The world's fastest bicycle is a recumbent bicycle but this type was banned from competition in 1934 by the Union Cycliste Internationale.

The Congo Free State was a corporate state privately controlled by Leopold II, King of the Belgians through the Association Internationale Africaine, a non-governmental organization.

It was dropped in 1924, leading to the foundation of the Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur Gazon ( FIH ) as an international governing body by seven continental European nations, and hockey was reinstated in 1928.

The Formula 3000 International Championship was a motor racing series created by the Fédération Internationale de l ' Automobile ( FIA ) in 1985 to become the final preparatory step for drivers hoping to enter the Formula One championship.

The Fédération Internationale des Échecs ( FIDE, or World Chess Federation ) was formed in Paris in 1924, but at that time did not formulate criteria on who should earn the title.

The Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace was founded in 1908 to govern international competitions, and the first European championships were won by Great Britain in 1910.

When the Union Internationale Motonautique, the world governing authority for powerboat racing, introduced the World Offshore Championship in 1967 as a memorial to Sam Griffith, the American founder of modern offshore racing, the course was found to be too short at to qualify as a championship heat.

FISA, the “ Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d ’ Aviron ” in French ( or the English equivalent International Federation of Rowing Associations ) was founded by representatives from France, Switzerland, Belgium, Adriatica ( now a part of Italy ) and Italy in Turin on 25 June 1892.

His major work was a four-part series on homosexuality published in the Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Psychoanalyse between 1920 and 1933.

Edmund Bergler ’ s first contribution to the psychoanalytic theory of homosexuality was “ Der Mammakomplex des Mannes “, an article co-authored with L. Eidelberg and published in the Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Psychoanalyse in 1933.

The Internationale Eislauf Vereinigung, now known as the International Skating Union, was founded at a meeting of 15 national representatives in Scheveningen in 1892, the first international winter sports federation.

During the early 1990s in individual pursuit events, some riders, most notably Graeme Obree, adopted a straight-armed Superman-like position with their arms fully extended horizontally, but this position was subsequently outlawed by the Union Cycliste Internationale ( UCI ), the sport's ruling body.

In October 2010, the UAE was granted observer status at the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie ( http :// www. francophonie. org / Emirats-arabes-unis. html? var_recherche = unit % 20arab % 20emirates )

An international federation, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball ( FIVB ), was founded in 1947, and the first World Championships were held in 1949 for men and 1952 for women.

In 1913, the Internationale Schlittensportverband or International Sled Sports Federation was founded in Dresden, Germany.

This body governed the sport until 1935, when it was incorporated in the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing ( FIBT, International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation ).

In 1957, the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course ( FIL, International Luge Federation ) was founded.

While Sputnik 1 was the first spacecraft to orbit the Earth, other man-made objects had previously reached an altitude of 100 km, which is the height required by the international organization Fédération Aéronautique Internationale to count as a spaceflight.

The Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing ( FIBT ) was founded in 1923.

The piece was first displayed at the Galerie Beaux-Arts in Paris at the Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, organised by André Breton and Paul Eluard.

In 1929, there was an incident on the cruiser Emden, which while in port in a visit to Colombia, a group of sailors had a party during which they wrapped red headbands around their heads and sang the Internationale while being very rude to their officers after they complained about the amount of noise.

The Cité Scolaire Internationale Europole ( CSI Europole ) was formerly situated downtown in the Lycée International Stendhal across from the Maison du Tourisme.

His text " Invisible Insurrection of a Million Minds " was published in the Scottish journal New Saltire in 1962 and subsequently as " Technique du Coup du Monde " in Internationale Situationniste, number 8.

A Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix was first organized by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme ( FIM ) in 1949.

The terminology used conforms to that of Internationale Tabellen Zur Bestimmung Von Kristallstrukturen.

There is no single body for validation and regulation ; in practice the Category C (" Special Vehicles ") flying start regulations are used, officiated by regional or national organizations under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de l ' Automobile.

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic had no anthem, and used exclusively that of the Union: the Internationale from 1917 to 1944 and the Hymn of the Soviet Union from 1944 to 1991.

The spelling ' Lettrist ' is also common in English, but ' Letterist ' was the form the French group ( Internationale Lettriste ) themselves preferred, and used in their 1955 sticker: ' If you believe you have genius, or if you think you have only a brilliant intelligence, write the letterist internationale.

* List of FIFA country codes, used by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA )

Several specific diagnostic criteria can be used to diagnose vascular dementia, including the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition ( DSM-IV ) criteria, the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition ( ICD-10 ) criteria, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke-Association Internationale pour la Recherche et l ' Enseignement en Neurosciences ( NINDS-AIREN ) criteria, the Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostic and Treatment Center criteria, and the Hachinski ischemic score.

The CIE luminosity function or is a standard function established by the Commission Internationale de l ' Éclairage ( CIE ) and may be used to convert radiant energy into luminous ( i. e., visible ) energy.

The international governing body for World Roller Sports, Federation Internationale de Roller Sports ( FIRS ) and it's technical committee, Committee International de Course ( CIC ), are making strides to commonise tracks used specifically for World Championships that have the same size, shape and surface.

The Soviet anthem was used from 1944, replacing " The Internationale " with a more Russian-centric song.

The flag is based on the flag which was originally used by King Leopold's Association Internationale Africaine ( which was supposedly a humanitarian organization, but functioned mainly as a front for Leopold's exploitive economic interests in the Congo ) and was first hoisted in 1877.

In 1944, a new Soviet national anthem was written, replacing the Internationale, which had been used as the national anthem since 1918.

Since its beginning in 1984, the Minneapolis-St. Paul regional weekly news and affair program, Almanac has used Grusin's " Anthem Internationale " from his 1982 album " Out of the Shadows " as their theme.

During the Commune he wrote the poem L ' Internationale which became the International Workingmen's Association anthem during its last years ( 1871 – 1876 ), and has been used by most socialist and leftist political internationals since.

The Fédération Cynologique Internationale recognised the breed using the standard developed by the breed's country of origin as the standard to be used in international competition.

In the sport of fencing, blades used in competitions run under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale d ' Escrime are usually made with maraging steel.

The Fédération Cynologique Internationale breed groups are used to organize dogs for international competition.

* The Internationale ( Socialist anthem )

* Volkslied ( 1971 ) for an unlimited amount and kinds of instruments ( in all octaves ) ( based on the Dutch national anthem Wilhelmus van Nassouwe and on The Internationale )

* The Internationale, socialist anthem

The Internationale is the anthem of the socialist movement, and the communist movement.

" The Internationale " (" L ' Internationale " in French ) is a widely sung left-wing anthem.

*" The Internationale ," an anthem of international socialism

After the provisional government had been overthrown by the Bolsheviks in the 1917 October Revolution, the anthem of international revolutionary socialism, " L ' Internationale " ( usually known as " The Internationale " in English ), was adopted as the new anthem.

Lenin also wanted " The Internationale " to be played more often because it was more socialist, and could not be confused with the French anthem.

The National Anthem of the Soviet Union, the State Anthem of the USSR (, Gosudarstvenny Gimn SSSR ) was introduced during World War II on March 15, 1944, replacing The Internationale as the official national anthem of the Soviet Union as well as the national anthem of the Russian SFSR.

At the time, the country was deeply embroiled in World War II and Stalin wanted a Russian theme for the national anthem, to replace the Internationale.

The Internationale anthem was often sung in its rallies and mass meetings, as well as the Puerto Rican national anthem, La Borinqueña, with its revolutionary lyrics.

In the Soviet Union, Mescherin's music could be heard virtually everywhere, in elevators, on television backgrounds ; the Soviet government asked him to prepare a version of the Internationale ( The former national anthem and anthem of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ) for use in a Sputnik satellite in 1957.

He did not take hold of his office until 50 days after his official appointment, refusing to be received at the Élysée Palace by French President Gaston Doumergue for as long as the state authorities would not allow The Internationale ( a revolutionary song which was at the time the Soviet national anthem ) to be played on the occasion.