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International Date Line

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"Date line" redirects here. For other uses, see Dateline (disambiguation). The International Date Line around the antimeridian (180° longitude) The International Date Line ( IDL ) is an imaginary line of demarcation on the surface of Earth that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and demarcates the change of one calendar day to the next. It passes through the middle of the Pacific Ocean, roughly following the 180° line of longitude but deviating to pass around some territories and island groups. Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Description 1.2 Circumnavigating the globe 1.3 Facts dependent on the IDL 2 De facto and de jure date lines 2.1 Cartographic practice and convention 3 Historical alterations 3.1 Philippines (1521 and 1844) 3.2 Alaska (1740s and 1867) 3.3 Samoan Islands and Tokelau (1892 and 2011) 3.4 Kwajalein (c. 1945 and 1993) 3.5 Eastern Kiribati (1994) 4 Date lines according to religious prin...

Bussy-lès-Poix

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An Bussy-lès-Poix amo in usa ka komyun ha departamento han Somme ngan ha rehiyon han Picardie ha nasod han Fransya. k h l Mga komyun ha departamento han Somme Abbeville  · Ablaincourt-Pressoir  · Acheux-en-Amiénois  · Acheux-en-Vimeu  · Agenville  · Agenvillers  · Aigneville  · Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher  · Ailly-sur-Noye  · Ailly-sur-Somme  · Airaines  · Aizecourt-le-Bas  · Aizecourt-le-Haut  · Albert  · Allaines  · Allenay  · Allery  · Allonville  · Amiens  · Andainville  · Andechy  · Argœuves  · Argoules  · Arguel  · Armancourt  · Arquèves  · Arrest  · Arry  · Arvillers  · Assainvillers  · Assevillers  · Athies  · Aubercourt  · Aubigny  · Aubvillers  · Auchonvillers  · Ault  · Aumâtre  · Aumont  · Autheux  · Authie  · Authieule  · Authuille  · Avelesges  · Aveluy  · Avesnes-Chaussoy  · Ayencourt  · Bacouel-sur-Selle  · Bailleul  · Baizieux  · Balâtre  · Barleux  · Barl...

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

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"ISIS", "ISIL", "Daish", "Daesh", and "Islamic State group" redirect here. For other uses, see ISIS (disambiguation), ISIL (disambiguation), Daish (disambiguation), and Islamic state (disambiguation). This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably . The readable prose size is 105 kilobytes. Please consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding or removing subheadings. ( June 2017 ) It has been suggested that portions of this section be split out and merged into the article titled Collaboration with ISIL , which already exists. (Discuss) (March 2018) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام ‎ ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah fī 'l-ʿIrāq wa-sh-Shām Participant in Iraq War (2003–2011), Iraqi insurgency, Syrian Civil War, Iraqi Civil War, Second Libyan Civil War, Boko Haram insurgency, War in North-West Pakistan, War in Afghanistan, Yemeni Civil War, ...