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National Interagency Fire Center The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho, is the physical facility that is home to the National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC), and the National Multi-Agency Coordination group (NMAC or MAC).
National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) was established in 1949. NIRA sanctions more than 100 college rodeos every year in the United States, and represents over 3,500 student athletes attending more than 135 member colleges and universities.
National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association The National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association is an intercollegiate athletic conference for women's fencing tournaments between teams, where each team is composed of students from a college that is located in the United States of America.
National Internet Exchange of India The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) is a non-profit Indian government agency established in 2003 to provide neutral Internet Exchange Point services in the country. It was established with the Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) to become the operational meeting point of Internet service providers (ISPs) in India.
National Iranian American Council Founded in 2000, the National Iranian-American Council states that it is "an association of Iranian-Americans, especially professionals, involved in networking Iranian-American individuals and organisations and promotion of Iranian culture."
National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) is part of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran and its subordinate companies have been established to separate oil upstream activities from downstream activities. NIORDC was established on March 8,1992 and undertook to perform all the operations related to refining crude oil and transfer and distribution of oil products.
National Iranian Olympic Academy National Iranian Olympic Academy (in Persian: آکادمی ملی المپیک (٠پارالمپیک) ایران) is an academy situated in Tehran, Iran. It concerns the matters related to the olympic and paralympics.
National Iranian Petrochemical Company The National Iranian Petrochemical Company (NIPC), a subsidiary to the Iranian Petroleum Ministry, is owned by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is responsible for the development and operation of the country's petrochemical sector.
National Iraqi News Agency The National Iraqi News Agency (Arabic: الŮŮالة الŮطنية العراقية للأنباء), or NINA, was the first independent news agency in Iraq after the Iraq War. It is primarily an Internet-based news outlet, although it plans to offer a WiFi platform in the near future.
National Irish Bank National Irish Bank (NIB) is a commercial bank in the Republic of Ireland, one of the traditional Big Four. In December 2004, Danske Bank agreed to purchase National Irish Bank (and Northern Bank) from the National Australia Bank for GB£967m (approx €1400m).
National Islamic Front The National Islamic Front (Arabic: الجبهة الإسلامية القŮŮ…ŮŠŘ©; transliterated: al-Jabhah al-Islamiyah al-Qawmiyah) is the political organization that controls Sudan. It supports the maintenance of an Islamic state run on sharia and rejects the concept of a secular state.
National Italo-Romanian Cultural and Economic Movement The National Italo-Romanian Cultural and Economic Movement (Romanian: MiĹźcarea NaĹŁionalÄ CulturalÄ Ĺźi EconomicÄ Italo-RomânÄ) or National Italo-Romanian Fascist Movement (MiĹźcarea NaĹŁionalÄ FascistÄ Italo-RomânÄ) was a short-lived Fascist movement active in Romania during the early 1920s.
National Japanese American Memorial To Patriotism During World War II The National Japanese American Memorial To Patriotism During World War II is national memorial in Washington, DC honoring the loyalty and courage of Japanese Americans during World War II and commemorating the heroism and sacrifice of Japanese Americans who fought and died for their country. It was authorized by federal statute (PL 102-502) and signed into law by President George H.
National Jewish Medical and Research Center National Jewish Medical and Research Center is a research institute located in Denver, Colorado specializing in respiratory, immune and allergic research and treatment. It was founded in 1899 to treat tuberculosis, and is today considered one of the world's best medical research and treatment centers.
National Jewish Outreach Program The National Jewish Outreach Program, known as NJOP, is a Jewish adult education and outreach organization that was founded in 1987, by Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald, a leading rabbi at the Lincoln Square Synagogue New York City.
National Jewish Population Survey The National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS), most recently performed in 2000-01, is a representative survey of the Jewish population in the United States sponsored by United Jewish Communities and the Jewish Federation system.
National Jewish Television National Jewish Television is a Jewish television channel sandwiched between TBN and EWTN every Sunday from 1:00-4:00. This was formed in 1979 by Joel Levitch and features a block of Jewish related television shows.
National Jewish Welfare Board The National Jewish Welfare Board (JWB) was formed on April 9, 1917, three days after the United States declared war on Germany. The organization was charged with recruiting and training rabbis for military service, as well as providing support materials to these newly commissioned chaplains.
National Joint Action Committee The National Joint Action Committee is a defunct or inactive Afrocentrist political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It was founded by Geddes Granger (now Makandal Daaga) out of the Guild of Undergraduates at the St.
National Journalism Awards The National Journalism Awards are among the most prestigious awards in American journalism. Given by the Scripps Howard Foundation, the $10,000 to $25,000 awards recognize the best work in journalism in 17 categories, including: human interest writing; environmental and public service reporting; investigative reporting; business/economics reporting; Washington reporting; commentary; photojournalism; radio and television journalism; college cartooning; web reporting; and editorial cartooning.
National Judges College National Judges College (Chinese: 国家法ĺ®ĺ¦é™˘; Pinyin: GuĂłjiÄ FÄguÄn XuĂ©yuĂ n) is an educaitonal institue in Beijing under the Supreme People's Court. It is responsible for tranining the judges of the People's Republic of China.
National Judicial Exam The National Judicial Exam or State Judicial Exam (国家司法č€čŻ•) is a unified legal exam administered in the People's Republic of China. From 2002, all new members of the judiciary and legal profession will need to pass it.
National Junior Classical League The National Junior Classical League, or NJCL, is an organization of seventh grade students through high school seniors sponsored by the American Classical League. Founded in 1936, the NJCL is comprised of Latin, Greek, and Classical chapters worldwide, including in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Italy.
National Junior College National Junior College (NJC) is the first junior college (JC) founded in Singapore (in 1969) to provide a centralised two year pre-university education leading to the GCE 'A' Level certificate. Since then, many other junior colleges have been established with the same model to provide the same opportunity to many more aspiring students who aim to go on to university.
National Junior Honor Society National Junior Honor Society, or NJHS is a worldwide organization that consists of many chapters in middle schools (grades 6-8), recruiting only the high achieving students of those schools. In order to be in the NJHS, one has to apply and one's application will be sent to NJHS, where that student will be evaluated by the five values of citizenship, service, leadership, scholarship and character.
National Junior Horticultural Association The National Junior Horticultural Association (NJHA) is a non-profit organization, founded in 1934, that is dedicated promoting and developing horticulture among youth. This is mainly achieved through a variety of horticulturally related tours, activities, and competitions organized at annual national conventions held each fall.
National Junior Robotics Competition The National Junior Robotics Competition is organised by Singapore Science Centre and supported by the Ministry of Education, and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research. This annual competition started off in 1999 with 167 teams from 70 schools.
National Jury of Elections (Peru) The National Jury of Elections (Jurado Nacional de Elecciones, JNE) of Peru is an autonomous constitutional organism, headquartered in Lima. Its goal is to oversee the legality of electoral processes, guaranteeing the respect for the population's will.
National Kandawgyi Botanical Gardens The National Kandawgyi Botanical Gardens (formerly National Botanical Gardens and Kandawgyi National Garden) () is a 139 hectare botanical garden located in the alpine town of Pyin U Lwin (formerly Maymyo), Myanmar. It was first established in 1915 as the Maymyo Botanical Gardens by Alex Rodger, an Englishman.
National Kidney Foundation Singapore scandal The National Kidney Foundation Singapore scandal, also known as the NKF saga, NKF scandal, or NKF controversy, was a July 2005 scandal involving National Kidney Foundation Singapore following the collapse of a defamation trial which it brought against Susan Long and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). This caused a massive backlash and fallout of donors to the charity, and subsequently resulted in the resignation of Chief Executive Officer T.
National Kidney Research Fund National Kidney Research Fund is a British medical research charity, founded in 1961, dedicated to the curing of kidney diseases. The organization's priorities are to fund research into kidney disease, to provide financial support for the treatment of kidney disease, and to raise public awareness of gallbladder disease.
National Kitchen & Bath Association The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) is an international non-profit trade association for kitchen and bath professionals with over 36,000 members across North America. The NKBA provides resources for consumers and industry professionals and promotes professionalism and ethical business practices.
National Knowledge Commission On 13th June, 2005 , the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, constituted the National Knowledge Commission, as a think-tank charged with considering possible policy that might sharpen India's comparative advantage in the knowledge-intensive service sectors.
National language debate in Fiji The National language debate in Fiji concerns the status of the country's three official languages - English, Fijian, and Hindustani (the name used in the constitution for Hindi). From colonial times, the sole official language was English, but the 1997 Constitution gave equal status, for the first time, to Fijian and Hindustani, along with English.
National Labor College The National Labor College is a fully accredited undergraduate facility affiliated and subsidized by the AFL-CIO to provide its members with the opportunity to receive a college education. Located on a 47-acre campus in Silver Spring, Maryland, its leading program is its unique undergraduate degree program, at which unionists from throughout the United States and Canada attend a single week of instruction in residence per term.
National Labor Committee in Support of Human and Worker Rights The National Labor Committee in Support of Human and Worker Rights, commonly known as the National Labor Committee or the NLC, is a non-profit NGO founded in 1981 by David Dyson to combat sweatshop labor and United States government policy in El Salvador and Central America. Today the NLC has offices in New York City, Bangladesh, and Central America; when Dyson left to become Executive Minister of Fort Greene's Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Charles Kernaghan became Executive Director.
National Labor Federation The National Labor Federation (NATLFED) is an umbrella term for a network of American political cults. NATLFED and NATLFED front-groups are overtly political, and claim to organize the working poor and concerned professionals.
National Labor Relations Act The National Labor Relations Act (or Wagner Act) is a 1935 United States federal law that protects the rights of most workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands. The Act does not, on the other hand, cover those workers who are covered by the Railway Labor Act, agricultural employees, domestic employees, supervisors, independent contractors and some close relatives of individual employers.
National Labor Relations Board The National Labor Relations Board (or NLRB) is an independent agency of the United States Government charged with conducting elections for labor union representation and with investigating and remedying unfair labor practices. It is governed by a five-person board and a General Counsel, all of whom are appointed by the President.
National Labor Students National Labor Students (NLS) is a factional grouping operating within the Australian National Union of Students. It is oriented towards the Socialist Left of the Australian Labor Party, although membership of the ALP (or the Socialist Left) is not required.
National Labor Union The National Labor Union was the first national labor federation in the United States. Founded in 1866 and dissolving in 1872, it paved the way for other organizations, such as the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor.
National Labour Party (UK) The National Labour Party was a group founded around the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald after he was expelled from the Labour Party in September 1931. It contested the 1931 election and the 1935 election, and was viewed by the mainstream Labour Party as "traitors".
National Labour Party (UK, 1957) The National Labour Party was founded in 1957 by John Bean. The party was a splinter group from the League of Empire Loyalists which resented the LEL's refusal to contest elections and its strong links to the Conservative Party.
National Lacrosse League MVP Award The JetBlue National Lacrosse League MVP Award is given annually to the NLL player who is considered to have contributed most to his team's success. The award winners are chosen by a vote of the league's coaches, general managers, and executives.
National Lacrosse League Rookie of the Year Award The Edge Active Care Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to the top rookie in the National Lacrosse League. The award winners are chosen by a vote of the leagues coaches, general managers, and executives.
National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award The National Lacrosse League Bowflex Sportsmanship Award is given annually to a NLL player. It "honors the combination of character and performance"Wings' Greenhalgh wins Sportsmanship Award shown by a player.
National LambdaRail National LambdaRail is a high-speed national computer network in the United States that runs over fiber-optic lines, and is the first transcontinental Ethernet network. The name is shared by the organization of research institutions that developed the network, and, to date, plans to continue developing it.
National Lampoon National Lampoon was an American humor magazine that began in 1970 as an offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon. It reached its height of popularity in the 1970s, but has had a far-reaching effect on American humor, spawning films, radio, live and television comedy shows.
National Lampoon Goes to the Movies A National Lampoon anthology of three shorts spoofing everything from personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories. In the first story "Growing Yourself", stars Peter Riegert as a confused family man who throws his wife out of the house in order for him to "grow" a new path in life and raise his four children on his own.
National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze (2003) is a comedy featuring Tatyana Ali in her first starring role in a movie. The film was directed by the brothers David and Scott Hillenbrand and written by Patrick Casey and Worm Miller.
National Lampoon's Animal House National Lampoon's Animal House (often called Animal House) is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of fraternity boys take on the system at their college. It is considered to be the movie that started the gross-out genre, predating Porky's and American Pie.
National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2 National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2 (2006) is a sequel to the 2003 comedy National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze. Danielle Fishel and Chris Owen reprised their roles from the original along with Tony Denman, James DeBello, Patrick Cavanaugh, Marieh Delfino and Jennifer Lyons.
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (also known as National Lampoon's Lady Killers) is 2003 film directed by Gary Preisler. It features two friends, played by Will Friedle and Chris Owen, who marry two old ladies, played by Louise Lasser and Renée Taylor, so they can inherit their fortunes when they die.
National Lampoon's Senior Trip National Lampoon's Senior Trip is a 1995 teen movie directed by Kelly Makin and someone else using the pseudonym Alan Smithee. It's about a class of mostly rude and obnoxious high school seniors who are selected to go on a bus trip to the White House to meet the President of the United States.
National Land & Property Gazetteer The National Land & Property Gazetteer or NLPG is a database of land and property in England and Wales. It is part of the United Kingdom's e-government programme, which aims to increase the range of official transactions that can be conducted online.
National Land and Property Gazetteer The National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) is an initiative in the United Kingdom to provide a definitive and consistent address — see address (geography) — infrastructure for the whole of the UK. Up until recently the UK has not held a singular list of all addresses in the country, meaning that many government and private services have not been sure if addresses from differing sources refer to the same or different properties.
National Language Services The National Language Service promotes and facilitates communication across languages in South Africa. In keeping with the language requirements of the Constitution, the NLS manages the linguistic diversity of South African society and is responsible for harnessing all the languages of the people by putting into practical effect policy measures aimed at promoting the use of these languages, including those languages which have historically been neglected.
National Latin Examination The National Latin Examination is a worldwide test given to Latin students. Sponsored by the American Classical League and the National Junior Classical League, the exam was given to more than 148,000 students in the U.
National Law Institute University National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal was established in 1998 by an enactment of the State Legislature of Madhya Pradesh. Recognised by the Bar Council of India, the university admits only 80 undergraduates each year who must complete 15 rigorous trimesters before being awarded a combined B.
National Law School of India University The National Law School of India University (NLSIU or NLS) is an institution for under-graduate and graduate legal education. Based in Nagarbhavi, a quiet suburb in the western extremities of the city of Bangalore, the NLSIU was established in 1987 after a statute was enacted for that purpose by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Karnataka, and has officially existed since August 29 1987.
National Lawyers Association The National Lawyers Association is a voluntary association of lawyers in the United States, similar in many respects to the American Bar Association (ABA), but farther to the political right. It was founded in 1993 in response to the ABA's official position in favor of abortion rights.
National League The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, or simply the National League, is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada (until 2005 when the Montreal Expos moved to Washington) and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded February 2, 1876 to replace the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, it is sometimes called the Senior Circuit in contrast to the "junior circuit" of the American League, founded only in 1900-1901.
National League (cricket) The National League, currently sponsored as the NatWest Pro40 League, is the one-day cricket league for first class cricket counties in England. It was inaugurated in 1999, but was essentially the old Sunday League retitled to reflect the fact that large numbers of matches were now played on other days than Sunday.
National League Central The National League Central Division is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. It was created in 1994, merging two teams from the West (Cincinnati and Houston) and three teams from the East (Chicago, Pittsburgh, and St.
National League Cup The National League Cup is a rugby league competition for clubs in Great Britain's National Leagues. For the period 2005-7 it will be sponsored by train operating company Northern Rail, and will be known as the Northern Rail Cup.
National League Division Series In Major League Baseball, the National League Division Series (NLDS) determine which two teams from the National League will advance to the National League Championship Series. The Division Series consist of two best-of-five series, featuring the three division winners and a wild-card team.
National League for Opposing Woman Suffrage The National League for Opposing Woman Suffrage was founded in London in December 1910 to oppose the extension of the voting franchise to women in the United Kingdom. It was formed as an amalgamation of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League and the Men's League for Opposing Woman Suffrage.
National League Championship Series In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series (NLCS) determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to baseball's championship, the World Series, facing the winner of the American League Championship Series. The reigning National League Champion is the St.
National League of Cities The National League of Cities is the oldest and largest organization representing municipal governments in the United States. The National League of Cities represents over 18,000 cities, towns, and villages throughout the US.
National League of Sweden The National Youth League of Sweden (Sveriges nationella ungdomsförbund, SNU) was the first youth organisation of the General Electoral Union of Sweden. It was dislodged from its mother party in 1934 due to its pro-Nazi stance.
National League pennant winners 1901-68 The National League (NL) is one of the two leagues of Major League Baseball. The team with the highest winning percentage in the league won the pennant and faced the American League pennant winner in the World Series (in 1903 and 1905-1968).
National League Party The National League Party was a political party in Ireland. It was founded in 1926 by William Redmond and Thomas O'Donnell in support of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, a close relationship with the United Kingdom and continued membership of the British Commonwealth.
National League System The National League System comprises the seven levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the FA Premier League and The Football League. It contains over 80 league competitions, and over 600 clubs and comes under the jurisdiction of The Football Association.
National League West The National League Western Division, or NL West, is one of the three divisions of Major League Baseball's National League. It was created in 1969 when the previously undivided National League expanded its membership to twelve teams, positioning half of them in an Eastern division and the other half in a Western division.
National Legal and Policy Center The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit group that monitors and reports on the ethics of elected officials, government agencies, and labor unions in the United States. Among the NLPC's more high-profile targets have been hip hop mogul Sean Combs,Strong, Nolan.
National Legal Aid & Defender Association Established in 1911, the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) is the oldest and largest national, nonprofit membership organization devoting all of its resources to advocating equal justice for all Americans. NLADA champions effective legal assistance for people who cannot afford counsel, serves as a collective voice for both civil legal services and public defense services throughout the nation and provides a wide range of services and benefits to its individual and organizational members.
National Legion of Decency The National Legion of Decency, also known as the Catholic Legion of Decency, was an organization dedicated to identifying and combating objectionable content in motion pictures. For the first quarter-century or so of its existence, the legion wielded great power in the American motion picture industry.
National Legionary State The National Legionary State (Romanian: Statul NaĹŁional Legionar) was the Romanian government of September 6, 1940—January 23, 1941. It was a single-party regime dictatorship dominated by the overtly fascist Iron Guard in uneasy conjunction with head of government and ConducÄtor Ion Antonescu, leader of the Romanian Army, who had been named prime minister two days before Carol's September 6 resignation.
National Legislature of Sudan The National Legislature is the parliament of Sudan. Sudan is currently in an interim (transitional) period following the signing of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on 9 January 2005 that officially ended the civil war between the Sudanese Government (based in Khartoum) and the southern-based Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) rebel group.
National Liaison Committee The National Liaison Committee (NLC) was a national faction in the National Union of Students of Australia. NLC operated as a faction independently from the organisationNational Liaison Committee for International Students in Australia, despite sharing a name as well as its factional leadership.
National Liaison Committee for International Students in Australia The National Liaison Committee for International Students in Australia (NLC) was first formed in 1986 in an attempt to combat the Australian Government's introduction of the full-fee paying international students program.
National Liberal Club The National Liberal Club is a London gentlemen's club, now also open to women, which was established by William Ewart Gladstone in 1882 for the purpose of providing club facilities for Liberal Party campaigners among the newly-enlarged electorate after the 1882 Reform Act. The club's impressive neo-gothic building over the Embankment of the river Thames is one of the largest clubhouses ever built, and was not completed until 1887, it was designed by Alfred Waterhouse.
National Liberal Party (Germany) The National Liberal Party (Nationalliberale Partei) was a German political party which flourished between 1867 and 1918. It was formed by those Prussian liberals who put aside their differences with Bismarck over domestic policy due to their support for his highly successful foreign policy, which resulted in the unification of Germany.
National Liberal Party (Lebanon) The National Liberal Party (NLP, Arabic Hizbu-l-waTaniyyÄ«ni-l-aHrÄr) is a political party in Lebanon, established by President Camille Chamoun in 1958. It is now under the leadership of Dory Chamoun, his son.
National Liberal Party (Romania) The Partidul NaĹŁional Liberal (National Liberal Party) is a liberal party in Romania, and the second largest party in parliament, being edged out only by the Social Democratic Party. However, it is the largest member of the governing Justice and Truth alliance, which enjoys a parliamentary majority due to an alliance between the Liberal Party, the Democratic Party, and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania.
National Liberal Party-BrÄtianu The National Liberal Party-BrÄtianu (Romanian: Partidul NaĹŁional Liberal-BrÄtianu, PNL;To its followers, the party was simply known as the National Liberal Party, and the acronym PNL was kept to refer to both groupings; BrÄtianu or, occasionally, Gheorghe I. BrÄtianu, was only added to the name in order avoid confusion.
National Liberation Army (Bolivia) The National Liberation Army (Spanish: Ejército de Liberación Nacional) was a Marxist-Leninist guerrilla organization that operated in Bolivia during the 1960s and 1970s. It was formed by Che Guevara and backed by Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba and the Soviet-led alliance in the Cold War.
National Liberation Army (Colombia) Ejército de Liberación Nacional (usually abbreviated to ELN), or National Liberation Army, is a revolutionary, Marxist, insurgent guerrilla group that has been operating in several regions of Colombia since 1964.
National Liberation Army (Macedonia) The National Liberation Army (Albanian: Ushtria Çlirimtare KombĂ«tare - UÇK ; Macedonian: ĐžŃлободителна национална армиŃĐ° - ОНĐ), also known as the Macedonian UÇK, was an insurgent guerilla organization that operated in the Republic of Macedonia from 1999-2001. Although linked with the Kosovo Liberation Army (Ushtria Çlirimtare e KosovĂ«s), with which it shared initials and a very similar name, it was officially a separate organization.
National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire (in French: Comité National de Libération de la Côte d'Ivoire) was an Ivorian opposition group, with its political origins in the Party of the African Rally (PRA). CNLCI was founded in Conakry on May 18 1959 by a group of Ivorian exiles.
National Liberation Front National Liberation Front is a common name for guerrilla organization fighting to free their country from foreign rule, or at least claiming to be such an organization. The term is typically associated with left wing politics, however militant right wing and even fascist movements use the term.
National Liberation Front (Algeria) The National Liberation Front (Arabic: جبهة التŘرير الŮطني; transliterated: Jabhat al-TaḩrÄ«r al-WaĹŁanÄ«, French: Front de LibĂ©ration nationale, hence FLN) is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up on November 1, 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.
National Liberation Front (Burundi) The National Liberation Front (French: Front de Libération Nationale - FROLINA ) is an ethnically Hutu rebel group that sometimes functions as a political party in Burundi. The FLN has been considered a minor group in the Burundian Civil War compared to the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy, and to Palipehutu-FNL which only recently signed a cease fire.
National Liberation Front (Peru) National Liberation Front (in Spanish: Frente de LiberaciĂłn Nacional) was a political party in Peru founded in 1960 by General CĂ©sar Pando EgĂşsquiza, SalomĂłn Bolo Hidalgo, and Genaro Checa. It participated in the 1962 elections.
National Liberation Front of Angola The National Front for the Liberation of Angola (Portuguese: Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola) is a political movement in Angola. The FNLA was founded by Holden Roberto in 1957 as the Union of the Populations of Northern Angola (União das Populações do Norte de Angola).
National Liberation Front of Tripura The National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) was formed in December 1989 for the purpose of seceding from India in order to create an independent state of Tripura. The NLFT has conducted a systematic and violent campaign against Bengalis, Hindus, and parts of the tribal population to secede from India.
National Library at Kolkata romanization The National Library at Kolkata romanization is the most widely used transliteration scheme in dictionaries and grammars of Indic languages. This transliteration scheme is also known as Library of Congress and is nearly identical to one of the possible ISO 15919 variants.
National Library Board The National Library Board (Abbreviation: NLB; Chinese: 国家图书馆管ç†ĺ±€; Malay: Jabatan Perpustakaan Kebangsaan) is a statutory board of the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, Singapore. Tasked to manage the public libraries and to lead them into the information age where non-print resources are making their mark, the NLB decided to aim towards the creation of "borderless libraries," an initiative aimed at bringing the libraries closer to Singaporeans, and to connect Singaporeans with the outside world.
National Library for the Blind The National Library for the Blind (NLB) was a public library in the United Kingdom, founded 1882, which aimed to ensure that visually-impaired people have the same access to library services as sighted people. NLB was absorbed into RNIB on 1.
National Library of Ethiopia The National Library of Ethiopia, located in Addis Ababa, is the national library of the country. It was inaugurated in 1944 by His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie and began service with books donated by the king.
National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) was established in 1949. NIRA sanctions more than 100 college rodeos every year in the United States, and represents over 3,500 student athletes attending more than 135 member colleges and universities.
National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association The National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association is an intercollegiate athletic conference for women's fencing tournaments between teams, where each team is composed of students from a college that is located in the United States of America.
National Internet Exchange of India The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) is a non-profit Indian government agency established in 2003 to provide neutral Internet Exchange Point services in the country. It was established with the Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) to become the operational meeting point of Internet service providers (ISPs) in India.
National Iranian American Council Founded in 2000, the National Iranian-American Council states that it is "an association of Iranian-Americans, especially professionals, involved in networking Iranian-American individuals and organisations and promotion of Iranian culture."
National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) is part of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran and its subordinate companies have been established to separate oil upstream activities from downstream activities. NIORDC was established on March 8,1992 and undertook to perform all the operations related to refining crude oil and transfer and distribution of oil products.
National Iranian Olympic Academy National Iranian Olympic Academy (in Persian: آکادمی ملی المپیک (٠پارالمپیک) ایران) is an academy situated in Tehran, Iran. It concerns the matters related to the olympic and paralympics.
National Iranian Petrochemical Company The National Iranian Petrochemical Company (NIPC), a subsidiary to the Iranian Petroleum Ministry, is owned by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is responsible for the development and operation of the country's petrochemical sector.
National Iraqi News Agency The National Iraqi News Agency (Arabic: الŮŮالة الŮطنية العراقية للأنباء), or NINA, was the first independent news agency in Iraq after the Iraq War. It is primarily an Internet-based news outlet, although it plans to offer a WiFi platform in the near future.
National Irish Bank National Irish Bank (NIB) is a commercial bank in the Republic of Ireland, one of the traditional Big Four. In December 2004, Danske Bank agreed to purchase National Irish Bank (and Northern Bank) from the National Australia Bank for GB£967m (approx €1400m).
National Islamic Front The National Islamic Front (Arabic: الجبهة الإسلامية القŮŮ…ŮŠŘ©; transliterated: al-Jabhah al-Islamiyah al-Qawmiyah) is the political organization that controls Sudan. It supports the maintenance of an Islamic state run on sharia and rejects the concept of a secular state.
National Italo-Romanian Cultural and Economic Movement The National Italo-Romanian Cultural and Economic Movement (Romanian: MiĹźcarea NaĹŁionalÄ CulturalÄ Ĺźi EconomicÄ Italo-RomânÄ) or National Italo-Romanian Fascist Movement (MiĹźcarea NaĹŁionalÄ FascistÄ Italo-RomânÄ) was a short-lived Fascist movement active in Romania during the early 1920s.
National Japanese American Memorial To Patriotism During World War II The National Japanese American Memorial To Patriotism During World War II is national memorial in Washington, DC honoring the loyalty and courage of Japanese Americans during World War II and commemorating the heroism and sacrifice of Japanese Americans who fought and died for their country. It was authorized by federal statute (PL 102-502) and signed into law by President George H.
National Jewish Medical and Research Center National Jewish Medical and Research Center is a research institute located in Denver, Colorado specializing in respiratory, immune and allergic research and treatment. It was founded in 1899 to treat tuberculosis, and is today considered one of the world's best medical research and treatment centers.
National Jewish Outreach Program The National Jewish Outreach Program, known as NJOP, is a Jewish adult education and outreach organization that was founded in 1987, by Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald, a leading rabbi at the Lincoln Square Synagogue New York City.
National Jewish Population Survey The National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS), most recently performed in 2000-01, is a representative survey of the Jewish population in the United States sponsored by United Jewish Communities and the Jewish Federation system.
National Jewish Television National Jewish Television is a Jewish television channel sandwiched between TBN and EWTN every Sunday from 1:00-4:00. This was formed in 1979 by Joel Levitch and features a block of Jewish related television shows.
National Jewish Welfare Board The National Jewish Welfare Board (JWB) was formed on April 9, 1917, three days after the United States declared war on Germany. The organization was charged with recruiting and training rabbis for military service, as well as providing support materials to these newly commissioned chaplains.
National Joint Action Committee The National Joint Action Committee is a defunct or inactive Afrocentrist political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It was founded by Geddes Granger (now Makandal Daaga) out of the Guild of Undergraduates at the St.
National Journalism Awards The National Journalism Awards are among the most prestigious awards in American journalism. Given by the Scripps Howard Foundation, the $10,000 to $25,000 awards recognize the best work in journalism in 17 categories, including: human interest writing; environmental and public service reporting; investigative reporting; business/economics reporting; Washington reporting; commentary; photojournalism; radio and television journalism; college cartooning; web reporting; and editorial cartooning.
National Judges College National Judges College (Chinese: 国家法ĺ®ĺ¦é™˘; Pinyin: GuĂłjiÄ FÄguÄn XuĂ©yuĂ n) is an educaitonal institue in Beijing under the Supreme People's Court. It is responsible for tranining the judges of the People's Republic of China.
National Judicial Exam The National Judicial Exam or State Judicial Exam (国家司法č€čŻ•) is a unified legal exam administered in the People's Republic of China. From 2002, all new members of the judiciary and legal profession will need to pass it.
National Junior Classical League The National Junior Classical League, or NJCL, is an organization of seventh grade students through high school seniors sponsored by the American Classical League. Founded in 1936, the NJCL is comprised of Latin, Greek, and Classical chapters worldwide, including in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Italy.
National Junior College National Junior College (NJC) is the first junior college (JC) founded in Singapore (in 1969) to provide a centralised two year pre-university education leading to the GCE 'A' Level certificate. Since then, many other junior colleges have been established with the same model to provide the same opportunity to many more aspiring students who aim to go on to university.
National Junior Honor Society National Junior Honor Society, or NJHS is a worldwide organization that consists of many chapters in middle schools (grades 6-8), recruiting only the high achieving students of those schools. In order to be in the NJHS, one has to apply and one's application will be sent to NJHS, where that student will be evaluated by the five values of citizenship, service, leadership, scholarship and character.
National Junior Horticultural Association The National Junior Horticultural Association (NJHA) is a non-profit organization, founded in 1934, that is dedicated promoting and developing horticulture among youth. This is mainly achieved through a variety of horticulturally related tours, activities, and competitions organized at annual national conventions held each fall.
National Junior Robotics Competition The National Junior Robotics Competition is organised by Singapore Science Centre and supported by the Ministry of Education, and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research. This annual competition started off in 1999 with 167 teams from 70 schools.
National Jury of Elections (Peru) The National Jury of Elections (Jurado Nacional de Elecciones, JNE) of Peru is an autonomous constitutional organism, headquartered in Lima. Its goal is to oversee the legality of electoral processes, guaranteeing the respect for the population's will.
National Kandawgyi Botanical Gardens The National Kandawgyi Botanical Gardens (formerly National Botanical Gardens and Kandawgyi National Garden) () is a 139 hectare botanical garden located in the alpine town of Pyin U Lwin (formerly Maymyo), Myanmar. It was first established in 1915 as the Maymyo Botanical Gardens by Alex Rodger, an Englishman.
National Kidney Foundation Singapore scandal The National Kidney Foundation Singapore scandal, also known as the NKF saga, NKF scandal, or NKF controversy, was a July 2005 scandal involving National Kidney Foundation Singapore following the collapse of a defamation trial which it brought against Susan Long and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). This caused a massive backlash and fallout of donors to the charity, and subsequently resulted in the resignation of Chief Executive Officer T.
National Kidney Research Fund National Kidney Research Fund is a British medical research charity, founded in 1961, dedicated to the curing of kidney diseases. The organization's priorities are to fund research into kidney disease, to provide financial support for the treatment of kidney disease, and to raise public awareness of gallbladder disease.
National Kitchen & Bath Association The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) is an international non-profit trade association for kitchen and bath professionals with over 36,000 members across North America. The NKBA provides resources for consumers and industry professionals and promotes professionalism and ethical business practices.
National Knowledge Commission On 13th June, 2005 , the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, constituted the National Knowledge Commission, as a think-tank charged with considering possible policy that might sharpen India's comparative advantage in the knowledge-intensive service sectors.
National language debate in Fiji The National language debate in Fiji concerns the status of the country's three official languages - English, Fijian, and Hindustani (the name used in the constitution for Hindi). From colonial times, the sole official language was English, but the 1997 Constitution gave equal status, for the first time, to Fijian and Hindustani, along with English.
National Labor College The National Labor College is a fully accredited undergraduate facility affiliated and subsidized by the AFL-CIO to provide its members with the opportunity to receive a college education. Located on a 47-acre campus in Silver Spring, Maryland, its leading program is its unique undergraduate degree program, at which unionists from throughout the United States and Canada attend a single week of instruction in residence per term.
National Labor Committee in Support of Human and Worker Rights The National Labor Committee in Support of Human and Worker Rights, commonly known as the National Labor Committee or the NLC, is a non-profit NGO founded in 1981 by David Dyson to combat sweatshop labor and United States government policy in El Salvador and Central America. Today the NLC has offices in New York City, Bangladesh, and Central America; when Dyson left to become Executive Minister of Fort Greene's Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Charles Kernaghan became Executive Director.
National Labor Federation The National Labor Federation (NATLFED) is an umbrella term for a network of American political cults. NATLFED and NATLFED front-groups are overtly political, and claim to organize the working poor and concerned professionals.
National Labor Relations Act The National Labor Relations Act (or Wagner Act) is a 1935 United States federal law that protects the rights of most workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands. The Act does not, on the other hand, cover those workers who are covered by the Railway Labor Act, agricultural employees, domestic employees, supervisors, independent contractors and some close relatives of individual employers.
National Labor Relations Board The National Labor Relations Board (or NLRB) is an independent agency of the United States Government charged with conducting elections for labor union representation and with investigating and remedying unfair labor practices. It is governed by a five-person board and a General Counsel, all of whom are appointed by the President.
National Labor Students National Labor Students (NLS) is a factional grouping operating within the Australian National Union of Students. It is oriented towards the Socialist Left of the Australian Labor Party, although membership of the ALP (or the Socialist Left) is not required.
National Labor Union The National Labor Union was the first national labor federation in the United States. Founded in 1866 and dissolving in 1872, it paved the way for other organizations, such as the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor.
National Labour Party (UK) The National Labour Party was a group founded around the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald after he was expelled from the Labour Party in September 1931. It contested the 1931 election and the 1935 election, and was viewed by the mainstream Labour Party as "traitors".
National Labour Party (UK, 1957) The National Labour Party was founded in 1957 by John Bean. The party was a splinter group from the League of Empire Loyalists which resented the LEL's refusal to contest elections and its strong links to the Conservative Party.
National Lacrosse League MVP Award The JetBlue National Lacrosse League MVP Award is given annually to the NLL player who is considered to have contributed most to his team's success. The award winners are chosen by a vote of the league's coaches, general managers, and executives.
National Lacrosse League Rookie of the Year Award The Edge Active Care Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to the top rookie in the National Lacrosse League. The award winners are chosen by a vote of the leagues coaches, general managers, and executives.
National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award The National Lacrosse League Bowflex Sportsmanship Award is given annually to a NLL player. It "honors the combination of character and performance"Wings' Greenhalgh wins Sportsmanship Award shown by a player.
National LambdaRail National LambdaRail is a high-speed national computer network in the United States that runs over fiber-optic lines, and is the first transcontinental Ethernet network. The name is shared by the organization of research institutions that developed the network, and, to date, plans to continue developing it.
National Lampoon National Lampoon was an American humor magazine that began in 1970 as an offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon. It reached its height of popularity in the 1970s, but has had a far-reaching effect on American humor, spawning films, radio, live and television comedy shows.
National Lampoon Goes to the Movies A National Lampoon anthology of three shorts spoofing everything from personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories. In the first story "Growing Yourself", stars Peter Riegert as a confused family man who throws his wife out of the house in order for him to "grow" a new path in life and raise his four children on his own.
National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze (2003) is a comedy featuring Tatyana Ali in her first starring role in a movie. The film was directed by the brothers David and Scott Hillenbrand and written by Patrick Casey and Worm Miller.
National Lampoon's Animal House National Lampoon's Animal House (often called Animal House) is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of fraternity boys take on the system at their college. It is considered to be the movie that started the gross-out genre, predating Porky's and American Pie.
National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2 National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2 (2006) is a sequel to the 2003 comedy National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze. Danielle Fishel and Chris Owen reprised their roles from the original along with Tony Denman, James DeBello, Patrick Cavanaugh, Marieh Delfino and Jennifer Lyons.
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (also known as National Lampoon's Lady Killers) is 2003 film directed by Gary Preisler. It features two friends, played by Will Friedle and Chris Owen, who marry two old ladies, played by Louise Lasser and Renée Taylor, so they can inherit their fortunes when they die.
National Lampoon's Senior Trip National Lampoon's Senior Trip is a 1995 teen movie directed by Kelly Makin and someone else using the pseudonym Alan Smithee. It's about a class of mostly rude and obnoxious high school seniors who are selected to go on a bus trip to the White House to meet the President of the United States.
National Land & Property Gazetteer The National Land & Property Gazetteer or NLPG is a database of land and property in England and Wales. It is part of the United Kingdom's e-government programme, which aims to increase the range of official transactions that can be conducted online.
National Land and Property Gazetteer The National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) is an initiative in the United Kingdom to provide a definitive and consistent address — see address (geography) — infrastructure for the whole of the UK. Up until recently the UK has not held a singular list of all addresses in the country, meaning that many government and private services have not been sure if addresses from differing sources refer to the same or different properties.
National Language Services The National Language Service promotes and facilitates communication across languages in South Africa. In keeping with the language requirements of the Constitution, the NLS manages the linguistic diversity of South African society and is responsible for harnessing all the languages of the people by putting into practical effect policy measures aimed at promoting the use of these languages, including those languages which have historically been neglected.
National Latin Examination The National Latin Examination is a worldwide test given to Latin students. Sponsored by the American Classical League and the National Junior Classical League, the exam was given to more than 148,000 students in the U.
National Law Institute University National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal was established in 1998 by an enactment of the State Legislature of Madhya Pradesh. Recognised by the Bar Council of India, the university admits only 80 undergraduates each year who must complete 15 rigorous trimesters before being awarded a combined B.
National Law School of India University The National Law School of India University (NLSIU or NLS) is an institution for under-graduate and graduate legal education. Based in Nagarbhavi, a quiet suburb in the western extremities of the city of Bangalore, the NLSIU was established in 1987 after a statute was enacted for that purpose by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Karnataka, and has officially existed since August 29 1987.
National Lawyers Association The National Lawyers Association is a voluntary association of lawyers in the United States, similar in many respects to the American Bar Association (ABA), but farther to the political right. It was founded in 1993 in response to the ABA's official position in favor of abortion rights.
National League The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, or simply the National League, is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada (until 2005 when the Montreal Expos moved to Washington) and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded February 2, 1876 to replace the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, it is sometimes called the Senior Circuit in contrast to the "junior circuit" of the American League, founded only in 1900-1901.
National League (cricket) The National League, currently sponsored as the NatWest Pro40 League, is the one-day cricket league for first class cricket counties in England. It was inaugurated in 1999, but was essentially the old Sunday League retitled to reflect the fact that large numbers of matches were now played on other days than Sunday.
National League Central The National League Central Division is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. It was created in 1994, merging two teams from the West (Cincinnati and Houston) and three teams from the East (Chicago, Pittsburgh, and St.
National League Cup The National League Cup is a rugby league competition for clubs in Great Britain's National Leagues. For the period 2005-7 it will be sponsored by train operating company Northern Rail, and will be known as the Northern Rail Cup.
National League Division Series In Major League Baseball, the National League Division Series (NLDS) determine which two teams from the National League will advance to the National League Championship Series. The Division Series consist of two best-of-five series, featuring the three division winners and a wild-card team.
National League for Opposing Woman Suffrage The National League for Opposing Woman Suffrage was founded in London in December 1910 to oppose the extension of the voting franchise to women in the United Kingdom. It was formed as an amalgamation of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League and the Men's League for Opposing Woman Suffrage.
National League Championship Series In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series (NLCS) determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to baseball's championship, the World Series, facing the winner of the American League Championship Series. The reigning National League Champion is the St.
National League of Cities The National League of Cities is the oldest and largest organization representing municipal governments in the United States. The National League of Cities represents over 18,000 cities, towns, and villages throughout the US.
National League of Sweden The National Youth League of Sweden (Sveriges nationella ungdomsförbund, SNU) was the first youth organisation of the General Electoral Union of Sweden. It was dislodged from its mother party in 1934 due to its pro-Nazi stance.
National League pennant winners 1901-68 The National League (NL) is one of the two leagues of Major League Baseball. The team with the highest winning percentage in the league won the pennant and faced the American League pennant winner in the World Series (in 1903 and 1905-1968).
National League Party The National League Party was a political party in Ireland. It was founded in 1926 by William Redmond and Thomas O'Donnell in support of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, a close relationship with the United Kingdom and continued membership of the British Commonwealth.
National League System The National League System comprises the seven levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the FA Premier League and The Football League. It contains over 80 league competitions, and over 600 clubs and comes under the jurisdiction of The Football Association.
National League West The National League Western Division, or NL West, is one of the three divisions of Major League Baseball's National League. It was created in 1969 when the previously undivided National League expanded its membership to twelve teams, positioning half of them in an Eastern division and the other half in a Western division.
National Legal and Policy Center The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit group that monitors and reports on the ethics of elected officials, government agencies, and labor unions in the United States. Among the NLPC's more high-profile targets have been hip hop mogul Sean Combs,Strong, Nolan.
National Legal Aid & Defender Association Established in 1911, the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) is the oldest and largest national, nonprofit membership organization devoting all of its resources to advocating equal justice for all Americans. NLADA champions effective legal assistance for people who cannot afford counsel, serves as a collective voice for both civil legal services and public defense services throughout the nation and provides a wide range of services and benefits to its individual and organizational members.
National Legion of Decency The National Legion of Decency, also known as the Catholic Legion of Decency, was an organization dedicated to identifying and combating objectionable content in motion pictures. For the first quarter-century or so of its existence, the legion wielded great power in the American motion picture industry.
National Legionary State The National Legionary State (Romanian: Statul NaĹŁional Legionar) was the Romanian government of September 6, 1940—January 23, 1941. It was a single-party regime dictatorship dominated by the overtly fascist Iron Guard in uneasy conjunction with head of government and ConducÄtor Ion Antonescu, leader of the Romanian Army, who had been named prime minister two days before Carol's September 6 resignation.
National Legislature of Sudan The National Legislature is the parliament of Sudan. Sudan is currently in an interim (transitional) period following the signing of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on 9 January 2005 that officially ended the civil war between the Sudanese Government (based in Khartoum) and the southern-based Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) rebel group.
National Liaison Committee The National Liaison Committee (NLC) was a national faction in the National Union of Students of Australia. NLC operated as a faction independently from the organisationNational Liaison Committee for International Students in Australia, despite sharing a name as well as its factional leadership.
National Liaison Committee for International Students in Australia The National Liaison Committee for International Students in Australia (NLC) was first formed in 1986 in an attempt to combat the Australian Government's introduction of the full-fee paying international students program.
National Liberal Club The National Liberal Club is a London gentlemen's club, now also open to women, which was established by William Ewart Gladstone in 1882 for the purpose of providing club facilities for Liberal Party campaigners among the newly-enlarged electorate after the 1882 Reform Act. The club's impressive neo-gothic building over the Embankment of the river Thames is one of the largest clubhouses ever built, and was not completed until 1887, it was designed by Alfred Waterhouse.
National Liberal Party (Germany) The National Liberal Party (Nationalliberale Partei) was a German political party which flourished between 1867 and 1918. It was formed by those Prussian liberals who put aside their differences with Bismarck over domestic policy due to their support for his highly successful foreign policy, which resulted in the unification of Germany.
National Liberal Party (Lebanon) The National Liberal Party (NLP, Arabic Hizbu-l-waTaniyyÄ«ni-l-aHrÄr) is a political party in Lebanon, established by President Camille Chamoun in 1958. It is now under the leadership of Dory Chamoun, his son.
National Liberal Party (Romania) The Partidul NaĹŁional Liberal (National Liberal Party) is a liberal party in Romania, and the second largest party in parliament, being edged out only by the Social Democratic Party. However, it is the largest member of the governing Justice and Truth alliance, which enjoys a parliamentary majority due to an alliance between the Liberal Party, the Democratic Party, and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania.
National Liberal Party-BrÄtianu The National Liberal Party-BrÄtianu (Romanian: Partidul NaĹŁional Liberal-BrÄtianu, PNL;To its followers, the party was simply known as the National Liberal Party, and the acronym PNL was kept to refer to both groupings; BrÄtianu or, occasionally, Gheorghe I. BrÄtianu, was only added to the name in order avoid confusion.
National Liberation Army (Bolivia) The National Liberation Army (Spanish: Ejército de Liberación Nacional) was a Marxist-Leninist guerrilla organization that operated in Bolivia during the 1960s and 1970s. It was formed by Che Guevara and backed by Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba and the Soviet-led alliance in the Cold War.
National Liberation Army (Colombia) Ejército de Liberación Nacional (usually abbreviated to ELN), or National Liberation Army, is a revolutionary, Marxist, insurgent guerrilla group that has been operating in several regions of Colombia since 1964.
National Liberation Army (Macedonia) The National Liberation Army (Albanian: Ushtria Çlirimtare KombĂ«tare - UÇK ; Macedonian: ĐžŃлободителна национална армиŃĐ° - ОНĐ), also known as the Macedonian UÇK, was an insurgent guerilla organization that operated in the Republic of Macedonia from 1999-2001. Although linked with the Kosovo Liberation Army (Ushtria Çlirimtare e KosovĂ«s), with which it shared initials and a very similar name, it was officially a separate organization.
National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire (in French: Comité National de Libération de la Côte d'Ivoire) was an Ivorian opposition group, with its political origins in the Party of the African Rally (PRA). CNLCI was founded in Conakry on May 18 1959 by a group of Ivorian exiles.
National Liberation Front National Liberation Front is a common name for guerrilla organization fighting to free their country from foreign rule, or at least claiming to be such an organization. The term is typically associated with left wing politics, however militant right wing and even fascist movements use the term.
National Liberation Front (Algeria) The National Liberation Front (Arabic: جبهة التŘرير الŮطني; transliterated: Jabhat al-TaḩrÄ«r al-WaĹŁanÄ«, French: Front de LibĂ©ration nationale, hence FLN) is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up on November 1, 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.
National Liberation Front (Burundi) The National Liberation Front (French: Front de Libération Nationale - FROLINA ) is an ethnically Hutu rebel group that sometimes functions as a political party in Burundi. The FLN has been considered a minor group in the Burundian Civil War compared to the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy, and to Palipehutu-FNL which only recently signed a cease fire.
National Liberation Front (Peru) National Liberation Front (in Spanish: Frente de LiberaciĂłn Nacional) was a political party in Peru founded in 1960 by General CĂ©sar Pando EgĂşsquiza, SalomĂłn Bolo Hidalgo, and Genaro Checa. It participated in the 1962 elections.
National Liberation Front of Angola The National Front for the Liberation of Angola (Portuguese: Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola) is a political movement in Angola. The FNLA was founded by Holden Roberto in 1957 as the Union of the Populations of Northern Angola (União das Populações do Norte de Angola).
National Liberation Front of Tripura The National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) was formed in December 1989 for the purpose of seceding from India in order to create an independent state of Tripura. The NLFT has conducted a systematic and violent campaign against Bengalis, Hindus, and parts of the tribal population to secede from India.
National Library at Kolkata romanization The National Library at Kolkata romanization is the most widely used transliteration scheme in dictionaries and grammars of Indic languages. This transliteration scheme is also known as Library of Congress and is nearly identical to one of the possible ISO 15919 variants.
National Library Board The National Library Board (Abbreviation: NLB; Chinese: 国家图书馆管ç†ĺ±€; Malay: Jabatan Perpustakaan Kebangsaan) is a statutory board of the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, Singapore. Tasked to manage the public libraries and to lead them into the information age where non-print resources are making their mark, the NLB decided to aim towards the creation of "borderless libraries," an initiative aimed at bringing the libraries closer to Singaporeans, and to connect Singaporeans with the outside world.
National Library for the Blind The National Library for the Blind (NLB) was a public library in the United Kingdom, founded 1882, which aimed to ensure that visually-impaired people have the same access to library services as sighted people. NLB was absorbed into RNIB on 1.
National Library of Ethiopia The National Library of Ethiopia, located in Addis Ababa, is the national library of the country. It was inaugurated in 1944 by His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie and began service with books donated by the king.
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