabad-e Bala, Kermanshah
*Aliabad-e Bala, Razavi Khorasan
*Aliabad-e Bala, Mahvelat, Razavi Khorasan Province
*Aliabad-e Bala, Sooth Khorasan

## See an aw
*Aliabad-e Olya (disambiguation)
Aliabad-e Bala, Razavi Khorasan

**Aliabad-e Bala** (, Romanisit as **‘Alīābād-e Bālā** an aw) is a veelage in Mazinan Landwart Destrict, Davarzan Destrict, Sabzevar Coonty, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population wis 118, in 23 faimilies.  

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George V

**George V** (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 Juin 186520 Januar 1936) wis Keeng o the Unitit Kinrick an the Breetish Dominions, an Emperor o Indie, frae 6 Mey 1910 throu the First Warld War (1914–18) till his daith.

George wis a grandson o Queen Victoria an Prince Albert an the first cousin o Tsar Nicholas II o Roushie an Kaiser Wilhelm II o Germany. Frae 1877 tae 1891, he served in the Ryal Navy. On the daith o Victoria in 1901, George's faither acame Keeng Edward VII, an George wis made Prince o Wales. On his faither's daith in 1910, he succeedit as Keeng-Emperor o the Breetish Empire. He wis the anly Emperor o Indie tae be present at his awn Delhi Durbar.

As a result o the First Warld War, ither empires in Europe fell while his expandit tae its greatest extent. In 1917, he acame the first monarch o the Hoose o Windsor, which he renamed frae the Hoose o Saxe-Coburg an Gotha as a result o anti-German public sentiment. His reign saw the rise o socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, an the Indian unthirldom movement, aw o which radically chynged the poleetical landscape. The Parliament Act 1911 established the supremacy o the electit Breetish Hoose o Commons ower the unelected Hoose o Lords. In 1924 he appyntit the first Labour meenistry an in 1931 the Statute o Westminster recognised the dominions o the Empire as separate, independent kinricks within the Commonweel o Naitions. He wis plagued bi illness throughout much o his later reign an at his daith wis succeedit bi his eldest son, Edward VIII.

## References

## Freemit airtins

* Special issue o the Illustrated Lunnon News coverin King George V's daith
* Newsreel footage  o King George V's coronation
* Soond recordin  o King George V's Siller Jubilee speech
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Kah Landwart Destrict

**Kah Landwart Destrict** () is a Landwart destrict (*dehestan*) in Davarzan Destrict, Sabzevar Coonty, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population wis 8,531, in 2,550 faimilies.  The landwart destrict haes 17 veelages. 

## References
Aradan Coonty

**Aradan Coonty** ) is a coonty in Semnan Province in Iran.  The caipital o the coonty is Aradan. At the 2006 census, its population wis 15,418, in 4,437 faimilies. Aradan Coonty wis separatit frae Garmsar Coonty in 2011. The Coonty is dividit inta twa destricts: the Central Destrict an Kohanabad Destrict. The Coonty haes ane ceety: Aradan.

## References
Vertientes

**Vertientes** is a municipality an ceety in the Camagüey Province o Cuba.

## Demografics
In 2004, the municipality o Vertientes haed a population o 53,299. Wi a total aurie o , it haes a population densitie o .

## See an aw
*Leet o ceeties in Cuba

## References
Edward VII

**Edwod VII** (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 Mey 1910) wis King o the Unitit Kinrick an the Breetish Dominions an Emperor o Indie frae 22 Januar 1901 till his daith in 1910. He wis the first Breetish monarch o the Hoose o Saxe-Coburg an Gotha, which wis renamed the Hoose o Windsor bi his son, George V.

Afore his accession tae the throne, he served as heir apparent an held the title o Prince o Wales for langer than ony o his predecessors. Durin the lang reign o his mither, Queen Victoria, he wis lairgely excludit frae poleetical pouer an came tae personify the fashionable, leisured elite.

The Edwardian era, which covered Edward's reign an wis named efter him, coincided wi the stairt o a new century an heraldit signeeficant chynges in technology an society, includin pouered flicht an the rise o socialism. Edward played a role in the modernisation o the Breetish Home Fleet, the refairm o the Airmy Medical Services, an the reorganisation o the Breetish Airmy efter the Seicond Boer War. Edward fostered guid relations atween Great Breetain an ither European kintras, especially Fraunce, for which he wis popularly cried "Peacemaker."

## References

## Freemit airtins
* Macaulay, James (editor) (1889). ''Speeches an addresses o H. R. H. the Prince o Wales: 1863–1888'' Lunnon: Murray.
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* "Coronation—To King Edward VII", a poem bi Florence Earle Coates