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Iraq War Veterans Organization The Iraq War Veterans Organization, or IWVO, was founded on April 12th, 2003 by Russell Terry. The original intent of the organization was to ensure that veterans returning from the war in Iraq, would not be subjected to the same treatment of veterans from the Vietnam war, in which Terry served.
Iraq-gate (Finland) Iraqgate is a name used for a series of events that began on 6 March 2003 from a statement given by Anneli Jäätteenmäki, leader of the Finnish Centre Party. In a televised election debate prior to the 2003 parliamentary election, Jäätteenmäki accused Paavo Lipponen, the then Prime Minister of Finland, of attaching Finland to George W.
Iraq: Opposing Viewpoints Iraq: Opposing Viewpoints is a book, in the Opposing Viewpoints series, presenting selections of contrasting viewpoints (of an array of scholars, political analysts, scientists, and journalists) on four central questions about the Iraq War and its aftermath: whether it was justified; what role the U.S.
Iraq: Transition to Provincial Iraqi Control The objective of the Iraqi Government and Multi-National Forces in Iraq is to achieve the transition of responsibility for each of the 18 provinces in Iraq from the Coalition to the Iraqi civil authorities, both national and local. Most attention on the issue is understandably focused on progress towards security within the provinces, both in terms of the threat from insurgents and the capability of the Iraqi Security Forces, but other factors, such as the competence and capacity of local governance is also important.
Iraqi 36th Commando Battalion The Iraqi 36th Commando Battalion (36th CDO BN) is one of several Iraqi Special Operations Units that have emerged since the fall of the Saddam Hussein Regime. Official part of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade (ISOF BDE) this aggressive unit could be likened to the role of the United States 75th Ranger Regiment has in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).
Iraqi Air Force The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) is the military branch in Iraq responsible for aerial warfare. IQAF also acts as a support force for the Iraqi Coastal Defense Force and the New Iraqi Army, and the predecessors of those branches (the Iraqi Navy and the Iraqi Regular Army).
Iraqi Airways Iraqi Airways (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية العراقية; also known as Air Iraq) is the largest airline of Iraq. The airline is a national carrier as it operates domestic, regional, and international services.
Iraqi Airways Flight 163 Iraqi Airways Flight 163 was an Iraqi Airways Boeing 737-270C, registry YI-AGJ, that was hijacked in 1986. On December 25, 1986, en route from Saddam International Airport (now Baghdad International Airport) in Baghdad to Amman, Jordan, Flight 163 was hijacked by four men.
Iraqi block cipher In cryptography, the Iraqi block cipher was a block cipher published in C source code form by anonymous FTP upload around July 1999, and widely distributed on Usenet. It is a five round unbalanced Feistel cipher operating on a 256 bit block with a 160 bit key.
Iraqi constitutional referendum, 2005 The electorate of Iraq went to the polls on 15 October 2005 to vote in a referendum on whether or not to ratify the proposed constitution of Iraq. After 10 days of counting votes, the country's electoral commission announced that the constitution had been approved by a wide margin nationwide.
Iraqi Communist Party Since its foundation in 1934, the Iraqi Communist Party (in Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي العراقي) has dominated the left in Iraqi politics. It played a fundamental role in shaping the political history of Iraq between its foundation and the 1970s.
Iraqi Council for Non-Governmental Humanitarian Organisations The Iraqi Council for Non-Governmental Humanitarian Organisations is one of the electoral coalitions that participated in the January 30, 2005 National Assembly legislative election in Iraq. Their leader was Jabbar Me'taff Hassoon.
Iraqi Council of Representatives The National Assembly of Iraq () is any of various representative assemblies or parliaments in the history of modern Iraq. The current national assembly, the Council of Representatives, which meets in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, is an elected body of 275 seats.
Iraqi diplomatic missions Despite its internal turmoil Iraq still maintains a network of diplomatic missions abroad. While the country has re-opened its missions in Washington, London and other Western capitals, and even has opened an embassy in Tehran, Iraq does not have diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia, Libya or Israel.
Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation (formerly Iraqi Democrats Against War and Sanctions) is an Iraqi political organisation originally founded to oppose United States-sponsored economic sanctions. It has now turned its focus to the current occupation of Iraq, calling for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops and the institution of a democratic government.
Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions The Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) is the largest union federation in Iraq and the only officially recognised Union. It was formed in the aftermath of the Iraq War by several groups, most prominently the Iraqi Communist Party, who wished to break away from the old Ba'athist federation.
Iraqi governorate elections, 2005 Governorate council elections were held on the same day as the elections for the transitional Iraqi National Assembly, January 30, 2005. Each province has a 41-member council, except for Baghdad, whose council has 51 members.
Iraqi General Security Directorate The Iraqi General Security Directorate was an intelligence agency of Iraq during the reign of Saddam Hussien. Iraqi General Security Directorate, or IGSD, was a federal police intelligence agency whose job was to help enforce the internal security of Iraq.
Iraqi insurgency The Iraqi insurgency refers to the armed resistance by diverse groups within Iraq to the US occupation of Iraq and to the establishment of a liberal democracy therein. The fighting has clear sectarian overtones and significant international implications (see Iraqi Civil War).
Iraqi Intelligence Service The Iraqi Intelligence Service (Jihaz Al-Mukhabarat Al-A'ma), also known as the Mukhabarat, General Directorate of Intelligence, or Party Intelligence, was the main state intelligence organization in Iraq under Saddam Hussein. The IRIS was primarily concerned with international intelligence collection and analysis but also performed many activities inside Iraq.
Iraqi Interim Government The Iraqi Interim Government was created by the United States and its coalition allies as a caretaker government to govern Iraq until the Iraqi Transitional Government was installed following the Iraqi National Assembly election conducted on January 30, 2005. The Iraqi Interim Government itself took the place of the Coalition Provisional Authority (and the Iraq Interim Governing Council) on June 28, 2004, and was replaced by the Iraqi Transitional Government on May 3, 2005.
Iraqi Kurdistan legislative election, 1992 On May 19, 1992, elections were held to the Kurdistan National Assembly, the parliament of the Kurdish Autonomous Region in Iraq. At the time, the National Assembly had 105 seats, of which 5 were reserved for the Assyrian community.
Iraqi Kurdistan legislative election, 2005 Elections to the Kurdistan National Assembly, the parliament of the Kurdish Autonomous Region (Iraqi Kurdistan) of Iraq, were held on 30 January 2005, to coincide with the national Iraqi election and elections to the provincial councils. Turnout was high across the Kurdish areas of Iraq.
Iraqi legislative election, January 2005 On January 30, 2005, Legislative elections, the Iraqi people chose representatives for the newly-formed 275-member Iraqi National Assembly. The voting represented the first general election since the United States-led 2003 invasion of Iraq, and marked an important step in the transition of turning control of the country over from United States occupation forces to the Iraqis themselves.
Iraqi List The Iraqi List (Arabic: al-Qayimaal Iraqia) is a political party list in the Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005, consisting of mainly secular Shia. It is dominated by the Iraqi National Accord led by former exile and interim prime minister Iyad Allawi.
Iraqi no-fly zones The Iraqi no-fly zones (NFZs) were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect humanitarian operations in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south. Iraqi aircraft were forbidden from flying inside the zones.
Iraqi National Accord The Iraqi National Accord (INA) is an Iraqi political party founded by Iyad Allawi and Salah Omar Al-Ali in 1991. Al-Ali subsequently left the party after he realised the extent of Allawi's links to foreign intelligence agencies.
Iraqi National Congress The Iraqi National Congress (INC) is an umbrella Iraqi opposition group led by Ahmed Chalabi. It was formed with the aid and direction of the United States government following the Gulf War, for the purpose of fomenting the overthrow of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Iraqi National Dialogue Council The Iraqi National Dialogue Council is a Sunni Arab political party initally established as an umbrella organization of approximately 10 smaller Sunni parties to take part in the 2005 Iraqi Constitution drafting process. The party was founded by Saleh al-Mutlaq and Khalaf al-Ulayyan.
Iraqi National Dialogue Front The Iraqi Front for National Dialogue (also called the Hewar National Iraqi Front, al-Jabha al-Iraqia li al-Hiwar al-Watani ) is a Sunni Arab-led Iraqi political list that was formed to contest the December 2005 elections. It describes itself as a non-sectarian coalition that wants to end the presence of foreign troops and to rebuild government institutions.
Iraqi National Guard The Iraqi National Guard was part of the new Iraqi military but has since been absorbed by the New Iraqi Army controlled by the interim government. Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, United States Coalition Provisional Authority Chief Paul Bremer disbanded the military apparatus of Iraq as existed under Saddam Hussein.
Iraqi National Islamic Resistance The Iraqi National Islamic Resistance, 1920 Revolution Brigades is an Iraqi guerrilla organization believed responsible for attacks on coalition forces and other targets in Iraq. Its military wing is called the "Islamic Response.
Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra The Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra (INSO) is a government funded symphony orchestra in Baghdad. The INSO plays primarily classical European music, as well as original compositions based on Iraqi and Arab instruments and music.
Iraqi Navy The Iraqi Navy is one of the components of the military of Iraq currently being reconstructed by UK-US Coalition forces in Iraq. Its primary responsibilities are the protection of Iraq's coastline and offshore assets.
Iraqi Perspectives Project Iraqi Perspectives Project was a comprehensive study of the inner workings of the government of Saddam Hussein based on certain documents seized in Iraq in 2003 known as the Operation Iraqi Freedom Documents and on interviews with various Iraqi personnel. The study was commissioned by the U.
Iraqi Police The Iraqi Police are the organic civil police force of the Republic of Iraq. The creation of this unit was guided by the Coalition Provisional Authority however the command and control of the Police belongs to the new Government of Iraq.
Iraqi revolt against the British The Iraqi revolt against the British started in Baghdad in the summer of 1920 with mass demonstrations of both Sunni and Shia, including protests by embittered officers from the old Ottoman army, against the policies of Sir Arnold Wilson. The revolt gained momentum when it spread to the largely Shia regions of the middle and lower Euphrates.
Iraqi Regular Army In the days leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Iraqi Regular Army consisted of 300,000 troops, organized into 5 corps. In all, there were 11 infantry divisions, 3 mechanized divisions, and 3 armored divisions.
Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council Established after the military coup in 1968, the Revolutionary Command Council was the ultimate decision making body in Iraq before the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. It exercised both executive and legislative authority in the country, with the Chairman and Vice Chairman chosen by a two-thirds majority of the council.
Iraqi Scientific Humanitarian Committee The Iraqi Scientific Humanitarian Committee is a political entity in Iraq that supports a secular, democratic republic that is committed to protecting the freedom and human rights of all citizens, including LGBT Iraqis.
Iraqi Special Republican Guard The Iraqi Special Republican Guard was formed from the Iraqi Republican Guard and founded in either 1992 or 1995 in the nation of Iraq. The Special Republican Guard was charged with protecting the president, Saddam Hussein, and responding to any threat to his power, such as a rebellion or coup, and protecting Baghdad.
Iraqi Special Security Organization The Iraqi Special Security Organization (SSO) was an agency of Saddam Hussein's regime responsible for personal security of high-ranking government officials. Its director, Hani Abd Al-Latif Tilfah Al-Tikriti was the seventh most wanted Iraqi government individual by the United States.
Iraqi Transitional Government The Iraqi Transitional Government was the government of Iraq from the 3rd of May 2005 when it replaced the Iraqi Interim Government, until the 20th of May 2006, when it was replaced by the first permanent government.
Iraqi Turkmen The Iraqi Turkmen (also spelled Turkomen, Turcoman, and Turkman) are a distinct Turkic ethnic group living in northern Iraq, notably in the cities of Arbil, Tal Afar, Kirkuk, and Mosul. Like the Assyrians, they claim to be the third largest ethnic group in the country (following the Arabs and the Kurds).
Iraqi Turkmen Front The Iraqi Turkmen Front (Turkish: Irak TĂĽrkmen Cephesi) is a political movement founded in 1995 which seeks to represent the Turkmen people of Iraq. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, the ITF has contested control of Kirkuk and other areas of northern Iraq claimed by the Kurdistan Regional Government.
Iraqi-Kurdish Autonomy Agreement of 1970 Iraqi-Kurdish Autonomy Agreement of 1970 is an agreement which in March 1970, the Iraqi government and the Kurds reached, to be implemented within four years, for the creation of an Autonomous Region consisting of the three Kurdish governorates and other adjacent districts that have been determined by census to have a Kurdish majority.
Iraqw The Iraqw are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the Mbulu District of Arusha Region in north-central Tanzania, above the Rift Valley wall and south of Ngorongoro Crater. In 2001 the Mbulu population was estimated to number 462,000 They speak a Cushitic] languge belonging to the [[Afro-Asiatic family.
Iraultza Iraultza, meaning Revolution in the Basque language, was a small Basque militant armed group of the Trotskist tendency that may be remembered for being the only one of its kind not to have killed anyone except two of its own members, who died preparing an explosive device in the early 1990s. Soon after the group, that had been active for about a decade with small attacks of explosives that never aimed to cause any personal victim, announced its dissolution.
Iravan Iravat or Iravan (Sanskrit:इरवन), in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, was the son of Pandava Arjuna and Naga princess Ulupi. He fought on the side of the Pandavas in the Kurukshetra war and was killed by the Rakshasa Alumvusha on the eighth day of the war.
IrazĂş Volcano National Park IrazĂş Volcano National Park, or in Spanish the , is a National Park in the Central Volcanic Conservation Area of Costa Rica that encompasses the area around the IrazĂş Volcano in Cartago Province which incorporates what used to be the Ruben Torres Rojas Forest Reserve now called the Prusia Forest Reserve. The volcano is still active although the last major eruptions were between 1963 and 1965, with occasional minor eruptions and some small lava flows since that time.
Irán Eory Irán Eory (Elvira Teresa Eory Sidi) was born to an Austrian father and a Turkish mother on October 21, 1938 in Tehran, Iran. Irán was raised in Spain and entered a beauty contest in Monaco, distinguished by Prince Rainier.
Irène Bordoni Irène Bordoni (January 16 1895 - March 19 1953) was a singer and a Broadway theatre and film actress. Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France from Italian family she had been a child actor, performing in Paris on stage and in silent films for a few years when she came to the United States in 1912.
Irbid Irbid (Arabic: إربد), the ancient Arabella, is Jordan's second largest city located about 70 km north of Amman, situated at an equal distance from Pella and Umm Qais. The seat of the Irbid Governorate, the city has a bustling community and is a major ground transportation hub between Amman, Syria to the north, and Mafraq to the east.
Irbit Bike Show The Irbit Bike Show (Ирбитский байк слёт) is held every year at the end of July. It is organised by the local bike club as a celebration of the town's importance as a manufacturer of heavy motorcycles (see IMZ-Ural) in both the Soviet Union and Russia.
Irbit State Motorcycle Museum The Irbit State Motorcycle Museum was created as a State Museum of the Russian Federation to protect the former IMZ Factory Museum from sale and dispersal. The museum was officially opened on June 25, 2004 as the Irbit Motorcycle Museum.
Ireen Sheer Ireen Sheer (born February 25, 1949 in Basildon, England) is a German-British pop singer who has competed in several Eurovision Song Contests over the past four decades. She married another musician, Gavin du Porter, in the late 1970's or early 1980's.
Irek Ismaren Irek Ismaren (3 BBY – 27 ABY) is a character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. He apparently was the son of Roganda Ismaren and Sarcev Quest, but Irek's father was often rumored to be none other than Emperor Palpatine himself.
Ireland 1691–1801 This period in Ireland's History was marked by the dominance of the so-called Protestant Ascendancy. These were the descendants of British colonists who had settled in the country in the wake of its conquest by England and colonisation in the Plantations of Ireland (See Early Modern Ireland 1536-1691).
Ireland at the 1936 Summer Olympics Ireland did not compete at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. It was the first, and so far only, summer Games that Ireland did not send any athletes to since its first as an independent nation in 1924.
Ireland at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Ireland competed at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics held in Sweden. Derval O'Rourke's silver medal, combined with a new national record, in the 100 metre hurdles was the highlight of the championship, which also saw a new women's 4 x 100 m relay national record and a national record equalling performance from Deirdre Ryan in the high jump.
Ireland at the Summer Olympics Ireland first competed as an independent nation at the Summer Olympic Games in 1924 in Paris. From 1900 to 1920, Irish athletes competed as part of the Great Britain team, which was designated Great Britain and Ireland.
Ireland Act 1949 The Ireland Act 1949 is a British Act of Parliament which was intended to deal with the consequences of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 as passed by the Irish parliament (Oireachtas). The act is still largely in force but has been amended.
Ireland cricket team The Ireland cricket team is a national cricket team, representing both political entities on the island of Ireland - the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Due to political difficulties, the Irish Cricket Union was not elected to the International Cricket Council until 1993, and qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 2007.
Ireland for Europe Ireland for Europe is a civil society organisation set up after the defeat of the first Irish referendum to campaign in favour of the Treaty of Nice. Initially chaired by Adrian Langan, it was chaired by Ciarán Toland from October 2001.
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 RTÉ, the Irish state broadcaster once again ran the You're A Star talent contest to choose an act. The act technically represented only the Republic of Ireland (though entered in the Eurovision under the official name of Ireland), but similarly to its previous entries, the You're A Star competition was open to all of Ireland, the winner of which, announced on March 6 2005, were Donna and Joseph McCaul with the song "Love?
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Ireland will choose their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 using the Late Late Show Eurosong special, which will take place on 16 February. RTÉ has internally selected the Co Sligo based traditional Irish band Dervish, to represent Ireland in Helsinki.
Ireland international rules football team The Ireland international rules football team is the representative team for Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland) in international rules football, a compromise between Gaelic football and Australian rules football. The team is made up of Gaelic Athletic Association players.
Ireland Island, Bermuda Ireland Island is the northwesternmost island in the chain which comprises Bermuda. It forms a long finger of land pointing northeastwards from the main island, the last link in a chain which also includes Boaz Island and Somerset Island.
Ireland King of Arms Ireland King of Arms was the title of an Irish officer of arms from 1392 until the accession of Henry VII as King of England in 1485. The office was replaced in 1552 by that of Ulster King of Arms, which in 1943 was merged with Norroy King of Arms forming the present office of Norroy and Ulster King of Arms.
Ireland national rugby union team The Irish rugby union team, as the highest level of rugby union in Ireland, represents both political entities on the island of Ireland in the sport of rugby union, a popular sport throughout Ireland although the dominant one only in limited geographical areas.
Ireland on Sunday Ireland on Sunday was a Sunday newspaper in the Republic of Ireland, published by Associated Newspapers Ireland Limited, a subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc. The newspaper had a number of formats, but in its later years was tabloid in page size; however, it was not a 'red-top' tabloid, but considered 'middle-of-the-road'.
Ireland Today Ireland Today was a literary magazine that ran from June, 1936 to March, 1938. It was edited by Frank O’Connor and published work by many emerging and established Irish writers of the time, including Brian Coffey, Daniel Corkery, Denis Devlin, Michael MacLaverty, Ewart Milne, Sean O'Faolain, Liam O'Flaherty, and Mervyn Wall.
Ireland Trophy The Ireland Trophy, created by the University of Notre Dame's Student Government in 1995, is presented annually "as a token of goodwill, camaraderie and the friendly rivalry" to the winner of the Notre Dame-Boston College football game. While the two teams have met on the field 16 times since 1975, with Notre Dame leading the series 9 to 7, the trophy has been awarded only 10 times, 5 times to each school.
Ireland unfree shall never be at peace "Ireland unfree shall never be at peace" were the climactic closing words of the graveside oration of Patrick Pearse at the funeral of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa on 1 August 1915. The oration roused Irish republican feeling and was a significant element in the lead-up to the Easter Rising of 1916.
Ireland Unfree Ireland Unfree is a song about an aging former Irish Republican Army soldier's memories of the 1916 Easter Rising. The picture on the wall that is the main focus of the song is of Padraig Pearse, the leader of the Easter Rising and a friend of the old man in the song.
Ireland's Call "Ireland's Call" is a song commissioned by the Irish Rugby Football Union for use at international rugby union fixtures featuring the Irish rugby union team. It has since also been adopted by the Irish Hockey, Cricket and Rugby League teams.
Ireland's Own Ireland's Own is a family magazine published weekly in Ireland. It specialises in lightweight content, nostalgia for the "old days", traditional stories, knitting patterns, and uncontroversial family content, including puzzles and recipes.
Ireland, Indiana Ireland is a hamlet located in Dubois County, Indiana, a few miles west of Jasper, Indiana, on State Road 56 in the northeast portion of Madison Township. The town was first named American City, but changed to Ireland when the residents found there was another town with that name already.
Iren Ivantcheva Iren Ivantcheva or Ivancheva, or since 2006: Irene Ivantcheva-Merjanska (24 March 1960), is a Bulgarian literary historian, feminist and critic, born in Sofia. Her father Ivan Ivantchev(1920-1984) is a sculptor and intellectual, considered as an "ennemy of the people" during the totalitarian regim (1944-1989) in Bulgaria.
Iren Marik Iren Marik was a classical pianist born in Hungary in 1905. Although she studied with composer Bela Bartok and studied at Budapest's Liszt Academy, she fled Hungary after World War II, eventually immigrating outside of Death Valley in California.
Irena DegutienÄ— Irena DegutienÄ— was twice the acting Prime Minister of Lithuania, first from May 4, 1999 to May 18, 1999 and then from October 27, 1999 to November 3, 1999. She has also been the Minister for Social Security and Labour.
Irena Sendler Irena Sendler or Irena Sendlerowa (born February 15, 1910 at Otwock) — Polish social worker. During the World War II — an activist of Polish Underground and Polish anti-Holocaust resistance in Warsaw, where she helped in saving about 2500 of Jewish children from Warsaw Ghetto by providing them with false documents and finding the hiding place in individual and group children houses out of the Ghetto.
Irene Adler Irene Adler is a fictional character featured in the Sherlock Holmes story A Scandal in Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published in July, 1891. She is one of the most notable female characters in the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Irene Armishaw Irene Armishaw is a Manitoba politician. She was the President of the Manitoba Confederation of Regions Party in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and may have been the party's political leader for the province's 1990 election.
Irene Doukaina Irene Doukaina or Ducaena (Greek: Ειρήνη Δούκαινα, Eirēnē Doukaina) (c. 1066 – February 19, 1123 or 1133) was the wife of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos, and the mother of the emperor John II Komnenos and of the historian Anna Komnene.
Irene Fernandez Irene Fernandez (*1946) is the director and co-founder of the non-governmental organization Tenaganita, which promotes the rights of migrant workers and other oppressed and poor people in Malaysia. They had been given the promise of getting support for their families at home by the rich, but instead, they got cheated and had to suffer malnutrition, torture and sexual abuse.
Irene Gut Opdyke Irene Gut Opdyke (May 5, 1922 - May 17, 2003) was a Polish nurse who, after being released from a concentration camp herself, rescued 16 Jews by hiding them in the villa of a Nazi officer who had requisitioned her as his servant. The officer eventually discovered the refugees, but could not report them for fear of incriminating himself; however, in exchange, he insisted that Gut become his mistress.
Irene Hayes Irene Hayes (1896 – September 16, 1975) was a Ziegfeld girl and businesswoman who owned Irene Hayes Wadley & Smythe, a leading Manhattan florist and Gallagher's Steak House after the death of her husband Jack Solomon.
Irene Heim Irene Roswitha Heim is a linguist and noted specialist in semantics. She was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and UCLA before finally moving to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989, where she continues to teach and conduct research in its Department of Linguistics and Philosophy.
Irene Hendriks Desiree Helène ("Irene") Hendriks (born April 13, 1958 in Ngalieme, Zaire near Mount Ngaliema) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who won the golden medal with the National Women's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Irene Jones Irene Jones is a former municipal councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A member of the social democratic New Democratic Party, she served on the Etobicoke and Toronto councils from 1988 until 2003, when she stood down to seek election to the provincial legislature.
Irene Kampen Irene Kampen, born April 18, 1922, in Brooklyn, NY, was an American newspaperwoman and writer who wrote several books about events in her life. Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Great Neck, New York, she graduated from Great Neck High School.
Irene Lascarina Irene Lascarina or better Eirene Laskarina (Greek: Ειρήνη Λασκαρίνα, Eirēnē Laskarina), was a daughter of Theodore I Laskaris, emperor of Nicaea and Anna Angelina. Her maternal grandparents were Emperor Alexios III Angelos and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina.
Irene Leidolf Maria Gruber, Irene Leidolf, Stephanija Meyer, and Waltraud Wagner made up one of the most unusual crime teams in 20th Century Europe. The four Austrian women were nurses working at Lainz General Hospital in Vienna, and they shared an unusual hobby -- murdering patients.
Irene Lentz Irene born Irene Lentz and also known as Irene Gibbons, (8 December 1900 - 15 November 1962) was a costume designer. Her work as a clothing designer in Los Angeles led to her career as a costume designer for films in the 1930s.
Irene MacDonald Irene Margaret MacDonald (November 22 1931 – June 20 2002) was a Canadian athlete, sports executive and broadcaster from Hamilton, Ontario. She won Canada's first-ever Olympic medal, a bronze, in diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Irene McGee Irene McGee is a media ethics activist, San Francisco State University graduate student and radio DJ, best known for her stint on MTV's reality television series The Real World. She appeared on the show's seventh season, The Real World: Seattle, in 1998, and left the show mid-season over her ethical objections to the manner in which the show was produced, although at the time stated that it was due to an illness.
Irene Mecchi Irene Mecchi is an American writer for television, movies, newspapers, and Broadway. Originally from San Francisco, she started her work with Disney in March 1992, when she wrote Recycle Rex, an animated short film which won the 1994 Environmental Media Award.
Irene Merryweather Irene Merryweather, alias the Chronicler is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. A former reporter, she now acts as a friend and confidante of Cable and is also his Chief of Staff at Providence.
Irene of Trebizond Irene of Trebizond (Greek: Ειρήνη η μεγάλη Κομνηνή, Eirēnē ē megalē Komnēnē), (?-post 1382) was the bigamous wife of Basil of Trebizond, by whom he had two sons, Alexios and John, later Alexios III of Trebizond and possibly two daughters, Maria and Theodora.

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