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(Encyclopedia)Arabian Gulf: see Persian Gulf.Gulf War
(Encyclopedia)Gulf War: see Persian Gulf War; Iran-Iraq War. ...Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(Encyclopedia)Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), association of Eurasian nations founded 2001 in Shanghai by China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Under the charter signed in 2002...Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(Encyclopedia)Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: see under Pacific Rim. ...council, ecumenical
(Encyclopedia)council, ecumenical ĕkˌyo͞omĕnˈĭkəl [key] [Gr.,=universal], in Christendom, council of church leaders, the decisions of which are accepted by some segment of the church as authoritative, also c...ecumenical council
(Encyclopedia)ecumenical council: see council, ecumenical. ...Ceramic Gulf
(Encyclopedia)Ceramic Gulf: see Ceramicus Sinus. ...Nordic Council
(Encyclopedia)Nordic Council, international consultative body, created in 1952 by Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Finland joined the council in 1955. The territories of the Faeroes and the Åland Islands have...Organization of Islamic Cooperation
(Encyclopedia)Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), international organization of 57 countries whose inhabitants are mainly Muslim, est. 1969 as the Organization of the Islamic Conference, renamed 2011. It is ...Browse by Subject
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