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1. Kennedy School of Government
   Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government is a school within Harvard University that offers graduate degrees in public policy and public administration, as well as conducting research in various subjects relating to politics and government. It was originally Harvard's Graduate School of Public Administration, which had been founded
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2. Vespasian
   emperor (July 1, 69), first by the army in Egypt, and then by his troops in Judaea (July 11). Nevertheless, Vitellius, the occupant of the throne, had on his side the veteran legions of Gaul and the Rhineland, Rome's best troops. But the feeling in Vespasian's favour quickly gathered strength, and the armies of Moesia, Pannonia and Illyricum soon declared for him, and made him in fact master of half of the Roman world. His troops entered Italy on the north-east under the leadership of Antonius Primus, defeated the army of Vitellius at Bedriacum (or Betriacum) (which had awaited him in
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3. Katyn Massacre
   Gneizdovo village, a short distance from Smolensk. Many Poles had become prisoners of war following the invasion and defeat of Poland by the Nazis and the Soviet Union in September 1939. In 1943 the Wehrmacht discovered the mass grave of over 4000 Polish officers in the forest near Katyn and accused the Soviets of having massacred them. The Allies were aware that the Nazis had found a mass grave, as the discovery transpired, via radio transmissions intercepted and decrypted by Bletchley Park. The Soviet government denied the German charges and asserted that the Poles, war prisoners, had been captured and executed
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4. Vermont
   Eastern: UTC-5/-4 Latitude Longitude 42°44'N to 45°0'43"N 71°28'W to 73°26'W Width Length Elevation   -Highest   -Mean   -Lowest 130 km 260 km   1,339 meters 305 meters 29 meters ISO 3166-2: US-VT Vermont is the 14th state of the United States, famous for its beautiful scenery, dairy products, maple syrup and progressive politics. USS Vermont was named in honor of this state. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Law and Government 3 Geography 4 Economy 5 Demographics 6 Important Cities and Towns 7 Education 7.1 Colleges and Universities 8 Professional Sports Teams 9 Miscellaneous Information 10 External Links 10.1.1
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5. KANU
   political process increased rapidly. The first direct elections for Africans to the Legislative Council took place in 1957. The Kenya African National Union was founded in 1960. The Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU) was founded in 1960, to challenge KANU. KADU's aim was to defend the interests of the small minority tribes, such as the Kalenjin to which Moi belonged, against the dominance of the big Luo and Kikuyu tribes that comprised the majority of Kanu's membership (Kenyatta himself being a Kikuyu). KADU pressed for a federal constitution, while KANU was in favour of centralism. The advantage lay with the numerically
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6. Karl Haushofer
   Karl Haushofer General Karl Haushofer (1869 - 1946) popularised geopolitics, notably in the Nazi regime. Some researchers think that by the contact of his student Rudolf Heß, Haushofer had considerable influence on the development of Hitler's ideas of expansion. Haushofer denied strong influence on the Nazi regime and committed suicide in 1946. His son, Albrecht, was killed by the Nazis because of opposition to the government. See also: Simon Wiesenthal Center
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7. Kalimantaan
   there is evidence that he was married to a Malay woman. Gideon Barr marries an Englishwoman to provide himself an "air of permanence" as Rajah and we see much of the later portion of the story through Amelia Barr's eyes. Gideon also maintains a Malayan mistress who provides a note of tragedy in the way her presence poisons Gideon and Amelia's relationship. On the other hand, the 30,000 pounds that Brooke/Barr inherited at his father's death which enabled him to acquire his schooner, the massacre of the sons of the Sultan of Brunei, the Chinese insurrection of 1857, and the commission
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8. Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
   supported the idea of republic instead of the then-popular constitutional monarchy – the idea collapsed after elected king Väinö I of Finland declined. Stålberg also championed direct presidential elections, but the Senate chose the elector-system. The Senate elected Ståhlberg president on July 27, 1919. As a president he was formal and due to his shyness, wrote beforehand everything he had to say in public. He was a widower but remarried in 1920. He had to form various parliamentarian precedents and interpretations and nominate many short-lived cabinets. In foreign policy Ståhlberg was markedly reserved towards Sweden, cautious towards Germany, and generally unsuccessful
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9. Karl Renner
   always been interested in politics and became librarian in parliament and member of the Austrian social democrats party (SPÖ) in 1896. He started to represent the party in the Imperial Diet in 1907. Afterwards, Renner was Chancellor of Austria and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1918 until 1920. The peace treaty in St. Germain was as well under the leadership of Karl Renner and from 1931 to 1933 he was President of the Representative Assembly. He always plead for the annexation of Austria with Germany but distanced himself from politics during the wartime. After the collapse of the Third Reich, Renner
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10. Kalimantan
    Kalimantan Kalimantan is the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. It occupies the central and southern regions of the island. It is divided into four provinces, Kalimantan Barat (west, with capital Pontianak), Kalimantan Tengah (south, with capital Palangkaraya), Kalimantan Timur (northeast, with capital Samarinda), and Kalimantan Selatan (southeast, with capital Banjarmasin). There is a war in this region between the indigenous Dayaks and the Madurese immigrants, who were moved here in a government "transmigration" programme that operated, in various forms, from 1905 until 2001. The Dayak fighters are known for their ferocious tactics, such as the
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11. Kaunas
    In 1441 Kaunas signed Hansa treaty and had Hansa merchant office opened. Already in 16th century Kaunas had public school, hospital, drugstore and was one of best formed towns in Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The 17th and 18th centuries were unfortunate for Kaunas. In 1665 Russian army attacked the city several times. In 1701 city hosted Swedish army, plagues in 1657 and 1708, fires in 1731 and 1732. At 1812 war army of Napoleon was crossing Nemunas, so the city was devastated too times during same year. In 1862 a railway connecting Russian empire and Germany was constructed, making Kaunas a
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12. Kansai
    in Kinki is Japanese for miyako meaning city or metropolis. It stems from the fact that up until the Edo era Japan's capital was located in this region. The Kansai region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Mie, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, and Shiga. The Kansai region is often compared (yet more often contrasted) with the Kanto region, which lies to the east and is comprised primarily of Tokyo and the surrounding area. Whereas the Kanto region is symbolic of standardization throughout Japan (from the government to economics to the language), the Kansai region displays many more idiosyncracies through the culture in
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13. Karl Schwarz
    of a number of popular works (parables, romances, etc.) under the pseudonym "Theodor Melas". Karl Schwarz studied theology and philosophy at Halle, and afterwards at Bonn (1831) and Berlin (1832-1834). At Berlin he came under the influence of Schleiermacher and Georg Hegel, whose influences are seen in his work Das Wesen der Religion (1847). In 1837 he was imprisoned for six months on account of his advanced political opinions. After his release he helped (from 1838) with the Hallische Jahrbücher. From 1843 to 1845 he lectured at Halle, and was then suspended by the government. In 1849, however, he was appointed
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14. Karsten Niebuhr
    saved his own life and restored his health by adopting the native habits as to dress and food. From Mocha the ship was taken to Bombay, the artist of the expedition dying on the passage, and the surgeon soon after landing. Niebuhr was now the only surviving member of the expedition. He stayed fourteen months at Bombay, and then returned home by Muscat, Bushire, Shiraz and Persepolis, visited the ruins of Babylon, and thence went to Bagdad, Mosul and Aleppo. After a visit to Cyprus he made a tour through Palestine, crossing the Taurus Mountains to Brussa, reaching Constantinople in February
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15. Karl August von Hardenberg
    Hardenberg (May 31, 1750 - November 26, 1822), Prussian statesman, was born at Essenroda in Hanover. Biography After studying at Leipzig and Göttingen he entered the Hanoverian civil service in 1770 as councillor of the board of domains (Katnmerrat); but, finding his advancement slow, he set out--on the advice of King George III--on a course of travels, spending some time at Wetzlar, Regensburg (where he studied the mechanism of the Imperial government), Vienna and Berlin. He also visited France, the Netherlands and England, where he was kindly received by the king. On his return he married, by his father's desire, the
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16. Katrina Leung
    of several prominent Republican party candidates. In the early 1980s she was recruited by the FBI's Los Angeles office chief of Chinese counter-intelligence, James J. Smith, and given the code name "Parlor Maid". Working with Smith, Leung became a valued information asset and was paid $1.7 million for her services over the years. Eventually Leung and Smith, both married, began a 20 year sexual affair. Leung had access to classified FBI documents Smith would bring to their trysts, and in early 2003 was arrested and charged with working as a double agent for the People's Republic of China government. FBI officials
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17. Karlstad University
    Karlstad University Karlstad University or Karlstads universitet is a state university in Karlstad, Sweden. The university created in 1999 when the former university college was granted the privileges of a university by the Government of Sweden. See also: List of universities in Sweden
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18. Kamikawa Aya
    a 35-year-old writer, submitted her election papers with a blank space for "sex." Her birth documents, wherein she is listed as male, cannot be altered under Japanese law. However, she was permitted to run as a woman. This was hailed as a victory for transgendered rights in Japan. Running as an independent, she won her seat, placing sixth of 72 candidates 2000 running for 52 seats in the Setagaya municipal assembly, a district in Tokyo. Despite an announcement that the government would continue to consider her male for other purposes, she declared that she would sit as a woman. Her platform was
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19. Karl Rove
    December 25, 1950 in Denver, Colorado) is currently U.S. President George W. Bush's chief political strategist. After dropping out of the University of Utah in 1971, Karl Rove began his political career as the Executive Director of the College Republican National Committee. He held this position until 1972 when he became the National Chairman of the College Republicans (1973-1974). As chairman, Rove had access to many powerful politicians and government officials during the Watergate scandal, including then CIA director George H. W. Bush. For the next few years, he worked in various Republican Circles and assisted George H. W. Bush's 1980
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20. Kaohsiung Incident
    Kaohsiung Incident zh-cn:美丽岛事件 The Kaohsiung Incident was the result of pro-democracy demonstrations that occurred in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China to commemorate Human Rights Day on December 10, 1979. It erupted following the police raid of Formosa Magazine, an illegal publication designed to support the end of Kuomintang monopolization of power in Taiwan. The ROC Government Information Office under the leadership of James Soong hoped to chill opposition voices through heavyhanded methods. The protest disintegrated into a brawl as protesters, police and undercover agents collided. The event would be a major turning point for
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