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  • North-west; and was specially so from the fact that, by his wonderful inventions of the syllabic character in the Cree language, he has conferred untold blessings upon the Indian tribes and missions of all the Churches in that vast North-West territory, in which he only was permitted to labour for six years.

    The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Egerton Ryerson 1842

  • He describes letters arriving at his house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province formerly known as the North-West Frontier province, warning him that he is a marked man and commanding him to halt his work.

    Story pick: Bullet holes in the bumper 2011

  • Pashtun tribes and sub-tribes living in what was then called the North-West

    Afghanistan Is Another Afghanistan 2009

  • Pamphlets bearing the message: "The North-West is a condom friendly province", and urging readers to avoid risky behaviour, have been widely distributed.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • Asmal was addressing about 2000 people who attended the project launch in Winterveld, an informal settlement in North-West, which is home to 300,000 people.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • He describes letters arriving at his house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province formerly known as the North-West Frontier province, warning him that he is a marked man and commanding him to halt his work.

    Slate Magazine Sarah A. Topol 2011

  • The spillover effects of the flooding in the country have begun to reverberate much further, spreading on Wednesday from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formerly known as the North-West

    NYT > Home Page KEVIN DREW 2010

  • The spillover effects of the flooding in the country have begun to reverberate much further, spreading on Wednesday from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formerly known as the North-West

    International Herald Tribune - World News, Analysis, and Global Opinions 2010

  • Bhuj: The formal inauguration of the new regional centre of Coast Guard, to be known as North-West centre, in Gandhinagar, which was scheduled for last weekend, has been postponed pending a new date convenient

    WN.com - Articles related to Govt to invest Rs200 crore for heritage conservation 2009

  • Bhuj: The formal inauguration of the new regional centre of Coast Guard, to be known as North-West centre, in Gandhinagar, which was scheduled for last weekend, has been postponed pending a new date convenient

    WN.com - Articles related to Govt to invest Rs200 crore for heritage conservation 2009

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