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| {{Image|Grey Nurse Shark.jpg|right|200px|This grey nurse shark (''[[Carcharias taurus]]'') and the smaller [[fish]] surrounding it are animals.}} | | {{CZ:Article of the Week/current}} |
| '''[[Animal]]s''' (from the Latin ''animale'' and ''animalis'', meaning "living", and ''anima'', meaning "vital breath", or "soul") are those [[organism]]s classified into the [[kingdom (biology)|kingdom]] '''Animalia'''. Together they make up a wide segment of [[life]]—[[biologist]]s estimate their [[species]] to number many millions—and include an incredibly [[biodiversity|diverse array]] of both familiar and strange creatures, ranging from [[hawk]]s to [[human]]s and from [[sea slug]]s to [[spider]]s. Nonetheless, they all share certain characteristics: all animals are [[multicellularity|multicellular]] [[eukaryote]]s, [[heterotrophism|ingest their food]], and [[locomotion|move]] by their own power at some point in their [[life cycle]]. Animals are essential [[consumer]]s in many [[ecosystem]]s and many are also important in [[human]] [[society|societies]] and [[economy|economies]].
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| Like "[[plant]]", the term "animal" has gone through several definitions along history. Animals—moving life—were distinguished from plants—unmoving life—by Aristotle in his works on metaphysics and logic. Aristotle continued to influence classification of plants all the way to Carl Linnaeus, who divided all life into the two kingdoms Animalia and Vegetabilia. Some animals such as [[coral]] were considered plants because they appeared sessile and similar to plants' branches. Additionally, many [[protist]]s were formerly classified as "microscopic animals" because, like animals, they actively moved and ate other organisms.<font size=1>[[Animal|['''more...''']]]</font>
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| The modern '''[[Taliban]]''' (طالبان; from the [[Farsi]] [[plural]] of [[Arabic]] طالب, meaning "student") movement, or the '''Taliban Islamic Movement of Afghanistan (TIMA)''', took control of [[Afghanistan]] in 1994, imposing a strict [[Salafism|Salafist]] rule, as or more conservative than the [[Wahhabism|Wahhabi]] movement of Saudi Arabia. Both featured a "Department for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice." They argued they were creating a stable Islamic state that the leaders of the jihad against the Soviets could not create. <ref name=NI1997-04>{{citation
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| | title = The Spokesperson of the Taliban Government to Nida'ul Islam: "Our Goal is to Restore Peace and Establish a Pure and Clean Islamic State in Afghanistan"
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| | journal = Nida'ul Islam magazine | date = April - May 1997
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| At the present time, the modern Taliban forms a substantial part of the insurgency in the [[Afghanistan War (2001-)]], as well as an active insurgency in [[Pakistan]]. The Taliban historically had a strong presence in the [[Federally Administered Tribal Area]]s near the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. After continuing fighting in areas along the Afghan border, Pakistan negotiated with Taliban fighters. <ref name=AJN>{{citation
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| | title = Talking to the Taliban
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| | author = Imran Khan
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| | url = http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/03/200939102529353355.html}}</ref> Fighting continued, and, on May 7, 2009, Prime Minister [[Yousef Raza Gilani]] of Pakistan formally revoked a peace agreement with the Taliban, accusing the Taliban of repeated violations. Taliban forces had fought to within 60 miles of [[Islamabad]], the capital of Pakistan. <ref name=CNN2009-05-07>{{citation
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| | title = Prime minister: Pakistan fights for 'honor and dignity'
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| | url = http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/pakistan.swat.death/index.html}}</ref>
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