２５歳以上のすべてのチベット人は亡命チベット代表者議会の議員選挙に立候補する権利を有する。の英語

Every Tibetan above 25 has the right to stand for election to the Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies.

The Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies, established in 1960, is the legislature that holds the highest jurisdiction in the society of exiled Tibetans.

He added that the Tibetan people want genuine autonomy of religion, culture and language, but not independence.

of or relating to the Egyptian city of Thebes or its people or culture

When the earthquake hit Christchurch on Feb. 22, 2011, the Canterbury Television building collapsed and 115 people were killed, including 28 Japanese.

Chechen rebels had seized the theater on Oct. 23 and were holding about 800 people hostage.

On Sept. 18, a referendum was held in Scotland, the northern part of the United Kingdom, on whether Scotland should become an independent country.

Pro-independence campaigners said that by choosing independence, Scotland would be able to make decisions that are currently made by the national government in London.

And among the good there are Serbs and Croats and Muslims, just as there are among the bad.

an ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China

As a member of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers for JICA (the Japan International Cooperation Agency), I'm teaching health and physical education at a high school in Ethiopia.

The Vietnamese think it is important to spend time with their families at annual events and have festival meals together.

a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state

a minor fast day on Tevet 10 commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem and has also been proclaimed a memorial day for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust

Palestine's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities estimates that 1.2 million people visited Bethlehem in 2012, a 15 percent increase from the previous year.

Today, nearly 200 years after the event, Argentines celebrate May 25 as May Revolution Day.

Since the earthquake hit Japan, many Argentines have asked their Japanese or Japanese-Argentine friends about the safety of their family members in Japan.

Lianne Dalziel, the mayor of Christchurch, explained that the site was chosen out of consideration for the victims' families who are still suffering from the loss of their loved ones.

President Putin immediately signed a decree recognizing Crimea as an independent nation and then went on with the procedures to incorporate Crimea.

a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel

a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change

In a referendum held in Crimea on March 16, nearly 97 percent voted in favor of leaving Ukraine and joining Russia.

of or relating to the Greek city of Thebes or its people or culture

a little known Palestinian group comprised of members of Hamas and Tanzim with suspected ties to the Lebanese Hizballah

Anti-independence campaigners raised concerns that an independent Scotland would lose influence in the international community.

After the speech, President Putin, Crimean Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov and other representatives of the region signed a treaty making Crimea an official part of Russia.

During the Arab-Israeli wars of the second half of the 20th century, a great number of Palestinians lost their homes and fled to the neighboring countries including Jordan.

Thai people call their country's capital Krung Thep. If you translate this it means 'City of Angels'.

the first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993

On March 29, the Israeli army began making incursions into Palestinian-controlled areas in retaliation for suicide bombings by Palestinian radicals.