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  2. Phase-out of incandescent light bulbs - Wikipedia

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    60 W incandescent light bulb with energy efficiency class E Equivalent 42 W halogen incandescent light bulb with efficiency class C Compact fluorescent lamp LED lamp. Various governments have passed legislation to phase out manufacturing or importation of incandescent light bulbs for general lighting in favor of more energy-efficient alternatives.

  3. United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Most of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922 as the Irish Free State, and the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 created the present United Kingdom. The UK became the first industrialised country and was the world's foremost power for the majority of the 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly during the "Pax Britannica" between 1815 ...

  4. Balikbayan box - Wikipedia

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    Balikbayan boxes may contain items the sender thinks the recipient would like, regardless of whether those items can be bought cheaply in the Philippines, such as non-perishable food, toiletries, household items, electronics, toys, designer clothing, or items difficult to find in the Philippines. [15]

  5. Firearms regulation in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    A few models of ISSF 50 meter pistol (also known as "Free Pistol") have been produced which exceed the defined dimensions for prohibited "short firearms" and qualify as Section 1 firearms. Some free pistols offered removable stabiliser bars; UK-legal models are manufactured with stabilisers permanently fixed.

  6. DI Ray - Wikipedia

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    DI Ray is a 2022 British police procedural television series, known in Canada as D. I. Ray. The series was created and written by Maya Sondhi and produced by Jed Mercurio . DI Ray stars Parminder Nagra in the title role as a detective inspector in a fictitious Birmingham -based police force.

  7. Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman - Wikipedia

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    Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman was released in Japan on 17 May 1997. While Indian parallel cinema, including Satyajit Ray's Bengali films such as The Apu Trilogy, was known in Japan, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman introduced the commercial masala film style

  8. Sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis - Wikipedia

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    In October 2023, the administration of Joe Biden temporarily lifted some U.S. sanctions on the oil, gas and gold industries in exchange for the promise of the release of political prisoners and free 2024 elections; [4] [5] most of the sanctions were reimposed in April when the U.S. State Department said the Barbados Agreement to hold free ...

  9. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons - Wikipedia

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    All 54 nations of Africa (all but one of which have either signed or ratified the 1996 Treaty of Pelindaba establishing a nuclear-weapon-free-zone in the continent) [52] and all 33 nations of Latin America and the Caribbean (already in a nuclear-weapon-free-zone under the 1967 Treaty of Tlatelolco) [53] had subscribed to common regional ...