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Ami Ayukawa (鮎川あみ, Ayukawa Ami?), born February 18, 1981 in the vicinity of the border between Western Tokyo and the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan is a Japanese AV Idol starring in pornographic movies since 1999. Often referred to as an...

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Francis "Frank" McCourt (August 19, 1930 – July 19, 2009) was an Irish-American teacher and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, best known as the author of Angela's Ashes, an award-winning, tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.

Yuma Asami (麻美ゆま, Asami Yuma?) is a Japanese adult video actress. Beginning in 2005 Asami appeared in AVs for Alice Japan and S1 No. 1 Style. Her adult videos have won first prize in Japanese Adult Video Awards, and she...

Yang Jiechi (simplified Chinese: 杨洁篪; traditional Chinese: 楊潔篪; pinyin: Yáng Jiéchí; born May 1950) is the current and the tenth Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China. He was promoted to China's top diplomatic post on April 27, 2007....

Angelo Tomas Reyes (17 March 1945 – 8 February 2011) was the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff from 2000 to 2001 under President Joseph Estrada. At the height of the 2001 EDSA Revolution, Reyes withdrew his...

Ian James Thorpe OAM (born 13 October 1982), nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won...

Katsuya Okada (岡田 克也, Okada Katsuya?, born July 14, 1953) is a Japanese politician and the Deputy Prime Minister of Japan. A member of the House of Representatives of Japan, he is Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)...

Hirohito (裕仁?), posthumously in Japan officially called Emperor Shōwa or the Shōwa Emperor (昭和天皇, Shōwa-tennō?), (April 29, 1901 (Meiji 34) – January 7, 1989) was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning from December 25, 1926, until...

Jeet Kune Do (截拳道; also "Jeet Kun Do", "JKD," or "Jeet Kuen Do") is a hybrid martial arts system and life philosophy founded by martial artist Bruce Lee with direct, non classical and straightforward movements in 1967. Due to the...