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    A diplomatic gift is a gift given by a diplomat, politician or leader when visiting a foreign country. Usually the gift is reciprocated by the host. The...
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    return gifts to a deity. Alms Altruism Atonement Charity (practice) Christmas gift Debt relief Diplomatic gift Gift economy Gift (law) Gift tax Gift wrapping...
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    Diplomacy Monitor Diplomatic capital Diplomatic flag Diplomatic gift Diplomatic law Diplomatic passport Diplomatic rank Diplomatic recognition Energy...
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    Statue of Liberty (category Diplomatic gifts)
    Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. The copper statue, a gift to the U.S. from the people of France, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric...
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    in Chicago, and later re-castings of the statue have been given as diplomatic gifts from the United States to the United Kingdom, and to Mexico. Completed...
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  • Look up gift or gifts in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A gift is a present. Gift or gifts may also refer to: Gift (Kielland novel), an 1883 novel by...
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    intended as a diplomatic gift from the U.S. to France. Pinckney's deliberate humiliation by the Directory and the suspension of diplomatic relations between...
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    a service horse in the French Republican Guard, then offered as a diplomatic gift from French President Emmanuel Macron to his Chinese counterpart Xi...
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    They were first created for use in special proof coin sets used as diplomatic gifts during Edmund Roberts' trips to Siam and Muscat. Edmund Roberts distributed...
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    head of Gainas to Constantinople, where Arcadius receives it as a diplomatic gift. The Paeonians (Illyricum) lose their identity (approximate date)....
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    himself, as Cosimo was a pioneer of the copied portrait sent as a diplomatic gift. He trained with Pontormo, the leading Florentine painter of the first...
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  • bringing a gift of mules and dogs to James VI. In July 1602 his wife attended Elizabeth I at Greenwich Palace and gave her maids of honour gifts of French...
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    Pushinka (category Animals as diplomatic gifts)
    Pushinka (Russian: Пушинка, lit. 'Fluffy') was a dog who was given by the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to the President of the United States, John...
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    Shah Diamond (category Diplomatic gifts)
    The Shah Diamond was found at the Golconda mines in what is now Telangana, South India, probably in 1450, and it is currently held in the Diamond Fund...
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    Elephant of Henry III (category Animals as diplomatic gifts)
    elephant is thought to be one given by Egypt to Louis IX of France as a diplomatic gift during the Seventh Crusade. The animal was given to Henry III as he...
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    Kaavan (category Animals as diplomatic gifts)
    Kaavan (Urdu: کاون; born 1985) is a male Asian elephant known as the "world's loneliest elephant" since his partner, 22-year-old Saheli, died in 2012....
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    ties and diplomatic relations between England and the Republic. The gift was organized by Cornelis de Graeff and Andries de Graeff. The gift seems to...
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    urgent need to create a national honour system that could serve as a diplomatic gift. The national congress provided this exclusive right to the sovereign...
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    Godolphin Arabian (category Animals as diplomatic gifts)
    was foaled in Morocco and was called Sham. He came to Europe as a diplomatic gift to King Louis XV of France but, due to his poor condition on arrival...
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    Mango cult (category Diplomatic gifts)
    mangoes were preserved in formaldehyde, or sealed in wax for veneration. Mao's gift of mangoes to the workers and the rise of the mango cult coincided with a...
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  • Panda diplomacy (category Animals as diplomatic gifts)
    Nixon gave two musk oxen to the Chinese as a gift. The mutual gifts illustrated the growing diplomatic relationship between China and the United States...
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    Thulle, who was delivering a 60 centimetres (24 in) rai stone as a diplomatic gift to the "prime minister" of Yap and a cadre of Tomil chieftains. The...
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    Merci Train (category Diplomatic gifts)
    Weehawken, New Jersey on February 2, 1949. The idea to send a "thank you" gift to the United States for the $40 million in food and other supplies sent...
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    diplomacy that went smoothly goes unreported. There is no reference to diplomatic contacts with Tang China, for example, which is known directly only from...
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    The Thing (listening device) (category Diplomatic gifts)
    passive techniques to transmit an audio signal. It was concealed inside a gift given by the Soviet Union to W. Averell Harriman, the United States Ambassador...
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    Chi Chi (giant panda) (category Animals as diplomatic gifts)
    Chi Chi (Chinese: 姬姬; pinyin: Jī Jī; September 1954 – 22 July 1972) was a well-known female giant panda at London Zoo in England. Chi Chi was not London...
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  • relations between Egypt and Naharin (Mitanni) were peaceful with much diplomatic gift giving according to the correspondence of the Amarna Letters. The military...
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    Jakarta, gave Jokowi a Metallica Master of Puppets vinyl box set as a diplomatic gift. It was signed by the band's drummer and co-founder, Lars Ulrich, a...
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    regulated. In 1978, a breeding pair of Franzuskaya Bolonka was sent as a diplomatic gift from the Soviet Union into the GDR. From these and a few others, the...
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    Resolute desk (category Diplomatic gifts)
    Oval Office desk, including the five most recent presidents. The desk was a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880 and was built...
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