Presbyterians Vote to Divest Holdings to Pressure Israel
The church voted at its general convention to divest from three companies that it says supply Israel with equipment used in the occupation of Palestinian territory.
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The church voted at its general convention to divest from three companies that it says supply Israel with equipment used in the occupation of Palestinian territory.
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Yozo Ishikawa was a Japanese lawmaker and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He served as director general of the now-defunct defense agency of Japan in 1990.
2014Walter Kieber, Austrian-Liechtenstein politician, 7th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (born 1931)[†]
Walter Kieber was a lawyer and politician from Liechtenstein who served as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1974 to 1978. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1970 to 1974 and again from 1978 to 1980.
2014Wong Ho Leng, Malaysian lawyer and politician (born 1959)[†]
Wong Ho Leng was a Malaysian politician. He was the opposition leader of the Sarawak State Assembly from May 2006 to June 2013. He was also the state chairman of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) from 2001 until 10 June 2013. He was the Member of the State Legislative Assembly of Sarawak for the seat of Bukit Assek until his death on 21 June 2014.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]