Monsoons are seasonal wind reversals caused primarily by differential thermal heating between continental landmasses and surrounding oceans.

Geothermal, tidal, and biomass are all naturally replenished energy sources.

Slaughter fits because both words refer to the brutal killing of many people or animals, making them synonyms.

Slaughter is a direct synonym of massacre because both words mean the violent killing of many people or animals.

The case was registered on 12th January 2012, so that date is the recorded filing date for Tethyan Copper Company's action against Pakistan.

The Indian Ocean is bounded by landmasses in the tropics and lacks polar connectivity to the north, making its surface temperatures the warmest on average.

The text explains that glaciers consist of fallen snow that compresses over years into large ice masses without fully melting.

As of 2007, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), now known as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, had 57 member states [1, p6]. This number has remained relatively stable, although Syria's membership was suspended in 2012.

Robert Bruce Zoellick was the eleventh president of the World Bank [2, p23]. He served in this position from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2012, and was therefore the president at the time of this paper in 2009.

In 2009, Hu Jintao was the paramount leader of China. He held the key positions of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (from 2002 to 2012) and President of the People's Republic of China (from 2003 to 2013). He also served as Chairman of the Central Military Commission (from 2004 to 2012) [2, p22].