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  2. Photo finish - Wikipedia

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    Photo-finish cameras were developed during the 1940s and 1950s as a means of regulating the racing industry and to reduce cheating. Betting on races became increasingly popular during the middle decades of the twentieth century. Authorities were therefore concerned to improve the probity of racing which was widely regarded as corrupt.

  3. Saanen - Wikipedia

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    History. The village was first mentioned in 1228 as Gissinay. In 1340 it was mentioned as Sanon. [3] During the Bronze Age there was a hill fort on the Cholis Grind near the modern village of Saanen. The region was occupied by the Gallo-Romans until the 10th or 11th century when the Alamanni began to drive them out.

  4. Nafa Urbach - Wikipedia

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    Nafa Indria Urbach (born 15 June 1980) is an Indonesian soap opera actress and singer. She began her career in the entertainment world through with her song "Bagai Lilin Kecil" composed by Deddy Dores. [1] She is often referred to as the successor to the singer Nike Ardilla. [2]

  5. Photography of the Holocaust - Wikipedia

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    Origin of the photos. Much of the photography of the Holocaust is the work of Nazi German photographers. Some originated as routine administrative procedure, such as identification photographs ; others were intended to illustrate the construction and functioning of the camps or prisoner transport.

  6. Wedding invitation - Wikipedia

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    Wedding invitation. A wedding invitation is a letter asking the recipient to attend a wedding. It is typically written in the formal, third-person language and mailed five to eight weeks before the wedding date. Like any other invitation, it is the privilege and duty of the host—historically, for younger brides in Western culture, the mother ...

  7. Kazakh wedding ceremony - Wikipedia

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    The wedding in native Kazakh language is Uilenu toyi, the marriage is Ui bolu . The religious part of the Kazakh wedding ceremony is called Neke Qïyu ( Kazakh: Неке қию, from Arabic Nikah ). The wedding process may take many weeks and even months to complete. This is because a Kazakh marriage, like marriages in most Muslim societies ...

  8. 2004 Ukrainian child pornography raids - Wikipedia

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    Location. Kyiv, Kharkiv, Simferopol in Ukraine. The 2004 Ukrainian child pornography raids occurred a few months before the First Orange Revolution, when police in Ukraine raided a softcore child pornography ring operating in the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Simferopol. The ring had operated since 2001 and used a modeling agency as a front.

  9. Human penis - Wikipedia

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    Human penis. In human anatomy, the penis ( / ˈpiːnɪs /; pl.: penises or penes; from the Latin pēnis, initially "tail" [1]) is an external male sex organ ( intromittent organ) that additionally serves as the urinary duct. The main parts are the root, body, the epithelium of the penis including the shaft skin, and the foreskin covering the glans.