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FIFA World Cup 2010:

Host country: South Africa

Dates: 11 June – 11 July

Teams: 32 (from 6 confederations)

Venue(s): 10 (in 9 host cities)

Best player(s): Uruguay Diego Forlán

Best goalkeeper: Spain Iker Casillas

Final positions

• Champions: Spain (1st title)
• Runners-up: Netherlands
• Third place: Germany
• Fourth place: Uruguay

The last FIFA World Cup was held in Australia on 20 August 2023 and Spain won. 

The 2026 World Cup will take place in three host countries: Canada, Mexico, and the USA.

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HRWstands for Human Rights Watch

It is an international non-governmental organization.

Founded in 1978.

Headquarters: New York City, U.S.

It was co-founded by Robert L. Bernstein, Jeri Laber, and Aryeh Neier as a private American NGO in 1978

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Alfred Nobel (a Swedish chemist) initiated Nobel Prize in:

• Peace
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Physiology or Medicine
• Literature

In 1901, Nobel Prize was first awarded in Stockholm, Sweden,

expected the Peace Prize in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway.

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Nobel Prize in Economics started in 1968

In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) established the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize

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Russia supplies natural gas to European countries mainly through Ukraine.

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The Order of Cloud and Banner was the most prestigious military award of China.

It was instituted on June 15, 1935

It was mainly awarded during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945).

The award was discontinued after 1949

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• LNG, or liquefied natural gas, is simply natural gas converted into a liquid by cooling it to -260°F (−162 °C).
• This process reduces its volume by a factor of more than 600.
• This allows natural gas to be transported efficiently by sea.
• LNG is mainly constituted of 90% methane and some mixture of ethane, propane, butane, some heavier alkanes, and nitrogen.
• It is odorless, colorless, non-toxic, and non-corrosive.

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Sharm el-Shaikh is a famous tourist city in Egypt.

It is located on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula along the Red Sea.

Known for beaches, coral reefs, and diving spots.

Popular for international conferences and tourism.