The “Petrov Affair” started in April 1954 when Vladimir Petrov and his wife Edvokia defected to Australia. The affair finally finished today‚ the 11th of December 1955; a day after the Federal Election in Australia when Robert Menzies was elected. The Events That Saw It Unfold The Petrov Affair occurred around the 3rd of April last year‚ when Vladimir Petrov‚ who was the cause of the Petrov Affair‚ defected to Australia under top-secret conditions. On arrival in Sydney‚ he was taken to a safe
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The Trent Affair‚ also known as the Mason and Slidell Affair‚ was an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War. On November 8th 1861‚ the USS San Jacinto‚ intercepted the British mail packet Trent and removed it as contraband of two war Confederate diplomats‚ who were James Mason and John Slidell. The envoys were bound for Great Britain and France to press the Confederacys’ case for diplomatic recognition by Europe. The initial reaction in the United States was
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CURRENT AFFAIRS The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill‚ 2013 Passed By Rajya Sabha Sunila Abeysekera‚ the Sri Lankan Activist‚ Died in Columbo at 61 Russia Lifted Ban on Import of Non-Basmati Rice and Oilseeds from India Harish Lakshman Elected New President of Automotive Component Manufacturers Association New Delhi Declaration on High Blood Pressure Adopted by Health Ministers of 11 SEARO Countries First Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular & Peace Award 2013 presented
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Nigerian History and Current Affairs April 2013 Vol. 3.9 Compilation by www.promong.com Promoting brands nationwide …more than 10‚000 monthly downloads !!! Origination‚ Information and Statistics Current Ministers as @ April 2013 Top Officials in Government States Data and Governors Addresses of Federal Ministries Addresses of State Liaison Offices Past and Present Leaders 1960 -2013 Foreign Leaders
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October 15‚ 2013 Student Affairs Event For a student affairs event‚ I attended a Brilliant Bobcat Workshop. The event was called U-Turn and was very informative. U-Turn was about helping with turning your academic life around. It was a presentation to help show that if you are put on academic probation or going in the wrong direction‚ that there is still hope and a chance to turn your academic life around. The thing I found most helpful to me was the resources that are found on campus.
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Current Affairs‚ General Knowledge Questions and Answers for preparing all Competitive Examinations. 1. Who is sworn in as the new Chief Justice of India? Answer: P. Sathasivam. 2. Who is sworn in as the new prime minister of Australia? Answer: Kevin Rudd 3. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy received the United NationsPublic Service Award for? Answer: For his mass contact programme initiative. 4. Who is the new Railway Minister of India? Answer: Mallikarjun Kharge 5. Who is elected
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The extract taken from the novel “A parliamentary affair» is under discourse analysis. It belongs to the genre of fiction prose. The story is told by the third-person narrator from Karen’s point of view. The point of view in the story is elaborated on the cognitive level mostly. With the help of it we may witness her critical thinking. The technique of free-indirect thought is also elaborated in the text and it gives an insight into her inner thoughts. God knows where‚ probably with Roger‚ How odd
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For Canadians‚ the Cold War started with one man: Igor Gouzenko. Born in Rogachev‚ Russia in 1919‚ he studied at the Moscow Engineering Academy and the Moscow Architectural Institute before enlisting in the Soviet military (the Red army) at the beginning of Russia’s involvement in World War II. He caught the eye of the NKVD (Soviet secret police agency) and trained as a cipher clerk for the GRU (Soviet military intelligence)‚ serving as an intelligence officer on the front lines during WWII battles
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http://www.elinxs.com/currentaffairs.asp Francesca Schiavone won the French Women Title2010 . (Italian) [pic] Australia’s Samantha Stosur won 2011 us open title Usa’s Serena Williams won 2012 us open title present Chairman of Infosys soft ware company N.Narayana Murthy world mother tongue day was observed Feb 21 company produces Electronic Voting Machines Bharat Electronics Limited‚ India named for Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace 2010 Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva president of Indian Olympics
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ch6.qxd 1/28/98 9:08 AM Page 135 CHAPTER 6 The 1956 Suez Crisis On July 26‚ 1956‚ Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal. The ostensible reason for the nationalization was to use the tolls to ‹nance the building of the Aswan Dam. Nasser’s action was an act of revenge against the British and the French‚ who had previously held control of the company that controlled the Canal. This con›ict precipitated an international crisis over ownership and operation
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