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People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism The People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism is a radical socialist political party in The Gambia. Its candidate at the presidential elections of 18 october 2001, Sidia Jatta, came fifth with 3.
People's Democratic Party (Indonesia) Partai Rakyat Demokratik (PRD) or People's Democratic Party is a democratic socialist party in Indonesia. The party is, in size, relatively small and minor, but its role is very vital to the recent political history of Indonesia.
People's Democratic Party (Trinidad and Tobago) The People's Democratic Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. Under the leadership of Bhadase Sagan Maraj it contested the 1956 General Elections, capturing 5 of 24 elected seats in the Legislative Council and 20.
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (in Persian: حزب دموکراتيک خلق افغانستان, in Pashto: د افغانستان د خلق دموکراټیک ګوند, PDPA) was a communist party that ruled Afghanistan from 1978 to 1991.
People's Democratic Party of Liberia The People's Democratic Party of Liberia (PDPL) is a political party in Liberia. It participated in the 1997 elections and fielded candidates in the 11 October 2005 elections as part of the four-party Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia (COTOL).
People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan The People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan ( - Hizbi Demokratī-Khalkīi Tojikston) is a political party in Tajikistan. It is the ruling party, and is led by Emomali Rahmonov, the current President of Tajikistan.
People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (PDPU) is a political party in Uzbekistan which was founded in October 1991 after the Communist Party of Uzbekistan voted to cut its ties with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and change it's name to PDPU. The has been led by President Islom Karimov since it's foundation.
People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia The People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE) was the official name of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991, as established by the Communist government of Mengistu Haile Mariam and the Workers' Party of Ethiopia (WPE). It dissolved the Derg, the Communist military dictatorship formerly in charge of the country, and established a one-party state with the WPE as supreme authority, though several ex-Derg officials retained posts in the new government.
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Democratic Yemen, South Yemen or Yemen (Aden) was a state in present-day southern Yemen. It united with the Yemen Arab Republic on May 22, 1990 to form the current Republic of Yemen.
People's Democratic Temperance League People's Democratic Temperance League (in Finnish: Kansandemokraattinen raittiusliitto), a temperance organization linked to the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL). KDRL was founded in the 1970s as the previous temperance movement attached to SKDL, the People's Temperance League was taken over by the Taistoists (the orthodox pro-soviet wing of the Communist Party of Finland).
People's Democratic Union (Russia) The People's Democratic Union is a liberal opposition political party in Russia. The party was founded by former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov after he failed to win the leadership of the Democratic Party of Russia.
People's history A people's history is a type of historical work which tries to look at historical events from the perspective of the "common" people: the disenfranchized, oppressed, poor, non-conformist, or otherwise forgotten, as opposed to that of the power structure.
People's History Museum The People's History Museum in Manchester, England is the United Kingdom's national centre for the collection, conservation, interpretation and study of material relating to the history of working people in the UK.
People's Choice Awards The People's Choice Awards is an awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is one of the few to be based on the opinions of the general public.
People's Initiative People’s Initiative or "PI" is one of the modes in which the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines could be amended. The other two modes are via Constituent Assembly or "Con-Ass" and Constitutional Convention or "Con-Con"; which also allow revisions.
People's Insurance Company of China People's Insurance Company of China Holdings Company (中国人保控股公司) is a state-owned company in the People's Republic of China. The holding company promotes its subsidiaries, PICC Asset Management Company Limited and PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited (PICC P&C) (中国人民财产保险股份有限公司).
People's jury Though they can take very different forms from each other, a people's jury or citizens' jury generally aims to provide an opportunity for people to express an informed view on a subject according to their own principles. The jury is made up of people who are normally drawn at random from a local population.
People's Justice Party (UK) The People's Justice Party (PJP) was a minor political party operating in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1998 and grew out of Justice for Kashmir, which changed its name to the Justice Party before settling on its final name.
People's Liberation Army Air Force The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) () is the aviation branch of the People's Liberation Army, the military of the People's Republic of China. It currently consists of approximately 400,000 personnel and 2643 combat aircraftIISS, The IISS Military Balance 2006, Routledge 2006.
People's Liberation Army Ground Force The Ground Forces of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) deploys over 8,000 tanks, 4,000 armored vehicles, and 25,000 artillery pieces. Although it is currently equipped with large numbers of antiquated Soviet era weaponry, the PLA Ground Force is quickly becoming one of the most modern and well-trained armies in the world.
People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison The People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison a garrison of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) responsible for defence duties of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region since the sovereignty of Hong Kong was handed over to the PRC in 1997. Prior to the handover, Hong Kong was under British rule, and the defence of Hong Kong was the responsibility of the British Forces Overseas Hong Kong.
People's Liberation Army Macao Garrison Since December 20, 1999, the defense of Macau has been the responsibility of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), which stations between 500-600 troops in the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, primarily as a symbolic presence to underscore Chinese sovereignty.
People's Liberation Army Marine Corps The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps (Simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军海军陆战队; Traditional Chinese: 中國人民解放軍海軍陸戰隊; pinyin: Zhōngguǒ Rénmǐn Jiěfàngjūn Hǎijūnlūzhāndùi) is the amphibious warfare branch of the People's Liberation Army Navy. It is the marine corps of the People's Republic of China.
People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force The People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF) (中国人民解放军海军航空兵; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmǐn Jiěfàng Jūn Hǎijūn Hángkōngbīng) is the naval aviation branch of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
People's Liberation Army of Turkey PLAT (People’s Liberation Army of Turkey), founded by Hüseyin İnan, Yusuf Aslan, Sinan Cemgil, Deniz Gezmiş and Cihan Alptekin, was a national democrat revolutionary political organisation independent from all Communist parties. Main thesis of PLAT were i) revolution with the goal of completely independent and truly democratic Turkey would be realised through a struggle based on rural areas and force policy under the command of national front understanding; ii) people’s war should be carried on the alliance of proletariat-peasantry-petty bourgeoisie; iii) two basic organisations of people’s war should be counted as the proletariat party and people’s army; iv) these two organisations would be build in the war period based on the mass participation; v) PLAT was a unique organisation performing the functions of these two organisations at the time being.
People's Liberation Army of Turkey-Revolutionary Path of Turkey People's Liberation Army of Turkey-Revolutionary Path of Turkey (in Turkish: TĂĽrkiye Halk Kurtulus Ordusu-TĂĽrkiye Devriminin Yolu) was a splinter-group of the People's Liberation Army of Turkey (THKO). THKO-TDY appeared in 1975.
People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces is the sub-branch of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force that specialises in rapid reaction combat in a limited regional war under high-tech conditions. An estimated 50,000 PLA troops are in the Special Operations Forces.
People's Libraries Society People's Libraries Society (Polish: Towarzystwo Czytelni Ludowych, TCL) was an educational society established in 1880 for the Prussian partition of Poland (active in the regions of Greater Poland or the Grand Duchy of Poznan, Pomerania, West Prussia, and Silesia). Its main goal was to promote education in Polish language among the people, especially the lower classes, and to revert the Germanisation practices of the Prussian authorities.
People's Movement against the EU The People's Movement against the EU (Danish: Folkebevægelsen mod EU) is an anti-European Union political association in Denmark. Unlike some euro-sceptic organisations, their primary objective is to withdraw the country from EU and rejoin EFTA.
People's Movement of Kyrgyzstan People's Movement of Kyrgyzstan is an electoral alliance formed on September 22, 2004 in Kyrgyzstan. Current President Kurmanbek Bakiev was chosen as the movements Chairman at the alliances November 5 founding congress.
People's Mujahedin of Iran The People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI) (Persian: سازمان مجاهدين خلق ايران) (also known as Monafeghin) is a political party that advocates overthrowing the government in the Islamic Republic of Iran and replacing it with its own leadership. It is the main organization of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an "umbrella coalition", while organisations such as the FBIDC Court of Appeals Rules Against NCRI Petition for Review of "Foreign Terrorist Organization" Designation, July 9, 2004, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia and individuals including Michael Axworthy, a senior public servant in the United Kingdom and Nathan Hunerwadel, in an article published by the National Iranian American Council, claim the reverse, that NCRI is a front group for the PMOI.
People's National Movement The People's National Movement is the ruling conservative political party in Trinidad and Tobago. Founded in 1955 by Eric Williams, it won the 1956 General Elections and went on to hold power for an unbroken 30 years.
People's National Party The People's National Party (PNP) is a democratic socialist Jamaican political party, founded by Norman Manley in 1938. It is the oldest political party in the Anglophone Caribbean and one of the main two political parties in Jamaica.
People's New Party The People's New Party (国民新党 Kokumin Shintō) is a Japanese political party formed on August 17, 2005 in the aftermath of the defeat of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Japan Post privatisation bills which led to a snap election.
People's Park (Berkeley) People's Park in Berkeley, California, USA is a park off Telegraph Avenue, bounded by Haste and Bowditch Streets and Dwight Way, near the University of California, Berkeley. The park was created during the radical political activism of the late 1960s.
People's Park (Bloomington) People park is on the corner of Kirkwood and Indiana Avenues in Bloomington, Indiana. The park is right across from the "Sample Gates" of the Indiana University main campus and within easy walking distance of the courthouse square, the public library and various restaurants, bars and stores that are popular with the community and denizens of the university.
People's Party (Greece) The People's Party of Greece (Laiko Komma or Laikon Komma) was a conservative and pro-monarchist political party founded by Dimitrios Gounaris, the main political rival of Eleftherios Venizelos and his Liberal Party.
People's Party (Panama) The People's Party (Partido Popular, formerly known as the Christian Democratic Party of Panama) was founded in the early 1960's. It was the main opposition party during the dictatorship of Manuel Antonio Noriega.
People's Party (Romania) The People's Party (Partidul Popular in Romanian) was a centre-right Christian-Democratic party in Romania, formed in November 2005 by Corneliu Ciontu, previously the president and vice-president of the Greater Romania Party.
People's Party (Thailand) The People's Party (Thai: คณะราษฎร์) was a coalition of Thai civil servants, princes, and military officials that led a successful 1932 coup that overthrew the absolute monarchy of King Prajadhipok. Leaders of the People's Party included Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Pridi Phanomyong, Khuang Abhaiwongse, Colonel Phraya Phahol Pholphayuhasena and Prayoon Phamornmontri.
People's Party (United States, 1970s) The People's Party was a political party in the United States, founded in 1971 by various individuals and local groups, including the Peace and Freedom Party, Commongood People's Party, Country People's Caucus, Human Rights Party, Liberty Union, New American Party, New Party and No Party. The groups saw the party as a united anti-war platform for the coming election.
People's Party (Utah) The People's Party was a political party in Utah Territory during the late 1800s. It was backed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (widely known as the LDS or Mormon Church) and its newspaper, the Deseret News.
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) (Dutch: Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) is a Dutch liberal political party. The VVD is the most vociferous supporter of private enterprise in the Netherlands—although supportive of the welfare state—and is often perceived as a centre-right, or market liberal partyAndeweg R.
People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy The People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et le DĂ©mocratie (PPRD)) is a political party of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the political structure established by the current president of the country, Joseph Kabila.
People's Party of Korea People's Party of Korea(조선인민당) was a moderate left-wing political party created in November 12, 1945 by Lyuh Woon-Hyung. People's Party did not claim being representative to any class, instead it tried to represent the entire Korean people.
People's Party of Progress The People's Party of Progress (Portuguese: Partido Popular do Progresso) is a political party in São Tomé and Príncipe. At the last legislative elections, 3 March 2002, the party joined the Uê Kédadji alliance, that won 16.
People's Party of Spain in the United States The People's Party of Spain in the United States (PPE-USA) ("Partido Popular de España en Estados Unidos" in Spanish) is the name of the People's Party of Spain organization in the United States of America. It held its First Convention in Newark, New Jersey on April 30, 2006, an event attended by more than 300 party members and sympathizers.
People's Party of the Russian Federation The People's Party of the Russian Federation (Народная Партия Российской Федерасии;transliterated as, Narodnaja Partija Rossijskoj Federacii) is a political party in Russia. The leader of the party is a conservative politician Gennady Raikov.
People's Pioneer Mountain Bank of Utah The People's Pioneer Bank of Utah is the 4th oldest FDIC insured bank in Utah according to statistics offered by the FDIC. Since its formation on July 10, 1982 it has served primarily the upper-middle class of Utah County.
People's Plan People's Plan refers to the efforts made to involve the masses in the process of decision making in the field of local self government by the Left Democratic Front government of Kerala(1996-2001) headed by Sri. E.
People's Political Party (Jamaica) The People's Political Party (also known as the PPP) was Jamaica's first modern political party. Formed in September 1929 by Marcus Garvey, it set out a 14 point manifesto - the first of its kind in the island's electoral history.
People's Progressive Party (Solomon Islands) The People's Progressive Party is a political party in the Solomon Islands. It was the dominant party in the country under diverse names in the seventies, eighties and nineties under its then leader Solomon Mamaloni.
People's Radio Hong Kong People's Radio Hong Kong In traditional Chinese "香港人民廣播電台" or its abbreviation PRHK.org (in traditional Chinese "人民電台") is a pro-democratic movement internet radio station based in Hong Kong.
People's Rally for Progress The People's Rally for Progress (French: Rassemblement populaire pour le Progrès) is a political party in Djibouti. It has dominated politics in the country since independence in 1977, under the rule of President Hassan Gouled Aptidon.
People's Redemption Army People's Redemption Army (PRA) is a Ugandan rebel group whose existence is disputed. The Government of Uganda has asserted its existence for several years, although it has occasionally called the rebel group "dormant".
People's Redemption Party The People's Redemption Party was a political party in Nigeria. Often considered the Second Republic incarnation of the Northern Elements Progressive Union, the party was created by the late Mallam Aminu Kano.
People's Reform Party The People's Reform Party is a political party in the Philippines. Founded in 1991 as the political party of former Agrarian Reform Secretary Miriam Defensor-Santiago for her bid as President in the 1992 Presidential Elections.
People's Representative Council The People's Representative Council (Indonesian: Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat/DPR) is the lower house of the legislature of Indonesia. Before the 2004 election, the DPR had 500 members, of whom 462 were elected by proportional representation from each of Indonesia's 27 provinces, and 38 were chosen to represent the Indonesian armed forces and police.
People's Republic People's Republic (sometimes Popular Republic) is a title that is often used by Marxist-Leninist governments to describe their state. The motivation for using this term lies in the claim that Marxist-Leninists govern in accordance with the interests of the vast majority of the people, and, as such, a Marxist-Leninist republic is a people's republic.
People's Republic of Croatia People's Republic of Croatia ("Narodna Republika Hrvatska" in Croatian) was a name of Croatian state from November 29 1945 (called Federal State of Croatia before that) until April 7 1963, when it changed its name to Socialist Republic of Croatia ("SocijalistiÄŤka Republika Hrvatska" in Croatian).
People's Republic of Haven The Republic of Haven is a fictional star nation in the Honorverse. It was formerly called the People's Republic of Haven until Admiral Thomas Theisman overthrew the government and reestablished the planet's original Constitution.
People's Republic of China's trademark law The system of trademark law in mainland China is administered by the Trade Mark Office (with an appeal function administered by the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board and the courts). The two principal pieces of legislation forming the trademark system are the Trademark Law, and the Unfair Competition Law.
People's Republic of Korea The People's Republic of Korea (PRK) was a short-lived provisional government organized to take over control of the country after the Japanese surrender at the end of the Pacific War. It existed in August and September 1945.
People's Republic of Mongolia The People's Republic of Mongolia (Mongolian: Бугд Найрамдах Монгол Ард Улс (БНМАУ)) was a socialist republic in central Asia which existed between 1924 and 1992 and changed to a capitalist country, Mongolia, in 1992. Throughout its history, the state remained an ally of the Soviet Union.
People's Republic of Poland The People's Republic of Poland or Polish People's Republic (Polish: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL) was the official name of Poland from 1952 to 1989, during its period of rule by the Communist party, officially called the Polish United Workers' Party (Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza, or PZPR). The Communists were in effective control of the Polish government from 1944 onwards, but the new name was not adopted until the 1952 Constitution came into effect.
People's Republic of South Yorkshire The People's Republic of South Yorkshire or The Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire, is a satirical reference to Sheffield. It refers to the left-wing Labour administration of Sheffield City Council during the 1980s, under the leadership of David Blunkett.
People's Revolutionary Army (Argentina) The Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (ERP) was the military branch of the communist PRT (Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores, or Workers' Revolutionary Party) in Argentina. The name means "People's Revolutionary Army".
People's Revolutionary Party Incident The People's Revolutionary Party Incidents were legal cases in which the South Korean government accused individuals of socialist inclinations according to the Anti-communism Law in 1965 (the First Incident) and National Security Law in 1975 (the Second Incident).
People's Revolutionary Youth Union of Kampuchea The People's Revolutionary Youth Union of Kampuchea was the youth organization of the Khmer People's Revolutionary Party (which governed Kampuchea/Cambodia during the 1980s). The organization was internationally known by its French name, Union de la Jeunesse Populaire Révolutionnaire du Kampuchéa, abbreviated UJPRK.
People's Square (Shanghai) People's Square () is a large public square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. People's Square is the site of Shanghai's municipal government building, and is used as the standard reference point for measurement of distance in the Shanghai municipality.
People's Temperance League People's Temperance League (in Finnish: Kansan Raittiusliitto), a temperance organization linked to the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL). In the 1970s KRL was taken over by the orthodox pro-USSR-wing of the Communist Party of Finland.
People's Union (Iraq) The People's Union (Ittihad Al Shaab or another name in English: Program of People's Unity) was the main communist party list in the January 2005 Iraqi legislative election. It is made up of the Iraqi Communist Party and independent candidate Hikmat Dawud Hakim.
People's Union for Wallis and Futuna The People's Union for Wallis and Futuna (French: Union Populaire pour Wallis et Futuna) is a political party in the French collectivité d'outre-mer of Wallis and Futuna. In the latest legislative elections of March 10, 2002, it won, together with the French Socialist Party, 7 out of 20 seats in the Territorial Assembly.
People's Union of Estonia The People's Union of Estonia (Estonian: Eestimaa Rahvaliit) is a political party in Estonia, led by Villu Reiljan. It is the fourth largest party in the parliament (Riigikogu), with 14 of 101 seats; since 2003, the party has been a member of the government coalition.
People's Union Our Ukraine The People's Union Our Ukraine (Narodnyi Soyuz Nasha Ukrayina, NSNU) is a political party of Ukraine, claiming itself the continuation of the Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine (Blok Viktora Yushchenka Nasha Ukrayina,) electoral alliance. The NSNU was formally launched on March 5, 2005 by the group of politicians appointed by Yushchenko, but failed to attract most parties that had been members of the Bloc, which refused to be absorbed.
People's Volunteer Army The Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) () was a volunteer army deployed by the Chinese government during the Korean War. Although most soldiers were previously members of the People's Liberation Army, the People's Volunteer Army was separately constituted in order to prevent an official war with the United States.
People's war People's war (Chinese language: 人民战争), also called protracted people's war, is a military-political strategy invented by Mao Zedong. The basic concept behind People's War is to maintain the support of the population and draw the enemy deep into the interior where the population will bleed them dry through a mix of 'Mobile Warfare' and Guerrilla warfare.
People's Will of Pridnestrovie People's Will (Russian: Народная Воля, Narodnaya Volya) is a political party in Pridnestrovie Transnistria. It is affiliated with the Russian nationalist Party of National Revival "Narodnaya Volya" led by State Duma Vice Speaker Sergey Baburin.
PeopleMover The PeopleMover (July 2, 1967–August 21, 1995), officially the PeopleMover Thru the World of Tron from 1982-1995, was an attraction in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and remains open at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida as Tomorrowland Transit Authority. The spelling of the attraction's name is also referenced as "Peoplemover" or "People Mover.
Peoples Democratic Party (India) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is a broad Muslim-Dalit-backward alliance based in Kerala, India. PDP was formed by Abdul Nasser Madani, the leader of now defunct Islamic Sevak Sangh (ISS), following Sangh Parivar's assent to power and its direct consequences: the 1991 Babri Masjid demolition, widespread economic liberalization and violent inter-caste conflicts.
Peoples Energy Peoples Energy () is a holding company whose main revenues come from its regulated gas utility subsidiaries Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas that serve the Chicago area. Its other subsidiaries include Peoples Energy Resources Company, LLC, Peoples Energy Services Corporation, Peoples Energy Production Company and Peoples District Energy Corporation, providing servicies in the oil and gas production, natural gas power generation, midstream services, and retail energy services industries.
Peoples Grocery The Peoples Grocery was opened in 1885 in a Memphis neighborhood by three African Americans: Thomas Moss, Henry Stewart, and Calvin McDowell who were friends of Ida WellsMaking Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South 1890-1940, Grace Hale, Vintage Press, page 208. The owners were murdered by a white mob while in police custody in March 1892http://tennesseeencyclopedia.
Peoples Improv Theater The Peoples Improv Theater, or PIT, was established in New York City in 2002 by Ali Farahnakian and Armando Diaz (Diaz has since left the theater and helped launch the Magnet Theater). Currently located at 154 W.
Peoples Music Network The People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle is a nonprofit organization that serves as a network of musicians, activists, performers, and others, who use music and culture to promote progressive ideas and values. Founded in 1977 by Pete Seeger and Charlie King, the organization has two gatherings each year, one in upstate New York in the summer, and one in late January in various cities (usually on the east coast of the US, but sometimes in other locations).
Peoples of the Caucasus Caucasian peoples is a term used to describe a people speaking native Caucasian languages, as well as various other peoples that live in the Caucasus region and that speak languages which belong to the Altaic or Indo-European language families, rather than to a Caucasian language family.
Peoples Party of Georgia (U.S. state) The Peoples' Party of Georgia (Populist Party) was organized in 1892 from the Georgia Farmers Alliance as the state section of the national Peoples' Party. The first national convention was held in Omaha, Nebraska.
Peoples Savings Bank The Peoples Savings Bank, located at 101 3rd Avenue, SW, was a building was designed by Louis Sullivan in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Sullivan's initial design was completed in the summer of 1909 but was rejected by the bank as being too expensive.
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia The Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Росси́йский Университе́т Дру́жбы Наро́дов, РУДН) is located in southwest Moscow.  It was founded in 1960 as the Peoples' Friendship University.
Peoples' Global Action Peoples' Global Action (PGA) is the name of a worldwide co-ordination of radical social movements, grassroots campaigns and direct actions in resistance to capitalism and for social and environmental justice. PGA is part of the so-called anti-globalization movement.
PeopleSoft PeopleSoft, Inc. was a software company that provided HRMS (human resource management), CRM (customer relationship management), Manufacturing, Financials, EPM (Enterprise Performance Management) and Student Administration software solutions to large corporations, governments, and organizations.
PeopleView PeopleView is a company which develops, markets and supports web-based assessment and reporting tools. It also provides consulting services that enable companies to manage their Human Capital Management (HCM) needs in real-time.
Peopleware Peopleware - Productive Projects and Teams (ISBN 0-932633-43-9) is a popular 1987 book, written by software consultants Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister, on the inside world of software developing teams, in a manner such as to highlight the real-world conflicting natures between individual work perspective and corporate ideology. Peopleware may be compared to the movie Office Space, but with statistics, models, and theories.
Peoria (tribe) The Peoria tribe was one of the Native American tribes that formed the Illiniwek tribal group in what is now the Midwest of the United States of America. After being decimated by disease and wars, the members of the Kaskaskia, Peoria, Piankeshaw, and Wea tribes were confederated under the Peoria name and relocated to land in Kansas.
Peoria Academy Peoria Academy is a private, independent, not-for-profit school located in Peoria, Illinois. Peoria Academy was founded in February 2000 by a core group of parents, faculty members and administrators, and currently serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.
Peoria Automobile Club The Peoria Automobile Club, also known as Shore Acres Park Clubhouse, is a Registered Historic Place in Peoria County, Illinois. Located in the Illinois River city of Chillicothe, Illinois, the Club has been listed on the Register since 1995.
Peoria Journal Star The Peoria Journal Star is the major daily newspaper for Peoria, Illinois and its surrounding area. First owned locally, then employee-owned, it is currently owned by Copley Press, the same company that owns The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Peoria Lake Peoria Lake () is a section of the Illinois River between Peoria in Peoria County, Illinois and East Peoria in Tazewell County, Illinois. The oldest section of Peoria, the largest city on the river, lies at its shores.
Peoria Padres The Arizona League Padres are the rookie-level team of the San Diego Padres in the Arizona Rookie League. They play their home games at Peoria Sports Complex, which is also the home of the minor league clubhouse for the Padres.
Pep band A Pep Band is an ensemble of instrumentalists who play at functions or events with the purpose of entertaining, or "pepping" up a crowd. Often, members of a pep band are a subset of people from a larger ensemble like a marching band or concert band.
Pep flags Pep flags, also known as short flags, small flags, flaggies, or twirl flags is the performing art of twirling one or two flag(s) as part of a choreographed routine. In recent years, some schools have implemented a third and even fourth flag in routines.

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