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6 unusual facts about MEK


Adigrat

During the First Italian-Abyssinian War, the Italians occupied Adigrat on 25 March 1895, and used it as a base to support their advance south to Mek'ele.

Emilio De Bono

On November 8, the I Corps and the Eritrean Corps captured Mek'ele.

GSK716155

The receptor activates insulin gene expression by activation of MAPK through a mechanism dependent on MEK but independent of both Raf and Ras3.

Mohammad Tavasoli

He was arrested in 1971 because he helped a member of MEK and was jailed for one year.

Qwiha

In Qwiha, the main paved road from Addis Ababa takes a sharp turn left to Mek'ele.

Ras Alula

The airport in Mek'ele is named after Ras Alula, and an equestrian statue is dedicated to him in that city.


1895 in Italy

March 25 – Italian troops occupy Adigrat in Ethiopia and use it as a base to support their advance south to Mek'ele.

Abtalion

These two scholars are the first whose sayings are recorded in the Haggadah (Mek., Beshallaḥ, iii.36, ed. Weiss.).

Anthony Brandon Wong

Wong's other roles include Jumping Ship as the leader of modern-day pirates, Little Fish, two stints on Home and Away, Mek – a scientist in Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord, the 2004 film Flight of the Phoenix, and as Tasuke Kogo in the 2008 six-part miniseries, Samurai Girl.

Khedivate of Egypt

In October 1822, Ismail, with his retinue, was burnt to death by Nimr, the mek (king) of Shendi; and the defterdar, a man infamous for his cruelty, assumed the command of those provinces, and exacted terrible retribution from the inhabitants.

MegaMek

Exceptions are a few trademarked items changed by the developers (e.g., changing 'Mech to Mek).

Spezialeinsatzkommando

At the moment, only the SEK units of Hamburg (note: the SEK-equivalent unit in Hamburg is also called MEK), Schleswig-Holstein and Southern Hesse have women in their ranks.


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