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2. Sierra Leone - Wikipedia

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   Sierra Leone's current territorial configuration was established by the British Empire in two historical phases: in 1808, the coastal Sierra Leone Colony was founded as a place to resettle returning Africans after the abolition of the slave trade; then in 1896, the inland Protectorate was created as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884–1885.

3. Djibouti - Wikipedia

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   Djibouti is near some of the world's busiest shipping lanes, controlling access to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. It serves as a key refuelling and transshipment center, and the principal maritime port for imports from and exports to neighboring Ethiopia. A burgeoning commercial hub, the nation is the site of various foreign military bases.

4. List of Ig Nobel Prize winners - Wikipedia

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   The 32nd First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony took place on Thursday, 15 September 2022, and was presented in a webcast format. [ 296 ] Applied Cardiology: Eliska Prochazkova, Elio Sjak-Shie, Friederike Behrens, Daniel Lindh, and Mariska Kret, for seeking and finding evidence that when new romantic partners meet for the first time, and feel ...

5. Vladivostok - Wikipedia

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   Vladivostok (/ ˌ v l æ d ɪ ˈ v ɒ s t ɒ k / VLAD-iv-OST-ok; Russian: Владивосток, IPA: [vlədʲɪvɐˈstok] ⓘ) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai and the capital of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia, located in the far east of Russia.

6. Liberia - Wikipedia

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   Between 1822 and the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, more than 15,000 freed and free-born African Americans, along with 3,198 Afro-Caribbeans, relocated to Liberia. [8] Gradually developing an Americo-Liberian identity, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] the settlers carried their culture and tradition with them while colonizing the indigenous population.

7. 2024 in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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   1 April The minimum wage is increased from $22.70 to $23.15 an hour. [99]Pharmacies become permitted to vaccinate children under the age of five. [100]4 April – The New Zealand Government announces that local councils will have to hold referendums on Māori wards and constituencies.