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The line extends as far as Stratford, with ten intermediate stations. The new stations were designed to be "future-proof", with wide passageways, large quantities of escalators and lifts, and emergency exits. The stations were the first on the Underground to have platform edge doors, and were built to have step free access throughout. [15]
7-Eleven, Inc. [2] is a convenience store chain, headquartered in Irving, Texas.The chain was founded in 1927 as an ice house storefront in Dallas.It was named Tote'm Stores between 1928 and 1946.
Language Type Spoken in Numbers of speakers in the UK English: Germanic (West Germanic) : Throughout the United Kingdom UK (2021 data): 91.1% (52.6 million) of usual residents, aged three years and over, had English (English or Welsh in Wales) as a main language (down from 92.3%, or 49.8 million, in 2011) [22]
Hezbollah launched the station in 1991 [183] with the help of Iranian funds. [184] Al-Manar, the self-proclaimed "Station of the Resistance", ( qanat al-muqawama ) is a key player in what Hezbollah calls its " psychological warfare against the Zionist enemy " [ 184 ] [ 185 ] and an integral part of Hezbollah's plan to spread its message to the ...
In the 1860s, an arsenic byproduct of dye production, London Purple, was widely used. This was a solid mixture of arsenic trioxide, aniline, lime, and ferrous oxide, insoluble in water and very toxic by inhalation or ingestion [ 70 ] But it was later replaced with Paris Green , another arsenic-based dye. [ 71 ]
The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, [4] is a series of military clashes involving Israel, Lebanon and Syria, the Palestine Liberation Organization, as well as various militias and militants acting from within Lebanon.
The UK is also the home of the Church of England, the state church and mother church of the Anglican Communion, the third-largest Christian denomination. Britain contains some of the world's oldest universities, has made many contributions to philosophy , science , technology and medicine , and is the birthplace of many prominent scientists and ...
The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence on foreign nationals in support of its Five Eyes partners.