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  • ...nderer to western Europe, and in August 2004 a red-footed falcon was found in [[North America]] for the first time on the island of [[Martha's Vineyard]] ...–|34|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length with a wingspan of {{convert|65|–|75|cm|in|abbr=on}}. The average mass is {{convert|155|g|oz|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Wasse
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  • .... It is recognisable by its pronounced knob atop the beak, which is larger in males. ...–49 |isbn=3-490-12518-5}}</ref> Both ''cygnus'' and ''olor'' mean "swan" in [[Latin]]; ''cygnus'' is a variant form of ''cycnus'', a borrowing from [[G
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  • <!--This article is in Commonwealth English--> ...was introduced by the French naturalist [[Bernard Germain de Lacépède]] in 1799.<ref>{{ cite book | last=Lacépède | first=Bernard Germain de | autho
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  • ...sessor=Amori|year=1996|id=2149|title=Arvicola terrestris|downloaded=12 May 2006}}</ref> ....lincstrust.org.uk/conservation/wvole/ratty.php |archivedate=September 25, 2006 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> Water voles have rounder noses than rats, deep
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  • ...p | year = 1996 | id = 29656 | title = Crocidura suaveolens | downloaded = 2006-05-12}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species i ...er white-toothed shrew (''[[Crocidura shantungensis]]'') was once included in this species, but is now considered to be a separate species.
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  • ...18th century. The Mongolian subspecies (''S. t. mongolica'') is found only in western Mongolia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saiga/mongolian Saiga (''Saiga tatar ...relationship between the two, till [[phylogenetics|phylogenetic]] studies in the 1990s revealed that though morphologically similar, the Tibetan antelop
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  • | image_caption = Eurasian wolf at Polar Zoo in Bardu, Norway ...nd [[Thracians|Thracian]] cultures, whilst having an ambivalent reputation in early [[Germanic mythology|Germanic]] cultures.<ref name="boitani2005"/>
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  • ...f '''starfruit'''. Its native range includes parts of [[Great Britain]], [[France]], [[Portugal]], [[Spain]], [[Italy]], [[Greece]], [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]], ...of pond [[habitat]]s.<ref name=NewS /> It was not recorded in the wild in 2006 and is classified as [[endangered species|endangered]] within the United Ki
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  • *Teams highlighted in green qualified for the [[UEFA Euro 2008|finals]] ...ovember 2007 following a 2-0 win against Belgium, becoming the eighth team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so
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  • ...through many territorial divisions before the current borders were created in the 1920s and 1930s. [[File:SovietCentralAsia1922.svg|right|250px|thumb|Map of Soviet Central Asia in 1922 with the Turkestan ASSR and the Kyrgyz ASSR]]
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  • ...est of the Islamic states. The Mongol expansion would ultimately culminate in the conquest of virtually all of [[Asia]] (as well as [[Mongol invasion of ...ess than a year later, when a Mongol caravan and its envoys were massacred in the Khwarezmian city of [[Otrar]].
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  • ...|year=1997|publisher=[[Eisenbrauns]]|isbn=978-1-57506-020-0|page=284|quote=In the Middle Persian period (Parthian and Sasanian Empires), Aramaic was the ...an language|Parthian]] (administration, until the late 3rd-century) spoken in the north and east, and by the [[seven Parthian clans]]){{sfn|Daryaee|2008|
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  • ...es such as the [[Khazar Correspondence]], according to which at some point in the 8th–9th centuries, the ruling elite of the Khazars was said by [[Juda ...ate it.<ref name=rubin /> Despite skepticism, he reformulated the concept in 2016 by developing a novel method of genetic analysis that uses the fringe
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  • ...al|last2=Adams|first2=Jonathan M.|last3=Hall|first3=Thomas D|date=December 2006|title=East-West Orientation of Historical Empires|url=http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ ...72|pp=25–71|}}. This figure has been calculated on the basis of the data in both Herlihy and Russell's work.</ref>
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  • ...peaker of the [[Senate of Kazakhstan|Senate]], the second highest position in the [[Government of Kazakhstan]], from 1 December to 2004.<ref name=RESIGNA ...as speaker. This diminishes the authority and respect of the whole Senate in front of ordinary citizens. That is the image society sees of the Senate it
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  • ...ut binding targets}} {{legend|#EEEE00|Annex B parties with binding targets in the first period but which withdrew from the Protocol}} {{legend|orange|Sig | date_expiration = in force<br>(first commitment period expired 31 December 2012)<ref>http://unfc
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  • |caption =Participation in the Chemical Weapons Convention ...ization based in [[The Hague]], Netherlands. The treaty entered into force in 1997. The Chemical Weapons Convention comprehensively prohibits the use, de
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  • ...sia and Belarus, transformed into the [[Eurasian Economic Community]] then in 2015 into the [[Eurasian Economic Union]]. President Nazarbayev has priorit ...n&id=132061</ref> Kazakhstan has called for “intra-regional integration in Central Asia” and international integration of the region.<ref name=TW1>{
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  • ...to 71 countries and territories, ranking the [[Kazakhstani passport]] 67th in terms of travel freedom (tied with Namibian and Thai passports) according t ...8 September 2003), [[Mauritius]] (19 January 2004), [[Tuvalu]] (15 October 2006) and [[Mozambique]] (1 September 2008).
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  • ...as a military alliance. Uzbekistan rejoined the CSTO in 2006 but withdrew in 2012. ...|archivedate=27 February 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> It suspended its membership in 2012. The CSTO is an observer organization at the [[United Nations General
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  • ...transl|ru|''Kommunisticheskaya partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza''}}), abbreviated in English as '''CPSU''',{{efn|Sometimes referred to as the Soviet Communist P ...rty]]), a revolutionary group led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] which seized power in the aftermath of the [[October Revolution]] of 1917. The party was dissolve
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