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IAI
IAI is an acronym for: Inter-American Institute for Global Change ResearchInternational African InstituteInternational Association for IdentificationIsrael Aircraft Industries (Ha-Taasiya Ha-Avirit)Islamic Army in IraqInternational Acadamy of Irvine The International Acadamy of Irvine or IAI is an i..
Iai-do
Iai was originally developed in feudal Japan, and primarily was concerned with dealing calmly and quickly to a series of potential situations such as surprise attacks, ambush and assault by multiple opponents. The iaidoka would calmly react to whatever situation he was placed in, draw his katana, de..
Iaia
Iaia of Cyzicus was described by Pliny the Elder as living in the time of Varro's youth around 90 BCE. In the Renaissance, Boccaccio, a fourteenth century humanist, included Iaia in De mulieribus claris (Latin for On Famous Women). He called her Marcia, daughter of Varro, who never married and..
Iaido
Respect due to the sword (To-ne-rei) before and after practice Iaido The way/art of drawing the sword. Iaido is a sword-based Japanese martial art that trains the motions associated with drawing a sword (刀) from its scabbard or saya, striking or cutting an opponent, removing blood from the..
Iain Archer
--> Iain Archer is a singer/songwriter from Northern Ireland, and once a member of the indie band Snow Patrol. Iain comes from a musical background and has released solo material in the mid 90s although it was not widely known. After a stint with Snow Patrol and a side project with Snow Patrol's ..
Iain Balshaw
Iain Robert Balshaw MBE (born April 14, 1979 in Blackburn) is a rugby union footballer who plays on the wing or at full back for Gloucester. Balshaw was educated at the Jesuit Stonyhurst College, at junior level he played for Preston Grasshoppers and joined Bath as a teenager in 1997. He made his s..
Iain Banks
Iain M. Banks at 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Iain Menzies Banks (born on February 16, 1954 in Dunfermline, Fife) is a Scottish writer. As Iain M. Banks he writes science fiction; as Iain Banks he writes literary fiction. His father was an officer in the Admi..
Iain Black
Iain James Stewart Black (born 1967) was elected to represent the riding of Port Moody-Westwood in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the BC general election held on May 17, 2005 as a member of the BC Liberal Party, and began the transition from the role of technology executive into tha..
Iain Borden
Iain Borden (Born in Oxford in 1962). Is an architectural historian and urban commentator. He was educated at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UCL, University of London and UCLA. Now Borden is the head of The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, and Professor of Architecture and Urban Cul..
Iain Brambell
Iain Brambell (born November 10, 1973 in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia) is a Canadian rower. He is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. He won a bronze medal at the 2002 world championships in Seville, Spain in the men's lightweight fours event. ..
Iain Brines
Iain Brines (born July 22 1967) is a Scottish football referee in the Scottish Premier League. ..
Iain Butchart
Iain ButchartZimbabwe (Zim) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm medium Tests ODIs Matches 1 20 '''Runs scored 23 252 Batting average 11.50 18.00 100s/50s -/- -/1 Top score 15 54 ..
Iain Chalmers
Sir Iain Chalmers is a health services researcher, one of the founders of the Cochrane Collaboration, and Editor of the [James Lind Library]. From a profile of Iain Chalmers at [childbirthconnection.org]:After qualifying in medicine in the mid 1960s, Iain Chalmers practised as a..
Iain Coleman
Iain Coleman (born 18 January, 1958) was the Labour Member of Parliament for Hammersmith and Fulham in London from 1997 to 2005. Coleman was educated at Tonbridge School. He worked as a local government officer in the London Boroughs of Ealing and Islington. His mother and brother were councillors ..
Iain Colquhoun
Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet KT (20 June 1887–12 November 1948) was a British baronet. His title was '7th Baronet Colquhoun, of Luss'. He married Geraldine Bryde Dinah Tennant on 10th February 1915 and they had one daughter: Fiona Bryde Colquhoun |- style="text-align: center;" |- st..
Iain Conn
In his role as an executive director of the BP Group, Iain Conn has regional responsibility for Europe, including the UK, together with Russia, the Middle East, the Caspian and Africa. He has functional responsibility for Health, Safety & Environment, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Technology..
Iain Crichton Smith
Iain Crichton Smith (Iain Mac a'Ghobhainn) (January 1, 1928 - October 15, 1998) was a Scottish man of letters, writing in both English and Scottish Gaelic, and a prolific author in both languages. He is known for poetry, short stories and novels. He was born in Glasgow, but moved to the isle of Lew..
Iain Cuthbertson
Iain Cuthbertson is a distinguished Scottish character actor born 4 January 1930 in Glasgow, Scotland. At 6' 4" he has a tall and imposing build. He has married twice, to the actress Anne Kristen (deceased) and therafter to Mary Cuthbertson. His most memorable television role was as the criminal an..
Iain Dale
Iain Dale (born 15 July 1962) is an English Conservative politician and pundit, broadcaster and owner of Politicos.co.uk, the political Internet bookstore. He founded Politico's Publishing in 1998, and sold it in 2003. Dale is the author or editor of fourteen political books. He appears regularly o..
Iain Donaldson
Iain Donaldson (born 13 June1964) is a Liberal Democrat politician in Manchester. He is councillor for the Burnage ward, and was previously councillor for the Gorton North ward. He has stood for parliament twice, once for Denton and Reddish in the 1997 General Election, and for Manchester Blackl..
Iain Dowie
Iain Dowie, (born January 9 1965 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England), is a football manager and coach, and former professional football player and Northern Ireland international. He is currently manager of English Premiership club Charlton Athletic. Contents 1 Playing1.1 International..
Iain Duncan Smith
Rt. Hon. Iain Duncan Smith George Iain Duncan Smith (born April 9 1954), often referred to as IDS, is a British politician. He is Member of Parliament for the constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green. He was leader of the Conservative Party from September 12 2001 to November 6 2003. He lo..
Iain Dunn
Iain Dunn, (born 1st April, 1970) was a professional footballer who played for, amongst other teams, York City, Chesterfield_F.C., Peterborough United, Scarborough Town, Goole Town, Huddersfield Town and Scunthorpe United. Amongst other achievements, Iain was the first player in British Football to..
Iain Evans
Iain Evans (born 1960) is a South Australian Liberal Party politician and Leader of the Opposition. He studied at Heathfield High School and gained a Bachelor Degree for Building Technology. Prior to entering politics he managed a family-owned building and retailing business. He was elected in the 1..
Iain Fletcher
Iain Fletcher (b. 23 August, 1966) who has played Rod Skase in The Bill from 1994 to 2000. Since then he has appeared in Holby City, Band of Brothers, Doctors, Family Affairs and Casualty. ..
Iain Fullarton
Iain Fullarton was born April 25, 1976. While at Merchiston Castle School he played rugby union and appeared for the Scottish schools side. After leaving Merchiston, Iain turned professional and has since played for Sale Sharks. He signed for Saracens in 2004 and is currently still playing. He repre..
Iain Fyfe
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Iain Gallaway
Iain Watson Gallaway, born at Dunedin on November 26, 1922, was a former commentator on the New Zealand radio station Radio Sport. He also played three first-class cricket matches for Otago between 1946 and 1948 as a right-handed lower-order batsman and wicketkeeper. In his first match against Well..
Iain Glen
[[Image:Isaacs.gif|right|thumb|250px|Iain Glen as Dr. Sam Isaacs in [[Resident Evil: Apocalypse]]]] Iain Glen (born on 24 June 1961 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish film and stage actor. He trained at RADA where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal. Selected filmography [[Resident Evil: Extinction]..
Iain Gray
Iain Gray (born 1957, Edinburgh) is a Scottish Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands constituency from 1999 to 2003. He was made a deputy minister in the first Scottish Executive in 1999 and following Jack McConnell becoming First Minister he was promoted ..
Iain Harvie
Iain Harvie (born May 19, 1962) is the guitarist with the Scottish rock band called Del Amitri. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Along with lead singer and bassist Justin Currie, Harvie is one of only two members to be present throughout Del Amitri's history from its 1982 inception onwards. He is a..
Iain Hewitson
Tolarno logo Iain Hewitson, affectionately known as Huey, is a New Zealand born chef who appears on Australian television on Network Ten. Hewitson currently hosts his own cooking television series called Never Trust a Skinny Cook (fomerly known as Huey's Cooking Adventures). He has also re..
Iain Hume
--> Iain Hume (born Edinburgh, October 30th 1983) is a professional soccer player from Canada. He currently plays in the Football League Championship for Leicester City. Signed on transfer deadline day at the end of August 2005, striker Hume became Craig Levein's most expensive signing in his f..
Iain Jennings
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since April 2006. Until 2006 Iain Jennings w..
Iain Lee
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Iain Lom
Iain Lom was a Scottish Gaelic poet. Biography Iain Lom's family were the MacDonalds of Keppoch. His dates of birth and death are unknown, but we know that he was present at (and wrote about) the Battle of Inverlochy (1645) as an adult, and the Treaty of Union (1707); this would presume a birthdat..
Iain Luke
Iain Luke (born 8 October 1951) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Labour member of Parliament for Dundee East, and was first elected in 2001. He lost his seat to the Scottish National Party at the 2005 general election. He had previously been leader of Dundee City Council. ..
Iain MacCormick
Iain Somerled MacDonald Maccormick (born September 1939) is a Scottish National Party politician. On his second attempt, he was elected Member of Parliament for Argyll in 1974, gaining the seat from the Conservatives. However, in 1979, he lost it back to the Conservative John Mackay. Sources: Tim..
Iain MacInnes
Iain MacInnes is a Scottish folk musician, currently working as the producer of the BBC Radio Scotland bagpipe music program Pipeline. He was formerly presenter of that program, before taking a one-year sabbatical in 2002 to write a book on piping in the 20th century. It airs on BBC Radio Scotla..
Iain Macleod
redirect [[Template:Infobox President]]Iain Macleod, PC (1913 – 1970) was a UK Conservative politician. Contents 1 Early life2 Political career3 Speaker4 Family Early life Iain Norman Macleod was born at Skipton, Yorkshire on 11 November 1913. His parents were from Nor..
Iain MacMillan
Iain MacMillan (October 20, 1938 – May 8, 2006) was a British photographer best known for taking the cover of The Beatles' Abbey Road, easily one of the most recognizable album covers in music history. The famous Abbey Road album cover was taken at 10 AM on August 8, 1969. MacMillan had acqu..
Iain Matthews
Iain Matthews (known in the 1960s first as Ian McDonald, and from the late 1960s until 1989 as Ian Matthews) is an English musician and songwriter. He was born Iain Matthew McDonald, on 16 June, 1946, in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. Influenced by both rock'n'roll and folk music, he has perfo..
Iain McIntyre
Iain McIntyre is an Australian rock and roll musician and writer. Originally from Perth, he relocated to Melbourne in 1992, where he played in The Sea Haggs with fellow Perth expatriate Laura Macfarlane. In 1996, he joined Macfarlane's new band ninetynine, of which he has remained a member since. He..
Iain Mills
Iain Campbell Mills (21 April 1940 – 13 January 1997) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Mills was educated in southern Africa, and subsequently worked as a Market Planning Executive for Dunlop. He served as a councillor on Lichfield district council from 1974 until 1..
Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk
Sir Rupert Iain Kay Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 11th Baronet, CVO, QC, Ph.D (9 April 1919–27 February 1985) was a British officer of arms and genealogist. The son of Lieutenant-Commander Gerald Moncreiffe, RN, and Hilda, daughter of the Comte de Miremont, he succeeded his cousin as 11th Baronet ..
Iain Morris
Iain 'Mercurial Morris' Morris was born in Woking, UK. He presents a Sunday morning radio show with comedian Jimmy Carr on London radio station 104.9 XFM. He features in the 'Iron' episode of cult spoof TV show Look Around You, as well as on colleague Jimmy Carr's second live DVD, as a panelist on ..
Iain Munro
Alexander Iain Fordyce Munro (born August 24 1951 in Uddingston, Lanarkshire) is a Scottish professional footballer, coach, and manager. Playing career In his playing career he played for St Mirren and Hibernian (two spells at each), Rangers, Stoke City, Sunderland and Dundee United, and was sele..
Iain Murray
Iain H. Murray (b. 1931; Lancashire, England) was educated in the Isle of Man and at the University of Durham. He entered the Christian ministry in 1955. He served as assistant to Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones at Westminster Chapel (1956-59) and subsequently at Grove Chapel, London (1961-69) and St. Giles ..
Iain Noble
Sir Iain Noble comes from a family of bankers. Although not a native Gaelic speaker he has learned the language and is now very supportive of Gaelic. He had a seminal involvement in the setting up of the Gaelic medium college Sabhal Mor Ostaig which is located in Sleat, Isle of Skye. Sir Iain also h..
Iain O'Brien
Iain O'BrienNew Zealand (NZ) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm medium Tests First-class Matches 2 38 '''Runs scored 10 212 Batting average 3.33 7.57 100s/50s -/- -/- Top score 5 28 Balls bowled 258 6962 Wickets 2 136 Bowl..
Iain Overton
--> Iain Overton is a British documentary maker born on 3rd August, 1973. He mainly works for the BBC and has filmed in over 35 countries around the world - including Somaliland, Nagorno Karabakh and Taiwan. Educated at Downing College and Gonville & Caius, Cambridge, Iain Overton's film work h..
Iain Paxton
Iain Paxton is a Scottish rugby union player who won 36 caps at No. 8 and lock between 1981 and 1988, scoring a total of five tries. He made his debut against New Zealand All Blacks on the 1981 tour and later that year he helped Scotland to a memorable 24-15 win over Australia at Murrayfield. He was..
Iain Pears
Iain Pears (born in 1955) is an English art historian and mystery writer. He lives in Oxford. Bibliography Johnathan Argyll series (art history mysteries) The Raphael Affair (1991)The Titian Committee (1992)The Bernini Bust (1993)The Last Judgement (1994)Giotto's Hand (1995)Death and Restoration (..
Iain Pyman
Iain Pyman (born 3 March 1973) is an English golfer. He was English Boys Stroke Play Champion in 1991, in which year he played in a winning Jacques Léglise Trophy team and also in the Walker Cup. In 1993 he won The Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush and was the leading amateur at The Open Champ..
Iain Rice
--> Iain Rice is a rower and a Commonwealth silver medalist. Originally from Hong Kong, he is currently at Glasgow University and rows at the prestigious Glasgow University Boat Club. He has been in the 1st 8 for 2 years. Thanks to him they have picked up a BUSA bronze and silver, have twice made ..
Iain Roberts
Iain Roberts (born May 16, 1979) is a New Zealand male skeleton racer, who took part in the 2005/2006 Skeleton World Cup trying to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics. Americas Cup 2005/2006 Results 14th, on November 3, 2005, Lake Placid USA8th, on November 4, 2005, Lake Placid World Cup 2005/2006..
Iain Robertson
Iain Robertson (born on 27 May 1981 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish actor. He is probably best known for his role as Craig Stevenson in the paranormal drama series Sea of Souls, in its second and third series in 2005 and 2006. Robertson also appeared in a film role in the big screen sequel [[Bas..
Iain Rogerson
Iain Rogerson is a British actor born in Cefn-y-bedd, Wrexham, Wales. Iain is best known for his portrayal of Harry Flagg in Coronation Street. External links [Filmography at] IMDb ..
Iain Sinclair
For the Australian politician, see Ian Sinclair. Iain Sinclair is a British writer and film maker. Sinclair was born on June 11, 1943. His education includes studies at Trinity College (Dublin), Courtauld Institute of Art, and London School of Film Technique (now London Film School). Much of his ..
Iain Smith
Iain Smith (born May 1, 1960) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Fife. He was elected to the first Scottish Parliament in May 1999 to represent his home constituency of North East Fife. He is a graduate of University of Newcastle. Befor..
Iain Softley
Iain Softley is a British film director. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. His movies include the Beatles film Backbeat (1994), Hackers (1995), Wings of the Dove (1997), K-PAX (2001), and The Skeleton Key (2005) External link ..
Iain Sproat
Iain MacDonald Sproat (born 8 November 1938) is a British Conservative politician who was elected as Member of Parliament for Harwich in the 1992 general election. He was previously the MP for Aberdeen South from 1970 to 1983, when he moved to contest Roxburgh and Berwickshire believing that this wa..
Iain Sutcliffe
Iain John Sutcliffe born 20 December 1974, Leeds, Yorkshire, England is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Oxford University, Combined Universities, Leicestershire, British Universities and Lancashire. External links [Cricket Online Profile] ..
Iain Tennant
Sir Iain Mark Tennant KT FRSA (b. 11 March 1919) is a Scottish businessman. Born in North Berwick, he was educated at Eton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served in Egypt with the 2nd Batallion, Scots Guards from 1940 to 1942, and was an intelligence officer with 201 Guards' Brigade. H..
Iain Torrance
The Very Reverend Iain Torrance (born Aberdeen, Scotland, 1949), is President of Princeton Theological Seminary and a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He is married to Morag Ann (née MacHugh), whom he met while they were students at the University of St. And..
Iain Tuckett
Iain Tuckett is a regeneration and community housing pioneer in London, England. Iain Tuckett was a pupil at Bryanston School in Dorset. Tuckett is Executive Director of Coin Street Community Builders (CSCB). He has been very active in the redevelopment of the South Bank of the River Thames in cen..
Iain Turner
Ian Turner Full name Ian Turner Date of birth 26th January,1984 Place of birth Stirling, Scotland ..
Iain Wright
Iain David Wright (born May 9, 1972) is a British Labour politician, and Member of Parliament for Hartlepool since winning a by-election in September 2004. Wright was born in Hartlepool, has a BA and MA in History from University College London and worked as a chartered accountant for One North Eas..
Iaito
An iaito (居合刀, iaitō) is a Japanese sword used for studying the art of iaido. If they are not shinken they are also known as a mogito. Most iaito are made of an aluminium-zinc alloy (but any sword for training iaido can be called iaito), which is often cheaper and ligh..
IAI Harpy
The IAI Harpy is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) produced by Israel's Israel Aircraft Industries. The Harpy is designed to attack radar systems. The IAI has sold the Harpy to several foreign nations, including South Korea, Turkey, India and China. In 2004, the Harpy became the focus of the effort..
IAI Heron
"Machatz 1" (Heron) UAV carrying multiple sensors The Heron is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle developed by the Malat division of Israel Aircraft Industries. It is capable of Medium (35,000 feet) Altitute, Long Range (MALE) operations of up to 52 hours' duration. It has demonstrated 52 hours of ..
IAI Kfir
The Israel Aircraft Industries Kfir (Hebrew: כפיר, "Lion Cub") is an Israeli-built all-weather, multi-role combat aircraft based on a modified Dassault Mirage 5 airframe, with Israeli avionics and an Israeli-made version of the General Electric J79 turbojet engine. Contents 1 Backgroun..
IAI Lavi
The IAI Lavi (Hebrew: לביא, a young lion) is a prototype concept fighter jet developed by Israel. Contents 1 History2 Specifications (Lavi)3 References4 Related content History The project began in February 1980, when the Israeli government authorized the IAF to presen..
IAI Nesher
The Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Nesher is an Israeli-built multi-role fighter aircraft based on the French Dassault Mirage V. Most were sold to the Argentine Air Force and renamed Dagger and now Finger. Contents 1 Development2 Service3 Finger4 Variants5 Operators6&..
IAI Phalcon
The IAI Phalcon is an Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) radar system in use by a number of countries to give intelligence to maintain air superiority and conduct surveillance. It was developed with a partnership between Israeli Aircraft Industries and Elta Electronics Industries, of Isra..
IAI Westwind
IAI Westwind The Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Westwind was a highly successful business jet that became a cornerstone of the Israeli aircraft manufacturing industry and remained in production for twenty years. It was of conventional business jet arrangement, with twin engines mounted in n..
Iaşi
Iaşi (pronunciation in Romanian: /jaʃʲ/), historically referred to as Jassy; Hebrew: , Hungarian: , Romani: Iashi) is the capital city of Iaşi County in north-eastern Romania, in the informal region of Moldova. Contents 1 Geography2 Population3 Etymology4 History5 J..
Iaşi County
Iaşi County Facts Development region: ..
Iaşi International Airport
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Iaşi pogrom
The Holocaust Early elements Racial policy · Nazi eugenics · Nuremberg Laws Euthanasia · Concentration camps (List) Jews Nazi Germany, 1933 to 1939 Pogroms: Kristallnacht, Iaşi, Jedwabne, Lwów Ghettos: Warsaw, Łódź, Lwów, Kraków,Theresienstadt Einsatzgruppen:..
I Ain't Got Time to Tarry
"I Ain't Got Time to Tarry", also known as "The Land of Freedom", is an American song written by blackface minstrel composer Dan Emmett. It premiered in a minstrel show performance by Bryant's Minstrels in late November 1858. The song was published in New York City in 1859. The lyrics tell of a bla..
I Ain't Marching Anymore
I Ain't Marching Anymore was Phil Ochs' second long player, released on Elektra Records in 1965. Dispensing with second guitarist Danny Kalb, Ochs appeared all by his lonesome as he tore through twelve originals, an interpretation of Alfred Noyes' "The Highwayman" set to music (much as Poe's "The ..
I Ain't No Quitter
"I Ain't No Quitter" was the third and final single from Shania Twain's 2004 Greatest Hits CD. The song is written by Shania and her husband, Mutt Lange. "I Ain't No Quitter" was originally released to country radio on May 2, 2005. Fans were shocked when the heavy country song was released to Euro..

 


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