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On July 25, 1933, Roosevelt gave a radio address in which he coined the term "first 100 days." 

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 The 29th Winter Universiade 2019 will take place in Krasnoyarsk from 2 to 12 March, 2019.

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The Von Thünen model explains agricultural land use patterns based on distance from a central market.

Johann Heinrich von Thünen developed it, and it was first published in 1826.

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Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country and former Soviet republic.

Capital: Nur-Sultan

Currency: Kazakhstani tenge

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On  March 24, 1992, the Open Skies Treaty was signed in Finland by the then U.S. Secretary of State James Baker and foreign ministers from 23 other countries. 

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Benito Mussolini was an Italian politician and leader of the National Fascist Party.

He ruled Italy as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943.

He is known for his authoritarian and fascist regime, which allied with Nazi Germany and Japan during World War II.

Mussolini was born in Predappio, Italy in 1883.

He was executed in Milan, Italy in 1945.

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• Mikhail Gorbachev initiated Perestroika (restructuring) to reform the Soviet economy and Glasnost (openness) to increase transparency and freedom of information in 1985.
• These movements aimed to modernize the USSR.
• Mikhail Gorbachev was a Russian and Soviet politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991.

• Mikhail Gorbachev died on 30 August 2022 at the age of 91.

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The English Channel runs between the countries of England and France.

The English Channel has long served as a natural barrier between England and the rest of Europe.

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The US Secretary of State said that the US will respond quickly and appropriately if the Syrian government attacks chemical weapons again.

This statement was made after the Syrian leader, Bashar Assad, used chemical weapons against his own people.

The US, along with France and Britain, struck targets in Syria as punishment for Assad's actions.

President Trump also mentioned that the US is prepared to sustain the response until the Syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents.

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• The FATF is an intergovernmental organization on the initiative of the G7 to develop policies to combat money laundering.
• The FATF was founded in 1989.
• The Financial Action Task Force is also known by its French name "Groupe d'action Financiere (GAFI)".
• FATF has maintained the FATF blacklist and the FATF greylist since 2000.
• Turkey and Israel are also members of FATF.
• FATF had 39 full members, comprising 37 member jurisdictions and 2 regional organizations as of 2019.

Additional Information 

• Some important members of FATF are following:-
  • India
  • United States
  • Japan
  • Australia
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Austria
  • Canada
  • China
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Denmark
  • Greece