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- abbreviation angstrom unit
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State Department spokesman Robert Wood on Monday called the A.U. a "critical institution in terms of our dealing with the continent" but declined to comment further on Gaddafi's election.
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THE STORY SO FAR: The story shifted to Houston, where billionaire oil tycoon A.U. Rookman conducted a videoconference with a John Alpha.
December 2009 2009
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The A.U. committee on Libya is seeking an immediate cease-fire, the free delivery of humanitarian aid, the protection of foreigners in Libya, and to open talks between the rebels and the government.
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Speaking to an A.U. plenary hall packed with diplomats and dignitaries, Clinton hailed the so-called "Arab Spring" bringing about democratic reforms in parts of North Africa and the Middle East.
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Though the A.U. has condemned attacks on civilians, last week its current leader, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, decried foreign intervention in Libya's nearly two-month-old uprising, which he declared to be an internal problem.
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THE STORY SO FAR: The story shifted to Houston, where billionaire oil tycoon A.U. Rookman conducted a videoconference with a John Alpha.
'7th Son: Descent' by J.C. Hutchins, Serialized (Part 8) 2009
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While Mr. Ouattara attended the A.U. meeting in Ethiopia, Mr. Gbagbo issued a ban on U.N. and French army aircraft over Ivory Coast airspace.
Ivory Coast Fighting Escalates Monica Mark 2011
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Gadhafi enjoys substantial support from countries of the A.U., an organization that he chaired two years ago and helped transform using Libya's oil wealth.
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"I tried to get into some creative writing classes in grad school at A.U., and the woman who was in charge ... booted me," he recalls.
Main Character: Richard Peabody has devoted his life to Washington's writers. At what cost? Lora Engdahl 2011
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So it is not clear whether rebels would accept the A.U. as a fair broker.
bilby commented on the word A.U.
Unit of length equal to one hundred millionth of a centimeter (used to measure wavelengths of light), 1892, named for Swedish physicist Anders Ångström (1814-1874).
June 26, 2022