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1. The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor). This is the code used in international transactions to and from East Timor's bank accounts.

2. A former ISO 3166-2 geocode for East Timor. This is used as an international standard for shipping to East Timor.


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95 Hardcover Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945 Q143 Crooks is known for discovering thallium, inventing the radiometer, experimenting with cathode rays using the Crookes tube, predicting that mankind would starve unless science removed the excess nitrogen from the atmosphere, and being interested in spiritualism.
To determine if early (4-h) thallium-201 imaging with ribose infusion would enhance detection of thallium redistribution better than late (24-h) imaging without ribose infusion, 15 patients with coronary artery disease underwent thallium stress tests by both methods within 2 weeks.
Their results found that cake two Iraqi officials and their families had eaten was laced with thallium - a heavy metal often used by the former Saddam Hussein regime to get rid of opponents.
 
 
 
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