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The ISO (International Standards Organisation) assigns a two character code to each country name. These codes are used by Internet 'whois' databases (these two character abbreviations are the whois country codes) and also other applications.
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Om Puri is an Indian actor. He was born in 1950 at Ambala, Punjab. In 2004 he was awarded an honoray OBE for services to the British film industry.
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The UR-416 was a West German four-wheeled armoured personnel carrier developed during the 1960s from the civilian Unimog vehicle. The UR-416 was manned by a crew of two and carried eight passengers protected by 9 mm thick armour and armed with a 7.62 mm machine-gun. A Daimler-Benz OM 352 six- cylinder diesel engine provided a top speed of 85 kmh and a range of 700 km. Exported models are widely used in riot-control duties, being fitted with public address systems.
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East Is East is a comedy starring Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jordan Routledge, Archie Panjabi, Emil Marwa and Chris Bisson in a story about a traditional Pakistani father trying to impose arranged marriages upon his children in 1970's England. East Is East was directed by Damien O'Donnell in 1999.
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My Son The Fanatic is a drama starring Om Puri and Rachel Griffiths in a story about the son of a Pakistani-born Bradford taxi driver who is due to marry an English girl, but who stuns his father by calling off the wedding and deciding to become a strict Muslim instead. My Son The Fanatic was directed by Udayan Prasad in 1997.
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OM is an abbreviation for Oman
OM is an abbreviation for Outer Marker
OM is an abbreviation for Order of Merit
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Omsk is a city in west Siberia at the confluence of the Irtysh and Om rivers. It is an important railway port on the Trans-Siberian railway.
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