| Conspiracy theory A conspiracy theory attributes the ultimate cause of an event or chain of events (usually political, social or historical events), or the concealment of such causes from public knowledge, to a secret and often deceptive plot by a group of powerful or influential people or organizations. Many conspiracy theories state that major events in history have been dominated by conspirators who manipulate political happenings from behind the scenes. Conspiracy_theory
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| National Armed Forces of Côte d'Ivoire The National Armed Forces of Côte d'Ivoire (French: Forces armées nationales de Côte d'Ivoire; FANCI) is the armed forces of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). It consists the chief of staff and commander of the FANCI. National_Armed_Forces_of_Côte_d'Ivoire
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| Croatia |national_anthem = Lijepa naša domovinoOur beautiful homeland Croatia
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| History of Cuba Cuba, the largest of the Caribbean islands, was first inhabited by Indigenous peoples known as the Taíno and Ciboney. On 27 October 1492, Christopher Columbus sighted the island during his first voyage of discovery and claimed it for Spain. History_of_Cuba
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| Foreign relations of Cuba Cuba's once-ambitious foreign policy has been scaled back and redirected as a result of economic hardship after the collapse of the Soviet bloc. Without its primary trading partner Cuba was comparatively isolated in the 1990s, but has since entered bilateral co-operation with several South American countries, most notably Venezuela and Bolivia. Foreign_relations_of_Cuba
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| Cyprus |national_motto = Cyprus
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| Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease , | Creutzfeldt-Jakob_disease
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| Cheese/Archive 1 Talk:Cheese/Archive_1
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| Christopher Columbus | death_place = outside Valladolid, Spain Christopher_Columbus
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| Constantinople Constantinople (, Konstantinoúpolis, or hē Polis, Latin: , in formal Ottoman Turkish: Konstantiniyye) was the capital of the Roman Empire (330–395), the Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire (395–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922). Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Roman Constantinople had been the capital of a Christian empire, see Christendom, successor to ancient Greece and Rome. Constantinople
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| Cornwall ]] Cornwall
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| Courtney Love San Francisco, California, U.S. Courtney_Love
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| Cannibalism Cannibalism (from Spanish , in connection with cannibalism among the Antillean Caribs)cannibalism, or anthropophagy (human behaviour), Encyclopædia Britannica, also called anthropophagy (from Greek: ἄνθρωπος, anthropos, "human being"; and φαγειν, phagein, "to eat") is the act or practice of humans eating flesh of other humans. In zoology, the term "cannibalism" is extended to refer to any species consuming members of its own kind (see cannibalism (zoology)). Cannibalism
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| Chlorine Chlorine (, from the Greek word 'χλωρóς' (khlôros)(meaning 'pale green'), is the chemical element with atomic number 17 and symbol Cl. It is a halogen, found in the periodic table in group 17 (formerly VII, VIIa, or VIIb). Chlorine
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| Charles Babbage | birth_place = London, England Charles_Babbage
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| Channel Tunnel , Coquelles: Channel_Tunnel
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| Cryptanalysis Cryptanalysis (from the Greek kryptós, "hidden", and analýein, "to loosen" or "to untie") is the study of methods for obtaining the meaning of encrypted information, without access to the secret information which is normally required to do so. Typically, this involves finding a secret key. Cryptanalysis
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| Canary Islands The Canary Islands (English pronunciation: ; Spanish: Islas Canarias, ) are a Spanish archipelago. The archipelago consists of seven major islands, one minor island, and several small islets. Canary_Islands
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| Chariots of Fire March, 1981 9 October, 1981 Chariots_of_Fire
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| Cornwall/Archive 3 Talk:Cornwall/Archive_3
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| Conscription Conscription (also known as the draft, the call-up or national service) is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority. It is most often used in the specific sense of government policies that require citizens (often just males) to serve in the armed forces. Conscription
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| Counting-out game A counting-out game is a simple game intended to select a person to be "it", often for the purpose of playing another game. Some counting-out games are Counting-out_game
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| Chinese language Hànyǔ, Zhōngwén Chinese_language
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| History of China Chinese civilization originated in various city-states along the Yellow River () valley in the Neolithic era. The written history of China begins with the Shang Dynasty (ca. History_of_China
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| Clement Attlee | birth_place =Putney, London, England Clement_Attlee
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| Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event The Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, which occurred approximately (Ma), was a large-scale mass extinction of animal and plant species in a geologically short period of time. Widely known as the K–T extinction event, it is associated with a geological signature known as the K–T boundary, usually a thin band of sedimentation found in various parts of the world. Cretaceous–Tertiary_extinction_event
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| C. S. Lewis | birthplace = Belfast, Ireland C._S._Lewis
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| Confucius Talk:Confucius
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| Craig Charles | birthplace = Liverpool, England, UK Craig_Charles
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| Continuity Irish Republican Army The Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that emerged from a split in the Provisional IRA in 1986. Its supporters regard it as the national army of a 32-county Irish Republic. Continuity_Irish_Republican_Army
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| Council of Europe |membership = 47 European states5 observers (Council)3 observers (Assembly) Council_of_Europe
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| Cardiff |leader_name = Rodney Berman Cardiff
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| Capital punishment Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the execution of a person by the state as punishment for a crime. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. Capital_punishment
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| Cheers | network = NBC Cheers
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| Cycling Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, quadricycles and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles (HPVs) as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport. It is done on roads and paths, across open country or even over snow and ice (icebiking). Cycling
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| Cleveland, Ohio |title=Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report|accessdate=2007-03-27|publisher=USGS }} Cleveland,_Ohio
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| Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national churches. Church_of_England
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| Comet A comet is a small Solar System body that orbits the Sun and, when close enough to the Sun, exhibits a visible coma (atmosphere) or a tail — both primarily from the effects of solar radiation upon the comet's nucleus. Comet nuclei are themselves loose collections of ice, dust and small rocky particles, measuring a few kilometres or tens of kilometres across. Comet
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| Capoeira Brazil Capoeira
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| Carbon sink A carbon sink is reservoir of carbon that accumulates and stores carbon for an indefinite period. The main natural sinks are: Carbon_sink
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| Politics of Comoros Politics of the Union of the Comoros takes place in a framework of a federal presidential republic, whereby the President of the Comoros is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Politics_of_Comoros
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| Computer worm A computer worm is a self-replicating computer program. It uses a network to send copies of itself to other nodes (computer terminals on the network) and it may do so without any user intervention. Computer_worm
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| Common Era Common Era (also known as Christian Era and Current Era; Common_Era
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| Chechnya The Chechen Republic (; , Chechenskaya Respublika; , Noxçiyn Respublika), or, informally, Chechnya (; ; , Noxçiyçö), sometimes referred to as Ichkeria, Chechnia, Chechenia or Noxçiyn, is a federal subject of Russia. It is located in the Northern Caucasus mountains, in the Southern Federal District. Chechnya
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| Chechnya Talk:Chechnya
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| Cornish language The Cornish language (in Cornish: Kernewek/Kernowek in Standard Written Form; also written Kernewek in UC and KK, Kernowek in UCR and Kernowek Standard, Curnoack in RLC) is one of the Brythonic group of Celtic languages. The language continued to function as a community language in parts of Cornwall until the late 18th century, and there have been attempts to revive the language since the early 20th century. Cornish_language
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| Claudius (age 63) Claudius
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| Colossus computer The Colossus machines were electronic computing devices used by British codebreakers to read encrypted German messages during World War II. These were the world's first programmable, digital, electronic, computing devices. Colossus_computer
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| Christmas Christmas (), also referred to as Christmas Day or Christmastide, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25Some Orthodox sects celebrate Christmas on or near January 7, as January 7 corresponds to December 25 using the Julian calendar. reference that marks and honors the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Christmas
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| Civilization A Civilization is a society in which large numbers of people share a variety of common elements. It is a society or culture group normally defined as a complex society characterized by the practice of agriculture and settlement in cities. Civilization
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