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Semipalatinsk, city, Kazakhstan: see Semey Semey (sĕm`ā) or Semipalatinsk ..... Click the link for more information. . Semeyformerly (until 1991) SemipalatinskPort city (pop., 1999: 269,600) on the Irtysh (Ertis) River, eastern Kazakhstan. It was founded as a Russian fort in 1718 and was moved to its present site in 1778, at the junction of caravan trails; before 1917 more than 11,000 camels passed through the city annually. In the early 20th century it was connected by rail to Siberia and other parts of Central Asia. It has one of the largest meat-packing plants in Kazakhstan. Its name was changed after Kazakhstan attained independence in 1991. Semipalatinsk a city in NE Kazakhstan on the Irtysh River; an important communications centre. Pop.: 282 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Second Committee also adopted draft resolutions that addressed the special needs of various countries and regions, including humanitarian assistance in Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti, as well as relief aid for El Salvador and Guatemala in the wake of tropical storm Stan in October 2005 and the rehabilitation of the Semipalatinsk region of Kazakhstan, where from 1949 to 1991 the Soviet Union conducted nearly 500 nuclear tests. Correlation of cytoplasmic [beta]-catenin and cyclin D1 overexpression during thyroid carcinogenesis around Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. And she tells of how she herself joined with thousands of others in civil disobedience at the Nevada Test Site in the late 1980s, and how their actions, unbeknownst to them, were inspiring anti-nuclear activists half way around the world in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, who called themselves the Nevada-Semipalatinsk Anti-nuclear Movement. |
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