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| 6583357330 | Al Qaeda | a network of Islamic terrorist organizations, led by Osama bin Laden, that carried out the attacks on the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998, the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000, and the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001 | 0 | |
| 6583362139 | islamic state | radical Sunni Islam group who wants to establish a state governed by strict Islamic law | 1 | |
| 6583364466 | NAFTA | A trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico that encourages free trade between these North American countries. | 2 | |
| 6583369381 | European Union | ..., an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members | 3 | |
| 6583374295 | McDonaldization | George Ritzer's term describing the spread of bureaucratic rationalization and the accompanying increases in efficiency and dehumanization. | 4 | |
| 6583377020 | GATT | A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas | 5 | |
| 6583379343 | G7 | Group of seven leading industrial countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States | 6 | |
| 6583381533 | Green Protocol | A vouluntary agreement est. between UNICA, ORPLANA, and the Gov. of state of Sao Paulo to end the use of fire in sugarcane harvesting | 7 | |
| 6583398520 | Kyoto Protocol | controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries | 8 | |
| 6583401132 | Arab Spring | A revolutionary wave of protests and demonstrations overtaking dictators in the Middle East (2011) | 9 | |
| 6583404620 | Beijing women's conference | The 4th World Conference on Women: Action for Equalitity, Development and peace was the name given for a conference convened by the UN during sept. 4-15 1995 in Beijing China | 10 |