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• The flag of Canada features a red field with a white square at its center, in which is featured a stylized, red, 11-pointed maple leaf.
• The maple leaf has been used as a symbol of Canada.

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The Bermuda Triangle is located in the North Atlantic Ocean.

It is defined by points in Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico.

It is famous for the mysterious disappearances of ships and aircraft.

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Free trade refers to a trade policy where a country does not impose any tariffs, quotas, or other restrictions on imports or exports.

This means that goods and services can be traded between countries without any government interference or protectionism.

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Al Jazeera is a news organization based in Doha, Qatar.

The network is partially funded by the government of Qatar.

A 24-hour English-language news channel that was introduced in 2006.

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• Brian Lara broke Hanif Muhammad's record by scoring 501 runs for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994.
• Hanif Muhammad held the record for 35 years, after scoring 499 runs for Karachi against Bahawalpur in 1959.

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The United Nations (UN) has six main organs.

Five of them — the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council and the Secretariat — are based at UN Headquarters in New York.

The sixth, the International Court of Justice, is located at The Hague in the Netherlands.

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On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The attack resulted in over 2,400 American deaths and significant damage to the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

This led to the United States formally declaring war on Japan, and subsequently on Germany and Italy.

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China was the first country to start a newspaper.

The First Newspaper - The "Dibao"

as early as the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE)

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Jonathan Swift wrote Gulliver’s Travels.

It was published in 1726.

It is a satirical adventure novel that critiques human nature and society through the travels of Lemuel Gulliver.

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In journalism, sensationalism is a type of editorial tactic.

Events and topics in news stories are selected and worded to excite the greatest number of readers and viewers.