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Gi, Co called Irom the river Janeiro, which lmgt9H% Hants, NW. of Mapie-DurhaoL runs through the middle of it.
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Company on demand the whole or such part of the sums set against scnption. our names as may be called Irom time to time for the use of said company in the payment of its losses and expenses not otherwise provided for.
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'Irom Shimla, pictured at Imphal Medical College, Manipur, in India's Northeast, has been fasting for the last seven years, demanding the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act.'
Art as Witness 2011
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The brief hunger fasts by Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev attracted the nation's attention, but Irom Sharmila of Manipur has gone largely unnoticed even though her hunger strike has lasted more than 10 years.
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European Pressphoto Agency Irom Chanu Sharmila, a writer and social activist from the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, started a hunger protest on Nov. 2.
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Anupam Nath/Associated Press Women from India's northeastern state of Manipur participated in a demonstration to express solidarity with Irom Sharmila's decade-long hunger strike against the implementation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, in Guwahati, India on April 25, 2011.
Indian in Pictures 2011
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She did not seem to mind getting blood on her fingers, just plucking a lace-edge handkerchief Irom her sleeve, a paler green than usual for Cairhienin, and wiping them, then examined the end of the shaft sticking out of his arm to make sure there were no splinters.
Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005
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She turned her head a little, and the sunlight struck the bridge of her nose so that he could imagine her at the bow of an ancient ship, setting sail Irom Carthage, across the Mediterranean, heading for this sheltered place that would become Venezia.
The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983
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The state's most famous activist, Irom Sharmila, is a woman who has been on a hunger strike for more than a decade, seeking the removal of draconian laws that shield the armed forces from prosecution for crimes committed here.
NYT > Home Page By LYDIA POLGREEN 2011
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She will be taking your questions about her recent stories on Uttar Pradesh's corruption-fueled healthcare crisis, Irom Chanu Sharmila, India's ambitious unique identification database, and anything you want to ask about India Ink and the New York Times coverage here.
NYT > Home Page By THE NEW YORK TIMES 2011
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