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Current ISO 3166 country codes. The sortable table below contains the three sets of ISO 3166-1 country codes for each of its 249 countries, links to the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes, and the Internet country code top-level domains (ccTLD) which are based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard with the few exceptions noted. See the ISO 3166 ...
ISO 3166-1. ISO 3166-1 (Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes) is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It is the first part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for ...
The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, [7][8][9][10] was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging to the religious cult known as the Branch Davidians, between February 28 and April 19, 1993. [11] The Branch Davidians, led by David Koresh, were headquartered at Mount Carmel ...
Demolition of the building also will require the loss of parking under the former convention center. A July report from the Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority showed the 994 ...
This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Texas, listed by county. This may include disincorporated communities, towns with no incorporated status, ghost towns, or census-designated places. County.
Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide and defoliant, one of the tactical use Rainbow Herbicides. It was used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, [ 1 ] during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. [ 2 ] The U.S. was strongly influenced by the British who used Agent Orange during the Malayan Emergency.
List of ISO 639 language codes. ISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify languages. [1] Each language is assigned a two-letter (set 1) and three-letter lowercase abbreviation (sets 2–5). [2] Part 1 of the standard, ISO 639-1 defines the two-letter codes, and Part 3 (2007), ISO 639-3, defines the three-letter codes, aiming to ...
A partially demolished house in Qormi, Malta. Demolition of the cooling towers of the Athlone Power Station in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa. A house under demolition in Argos, Greece. Demolition (also known as razing, cartage, and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down buildings and other artificial ...