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Pearl Harbor is located in the American state of Hawaii.

It is a major naval base of the United States.

It is near the city of Honolulu, and serves as a major U.S. 

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.

This attack led the United States to enter World War II.

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Russia criticized the American missile defense system being deployed in Poland and the Czech Republic.

The plan was announced by the United States in the mid-2000s.

The system was officially meant to counter missile threats from Iran.

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Tamils in Sri Lanka have been struggling for an independent state in Jaffna.

Jaffna is located in the northern part of Sri Lanka,

The separatist movement was led mainly by the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam).

The civil conflict started in 1983 and ended in 2009.

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FIFA World Cup 2010:

Host country: South Africa

Dates: 11 June – 11 July

Teams: 32 (from 6 confederations)

Venue(s): 10 (in 9 host cities)

Best player(s): Uruguay Diego Forlán

Best goalkeeper: Spain Iker Casillas

Final positions

• Champions: Spain (1st title)
• Runners-up: Netherlands
• Third place: Germany
• Fourth place: Uruguay

The last FIFA World Cup was held in Australia on 20 August 2023 and Spain won. 

The 2026 World Cup will take place in three host countries: Canada, Mexico, and the USA.

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HRWstands for Human Rights Watch

It is an international non-governmental organization.

Founded in 1978.

Headquarters: New York City, U.S.

It was co-founded by Robert L. Bernstein, Jeri Laber, and Aryeh Neier as a private American NGO in 1978

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• The All India Muslim League was founded on 30 December 1906 in Dacca, British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh).
• It's founder was Nawab Khwaja Salimullah.
  
• It's first President was Sir Agha Khan.
• The headquarters of the All India Muslim League was in Lucknow.
• The party was dissolved on 14 August 1947.

When the Muslim League ended in 1947, it split into three parties:

1. Muslim League in Pakistan
2. Awami League in Bangladesh
3. Indian Union Muslim League in India

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Alfred Nobel (a Swedish chemist) initiated Nobel Prize in:

• Peace
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Physiology or Medicine
• Literature

In 1901, Nobel Prize was first awarded in Stockholm, Sweden,

expected the Peace Prize in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway.

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Nobel Prize in Economics started in 1968

In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) established the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize

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The following provinces of Afghanistan share a border with Pakistan:-

Eastern Border (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan):

1. Nangarhar: Borders Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; a major crossing point is Torkham. 
2. Kunar: Also borders Pakistan's KP. 
3. Paktia & Khost: Share borders with Pakistan's KP. 
4. Paktika: Borders Pakistan's Balochistan and KP. 

Southern Border (Balochistan region of Pakistan):

1. Zabul: Borders Pakistan's Balochistan. 
2. Kandahar: Borders Pakistan's Balochistan, with the Spin Boldak crossing. 
3. Helmand: Borders Pakistan's Balochistan. 
4. Nimruz: Also borders Pakistan's Balochistan.