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  2. Berkut (special police force) - Wikipedia

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    The Berkut (Ukrainian: Беркут; "golden eagle" ) was the Ukrainian system of special police (riot police) of the Ukrainian Militsiya within the Ministry of Internal Affairs. [4] [5] The agency was formed in 1992, shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, as the successor to the Ukrainian SSR's OMON.

  3. Black Berkut - Wikipedia

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    The "Black Golden Eagle" is divided into two parts. One contains those who have been sentenced for serious crimes to 20–25 years in prison, the other contains those sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2011, it was planned to build a new building for life prisoners, designed for 300 places.

  4. Golden eagles in human culture - Wikipedia

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    Many Eurasian cultures and faiths also feature eagles quite prominently. In Hellenistic religion, the golden eagle is the signature bird of the god Zeus, a connection most notable in the myth of Ganymede, where the god adopted the form of a golden eagle to kidnap the boy, as well as the eagle-like daimon Aetos Dios. [24]

  5. A golden eagle has been killed after it attacked at least four people, including a toddler, in Norway. The young bird was repeatedly involved in attacks on humans across a five-day period in early ...

  6. Golden eagle dies 'after flying into wind turbine'

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    A golden eagle has died after flying into a wind turbine in Dumfries and Galloway, a conservation group has said. Three-year-old male Sparky, which was fledged from a nest by the South of Scotland ...

  7. Golden Eagle escapes from falconry experience

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    A golden eagle has escaped its enclosure at a falconry experience business in Ballyclare, County Antrim. The business said the four-year-old male bird, called Loki, escaped his enclosure on ...

  8. Status and conservation of the golden eagle - Wikipedia

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    In flight in Czech Republic. At one time, the golden eagle lived in a great majority of temperate Europe, North Asia, North America, North Africa, and Japan.Although widespread and quite secure in some areas, in many parts of the range golden eagles have experienced sharp population declines and have even been extirpated from some areas.

  9. Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act - Wikipedia

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    The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668-668d) is a United States federal statute that protects two species of eagle.The bald eagle was chosen as a national emblem of the United States by the Continental Congress of 1782 and was given legal protection by the Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940.