by ulccadmin | Jan 2, 2015
Foreign and Commonwealth Office. British government department with responsibility for relations with other countries. Created in 1968 from the merger of the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office. Often called ‘the Foreign Office’.
by ulccadmin | Jan 2, 2015
A federal state that briefly united Malaysia and Singapore form 1963 to 1965.
by ulccadmin | Jan 2, 2015
Unit of the Zimbabwean army formed in 1981 and trained by North Korean soldiers. It became notorious for atrocities committed in Matabeleland, and was abolished in 1988.
by ulccadmin | Jan 2, 2015
An inter-governmental body set-up in 1989 by a G-7 summit held in Paris in 1989. The aim was to establish standards of legal, regulatory and operational measures for battling money laundering and terrorist financing.
by ulccadmin | Jan 2, 2015
Ruth First (1925-1982). South African anti-apartheid activist, she was assassinated by South African security...
