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  2. Ngo Dinh Diem - Wikipedia

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    From 1957 onward, as part of the Vietnam War, he faced a communist insurgency backed by North Vietnam, eventually formally organized under the banner of the Viet Cong. He was subject to several assassination and coup attempts, and in 1962 established the Strategic Hamlet Program as the cornerstone of his counterinsurgency effort.

  3. Thích Nhất Hạnh - Wikipedia

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    Nhất Hạnh was born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo on 11 October 1926, in the ancient capital of Huế in central Vietnam. [ 13 ][ 7 ][ 14 ] He is 15th generation Nguyễn Đình; the poet Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, author of Lục Vân Tiên, was his ancestor. [ 15 ] His father, Nguyễn Đình Phúc, from Thành Trung village in Thừa Thiên, Huế ...

  4. Under the Banner of Heaven - Wikipedia

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    Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith is a nonfiction book by author Jon Krakauer, first published in July 2003.He investigated and juxtaposed two histories: the origin and evolution of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and a modern double murder committed in the name of God by brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who subscribed to a fundamentalist version ...

  5. Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and ...

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    Website. www.huflit.edu.vn. Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology (abbreviation: HUFLIT) is a university located at 828 Su Van Hanh, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Date of foundation: October 26, 1992, according to Decision No. 616/Ttg by the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

  6. Abdication of Bảo Đại - Wikipedia

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    - Bảo Đại quote from Bảo Đại trao kiếm giả cho 'cách mạng'? (Did Bảo Đại give a fake sword to the "revolution"?) by Phạm Cao Phong (BBC). The telegram sent by Un comité de patriotes représentant tous les partis et toutes les couches de la population set an ultimatum of 12 hours for Bảo Đại to abdicate, otherwise they couldn't guarantee that he or his family would ...

  7. Extraterrestrial life - Wikipedia

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    The Greek Epicurus proposed that other worlds may have their own animals and plants. The modern concept of extraterrestrial life is based on assumptions that were not commonplace during the early days of astronomy. The first explanations for the celestial objects seen in the night sky were based on mythology.

  8. Freedom of religion in Ukraine - Wikipedia

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    The government has banned clergy affiliated with the UOC-MP from serving as chaplains in the National Guard, referring to them as clerics from religious groups whose centers were “located in an aggressor state.” [3] Roman Catholics, UOC-KP members, UGCC members, and Muslims have reported instances of discrimination by the government. [3]

  9. Hahn–Banach theorem - Wikipedia

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    The theorem is named for the mathematicians Hans Hahn and Stefan Banach, who proved it independently in the late 1920s.The special case of the theorem for the space [,] of continuous functions on an interval was proved earlier (in 1912) by Eduard Helly, [1] and a more general extension theorem, the M. Riesz extension theorem, from which the Hahn–Banach theorem can be derived, was proved in ...