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Featured article: December 22, 2006

The British African-Caribbean community are residents of the United Kingdom who are of West Indian background, and whose ancestors were indigenous to Africa. As immigration to the UK from Africa increased in the 1990s, the term has been used to include UK residents solely of African origin, or as a term to define all Black British residents, though this is usually denoted by "African and Caribbean". The largest proportion of the African-Caribbean population in the UK are of Jamaican origin; others trace origins to smaller nations including Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Montserrat, Dominica, Antigua and Guyana, which though located on the South American mainland, has close cultural ties to the Caribbean, and was historically considered to be part of the British West Indies. African-Caribbean communities exist throughout the United Kingdom, though by far the largest concentrations are in London, Birmingham and the broader West Midlands conurbation. (more...)

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Male lion (Panthera leo) and cub eating a Cape Buffalo in Northern Sabi Sand, South Africa. Lions are true predators who can require an average of up to seven kilograms (15 lbs) of meat daily to survive. Large mammals comprise an important part of a lion's diet.

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Featured list: Timeline of Canadian elections

This article provides a timeline of elections in Canada, including all the provincial, territorial and federal elections. The information starts from when each province was formed or entered the Confederation, and continues through to the present day. The background colour indicates which party won the election. Several provinces held elections before joining Canada, but only their post-Confederation elections are shown.

Colour	Party	Colour	Party
	Pre-confederation		Parti Québécois
	Liberal Party		Yukon Party
	NDP		Progressive Conservatives and historical Conservatives
	CCF		Conservative Party
	Social Credit		Union Nationale
	United Farmers		Coalition
	Saskatchewan Party		Non-partisan

1867 - 1899

Year	BC	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PEI	NT	Federal
1867			1st ^[A]	1st	21st	24th			1st
1868
1869
1870		1st			22nd			(Temp. Council)
1871	1st		2nd	2nd		25th
1872									2nd
1873							26th		2nd
1874		2nd			23rd	26th			3rd
1875	2nd		3rd	3rd
1876							27th	(First Council)
1877
1878	3rd	3rd		4th ^[F]	24th	27th			4th
1879		4th	4th				28th
1880
1881				5th
1882	4th				25th	28th			5th
1883		5th	5th				29th
1884
1885

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Russian national anthem at Medvedev inauguration 2008

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