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Featured article: May 23, 2007

Jerusalem is Israel's capital, seat of government, and largest city, both in terms of population and area, with 732,100 residents in an area of 126 sq. km (49 sq. mi.). Located in the Judean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea, the city has a history that goes back as far as the 4th millennium BCE. The walled area of Jerusalem, which constituted the entire city until the 1860s, is now called the Old City, and was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1982. The Old City is home to several sites of key religious importance: the Temple Mount and its Western Wall for Jews, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for Christians, and the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque for Muslims. Modern Jerusalem has grown up around the Old City, with its civic and cultural hub extending westward toward the country's urban center in Gush Dan. Today, Jerusalem remains a bone of contention in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem (captured in the 1967 Six-Day War) has been particularly controversial, as there are Palestinians who view this part of the city as the capital of a future Palestinian state. Thus, the status of a united Jerusalem as Israel's "eternal capital" has not been recognized by the United Nations and much of the international community. (more...)

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A stitched panorama of the skyline of downtown Portland, Oregon on the Willamette River, taken from the east waterfront.

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Featured list: List of Nintendo 64 games
This is a complete list of all 387 games for the Nintendo 64 video game system, organized alphabetically by their English titles or their alphabet conversions. It is arranged so the games with different titles are listed once for each program that it contains, the various titles are listed by the majority name first. See full list...

Featured topic: Gaylactic Spectrum Awards

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Gaylactic Spectrum Awards

Winners and nominees
for best novel

Winners and nominees
for best short fiction

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Serse: "Ombra mai fù"

Richard Nixon's resignation speech

Fitzwilliam Sonatas (in 3 parts)

Battle Hymn of the Republic

Rigoletto: "Bella figlia dell'amore"

Il trovatore: "Stride la vampa"

2002 State of the Union Address

Tear down this wall

Gerald Ford Vietnam clemency remarks

Carmen: Chanson du toréador

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Criteria:	FA? / T	FP? / T	FL? / T	FPO? / T	FT? / T	FS? / T
Candidates:	FAC / T	FPC / T	FLC / T	FPOC / T	FTC / T	FSC / T
Removal:	FARC / T	FPR / T	FLRC / T	FPR / T	FTRC / T	FSRC / T
Former:	685 / T	FFP	70 / T	FFPO	FFT	FFS