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  2. Message in a bottle - Wikipedia

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    The 2012 find occurred east of Shetland by the Copious, the same fishing vessel involved in the 2006 find. [ 84 ] In a 2013 promotional campaign, Norwegian soft drink company Solo released a 26-foot, 2.7-ton replica soda bottle outfitted with a customized camera, navigation lights, an automatic identification system , a radar reflector, and GPS ...

  3. Salman of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 September 2024. King of Saudi Arabia since 2015 Not to be confused with King Salmon, Solomon, or Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud. In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Saud. Salman Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in 2020 King of Saudi Arabia Reign 23 January 2015 – present Bay ...

  4. Sri Lanka Army - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka Army Seva Vanitha Unit conducts various welfare projects such as Viru Kekulu pre-schools, day care centres, welfare shops, bakeries and salons, [82] with the committed contribution of the dedicated membership. Construction of houses, giving away of educational scholarships and assisting in times of natural disasters, are done at both ...

  5. Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    Lebanon (/ ˈ l ɛ b ə n ɒ n,-n ə n / ⓘ LEB-ə-non, -⁠nən; Arabic: لُبْنَان, romanized: Lubnān, local pronunciation: [lɪbˈneːn]), officially the Republic of Lebanon, [c] is a country in the Levant region of West Asia, bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance from the country's coas

  6. Pharmaceutical industry - Wikipedia

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    A drug manufacturer inspection by the US Food and Drug Administration. The pharmaceutical industry is an industry involved in medicine that discovers, develops, produces, and markets pharmaceutical goods for use as drugs that function by being administered to (or self-administered by) patients using such medications with the goal of curing and/or preventing disease (as well as possibly ...

  7. Erie Canal - Wikipedia

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    The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east–west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie.Completed in 1825, the canal was the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, vastly reducing the costs of transporting people and goods across the Appalachians.

  8. British colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Seeking to weaken Spain's economic and military power, English privateers such as Francis Drake and Humphrey Gilbert harassed Spanish shipping. [11] Gilbert proposed the colonization of North America on the Spanish model, with the goal of creating a profitable English empire that could also serve as a base for the privateers.