Salam

1. Pakistani theoretical physicist who helped the develop the theory of the electroweak force, explaining the relationship between two of the four fundamental forces of nature, the electromagnetic force and the weak force. For this work he shared with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg the 1979 Nobel Prize for physics.

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In a statement Friday, Iraq's Olympic Committee said that per Muftin's "initiative... first vice president Abdul Salam Khalaf has been temporarily authorised to oversee Olympic affairs until the issue is resolved".

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam both have publicly advocated for Hezbollah to be disarmed in the rest of the country and for the state to have a monopoly on force.

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Salam Monika, 25, says her uncle took his own life last year after being driven to despair by a lack of livelihood opportunities.

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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam denounced the killing of Salameh and the incursion as a "flagrant violation of Lebanese institutions and sovereignty".

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The school's caretaker KH Abdus Salam Mujib apologised to the students' families on Monday, attributing the incident to "God's will".

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